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The Wooster Group

CRY, TROJANS! (Troilus & Cressida)

theatre

CRY, TROJANS! (Troilus & Cressida)
CRY, TROJANS! (Troilus & Cressida)

theatre

Wed 20.05 - Sun 24.05.15

In CRY, TROJANS! (Troilus & Cressida), The Wooster Group takes a decidedly American approach to the Trojan side of Shakespeare’s dark and scabrous Trojan War play. A vexing tale of sincere love corrupted and the downfall of a noble hero.

Brett Scott

Hacking the Financial System - Towards a new economy

talk debate

Hacking the Financial System - Towards a new economy
Hacking the Financial System - Towards a new economy

talk

Mon 18.05.15

Financial activist Brett Scott calls on people to explore the financial system, jam it and build alternatives so we have an answer ready when the next financial crisis hits. This is a lecture in the Bank2Basics series powered by FairFin.

Jan Lauwers & Needcompany

The Blind Poet

theatre

The Blind Poet
The Blind Poet

theatre

Tue 12.05 - Fri 15.05.15

How many lies, chance encounters and mishaps have actually determined history as we know it? In his new creation, Jan Lauwers travels through history by way of the family trees of all Needcompany’s members. The Blind Poet is about strong women who throw stones and end up on the stake. About a crusader whose suit of armour is too small.

UCL

Nightshop #3 - After the conflict

talk debate

Nightshop #3 - After the conflict
Nightshop #3 - After the conflict

talk

Tue 05.05.15

The last of three NightShops organised by the UCL. The moderator is once again Béatrice Delvaux, the editor of Le Soir. This edition's guests are film director Thierry Michel, journalist Colette Braeckman, researcher Valérie Rosoux (UCL) and photographer Mélanie Wenger.

Tristero & Transquinquennal

We Want More

theatre

We Want More
We Want More

theatre

Thu 23.04 - Sat 25.04.15

It is war. Always war. It's war in the cells. This intimate war is everywhere. At micro and macro levels, and without limitation in time or space. If we are surrounded by an incessant battlefield, of which war is the theatre the setting? Tristero and Transquinquennal are expecting you. With an open mind!

Hans Ulrich Obrist & Donatien Grau

On art and literature

talk debate

On art and literature
On art and literature

talk

Sun 29.03.15

PERFORMATIK 2015 - Art and literature were frequently partners in crime, especially in the avant-garde movements, but they now seem to have gone their separate ways. Is there still some common ground? Gilles Collard (Pylône) discusses this with curator Hans Ulrich Obrist (Serpentine Galleries Londen and author of The Interview Project) and Donatien Grau (Oxford University and author of The Age of Creation).

Performatik Closing Salon

Hans Ulrich Obrist on live art exhibitions

talk debate

Hans Ulrich Obrist on live art exhibitions
Hans Ulrich Obrist on live art exhibitions

talk

Sat 28.03.15

PERFORMATIK 2015 - Hans Ulrich Obrist, co-director of Serpentine Galleries London and internationally renowned curator, will talk to arts critic Piter T'Jonck about his experience with curating live art.

Xavier Le Roy

Sans Titre

music performance talk

Sans Titre
Sans Titre

music

Tue 24.03 - Wed 25.03.15

PERFORMATIK 2015 - In his new production Xavier Le Roy creates three situations that make the relationship between the audience and actors less straightforward. The three parts – a lecture, a performance and a concert – are controlled by the loss of a protagonist. The actors and spectators mourn together and this leads to inventions and strange situations…

Xavier Le Roy, Benoît Félix & Miki Yui

Changing the rules of the game

talk debate

Changing the rules of the game
Changing the rules of the game

talk

Tue 24.03.15

PERFORMATIK 2015 - Conversation with Xavier Le Roy, Benoît Félix & Miki Yui. Moderator: tbc

Joëlle Tuerlinckx

"THAT's IT!" (+3 FREE minutes)

theatre performance

"THAT's IT!" (+3 FREE minutes)
"THAT's IT!" (+3 FREE minutes)

theatre

Sat 21.03.15

PERFORMATIK 2015 - Visual artist Joëlle Tuerlinckx ventures into new territory and creates an ‘all-round show’ in which she draws from her vast archive. A part of that archive – images she uses to ‘theatricalise’ the world – was the basis of her impressive solo exhibition in WIELS.

Philipp Blom & Geert Buelens

Grote Woorden #2

music talk

Grote Woorden #2
Grote Woorden #2

music

Wed 04.03.15

Poet and professor Geert Buelens, is the author of Europa Europa!, a magnum opus on the First World War and European cultural history. On this occasion, he speaks to the highly renowned German historian Philipp Blom (The Vertigo Years and A Wicked Company). Actress Femke Stallaert recites war poems, pianist Thomas Dieltjens and cellist Martijn Vink perform compositions by Frank Bridge.

Philippe Quesne/Campo

Next Day

theatre

Next Day
Next Day

theatre

Fri 27.02 - Sun 01.03.15

In Next Day, the Parisian director Philippe Quesne catapults us into another world. Thirteen children between the ages of 8 and 11 live in a bizarre microcosm without adults. Here dream and reality, music and language, loneliness and group spirit are intertwined.

