The tribute band Loro comes to play cult Italian figure Laura. But how do they do it? Do they play her music, or also Laura herself? Who is Laura? How did she get forgotten? What does it mean to play her? And isn't Loro using Laura to chase successes of its own? In the studio setting, a moving quest for authenticity and impact in a manufactured world unfolds.

In 'Loro plays Laura', an unknown Fleming tries to spotlight a cult Italian artist from the 1980s at a talent show for cover bands. A mixture of live concert, documentary musical theatre and strange Friday night television.

about the makers

Lennert De Vroey (1994) works as a writer and theatre maker by day and dreams of music by night. He studied Political Science (UGent) and Drama/Word Art (KCA). He was a one of the Montignards #5 at Monty (2021), featured RETOUR (LAFS, 2021) and with Royal Deluxe (ZvA, 2023). He is currently collaborating on 'SHIT (a shit performance about poop)' (2024) and is conducting a performative research on palm trees (Governorship, 2023-2024). With Reindeer, he makes seasonal (Christmas) music.

Gilles Van Hecke (b. 1996) studied acting at the RITCS. Since then he has been active as a maker within Vielleicht and as an actor for theatre (The Gob Squad, Ontroerend Goed, NTGent, Antigone, among others), film and television (Dertigers, Hoodie, among others). With Vielleicht, he directed 'Maybe once without irony' ihkv the KAAIMANNEN of De Warande.