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ECC: ‘Queers’ (25-29 Oct 2022)

ECC presents four of the eight monologues curated by Mark Gatiss. Two were performed at this year’s FEATS, directed by Mark Prescott, and will be repeated + another two directed by Tanya Arler.

Originally broadcast on BBC Four to mark the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which decriminalised homosexual acts in private between two men over the age of twenty-one, Queers celebrates a century of evolving social attitudes and political milestones in British gay history, as seen through the eyes of eight individuals. 

Poignant and personal, funny, tragic and riotous, these monologues for male and female performers cover major events – such as the Wolfenden Report of 1957, the HIV/AIDS crisis, and the debate over the age of consent – through deeply affecting and personal rites-of-passage stories.

Tuesday 25th to Saturday 29th of October, 20.00 at The Warehouse Studio Theatre.

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ATC: Almost, Maine (15-19 Nov 2022)

As the second of its ‘Studio Nights’ series, The American Theatre Company presents ‘Almost, Maine’ by John Cariani.

Set in the snow-covered, fictional town of Almost in the U.S. state of Maine, the play consists of nine independent vignettes bound together by the magic of the northern lights, and explores romance, relationships and the variety of stumbles along love’s journey.

It will be performed from the 15th to 19th of November at The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Bruxelles.

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Tickets are available here.

BLOC: Chess (24-27 Nov 2022)

A rock musical like no other! CHESS challenges you to remain impartial as you observe the ancient game of chess through the trials and tribulations of unexpected romances and political intrigue. When Frederick ‘Freddie’ Trumper, the current World Champion, arrives in the small town of Merano, Italy, to face his challenger, Anatoly Sergievsky, it soon becomes clear there’s more than the title of World Champion at stake.

Whilst the crowd witnesses the strain displayed by both players, Florence Vassy, a remarkable woman and companion to Freddie, provokes the rising of an unsettled past, pushing her to the centre of an emotional and political triangle. Make your move and buy your tickets for this critically acclaimed production which includes the international hit singles, ‘I Know Him So Well’, ‘One Night In Bangkok’, ‘Anthem’ and ‘Heaven Help my Heart ‘.

Dates: Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th of November

Venue: Auderghem Cultural Centre, Bd du Souverain 183, 1160 Auderghem.

Tickets available here.

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BSO: At Sea (10-11 Dec 2022)

The Bruocsella Symphony Orchestra presents their annual pre-Christmas entertainment for children. As ever, the show combines a fun story for children performed by actors and narrated at different performances in French, Flemish and English, all of it accompanied by a live concert orchestra playing a mix of popular classical and modern music to help tell the story.

The show is at the W:Halll, the Maison Communale at Ave. Charles Thielemans 93, Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. There is good parking availability nearby. (Drive into the underground entrance, turn right and drive out of it: there is a large free carpark on that exit road.)

Performances on Sarurday 10th of December at 16.00 (Flemish narration), 19.00 (French narr.) and on Sunday at 14.00 (English narration) and 17.00 (French narr.)

Tickets are available here.

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ECC: Sinbad The Sailor (20-22 Jan 2023)

Tickets are on sale for next year’s ECC panto, Sinbad the Sailor, which will be performed as usual at the Auderghem Cultural Centre on 20-22 January 2023.

Early bird rates until October 20th.

Get ready to set sail for a panto adventure unlike any you’ve experienced before! Let Sheherezade our story-teller weave you the magical tale of Sinbad and his friends, whose voyage takes them from the shores of exotic Knokke-le-Souk to far-off lands where they face perils and enchantments untold… with a lot of laughs and songs along the way…

January 2023:
Friday 20th – 8pm
Saturday 21st – 1.30pm & 5.30pm
Sunday 22nd – 1.30pm & 5.30pm

Tickets:
Adult 18€ (early bird 16€)
Child 14€ (early bird 12€)

ITG: Normal Conversations? (28 Feb-4 March 2023)

A double-bill of drama: Get Your Tickets

SALAD DAY

A short conversation between an elderly man and woman is set in a residential convalescent home. The pair share memories of their respective but separate lives in previous years.

Surreptitiously at first, the woman devises a plan for them to escape together but is foiled by circumstances from carrying it out.

This poignant play was the forerunner of a successful full length drama ‘Halcyon Days’ by the author Deidre Kinahan

THE APPROACH

Three women meet over a number of years, always in pairs, and between what is said and what is not said during their conversations lies the truth.

What, on the surface, appears to be simple gossip between old friends hides a deeper tension. They are haunted by their memories of what they once shared together but now no longer enjoy.

There is a cyclical element to the play where they find themselves having the same conversations with subtle differences during different pairings and they often ask the same questions as if hoping for a different response.

Several years pass between each conversation and the cyclical nature of the play is emphasised when, at the end, we suddenly return to the beginning of the first conversation. Only then do we realise that we had originally joined it halfway through.

