Out of the trash, they crawl. They are the waste, and the waste is them. In this special edition of Waste Me, created especially for TENT, two performers sing, dance, and emerge into a utopian, trash-born universe. Playful, wild, and a little crazy— they’ll take you on a trip through the strange beauty of what we throw away.

Waste Me is a performance by choreographer and theatre maker Cecilia Moisio, created in 2025 as a co-production between Cecilia Moisio Company and Maas theater en dans. It is a powerful commentary on our out-of-control consumer society, exploring through intense physicality and haunting imagery how overconsumption not only shapes our relationship with material goods but also impacts how we treat one another. We hoard, discard, and replace - objects, habits, people.

Cecilia’s vision was brought to life by a unique scenography of used furniture and discarded materials sourced from in and around Rotterdam, designed by Marlies Schot. Costumes by Daphne Karstens were also constructed from secondhand textiles and found objects, adding a tactile layer to the work.

It invites viewers to reflect on cycles of waste and renewal, and to reconsider what we choose to keep, let go of, or reimagine.

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