Programme A-Z

Programme A-Z

 
 
 
 
2048 - identity in dissolution (٢٠٤٨ - تَحَلّلْ هَوِيَة)
2048 - identity in dissolution (٢٠٤٨ - تَحَلّلْ هَوِيَة ) alaa minawi

Intimate performance, with and about an artist who will be with the audience all the time, but never shows up

performative installation
375 0908 2334 / The body you are calling is currently not available
375 0908 2334 / The body you are calling is currently not available Igor Shugaleev

Inciting first-hand report about life under inhuman dictatorship in the heart of Europe

NL PREMIERE performance
A Plot / A Scandal
A Plot / A Scandal Ligia Lewis

The newest stage work by Lewis covers the history of colonialism as written in historical books and the one embodied in the personal history of her ancestors

dance NL PREMIERE
Ambient Theatre Fury: The Death of Dialogue and How To Avoid It
Ambient Theatre Fury: The Death of Dialogue and How To Avoid It Anna Franziska Jäger & Nathan Ooms

Flemish artistic duo conquering European stages with their subversive theatre project about the impossibility of finding each other in the world of social media

theatre
Ascension
Ascension Leon Rogissart & Paul Boereboom

Live opera in virtual reality allowing your mind to unwind

neo-opera vr installation
Batty Bwoy
Batty Bwoy Harald Beharie

Celebration of dance by an upcoming star of choreography, directly confronting the audience with the queer body on stage

dance NL PREMIERE
blind & lame
blind & lame Lucy & Gika Wilke

Astonishing acoustic music duo of mother and daughter blind & lame

concert NL PREMIERE
DakhaBrakha
DakhaBrakha DakhaBrakha

Well-known Ukrainian band opens the festival with a mixture of folk music and electronic beats

concert opening night
Dear beloved friend,
Dear beloved friend, Dries Verhoeven

A live internet connection between Utrecht and Nigeria’s Lagos discusses European fears and prejudices against migrants

performative installation
Eurydice: een afdaling in oneindigheid
Eurydice: a descent into infinity Silbersee, Celine Daemen & Kate Moore

VR installation invites the audience to join the heroes Eurydice and Orpheus of the ancient epos in their journey to the underworld

neo-opera vr installation
GHOST
GHOST Asa Horvitz

Four musicians and Artificial Intelligence in a neo-opera about the meaning of life and death

neo-opera Pre-premiere SPRING COPRODUCTION
Golden Age
Golden Age Igor Cardellini & Tomas Gonzalez

Unexpected excursion across shopping mall Hoog Catharijne, changing forever your perception of public space and daily shopping decisions

performative installation
If All Else Fails
If All Else Fails Forced Entertainment

Legendary British group that paved the way for independent performing arts in Europe, in their most recent stage work, full of perverse humor.

NL PREMIERE theatre
It’s Going to Get Dark
It's Going to Get Dark Samara Hersch

Hersch continues her successful search for theatre as a place where not obvious encounters between strangers can be a safe space to talk about the most intimate topics

SPRING COPRODUCTION theatre WORLDPREMIERE
Kim_Twiddle DJ set
Kim_Twiddle DJ set Kim_Twiddle

DJ set with electronic music 

Music
Landing on Feathers
Landing on Feathers Jija Sohn, Aleksandra Lemm & Julia Reist

Funny and nostalgic story about the notion of care and its crucial role in building connections

dance SPRING COPRODUCTION
MELLOWING
MELLOWING Christos Papadopoulos & Dance On Ensemble

An energetic celebration of the collectivity and the individuality of dancers

dance NL PREMIERE
Motus Mori: RELIQUIEM
Motus Mori: RELIQUIEM Katja Heitmann

New intimate intriguing chapter, in Katja’s choreography project, on archiving and transferring the movement of an individual person into collective memory

performative installation SPRING COPRODUCTION WORLD PREMIERE
Pas de deux #1 - Constructing Love
Pas de deux #1 - Constructing Love Mila Koistinen, Paul Valikoski & Ladislav Zajac

Charming low-tech micro-theatre created by and for two audience members at the time

NL PREMIERE performative installation
SCORES THAT SHAPED OUR FRIENDSHIP
SCORES THAT SHAPED OUR FRIENDSHIP Lucy Wilke, Paweł Duduś & Kim_Twiddle

A story about friendship between two artists, and about struggling to relate to the normativity of the world around

dance NL PREMIERE
Screaming for Belarus
Screaming for Belarus Jana Shostak

Artistic protest against the political persecutions in Belarus

NL PREMIERE performance
She was a friend of someone else
She was a friend of someone else Gosia Wdowik

In this international project, a rising star of Polish theatre investigates the feminist revolution in Europe and how it is far from being done

NL PREMIERE SPRING COPRODUCTION theatre
SNN #2: Light/Space/Prop
SNN #2: Light/Space/Prop Chris Salter & Alexandre Saunier

An interactive and dynamic installation in which light and motion are used as creative elements

light installation opening night
SPAfrica
SPAfrica Julian Hetzel & Ntando Cele

Two great provocateurs join forces to reveal the perverse aspects of the water industry and its impact on our society

NL PREMIERE SPRING COPRODUCTION theatre
Spelling Spectacle
Spelling Spectacle Ingrid Berger Myhre

One of the most interesting young voices of European choreography searches for logical connections between language and movement

dance opening night SPRING COPRODUCTION WORLD PREMIERE
Still Not Still
Still Not Still Ligia Lewis

Large scale dance production on the colonial past and presence by one of the strongest choreographic voices of this time

dance NL PREMIERE
The conspiracy of forms
The conspiracy of forms Amparo González Sola

Movement- and sound lead feminist ritual, taking back control over a civilization shaped by and for men

performance WORLD PREMIERE
 
 

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