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23 - 24 Jan

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Miet Warlop

INHALE DELIRIUM EXHALE

Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall
Sat 23 > Sun 24 Jan 2027. UK Premiere

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Art and life blur in this delirious act of creation, destruction, and renewal.

Belgium’s representative at the 2026 Venice Biennale, visual artist Miet Warlop dramatically combines dance-theatre and live art performance in a hypnotic storm of movement, fabric, and sound. Drawing inspiration from the movement of waves as symbols of change and unpredictability Inhale Delirium Exhale reveals the hidden turbulence of the creative process.

Across a stage flooded with some six thousand metres of silk and cashmere, performers wrestle with waves of gorgeously sensuous material that seem to breathe, tremble, and overwhelm. It’s a world charged with static energy, where chaos meets beauty.

Set to a pulsating score by DEEWEE, Inhale Delirium Exhale unveils as a living painting, plunging into a visual universe that is as immersive as it is overwhelming, exploring the delirium that happens between one breath and the next.

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Sat 7.30pm & Sun 5pm
Runs 50 mins/no interval

Age guidance 12+

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Presented by the Southbank Centre
Supported by MimeLondon

Concept, scenography and direction: Miet Warlop
Music in collaboration with DEEWEE
Performers: Milan Schudel, Emiel Vandenberghe, Margarida Ramalhete, Lara Chedraoui, Mattis Clement, Elias Demuynck and others
Scenography: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Mattis Clement
Costumes: Miet Warlop in collaboration with Elias Demuynck supervised by Tom Van Der Borght
Internships: Nel Gevaerts / KITOS & Nana Bonsu, Sofia Ristori / Ursulinen Mechelen,
Textile creatives: Ginger Bogaert, Rowan Boeijen, Michelle Van Neste
Light design: Henri Emmanuel Doublier
Light: Pieter Kinoli
Sound: Ditten Lerooij
Assistant director: Marius Lefever
Production manager: Sylvie Svanberg
Technical coordination: Marjolein Demey
Outside eye: Danai Anesiadou, Giacomo Bisordi
General management: Saskia Liénard
Distribution: Frans Brood Productions

coproducers & partners:
Delirium is a production by Irene Wool in coproduction with NTGent (BE) ,Kunstenfestivaldesarts & Kaaitheater Brussel (BE), La Biennale de Lyon (FR) & Holding Textile Hermès, Tanzquartier Wenen (DE), La Villette Parijs (FR), Les Théâtres de la Ville de Luxemburg (LU), , Tandem Scène Nationale Arras/Douai (FR), Internationales Sommerfestival Kampnagel Hamburg (DE), Le Lieu Unique Nantes (FR), Romaeuropa Festival Rome (IT), Teatro Municipal do Porto (PT), Theaterfestival Boulevard ’s-Hertogenbosch (NL), Athens & Epidaurus Festival (GR), Sharjah Art Foundation (AE)/ Residency at Sharjah Art Foundation, Temporada Alta – Festival internacional de Catalunya Girona/Salt (ES), HAU Hebbel am Ufer (Berlin). With the support of the Flemish Government, Stad Gent, Perpodium and Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government