This will be the second play that the ITG has chosen to perform written by the successful Irish author Mark O’Rowe having previously performed ‘ Our Few and Evil Days ‘ in 2019.

Both plays are set in Dublin in the recent past.  Both explore how we can all appear to communicate our stories honestly, but we often reveal our true selves only partially.  As a result, both plays offer universal insights and as many questions as answers as the characters develop.

Both plays are directed by Lyn Wainwright.

Tickets now available here.

Venue: Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69A, Schaerbeek 1030

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ATC: The Baltimore Waltz (16-25 Mar 2023)

The Baltimore Waltz by Paula Vogel, directed by Robynn Colwell.

In the wake of a distressing medical diagnosis, a brother and sister set off on a whirlwind tour of Europe. Seeking adventure and an experimental if dubious cure, Carl and Anna embark on a now-or-never trip into the throes of romance and mystery – and toward each other – for the kind of comfort and love only a sibling can offer.

Venue: The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Waelhemstraat 69, 1030 Schaerbeek.

Tickets available at https://www.billetweb.fr/the-baltimore-waltz

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ECC: The Boss Of It All (20-29 Apr 2023)

On 20-22, 26-29 April, the ECC presents The Boss of it All by Lars von Trier, adapted for the stage by Jack MacNamara and directed by Anna Holmén.

The boss of an IT company is secretly selling up. To save face in front of his staff he hires an actor to take the blame as “the boss of it all” having travelled to Denmark from abroad.

Venue: The Warehouse Studio Theatre, Waelhemstraat 69, 1030 Schaerbeek.

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Join us to see this sharp and witty comedy about office life.

Tickets are available from https://thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc/ and are 17 EUR

BLOC: Iolanthe (18-21 May 2023)

Gilbert & Sullivan’s evergreen classic, directed by Tony and Angela Lowe, musical direction, Lionel Bams.

What happens when a flock of formidable fairies descends upon a party of Parliamentary Peers? The answer – complete chaos! The worlds of Fairyland and Parliament collide in a marvellous musical masterpiece of comedy entertainment in Gilbert and Sullivan’s classic opera “Iolanthe”.

So, put on your wings and join us in Fairyland!

Venue: De Bosuil Cultural Centre, Witherendreef 1, 3090 Overijse

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20.00, 18th, 19th & 20th of May.

14.30, 20th & 21st of May.

Tickets HERE

ATC: Studio Nights – a FEATS double bill (6-10 June)

For this edition of Studio Nights, the ATC is proud to present a FEATS double bill, featuring two one-act plays that the ATC has taken to the Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies, or FEATS.

Accelerated Intimacy, by Chiara Venturini, won the 2018 FEATS award for best original script. It is being directed by Carrie Ellwanger, who also brought the play to FEATS that year. It tells the story of two complete strangers who are stuck in a disabled New York City subway car. To pass the time and relieve the awkwardness, they decide to take a quiz they find in a discarded newspaper: a series of questions designed to “accelerate intimacy” between strangers. It’s a premise both find mildly amusing – okay, maybe a little intriguing, as good a remedy for boredom as anything else, right? Certainly nothing more than that…

Baby Boom, by emerging American playwright Lia Romeo, directed by Jeremy Zeegers, was this year’s ATC entry at FEATS in Bad Homburg, Germany (26-29 May). The play is a delightfully quirky, darkly comic, and ultimately tragic exploration of the normalization of guns in American culture. It peeks beneath the facade of suburban utopia and into the lives of two young American families. Through a series of twists and turns, the story features heartbreak, a yearning for family, a flickering love, the desire to be understood, the need for community, and an innocent gun.

Get tickets here: https://www.billetweb.fr/studio-nights-feats-double-bill

ETC: La Grande Duchesse (22-25 June 2023)

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ETCetera presents ‘La Grande Duchess de Gerolstein’ by Jacques Offenbach, directed by Andy Fisk, musical direction by Steven de Mesmaeker and Elizabeth Flynn.

Performances will be;

Thursday June 22nd at 8.00 pm
Friday June 23rd at 8.00 pm
Saturday June 24th at 8.00 pm
Sunday June 25th at 3.00 pm

Venue: De Bosuil Cultural Centre, Witherendreef 1, 3090 Overijse

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Tickets here.

The Approach (14,16,17 Oct)

The ITG is delighted to bring another piece of recent writing from Mark O’Rowe to Brussels (you’ll remember: Our Few and Evil Days, Nov 2019). The play will be staged in February 2023 (dates to be finalised) and is being directed by Lyn Wainwright.

The play involves three women who were at college together in Dublin and are meeting some years later. They try to piece together what actually happened in those intervening years.

Three female roles.

We are not specifying the age of the characters nor their origins, our goal is a coherent cast.  So leave that to us and just come along and audition.  

Auditions (no preparation expected). Which of the following suits you best?

