Melissa Mabesoone — Gentle Boys Club

Gentle Boys Club is a space and soirée where stereotypical gender roles are playfully subverted. Gentle boys take it slow.

Come in drag or dress up and join an anti-patriarchal slow dance workshop, watch a drag show, and learn more about the history of drag kings and their connection to lesbian histories.

19:00 doors & bar open
20:15 start performances

about

Lisa Vereertbrugghen is a Brussels-based choreographer, dancer, and dramaturg researching social dance and the interaction between music and movement on the dancefloor. Since 2014, she has focused on hardcore techno music and dance styles. Her work takes various forms, including dance, performance, installation, and techno meditations. In her latest performance Again Forever, she extends this research to social dance at the other end of the speed spectrum: the slow.
instagram.com/lisa_vereertbrugghen/

Amber Vanluffelen moves within a multifaceted practice spanning performance, (digital) images, poetry, and installations. They draw inspiration from worlds such as nightlife, anime, spirituality, and video games, translating impressions into objects, images, and movements that form constellations. Their work departs from speculative fiction, spiritual philosophy, and feminist theory, seeking intersections between religion, play, and socio-cultural environments.
instagram.com/am_j_v/

Charme Fatal is a queer drag artist descending from Arab divas. They captivate their North African heritage with a nod, the clever use of their playfully “imperfect” French, and the spice of their humour. It’s their way of inviting anyone who’s experienced too much ghosting, gaslighting, and catfishing—and not enough bling—to meet the one who can truly charm their heart.
instagram.com/charme.fatal

Suzie Babin is a contemporary dancer-performer, drag king, and choreographer, originally from Bretagne (France). In 2021 she came to Brussels for the Master’s program in Dance & Choreographic Practices (Charleroi Danse, La Cambre, INSAS), where she developed her drag king persona Leo Dick’capricio and eventually graduated in 2023 with her first choreographic work I WILL, exploring transformation through alterity and questioning power and oppression in society. Since then Leo Dick’capricio performs at various queer venues between Brussels and Paris (Playback, Gender Fuck Show, Queeriosity, Cabaret Mortel de Colette Colerette, The Agenda Sassy Cabaret, etc.).
instagram.com/leodickcapricio_andco/

Melissa Mabesoone is an artist, actor, and director. Through performance, video, film, and text, she creates humorous, imaginative, and critical realities. Together with Oshin Albrecht, she forms the collective buren, previous artists-in-residence at Kaaitheater in Brussels. She is the host of Gentle Boys Club. As a drag king, she performs under multiple personas, including the flamboyant Debutante K.I.N.G., the teenager Crywanker, and the singer-songwriter/electrician Don Travolta.
instagram.com/melissamabesoone