Performance, two acts
Premiere – 26th November, 2026
The world-famous novel about beauty and its power continues to fascinate artists, perhaps above all because the mirror held up to the artist reflects far more than mere appearances. It tempts us to reveal what we see – or, conversely, to conceal from others what we alone perceive. It invites us to step through the looking glass and attempt to capture a fleeting moment, to hold time still.
For Wilde, beauty is neither goodness, virtue nor honesty. It is amoral, just as art itself is. Seductive in all its forms, it remains forever elusive and mysterious.
Perhaps the famous saying “ars longa, vita brevis est” has lost its truth in the twenty-first century?