Tickets

Thu 23 – Fri 24 May

Tickets

Practical info

Thu 23 May | 21:00

Roodkapje

Fri 24 May | 21:00

Roodkapje

Been

Roi Soleil le Bal!

Party night with Frenglish pop & a dash of queer glitter

Roi Soleil (NL), IZAE (FR) + DJ Darling Peter / Hoax le beau

Roi Soleil le Bal! is a Rotterdam party night in Roodkapje with French singer-songwriter IZAE as support act and DJ afterparty. What would a royal ball à la Versailles look like anno 2024; but queer, genuinely fun and in raggedy Rotterdam? Like this! After singles Fou, Monsieur Baudelaire and Chien, Roi Soleil’s entire EP ‘A La Lumière’ will be presented with a new show together with his live band.

Roi Soleil makes ‘Frenglish pop with a dash of queer glitter’. The self-love universe of the Rotterdam Sun King is sprinkled over his peuple in a heroic party trip to the light. Roi Soleil’s personal pop hits are about self-love, identity, Baudelaire’s existentialism, wanting a dog and adolescent grief. Inspired by the greatest pop icons of all time, a boy from the Brabant village of Oud-Gastel gives all the life energy he has to fill your soul with love. Allez c’est parti!

Dress code: You are a guest at Roi Soleil le Bal: dress for the occasion! At Rotterdam’s Sun King’s ball, your shiniest, golden self can totally be there. We won’t do it for less than ‘douze points’.

Roi Soleil, with Club Gewalt and O., received the Nieuwe Makers Regeling of Fonds Podiumkunsten.

Programme 23 May:
21.00 –  22.45 – Show
22.45 – 01.00 – Afterparty with DJ – Darling Peter

Programme 24 May:
21.00 – 22.45 – Show
22.45 – 03:00 – Afterparty with DJ – Hoax le beau

“Put your glitter suit on and go. Roi Soleil has been writing new songs all year and the results are fantastic. These evenings at Roodkapje will be géniale, magnifique et formidable and you are going to feel it in your body for weeks to come.” – Anne van de Wetering, festival dramaturge O.

Credits

Performance: Roi Soleil, bassist: Mischa Dirksen, drums: Yordi Petit, keys: Judith Rijsenbrij, musical director: Erwin Tuijl, main producer: Mischa Dirksen, producer Monsieur Baudelaire: Didier de Ruyter, songwriting: Matthijs Rijsdijk, songwriting A La Lumière: Mingue, costume design: Isabell Schulz, image direction: Stefan Mandersloot, creative producer: Nynke Bonnema, technique sound: Sietse Damen, technique light: Ziggy Linders, live visuals: Thom van Vliet, graphic design: Stefan Mandersloot, communication: Merel Wildschut, in co production with: O. & Club Gewalt, with support from: Fonds Podiumkunsten, gemeente Rotterdam, Janivo Stichting, Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds 

Performance supporting act: IZAE (FR), DJ afterparty: Darling Peter (Thursday) & Hoax le Beau (Friday)

Duration performance

105 minutes

Location

Roodkapje

Standard price

€ 20.00

DAY TICKETS €45

Tickets

Thu 23 May | 21:00

Roodkapje

Fri 24 May | 21:00

Roodkapje

Been

Practical info

DAY TICKETS €35

Duration performance

105 minutes

Location

Roodkapje

Standard price

€ 20.00

Roi Soleil le Bal!

Party night with Frenglish pop & a dash of queer glitter

Roi Soleil (NL), IZAE (FR) + DJ Darling Peter / Hoax le beau

Roi Soleil le Bal! is a Rotterdam party night in Roodkapje with French singer-songwriter IZAE as support act and DJ afterparty. What would a royal ball à la Versailles look like anno 2024; but queer, genuinely fun and in raggedy Rotterdam? Like this! After singles Fou, Monsieur Baudelaire and Chien, Roi Soleil’s entire EP ‘A La Lumière’ will be presented with a new show together with his live band.

Roi Soleil makes ‘Frenglish pop with a dash of queer glitter’. The self-love universe of the Rotterdam Sun King is sprinkled over his peuple in a heroic party trip to the light. Roi Soleil’s personal pop hits are about self-love, identity, Baudelaire’s existentialism, wanting a dog and adolescent grief. Inspired by the greatest pop icons of all time, a boy from the Brabant village of Oud-Gastel gives all the life energy he has to fill your soul with love. Allez c’est parti!

Dress code: You are a guest at Roi Soleil le Bal: dress for the occasion! At Rotterdam’s Sun King’s ball, your shiniest, golden self can totally be there. We won’t do it for less than ‘douze points’.

Roi Soleil, with Club Gewalt and O., received the Nieuwe Makers Regeling of Fonds Podiumkunsten.

Programme 23 May:
21.00 –  22.45 – Show
22.45 – 01.00 – Afterparty with DJ – Darling Peter

Programme 24 May:
21.00 – 22.45 – Show
22.45 – 03:00 – Afterparty with DJ – Hoax le beau

“Put your glitter suit on and go. Roi Soleil has been writing new songs all year and the results are fantastic. These evenings at Roodkapje will be géniale, magnifique et formidable and you are going to feel it in your body for weeks to come.” – Anne van de Wetering, festival dramaturge O.

Credits

Performance: Roi Soleil, bassist: Mischa Dirksen, drums: Yordi Petit, keys: Judith Rijsenbrij, musical director: Erwin Tuijl, main producer: Mischa Dirksen, producer Monsieur Baudelaire: Didier de Ruyter, songwriting: Matthijs Rijsdijk, songwriting A La Lumière: Mingue, costume design: Isabell Schulz, image direction: Stefan Mandersloot, creative producer: Nynke Bonnema, technique sound: Sietse Damen, technique light: Ziggy Linders, live visuals: Thom van Vliet, graphic design: Stefan Mandersloot, communication: Merel Wildschut, in co production with: O. & Club Gewalt, with support from: Fonds Podiumkunsten, gemeente Rotterdam, Janivo Stichting, Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds 

Performance supporting act: IZAE (FR), DJ afterparty: Darling Peter (Thursday) & Hoax le Beau (Friday)

“When he asks for Eurovision-esque applause, the audience wants nothing more than to give him ‘douze point’.”

– Het Parool

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