Tibau Beirnaert & Laurens Aneca

Tibau Beirnaert (2000, they/them) and Laurens Aneca (1992, he/him) met while studying at KASK & Conservatorium in Ghent, where they both studied Drama. Their shared interest in queerness forms the essence of their artistic collaboration. Tibau takes on the role of maker, actor and performer, while Laurens acts as director.

Laurens greatly appreciates the player's autonomy and tries to elicit Tibau's imagination in various ways.  For Tibau, their fascination with alter egos is a crucial element, as it allows them to constantly transform. These metamorphoses using wigs, lenses, prosthetics and (special effects) make-up allows them to question the rigid binarity with which gender is often approached.

Tibau and Laurens' collective imagination is heavily influenced by fantasy and science fiction, which act as a window through which they view the world around them. Within the genres, they are exploring worlds imbued with an unprecedented diversity of laws and customs, often radically different from everyday reality. These explorations go hand in hand with a deep-seated desire for the strange, the eccentric, the wonderfully bizarre and the future. 

Since 2023, they have been working on a trilogy focusing on intimacy. In the same year, their first production F A G G O T S premiered. This performance sensually explores Tibau's queer utopias, told in several episodes. F A G G O T S was Tibau's graduation performance at KASK & Conservatorium and was performed at Theater Aan Zee, LAFS and Festival Cement.

Tibau and Laurens are currently working on their second production, Zero Feet Away, in which they explore the impact of dating apps on the experience of intimacy. Tibau won the TAZ creation grant for young creators with their pitch for this performance.