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On Ice – Suzanne Grotenhuis/De Nwe Tijd

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:38 +0000

In 2013, Suzanne won a Belgian theatre prize, spending the entire prize money on buying an actual ice skating rink. Why she did that will be revealed in her funny, absurd, moving show.

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Ivona, Princess of Burgundia – Tibaldus

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:28 +0000

Unique and radical reworking of Witold Gombrowicz's (the Shakespeare of Poland) classic play. Fusing language, physicality and comedy, one of Belgium's most exciting young companies creates a thrilling contemporary retelling of a lost masterpiece.

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£¥€$ (LIES) – Ontroerend Goed

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:07 +0000

Get under the skin of the well-to-do, the 1%, super rich, the ones who pull the strings, the faces we never get to see. For one night, you can take their chairs. You call the shots.

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Working Method – Enkidu Khaled

Cat Thomson — Mon, 08 May 2017 04:05:04 +0000

Can art save the world? Belgian theatre-maker Enkidu Khaled's award-winning show analyses and simplifies the complex process of making theatre. Using the experience of war, he empowers the audience, utilising their imagination and artistic expression.

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Bombastic Declaration of Love – Julie Cafmeyer

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:45 +0000

Old boyfriend photos, texts, poetry: struggling with her love life, Julie Cafmeyer experiences orgasms, despair, rejection and heaven. It's a coming of age story showing what theatre can be, and you're invited.

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Arm – Mireille & Mathieu

richardx — Thu, 04 May 2017 08:05:41 +0000

Gentle, poetic, cruel or comical; Mireille & Mathieu unpack their paraphernalia at a flea-market. Objects turn out to be bursting with stories where in this happy delirium of exploration and absurd experiments, nothing’s taken seriously.

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