The ECC presents a double bill of one-act shows:
Dinner for One
written by Laurie Smith
directed by Hugh Dow
&
The Real Inspector Hound
written by Tom Stoppard
directed by Janet Middleton
The performances will take place at The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Brussels from 8-12 March 2016 at 8pm.
Tickets €15, available from http://thelittleboxoffice.com/ECC
Peter Pan the Musical (17-20 March 2016) – W:Hall, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre
Can children really fly? Do fairies truly exist? Will the Lost Boys ever be found?
Find out in ‘Peter Pan the Musical’, based on the play by J.M. Barrie – the only show in Brussels with pixie dust!
Directed and choreographed by Kathy Lemerle and Jenny Clarkson, with musical director David Miller.
To book your tickets, visit www.greenparrot.eu and click on ‘Bookings’.
See you there, but beware pirates and crocodiles…!
Anna Holmén will be directing the ECC’s production of Nikolai Gogol’s The Government Inspector in November in The Studio Theatre. This will be a two-week production. Parts available for all ages, genders, accents and nationalities.
Auditions will be held in the Bar Room of
The Warehouse, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Schaerbeek
on the following dates:
Sunday 3 April – 11.00-14.00
Tuesday 5 April – 19.30-21.3
Thursday 7 April – 19.30-21.30
Sunday 10 April – 14.00-17.00
For further information please do not hesitate to get in touch with Anna: annaholmen@hotmail.com or 0473 870998 or Facebook.
Please note: the characters the Postmaster, the director of hospitals/charities and Bobchinsky will be female.
22, 23 & 24 April 2016 at 20:00
The Warehouse Studio Theatre
Reserve your tickets here
Facebook event here
3 Nights, 3 different troupes, 3 different shows… Prepare for the improv extravaganza of the year!! Continue reading
« Audition notice for singers: “Mr Choufleuri restera chez lui”: November 2015
We are looking for chorus members and some soloists for a short Offenbach opera in November!
ETCetera asbl (Don Juan, Beckett, An evening of Strindberg, Absurd absurd etc.) is putting on Offenbach’s “Mr Choufleuri restera chez lui”, an amusing one act comic opera that pokes fun at the bourgeoisie and at Italian opera. In French.
Musical director Elizabeth Flynn, stage director Anna Holmén.
We are looking for members of a chorus of 8-12 singers:
We are also looking for the following trained soloists (with a reasonable French accent – soloists will also have speaking roles):
Performances will be Nov 11-14 2015, at Theatre Petit Varia, rue Gray, with tech rehearsal on Nov 8 and dress rehearsal on Nov 10. Rehearsals initially at any rate will probably be Wednesday evenings in Etterbeek.
We are having first Auditions on 6/7 May, with probably others to follow.
If you plan to come on 6th or 7th May, or cannot come to one of these but would like to audition, please email info.etcetera2009@gmail.com or Anna Matthiessen (audition coordinator) at matisseanna@gmail.com; or call her on: 0476 074 442 for more information.
We are delighted that once again this winter there will be another ECC Panto.
Cinderella
11-15 January 2017
Auditions will be held 2-6pm Sunday 5 and Saturday 18 June at The Warehouse Studio Theatre (Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Brussels).
All are very welcome to come along, and should prepare a song to sing too (please don’t be put off by this – non singers are welcome as well, but if you can only even vaguely attain a tune you’ll be in the chorus!)
If you are unable to make either of these dates please contact Cath at cath.howdle@gmail.com
The Warehouse Studio Theatre
Tartuffe: A New American Satire is an original adaptation of Molière’s masterful play about hypocrisy. It is written by Jake Brandman, directed by Jeremy Zeegers and produced by the American Theatre Company.
This romp of a comedy will be performed in September 2016 during the heat of the American presidential election. Any similarity with current events is attributable to the genius of Molière and the enduring nature of human flaws.
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Many thanks to everyone has bought a ticket for The Government Inspector, which is now totally sold out!
Tickets are no longer available via our booking system, but you might be able to find or advertise unwanted tickets on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/
Alternatively, you could try turning up on the night as very often we have unfilled seats when people fail to turn up. However, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to find you a seat.
ETCetera, together with Les Colyriques, a well known Brussels musical theatre company, presents its next musical production, The Little Prince, a “Magic Opera” based on the famous book by Antoine de St-Exupéry, “Le Petit Prince”. Rachel Portman and Nicholas Wright wrote the songs, music and lyrics.
The book and the opera put up themes of flying, friendship, foxes, faithfulness and flowers, with an array of amazing human and non-human characters, and an appeal that is at least as much to adults as to children.
