LOVE ME BY THE HOUR is a musically driven physical theatre performance by the inclusive theatre company Speels Collectief, challenging persistent clichés around sex work. Based on the personal stories of sex workers and their clients, the performance explores the diverse forms of paid intimacy: from fleeting encounters and pure desire to long-term connections and intimate relationships. Beyond the stereotypical image of the red light, it focuses on the human dynamics behind sex work. Through music, movement and text, a layered portrait emerges of desire, reciprocity, vulnerability and agency. With blushing cheeks, but without shame… LOVE ME BY THE HOUR offers an honest and nuanced look at a world rarely seen in its full complexity.
Speels Collectief | Theatre | Netherlands