Let’s Change the Algorithm

Bam! Pow pow! Wham! Get ready to be sucked into a whirlwind of flashy monologues, shiny costumes and theatrical gestures. Aminata Demba and Aïcha Cissé enter the ring for the fight of their lives in C.A.T.C.H. (Coalition Against Type Casting Horror). In this space that is temporarily theirs, they attempt to free themselves of the many roles that are cast upon them as black actresses and women. 

In November of 2019, the Barcelona-based theatre creator and director Ester Nadal attended a few works in progress during WIPCOOP – Work in Progress Cooperation, organised by Mestizo Arts Platform (MAP). One of the creations completely blew her away: the project presented by dancing twins Nathalie en Doris Bokongo Nkumu (aka Les Mybalés). WIPCOOP brought the two parties in contact and the project Le vide took a start in February of 2020. In February 2024 it’s finally time to present their joint creation at KVS.

At the start of the 17th century, the French provincial town of Loudun is shaken by a wave of hysteria: local nun Jeanne des Anges is accused of demonic possession.

What happens when someone survives?

In Nomadics, Voetvolk's latest production, eight dancers explore how to lend a voice to nature. It is the place par excellence to unwind, but what do we give back?

Scientists and artists are society’s visionaries. KVS and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB) first dreamed up Mindblowers to give those voices and hearts a platform. Expect performances that sit at the crossroads of art, culture and reflection – and, given all that lies ahead this election year, our theme for 2023 is well-chosen: Power!

WIPCOOP, the Work In Progress cooperation by Mestizo Arts Platform, prepares its eighth Brussels edition. What the WIP? WIPCOOP offers the arts sector and audiences a peek at what’s brewing and developing in the scenic arts.

In CASCADE, Meg Stuart and seven dancers search for ways to resist the arrow of time. In complex rhythms and structures, they propel their bodies and imaginations to a new time-space, a different reality where the inevitable can be commemorated.

In 2017, theatre creator Mokhallad Rasem resided in the asylum centre in Menen for six weeks by invitation of Theater Malpertuis. He interviewed and created portraits of its residents. For Gelukszoekers, Rasem equally wants to use interviews to let people tell their stories – but this time the whole world is his source of inspiration. 

Qui cherche, die vindt stages the eternal quest of Brussels youngsters who have grown up between French, Flemish and Moroccan cultures. Together they set out in search of their identity through theatre and contemporary visual arts.

The tradition of Georgian polyphony or multi-voice song – very different from Western polyphony – unites all Georgians. The renowned Georgian Basiani choir, a 12-strong male ensemble, visits Belgium for the first time during europalia georgia.

Nino Haratischwili, famed author (of The Eighth Life (for Brilka) and other books) and director, invites you to join her supra at KVS. A supra is a traditional Georgian feasting table that takes a central spot in social life. Georgian food, wine and polyphonic song play an important part.

Brussels amateur artists on the KVS and BOZAR stages.

Welcome to the birthday party! In La fiesta de delfina we welcome two masked figures to a get-together. They bring a surprising mix of dance and clownery in a fragmented, sombre and at times grotesque narrative.

Phaedra, wife of Athenian king Theseus, has had it. She is tired of hiding her desires, tired of playing the beloved queen and of living in the shadow of her husband.

There’s no age limit to passion! Alice Toen, born in 1924 and still active on stage, proves as much. After a well-filled career as a tv, film and theatre actress, author, and dramaturge of children and youth theatre, she takes to the stage once more – this time for Tribute Alice Toen.