Les Colyriques and ETCetera have assembled some wonderful actors and singers, including both an adults’ and a children’s chorus, and some brilliant soloists and musicians.
The singing is in English (with French surtitles), with some narrative passages taken from the original book in French (with English surtitles).
Tickets: www.europeantheatreclub.eu : to find a booking form, or email direct to: tickets.etcetera@gmail.com
Theatre: Le “139”, Avenue Emile Max 139, 1030 Brussels.
Performances:
Tickets:
Sandwiches and soup available in the interval.
The Ghost Sheep are back on stage for their last set of shows in 2016 (hint hint, you don’t want to miss it..!)
Get ready for two very different evenings full of Christmas references, jingly hats, mince pies and mulled wine to boot: the ATC Improv crew will wow you with their skills, The Ghost Sheep will unveil their newest format, The Bookends will provide some late night entertainment and our special guests are Jochem Meijer, our Guest Sheep from Amsterdam and Tom Tollenare, our pianomaster!
So move your Christmas parties to the Warehouse and we’ll celebrate the holiday season together!
Make-up Workshop
The Studio Theatre
6 & 7 February 2016
The ECC is delighted that Malinda Coleman has offered to share her considerable make-up skills by leading a make-up workshop on the weekend of 6-7 February.
Malinda has not only undertaken running the make-up for a large number of productions (Ed: I am particularly grateful for her incredible transformation of Lyn Wainwright into an extremely old woman in Three Tall Women), but has also already mentored others in this art. Most recently Malinda passed on her knowledge to Bryony Ullyet who then undertook the make-up for our production of Tom and Viv: Bryony has since worked on productions for the BSS and ATC.
This workshop is for anyone who wishes to learn more about make-up techniques for the stage, whether they have previous experience or not. There will be a small charge to cover the cost of the materials used.
Please register your interest, or find out more about this workshop, by contacting ecco@ecc.theatreinbrussels.com
The ECC will be staging two one-acts plays from 16-20 May at the Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem, 1030 Brussels. Tickets are available from http://thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc.
A Woman of No Importance (Oscar Wilde) – Directed by Conrad Toft
The ECC will be staging an abridged version of Oscar Wilde’s satire A Woman of No Importance here in Brussels from 16-20 May and at FEATS Frankfurt for one performance between 2 and 5 June. With his usual wit, Wilde takes us on an epic romp of Victorian high society exposing scandals and delivering his fine repartee at every opportunity.
The Impotence of Being Frank (Joe Wilde) – Directed by Hugh Dow
The Impotence of Being Frank is a short farce intended as a tribute to Oscar Wilde and Joe Orton, in which a tenacious detective manically – and ultimately successfully – tracks down the perpetrator of a crime that wasn’t committed. It is the first play by a highly renowned Brussels based biographer and academic, writing under the pseudonym of Joe Wilde. The play, originally written for the radio has never been performed before.
Joe and Lisa found a legal charitable Academy for Women to shelter young street prostitutes and strippers in Elko County, State Nevada. The Academy is the first place in the world where women get access to both, sex work and studies. What results can this peculiar programme produce? We invite you to take a turn in the street of shame, to look straight in glass windows, far behind smiles, underwear and naked skin of prostitutes.
The Slovak Theatre in London, who brought a very successful show to Brussels earlier this year are returning with another show, Academy for Women, in English at 20:00 on 10 June 2017 (and in Slovak at 20:00 on 9 June and 22:00 on 10 June).
Life Reflected will be an evening of poetry readings, devised and staged by Malinda Coleman. The poems chosen will revolve around big life themes, and will include both old favourites and new discoveries.
Malinda would ideally like six readers: three couples of three age-groups: young (20s-30s) adults, middle-aged, and the pre-old … Everyone auditioning is invited to bring along a favourite shortish poem, but this is not obligatory.
Performances within the period November 5 -18 2017 (possibly not the full 5 performances per week).
For further information about this project, you can e-mail Malinda at malinda_coleman@hotmail.com
Chorus auditions are coming! They will be held from 11-12:30 pm on Sunday, 24 September at the Warehouse Studio Theatre (Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Brussels) in the bar room.
If you would like to come along, you can help us by filling in this audition form online
Hope to see lots of you at the auditions!
If you are unable to attend the auditions, but would like to be considered, please contact us at conradtoft@gmail.com.
The ECC’s first production for the 2017-2018 season will be something a little different.
