   Garbage Mansion; or The Possibility of a Haunting
   2025
By Ghazale Moqanaki & Marieke Peeters
Interdisciplinary performance
45 minutes
Zaal 3, Het Nationale Theater,
Den Haag, The Netherlands

Garbage Mansion; or The Possibility of a Haunting is an experimental theater piece by Ghazale Moqanaki & Marieke Peeters. This interdisciplinary performance combines live performance, animation, and puppetry. It is a dark fairy tale that combines film, live performance, and puppetry inside an installation. The installation reflects the whimsical horror story of a supernatural hoarder’s house and the chaos, clutter, and intimacy it holds. The hoarder’s house becomes a portal in which we encounter the knitting of the universe and animate garbage.The installation is made of objects in garbage bag material and wool. In this piece we wonder, where do things go?
And how do we live with the possibility of being haunted by that which we throw away? In a place that produces and throws away so much physical, cultural, and human garbage hoarding is a relevant vehicle through which we can look closer at our relation to waste. Garbage Mansion; or The Possibility of a Haunting has three acts and each act uses a different medium to tell the story of a supernatural hoarder.

Art Directors & Creators: Ghazale Moqanaki & Marieke Peeters
Music: Ghazale Moqanaki
Costume Design: Marieke Peeters
Animation: Ghazale Moqanaki
Set Design: August Auberdine & Marieke Peeters
Performers: An Kuper & Elinos d’Estais
Singers: Fran Van Lysbettens & Isa Bornau

Garbage Mansion; or The Possibility of a Haunting, 2025, Interdisciplinary performance, Photo by Luna Obsidia