We are inviting Árpád Schilling to give a one-off talk, putting his trilogy into context along with the relationship between the social and the artistic that exists throughout his work. It will be about the choices made and the theatre’s political dimension in the troubled context of Hungary today. It presents a unique opportunity to meet an impassioned artist.

This performance is a joint venture by the artist Hans Op de Beeck and writer-actor Pieter De Buysser. The piece physically links visual art and theatre, with Hans creating an object and Pieter writing a play to perform alongside it. Hans has constructed a chest with hidden cupboards and drawers. Pieter has devised a story about storing things away and forgetting them, a story that’s part blood-curdling fairytale, part edgy road movie.

An afternoon of debate and discussion that looks in greater depth at one of the themes of Book Burning: our need of factual knowledge to understand the world, and of stories to give meaning to the facts. Pieter De Buysser et Hans Op de Beeck will explore this topic together with Kristinn Hrafnsson, spokesman for WikiLeaks and the number two of the organization founded by Julian Assange.

An American of Korean origin, Young Jean Lee develops theatre that destabilises cultural representations of identity and refers us back to our own stereotypes. This time she tackles the politics of gender. Featuring six charismatic female theoreticians and performers, Untitled Feminist Show humorously undermines the social constructs of the masculine and the feminine.

Opening Night - openingsavond met o.a. Damien Chivialle, Annemie Maes, Els Dietvorst & Voorraad BRXL Réserve (expo), Anna Mendelssohn (performance) en Carolyn Steel (gesprek)