LIFE REFLECTED is an evening of poetry staged and directed by Malinda Coleman
9-11 and 16-18 November 2017 at 8pm
The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69, 1030 Schaerbeek
Tickets: €15 from https://thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc
Malinda Coleman writes: Poetry offers us the pleasure of language played and experimented with, but also can show us things about our experiences that make us feel and understand them differently, more intensely. Inspired by the Shakespearean “seven ages of man”, this collection traces our lives from the beginning to the beginning of the end … encompassing childhood, romance and coupling, parenthood, the challenges of our workaday lives, and the experiences that come along later in life. The poems I have chosen are from both old familiar authors and many unknown contemporary poets.
It sounds serious! But expect to be surprised …I have been lucky to find an exciting group of readers, relative newcomers Agathe Osinski and James Hogan, combined with favourite familiars: Janet Middleton, Liz Ross, David Steen and Mark Prescott. First rehearsals designed to whittle down the long list of poems I compiled have already shown us something of the delight and pleasure this evening will provide.
ECC’s 2018 Panto, Snow White, will be on at Auderghem Cultural Centre from 19-21 January 2018.
Performances:
Come and join the fun for all the family!
Tickets are on sale at thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc (adults: €16, children: €12)
ETCetera presents ‘Figaro Gets Divorced’ by Ödon von Horvath.
TICKETS
tickets.etcetera@gmail.com or Tel: 0474 282 438
Performances:
Tuesday 19th Feb – 20.00
Wednesday 20th Feb – 20.00
Thursday 21st Feb – 20.00
Friday 22nd Feb – 20.00
Saturday 23rd Feb – 20.00
Sunday 24th Feb – 15.00
When the curtain falls on Mozart’s ‘Marriage of Figaro’ everything looks set for a happy ending. Horvath’s bittersweet continuation of the story takes a different turn when revolution forces Figaro, Susanne and the Almavivas to flee for their lives.
What follows is part comedy, part drama, and deals with, among other things, themes of immigration, racism, adultery, and hairdressing.
Directed by Diana Cardona, it is performed mainly in English with some scenes in French or German (with surtitles).
Venue: Warehouse Studio Theatre, Waelhemstraat 69A, 1030 Bruxelles
Googlemap of Warehouse location
Mopsa and Dorcas Hit the Town
An original play by Patrick Stephenson
Directed by Esther Pozo Vera
They’re full-time doctorate students and part-time pole dancers. They’ve just lost their jobs. But tonight, they’ll start to save the world.
“Hilarious… The Bard would be proud.” – Sarah Crew, Editor-in-Chief, The Bulletin Magazine
Nadir Nachtmerrie
An original play by Stephen Challens
Directed by Esther Pozo Vera
Inspired by William Shakespeare’s tale of A Midsummer Night’s dream, this tale is turned upside down and takes on a darker feel.
Can this play within a play within a play within a play illuminate anything new on this traditional light and funny comedy?
Smiling from the shadows, Puck thinks so.
Part of the 1st Annual Shakespeare Summer Festival, come see this double feature in combination with ‘Henry V‘ and enjoy our Shake-your-Spear Sunday Social as a fun extra.
Venue: Balsamine Theatre, Avenue Félix Marchal / Felix Marchallaan 1, 1030 Schaerbeek
(Very close to Dailly)
Tickets for 13 euro via https://thelittleboxoffice.com/bss
ETCetera presents Lessons In Love, an evening of 2 classic European plays.
26th to 30th November 2019: 20.00
‘La Leçon’ d’Eugène Ionesco, mise en scène: Alexandre Diaconu.
Une jeune étudiante, enthousiaste et de bonne humeur, arrive chez son nouveau professeur. Elle est impressionnée, lui aussi. Au cours de la leçon, les relations évoluent, d’une manière inattendue…
With surtitles in English.
‘The Lover’ by Harold Pinter, directed by Hugh Dow.
A married couple. Respectable, even sterile. Except – she has a lover! The husband is complicit. He vacates the house when the lover visits. Or does he?
Surtitré en français.
Venue: Warehouse Theatre, rue Waelhem 69A, 1030 Bxl
Tickets: €16 (5-9 tickets @ €14, 10+ @ €12)
Book: tickets.etcetera@gmail.com Tel: 0474 282 438
BSS presents: ‘Much Ado About Nothing’
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Marianne Farrar-Hockley
Venue: Espace Scarabaeus, 19-27 Rue Creuse, Bxl 1030
Googlemap of venue
3rd-8th of February 2020 at 20.00
8th of February at 14.00
Tickets: €18 adults; €14 groups, youth concessions.
