The Grief of Red Granny

Toneelhuis / LOD muziektheater / Gorges Ocloo

A ritualized AfrOpera on individual and collective grief. In a radical adaptation of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater, three singers and three instrumentalists, all from South Africa, bring a mourning process to life. A musical confrontation between cultures. A universal sound of sorrow and celebration.

Moeder Courage

KVS / Toneelhuis / Lisaboa Houbrechts

How do you live and survive in a war as a child? As a young woman? As a mother? Lisaboa Houbrechts presents Brecht’s antiwar play as a moving and confrontational fable about the vulnerability and resistance of one of the most iconic female characters in world repertoire, set in a musical and visual universe.

Mantike Bloom Boom

Toneelhuis / Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

Everything seems to be going to pot. And yet – there’s a shining light on the horizon. A sign of hope. Now the whole shebang can be blown away. Marjan De Schutter storms on stage like a whirlwind in various guises. There is only one last link between dying bees and our fate. Mantike Bloom Boom. Prophecies. Explosions. Vital splatters. Just in time, the end is avoided.

Alle schone dingen

Toneelhuis / Olympique Dramatique / Tom Dewispelaere

In order to give his suicidal mother new hope, a boy makes a list of all the wonderful things that make life worth living. Based on the successful solo Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan. A witty, touching and comforting tale.

The Sheep Song

Toneelhuis / FC Bergman

A miniature about the eternal struggle with – and endless longing for – change.

Scarlet Anansi Ocloo

Toneelhuis / Gorges Ocloo

Gorges Ocloo is reprising his very first show from 2014, with which he stormed into the Flemish theatre world like a whirlwind. Based on the story of Medea, whom Ocloo considers the mother of all genocides. With Hilde Van Mieghem, on the boards again after a long time.

300 el x 50 el x 30 el

FC Bergman / Toneelhuis

A village that is gripped by the fear of an imminent flood. 

Bruegel

Toneelhuis / Lisaboa Houbrechts

Dulle Griet (Mad Meg) transports you into the past. Visually stunning theatre with a wealth of new ideas.

lightparticles inc.

Monty / Gilles Pollak

Gilles!

Jan Decleir

Thirty-seven years after the premiere of the monologue Hugo Claus wrote especially for him, Jan Decleir once again is taking on the role of Gilles de Rais. A gripping text for all times about war, love and jealousy, loss, depravity, faith and horror.

The Lieutenant Of Inishmore

Toneelhuis / Olympique Dramatique

With this legendary production in 2006, Olympique Dramatique brought the theme of terrorist extremism down to the living room level. Absolutely politically incorrect, over the top, hilarious, razor sharp and with menacing undertones. Like a Tarantino script, but for the stage.

A Revue

d e t h e a t e r m a k e r / Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe

A sublimely spectacular happening, somewhere between a decadent fashion show, a queer cabaret and a shamanistic fertility ritual.

Honderd

Toneelhuis / Martha!tentatief / theater arsenaal / Ruud Gielens & Bart Van Nuffelen

Honderd is an evocative musical performance by Slongs (Charissa Parassiadis) and Scale (Kris Strybos). Ruud Gielens is responsible for the direction. Bart Van Nuffelen wrote the script, based on 100 interviews recorded by Pauline Augustyn. A report from the fringes of the city.

Liefde/Amour

KVS / Pitcho Womba Konga

How far should you go, how much should you endure before you can say you’ve tried everything? They say there’s no such thing as failure, that every break-up is an experience that strengthens us for new adventures. 

Saint Amour 30

Behoud de Begeerte

Macadam!

Tutti Fratelli

How goes the world - Histoire(s) du Théâtre V

NTGent / Tim Etchells

​After forty years of making theatre, the British artist and author Tim Etchells, founder of Forced Entertainment, reflects on the history of (his) theatre at the invitation of NTGent.

25 jaar Yevgueni

Yevgueni

Boggamasta

Flat Earth Society Orchestra (FES) / David Bovée

B.O.X & Dez Mona: LUCY

Dez Mona / B.O.X

Isabelle Lewis

Valgeir Sigurðsson / Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe / Elisabeth Klinck

The promising alliance brings a one of a kind combination of electronic and contemporary classical music: a nostalgic shapeshifter with three faces, each personifying a unique sound world. A charismatic performance with poetic and mysterious lyrics, operatic influences and sophisticated electronics.

Guided tour

Toneelhuis offers you a peek behind the scenes with pleasure. Take a guided tour of the Bourla and find out everything about the building’s history and its historic theatrical constructions.

Women in Motion

Virago Symphonic Orchestra

Aan tafel

Erfgoeddag 2025