Season 2023-2024 | Frans Brood Productions | English

IRENE WOOL / MIET WARLOP AFTER ALL SPRINGVILLE

DISASTERS AND AMUSEMENT PARKS

With the lightness of a cartoon, the tragic story of a failed community is told.

"In After All Springville, Miet Warlop opens the door to a wonderful universe. Her theatre is playful and full of jokes, but at heart she is exploring the essence of humanity. Fresh, energetic and disarming.”

**** De Morgen

Best theatre production of 2021 in Flanders and of 2022 in

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The Netherlands

IRENE WOOL & NTGENT / MIET WARLOP ONE SONG

HISTOIRE(S) DU THÉÂTRE IV

A concert that never stops repeating and reinventing itself. A show-metaphor for a miniature but universal society.

"Loud, preposterous and extremely entertaining." The New York Times

“The most exalted show of the Avignon Festival eliciting a massive ovation.” **** The Guardian

Premiere Festival d'Avignon '22 Trailer

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On the repertoire: Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break & Big Bears Cry Too

IRENE WOOL / MIET WARLOP

DELIRIUM

A summit of Miet Warlop's visual language. A bright mass with self-transforming images and at the same time a delusion of a collective delirium.

Premiere May '25 Kunstenfestivaldesarts Brussels File

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"A fascinating artist who is finally getting more recognition.” Le Monde

DIPTYCH/TRIPTYCH

THEMISSINGDOOR,THELOSTROOM,THEHIDDENFLOOR

A surreal thriller, compared to which Twin Peaks is toddler television. Two versions, the two ('Diptych') or the three pieces ('Triptych').

“Characters lost in closed environments. Oneiric, fantastic and served by performers with hallucinating virtuosity. A great work of art.” Le Soir

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On the repertoire: Vader, Moeder, Kind

Jovan Cirilov Award – Belgrade Dance Festival Best contemporary performance of 2021 in Italy Danza & Danza Magazine

PEEPING TOM / GABRIELA CARRIZO LAVISITA

An art gallery that is closing down, a chapel in the middle of a hospital or a museum of fine arts. Peeping Tom’s first site-specific creation in dialogue with every new location it visits.

“Their productions swirl with strange, surreal images. They swing from silly to unsettling in a few steps, until audiences are bamboozled. These are shows that refuse to be shaken off." The Guardian

FEDORA Van Cleef & Arpels Prize for Ballet 2021

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PEEPING TOM / FRANCK CHARTIER

S 62° 58', W 60° 39'

‘South 62 58’ catapults the audience into a manipulative trip taking apocalyptic proportions.

"Peeping Tom confirms that its shifted universe, which probes the unfathomable, which mixes laughter and melancholy, always touches us." La Libre Belgique

Premiere Biennale de la Danse Lyon September '23 File We are looking for partners

FASO DANSE THÉÂTRE / SERGE AIMÉ COULIBALY

FITRY

A solo like a long fado. A man stands at a crossroads in the reality of his passion between Africa and Europe.

"This piece is well thought out and created with care, creativity and professionalism. On the surface it seems simple but Coulibaly’s story about the man and the depth of emotion coming from his core is complex. The dynamic of the story ebbs and flows, is both cool and warm, builds and expands."

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FASO DANSE THÉÂTRE / SERGE AIMÉ COULIBALY

C LA VIE

A choreography of celebration. An ode to life with a rhythm that does not stop, with seven dancers, a percussionist and a

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Premiere Tanz im August Berlin '23

On the repertoire: Kalakuta Republik , Wakatt, Kirina

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“Serge Aimé Coulibaly is one of the leading lights of contemporary dance on the African continent today.” Les Inrockuptibles

NOT STANDING / ALEXANDER VANTOURNHOUT THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

A quirky pas de deux between two men, Alexander and Axel.

“After his brilliant debut show ANECKXANDER and his success Screws, Vantournhout takes a next step towards an intriguing theatrical language that combines the gracefulness of dance with the boundlessness of circus and the tender intimacy of a narrative.” Knack

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NOT STANDING / ALEXANDER VANTOURNHOUT

FORESHADOW

A research with eight dancers into gravity and its effect on movement.

“His phenomenal physical intelligence is so ingenious that it is impossible to describe. He has developed a unique choreographic language that draws on techniques from dance, martial arts, circus, yoga, anatomy and the animal world.” De Standaard

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Premiere July '23 Julidans Amsterdam File

NOT STANDING / ALEXANDER VANTOURNHOUT

VANTHORHOUT

A circular solo about a non-violent Thor. War and peace in a site-specific performance.

"A show on the edge of circus and dance, as virtuoso as it’s intelligent, not to be missed.” La Terrasse

Premiere 10 October '22 Paris File

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On the repertoire: The Last Night of the World & Sylvia

FABRICE MURGIA / THÉÂTRE DE NAMUR & CIE ARTARA

ALMA

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The myth of Faust impregnated with the world of reality TV. An original cabaret with, among others, celebrated Belgian drag queen Peggy Lee Cooper and Vanessa Van Durme.

“Fabrice Murgia makes captivating music theater.” De Standaard

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Premiere 16 May '23 Théâtre de Namur

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DACAPO

A chronicle of the Ronaldo family. An evocative, filmic performance about love, necessity, apparent coincidence and passion. A story of 180 years of wonder.

"The way Circus Ronaldo celebrates the grandeur of circus with such intimacy is quite spectacular.” Knack

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On the repertoire: Fidelis Fortibus, La Cucina dell’Arte & Swing

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Best theatre performance of 2022 in Flanders Pepijn Ronaldo chosen as best actor of 2022 in Flanders

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