‘After September’ is a comedy by Jimmie Chinn, set in the early sixties the day before the new term is to begin at ‘The Gwendolen Kyte Boarding School for Girls’. However the staff are in for a terrible shock which tests their loyalties to each other, and to the school that is their safe haven as independent working women.
A witty comedy of character on the surface, but the date is significant: the very eve of those sweeping social changes the Sixties were to set in motion. An all-girl boarding school may seem a remote setting now, but it pinpoints the issue of women’s role – and expectations – in society.
Saturday 12th & Tuesday-Saturday 15th-19th, 8pm
Venue: Warehouse Studio Theatre, 69a Waelhemstraat, Schaerbeek
Tickets at 17 EUR from thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc/
Based on the Book by Cheryl Strayed, adapted for the Stage by Nia Vardalos.
Directed by Carrie Ellwanger.
Based on real emails that real people sent to the online advice column “Dear Sugar” (penned by author Cheryl Strayed), Tiny Beautiful Things is not a narrative in the traditional sense but an emotional journey about drawing hope and healing out of loss, pain, and sorrow — and about creating real human connections in a virtual space.
In the words of Director Carrie Ellwanger: “I first read this script in 2019 and was immediately seduced by its deceptively simple, cathartic poetry. Two years into the pandemic, the script resonates even more. During those long months of isolation, virtual connections were all we had. Now, as we take our first tentative steps back into the wider world, this is the play we need: an opportunity to come together again, stare our collective pain in the face, and once more find the joy in tiny, beautiful things.”
From March 24 to 26 and March 29 to April 2 at the Warehouse Studio Theatre (rue Waelhem 69A). Doors open at 7:30 pm, show starts at 8:00 pm. Please note the Warehouse Theatre now has fully-operational Ventilation system and air-conditioning installed.
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE ARE COMING – DON’T MISS ‘EM!!
This classic comic opera tells the tale of Frederic, who, as a child, was mistakenly apprenticed to a band of pirates until his 21st birthday. When Major-General Stanley takes his daughters on a day-trip to the seaside, Frederic meets and falls in love with Mabel. Will 21-year-old Frederic feel duty-bound to stay with the pirates, or will he abandon them and marry Mabel? Will love triumph – or will chaos ensue? Will the local police force save the day? Join us in Penzance and all will be revealed! Full of uplifting choruses and heart-warming melodies, Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ is comic-opera at its best!
Live orchestra!
Music and Lyrics by Gilbert and Sullivan
Stage Director – Angela And Tony Lowe
Music Director – Lionel Bams
Thursday 19/05/2022 – 20:00
Friday 20/05/2022 – 20:00
Saturday 21/05/2022 – 14:30 and 20:00
Sunday 22/05/2022 – 14:30
Online prices: standard 23.50€, children 16€ (matinees only)
The Brussels Shakespeare Society presents Macbeth as our main production (Dir. Steve Challens) plus three new short plays.
Macbeth dates:
1st-4th & 9th-11th at 8pm
4th & 11th of June, matinées at 2pm.
Macbeth will be performed with French surtitles.
In addition we present 3 new short plays on Shakespearian themes which were entered in our 2020-21 Playwriting competition.
Shortly To Go (Dir. Tim Myers), Yellow (Dir. Geoffrey Mamdani) & Will.I.am am I? (Dir. Guillem Chevalier)
Short Play Nights, 8pm:
Monday 6th of June, Will.I.am am I? and Yellow
Tuesday 7th of June, Yellow and Shortly To Go.
Wednesday 8th of June, Shortly To Go and Will.I.am am I?
All shows at Espace Lumen, Ch. de Boondael 36, Ixelles 1030.
Further info and Tickets available here.
It is not all about watching! On the middle Sunday of the BSS Festival fortnight, there will be a fun ‘Event’ day at Espace Lumen from 12 am to 6 pm.
Besides a bar offering food, there will be a variety of events both for adults and children, including a ‘Shakespeare Miscast Competition’ – an opportunity for anyone to do a few lines from any Shakespeare play regardless of the character’s gender, age, etc in any style they please! for more details of that apply to:
Johanna.kainz92@hotmail.com
Admission free for ticket-holders to Macbeth or the Short Play evenings or an option to buy a ticket on the door for any of those performances, or €5 per person on the door.
The 2019 Festival Sunday Party was great fun – and provided many laughs! Come along to this year’s and enjoy – or take part in! – the festivities.
Sunday June 5th, 12-6. Espace Lumen, Chaussée de Boondael 36 (very near Flagey)