Up in Arms / NightShop

NightShop #02 - During the War

talk debate

NightShop #02 - During the War
NightShop #02 - During the War

talk

Tue 24.02.15

This season the UCL is setting up three NightShops at the Kaaitheater: these are debates on the topic of conflict. The second episode is about human behaviour in conflict situations: from resistance and human solidarity to extreme violence and barbarism.

Chantal Mouffe, Jan Vranken & Philippe Van Parijs

A debate (previously announced as Mind The Gap!*)

talk debate

A debate (previously announced as Mind The Gap!*)
A debate (previously announced as Mind The Gap!*)

talk

Fri 13.02.15

There are quite a few yawning gaps these days: that between those with wealth and those without, between those who are on board and those who are excluded, between the salary of the CEO and that of the worker, etc. A debate on a pressing issue, involving several specialists and taking as its motto ‘Change the world, it needs it’ (Bertolt Brecht).

Toneelgroep Amsterdam & Toneelhuis/Ivo Van Hove

Maria Stuart

theatre

Maria Stuart
Maria Stuart

theatre

Wed 04.02 - Thu 05.02.15

In Schiller’s drama Maria Stuart, two legendary queens from European history are at each other’s throats: Elizabeth I of England and Mary Stuart of Scotland. Behind the masks of political power stand two women of flesh and blood. Ivo Van Hove directs a ten-member cast, drawn from the companies of Toneelgroep Amsterdam and Toneelhuis.

Hotel Modern/Arthur Sauer

De Grote Oorlog - cancelled

theatre

De Grote Oorlog - cancelled
De Grote Oorlog - cancelled

theatre

Wed 14.01 - Thu 15.01.15

The Great War by Hotel Modern may be performed in a theatre, but you feel like you’re on a miniature film set. Composer Arthur Sauer creates the live ‘sound effects’ and the soundtrack for the haunting images. - cancelled due to planning problems.

Alain Franco

A History of Editing: Editing History - on the soundtrack in 'Built to Last'

talk

A History of Editing: Editing History - on the soundtrack in 'Built to Last'
A History of Editing: Editing History - on the soundtrack in 'Built to Last'

talk

Fri 09.01 - Sat 10.01.15

For Built to Last, choreographer Meg Stuart invited music dramaturge Alain Franco to collaborate with her. In this talk, Franco explains his non-chronological selection and juxtaposition of music for the production. He gives his personal view of monumentality and stability in society and in music. 

Needcompany

Needlapb

theatre

Needlapb
Needlapb

theatre

Tue 16.12.14

Needlapb is a unique opportunity to take a look at the working process and be offered an insight into future Needcompany projects. In this edition, Needcompany shows the initial steps towards two productions for 2015: The Time Between Two Mistakes and The Blind Poet.

Thalia Theater Hamburg & NTGent/Luk Perceval

FRONT

theatre

FRONT
FRONT

theatre

Fri 12.12 - Sat 13.12.14

Ten million soldiers were killed in WWI. Director Luk Perceval gives them a human face in an evocative polyphony. FRONT gives an impression of life on both sides of this front line: with accounts and characters based on documents of the time, and live music.

Superamas

SuperamaX

theatre

SuperamaX
SuperamaX

theatre

Fri 28.11 - Sat 29.11.14

Facing new challenges in various fields such as economics, politics, technology, commercial business, sex, dance and theatre, SUPERAMAS turns itself into SUPERAMAX. A sweet-sour comedy.

Brussels Studies Institute

Night of Knowledge on Brussels

talk debate

Night of Knowledge on Brussels
Night of Knowledge on Brussels

talk

Fri 21.11.14

For the third Night of Brussels Knowledge, the Brussels Studies Institute will once again bring together dozens of researchers and philosophers to share their knowledge of Brussels with you. The central theme this time is: sustainable urban development. There will be witty presentations and lively discussions interspersed with short performances by Brussels artists.

Jan Fabre

Drugs kept me alive

theatre

Drugs kept me alive
Drugs kept me alive

theatre

Thu 20.11.14

In Drugs kept me alive Jan Fabre describes a mortal, a life that is teetering on the edge of death. The closer to death, the more pills, sachets and drinks are needed to undershore this life. The monologue was written for born performer Tony Rizzi.

Jan Decorte/Bloet

Much Dance

theatre dance

Much Dance
Much Dance

theatre

Fri 14.11 - Sun 16.11.14

Jan Decorte is creating his second piece of dance theatre. A meeting of four people, an extraordinary love story. No rigid grammar of dance, but the anarchy of movement, the faltering beauty of failure.

De Warme Winkel

Gavrilo Princip

theatre

Gavrilo Princip
Gavrilo Princip

theatre

Fri 10.10 - Sat 11.10.14

On 28th June 1914 Gavrilo Princip killed Franz Ferdinand, the heir to the Habsburg throne, during his visit to Sarajevo. The attack sparked off the events leading to WWI. De Warme Winkel presents us with a performance about a world that is on the verge of disappearing. A manic, orgiastic, theatrical reconstruction which is ultimately reminiscent only of a battlefield.

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