Songs of grievance [Love me tender] — Vanasay Khamphommala
How can we prepare for the loss of the people we love? Vanasay Khamphommala rehearses the song “Love me Tender” by Elvis Prestley, which his father, born in Laos, asked him to perform for his funeral — still to come.
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Event information
Time: 2026-06-07 00:00 UTC – 2026-06-07 00:25 UTC
Place: Les Laboratoires d'Aubervilliers, 41 Rue Lécuyer, 93300, Aubervilliers
Price: Free
Tags: Art contemporain · Theatre
About this event
Vanasay Khamphommala (ວັນນະໄຊ ຄຳພົມມາລາ) is a playwright, performer, author, translator and teacher. She first trained in singing and music, then in English and theater studies (École Normale Supérieure, Harvard, Oxford, Paris-Sorbonne) and as an actress in the Free Class of the Cours Florent. Since 2018, she has created performances and shows with her company Lapsus chevelü, including L'Invocation à la Muse, Écho, I come to sing at your house naked in exchange for a mealor ສຽງຂອງຍ່າ (My grandmother's voice). His work questions European mythologies from a postcolonial and postgender perspective.
Production creditsConception and interpretation: Vanasay Khamphommala
Production: Lapsus chevelü
Co-production: Nordwind Festival (Berlin)
Duration: 25 minutes
Complete program of the evening at the Labs7:30 p.m.-8:40 p.m. : I don't know how to write to you, my love — Sandra Calderan
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