P40

Marlène Charpentié
Whip My ass Baby the Butterflies are Falling

In this solo performance that blends humor, absurdity, and satire, Marlène Charpentié invites us to dream despite the shadow of capitalism, through a vampire tale and fantastical cabaret. In an absurd presentation of him-self, an angry drag king attempts to become the master of the audience. A vampire, the Diva of Broken Hearts, queen of a forgotten cabaret, sings of her lost love in a husky voice. Music is distorted by glitches, while the performers’ movements begin to growing increasingly jerky. Like a fleeting enchantment, the performance gradually descends into horror and putrefaction.

Marlène Charpentié is a visual artist, performer, and director based in Geneva. Drawing inspiration from cinema and tales, they create fantastical worlds imbued with a baroque aesthetic. In their performances they play different archetypal figures: politicians, monsters, clowns, vampires, fallen stars in a poetic and nostalgic atmosphere. These moving tableaux evoke dirty dreams, driven by rich symbolism and humour. Marlène plays each character using a poetic, trash and expressive language driven by the desire to do everything by hand in XXL. Recently, their performative work has taken a darker turn, exploring satirical representations that invite more ambiguous interpretations referring to horror codes.

Date: Saturday 28.11.2026
Time: 4.30pm
Meeting point: Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein
Address: Städtle 32, 9490 Vaduz, Liechtenstein