“We all need security, but at the same time we are longing for freedom” – Esther Perel, couples therapist

This paradox makes love virtually impossible, but the operas grand and compelling! Meanwhile, at the collective level, our security is firmly under pressure and as individuals we often run exhausting circles in our dearly acquired freedom.

How much conditionality and expectation does our love life tolerate?
How many rules can our freedom handle?
Are we really that free or are we trapped in an obsession with self-optimization?
Can we still escape from ourselves? And get to the other? 

What about our relationship with the rule of law?
And what kind of relationship are we really talking about?
Is a polyamorous relationship with the rule of law even possible?

GRANIET goes in search of the citizenship of the future.

Opera is the mother of total theater, connector of all disciplines. But can it open its arms even further and involve the audience in an immersive co-creation ritual in which their voices, perceptions and experiences also have a place in the work?

In GRANIET, 15 singers scrutinize themselves and their relationship with the rule of law. They get to work with a relationship therapist, a lawyer, a philosopher and an Ubuntu specialist.

In O.Lab, they preview the music, a composition for choral singing and organ, and test a conversation ritual. Together with you, their audience. 

About O. Lab
During O. Lab, you get a sneak peek into the rehearsal room of theatre makers, something that is normally reserved for a select company… Artists share their research questions and you as a visitor can give your valuable opinion on the prototypes and works-in-progress you see. O. Lab at WORM is one big creative space and you have a front row seat to the creative process!