Vivi Vitesse wants success, followers, likes! She has a role model: Clärenore Stinnes, an unconventional adventurer from the 1920s. Clärenore was the first woman to drive around the world by car. While posting a TikTok video, Vivi decides to follow in her heroine’s footsteps. She won’t be the youngest, nor the first — but she will be the fastest woman to travel around the world by car!
‘Madame Vitesse’ is an ode to Clärenore Stinnes and at the same time a plea for slowing life down. A journey to the end of the world, only to realize that everything that truly matters had always been within reach.
A journey where world music, classical music, and pop intersect and enrich one another. A journey where historic footage from Clärenore Stinnes’ film and Vivi’s live video reports complement each other.
ON TOUR 2025 - 2026
Dinsdag 7 oktober - CC De Biekorf, Lebbeke 13u45 - Schoolvoorstelling www.ccdebiekorf.be
Donderdag 23 oktober - De Cultuurfabriek, Damme 10u30 en 13u30 - Schoolvoorstellingen www.cultuurfabriekdamme.be
“MADAME VITESSE lets you lose yourself along the blurred boundary between two worlds: reality and the world of theatre, real life and the life we appear to live through images.”
CREDITS
Vivi: Joëlle Charlier (FR) or Helene Bracke (NL) Pol: Wouter Vande Ginste or Stan Vangheluwe
A performance featuring voice and prepared grand piano (piano & performance: Wouter Vande Ginste) or electric piano and electronics (piano & performance: Stan Vangheluwe)
Concept, text & direction: Helene Bracke Concept & French translation: Joëlle Charlier Scenography: Helene Bracke & Tijl Wellens Technical design: Tijl Wellens Video technology: Gertjan Biasino
Created with the support of Les Festivals de Wallonie and Espace Columban.