Confessions – Musical performance explores the connection between queerness and religion.

What does it feel like to let loose with God looking over your shoulder? In the musical performance Confessions, we explore the complex relationship between religion and queer (club) culture through confessional stories from people in the gay community. The accompanying music embodies these worlds and pushes their boundaries: from solemn church music to club music, from chamber music to burlesque. Discover how Lonelinoise connects queerness and religion, the ‘blasphemous’ and the heavenly.

Nightlife as a religious experience

For many people in the queer community, their identity and way of life are still at odds with the norms they grew up with or that continue to surround them. For them, colourful nightlife often feels like an exhalation, a place filled with understanding, community and ecstasy – an almost religious experience that embraces everything God has forbidden. Confessions explores this complex reality through confessional stories and music by, among others, versatile composer Rick van Veldhuizen, electronic sound artist Trevor Grahl, pop icon Kate Bush and medieval composer Hildegard von Bingen.