Four lonely souls take us into their personal thoughts, doubts, fears, and desires. A group of young queer players share what they normally dare not show each other. In Desire, they do so, only to discover how much they actually resemble each other in that aspect. They talk, stutter, sing, and restlessly move across the empty stage. Desire is a contemplative performance about the desire to experience something. To be loved, to be touched. The universal longing for connection is made palpable in a playful and personal way. The audience is taken into a recognizable and intimate world of thoughts.

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Louis Janssens (1995) graduated in 2018 from the Drama department at KASK Gent. From 2012 to 2022, he formed the two-headed collective Desnor with Ferre Marnef. They created works such as Ideal Place (2013), #BOS (2014), Galileo (2017), and Magic Mountain (2019). In addition to his work with Ferre within Desnor, he also created various solo projects, including Ouvertures (2016). His solo performance Serenade premiered in 2021 and was selected for ‘#nieuwjong’ by Het TheaterFestival. In 2022, he collaborated with Willem de Wolf at De Hoe on the production Analog (selected for Het TheaterFestival & Dutch Theater Festival 2023).