Welcome to Caveland! is set in an allegorical world populated by fantasy animals, giant moles and figures from the underworld. The cave dwellers travel from city to city like a circus to present their ‘ecosophical’ tale in theatres and at festivals.

Robert Cantarella has been ‘doing a Gilles’ for several years now. Which means that he has been giving new voice to the renowned lectures the French philosopher Gilles Deleuze gave in the 1980s, including the correct intonation, rhythm, hesitations and incoherence of the spoken word.

During the First World War, the theatre-maker Simon Allemeersch’s great grandfather deserted and fled on foot to the Netherlands, where he ended up being imprisoned for four years in the military camp at Zeist. Together with a group of actors, makers and musicians, Simon Allemeersch attempts to reconstruct his story.

Once again, the Brussels Studies Institute will be mobilising a crack team of researchers and thinkers to share their knowledge of Brussels with you. In between the presentations and discussions, you’ll be treated to short performances by Brussels-based artists.

Axel is a biogeneticist and married to Theresa. When their son dies and his wife leaves him, Axel decides to commit suicide. He puts on his best suit and goes to his favourite restaurant to eat lobster one last time, but the waiter stumbles and the lobster lands on Axel’s white suit. The Lobster Shop mixes situations real and surreal, reality and fiction, theatre, dance and music.