  • Friday 14th October 8 pm Bar Room
  • Sunday 16th October 3 pm Bar Room
  • Monday 17th October 8 pm Studio

Where? At the Warehouse, entry through the large metal gates at 73 rue Waelhem, Schaerbeek

It is helpful if you let us know (itg.asbl@gmail.com) to expect you, and of course if you really want to audition but cannot make any of these dates, drop us a note and we’ll see if we can accommodate.

ITG Ulster American 17-21 Oct 2023

A new play by David Ireland

A London flat belonging to a successful but nervous theatre producer. He is entertaining a Hollywood Oscar winner, who is to grace his new play written by yet-to-arrive Ruth. 
They discuss women, politics, cinema and tee-totalism. The American, a proud Irish-American, glories in the Hibernian authenticity of the script and relishes meeting the writer. Rehearsals start tomorrow. There is a little tension between the producer and the actor, but nothing that can’t be managed.
Until, that is, Ruth turns up.

Ulster American toys with identity, gender, faux woke-ism, shallow national romanticism, and artisitic pretentiousness. And while that might sound very heavy, The Guardian (2019) said: “David Ireland’s heady black comedy, a satire as timely as it is riotous, (…) If Jacobean revenge tragedies were played as uproarious comedy, they’d look like this.”

Tickets: thelittleboxoffice.com/itg/

BSS: King Charles III (24-28 Oct 2023)

The Brussels Shakespeare Society presents ‘King Charles III’ by Mike Bartlett.

Inspired by Shakespeare’s History Plays, in 2014 Mike Bartlett produced a modern day ‘imagined future’ about the current monarchy. Since it opens with the funeral of the late Queen Elizabeth, one might think real events have now overtaken Bartlett’s play, but not so…

Firstly, one soon realises just how prescient the playwright was about those real events, as Charles grapples with imposing his own personality and convictions on the institution he now heads. But also as the play develops – with a clash of principle with both Parliament and family – it builds a credible and steadily increasing tension, leading towards a finale one can easily believe might still happen.

Indeed, it is not fanciful to think it could have happened in very first few weeks of Charles’ reign – when Downing Street bluntly instructed him not to attend the COP27 Climate summit in Egypt, an issue so close to his heart…

First performed in 2014, ‘King Charles III’ garnered wide praise from the press.

DATES
Tuesday 24th to Saturday 28th of October 2023, at 20:00.
and Matinee on Saturday 28th at 14:30.

VENUE: Petit Théâtre Mercelis, Rue Mercelis, 13, 1050  Ixelles

Tickets

ECC: Rules For Living (14-18 Nov 2023)

The English Comedy Club presents Rules for Living by Sam Holcroft at the Warehouse Studio Theatre, opening on 14 November 2023. Click on the link below to get your tickets!

In this “wildly funny” (The Age) play, two adult sons come home for Christmas with their respective partners. Building on the best tradition of Alan Ayckbourn, and going a bit further, Holcroft takes us through this familiar set-up to deliver laughter, tears, and a few home truths.

Let the bedlam begin!

Directed by Antonia Mochan. Produced by Kerry Lydon.

Cast: Shannon Damery, Leslie Holden, Lauren Holleboom, Kirstie Millar, Silvia Scaglia, Conrad Toft, Sammy van Greuningen

Tickets on sale here.

BLOC: Young Frankenstein (23-26 Nov 2023)

Stage Director – Andrew Fisk, Music Director – Steven De Mesmaeker

When Frederick, grandson of the late infamous Victor von Frankenstein, has to visit Transylvania to sort out Victor’s estate, he has absolutely no intention to create a monster… but things of course don’t turn out quite as planned and chaos ensues! Mel Brooks’ adaptation of his cult movie of the same name combines the glamour of Broadway with his monstrous sense of humour. Packed full of catchy tunes, witty one-liners and of course the legendary “Putting on the Ritz”, this show is guaranteed to leave you “in stitches”! Live Orchestra!

Venue: Auderghem Cultural Centre

Tickets here…

ECC Auditions: December 8-15

AUDITIONS for the next ECC PRODUCTION

Anna Holmén will be directing the ECC’s production of The Boss Of it All, an office farce by Lars von Trier, adapted for stage by Jack McNamara, performing in The Warehouse Studio Theatre in April 2023. This will be a two-week production.

Auditions will be held in The Warehouse, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Schaerbeek, on the following dates:
Thursday 8 Dec, 19.30-21.00 in the Studio
Sunday 11 Dec, 14.00-17.00 in the Back room
Monday 12 Dec, 19.30-21.00 in the Bar room
Thursday 15 Dec, 19.30-21.00 in the Studio

If you want to audition, but can’t make it any of those dates, get in touch with Anna: annaholmen@hotmail.com

The boss of an IT company is secretly selling up. To save face in front of his staff he hires an actor to take the blame as ‘the boss of it all’ having travelled to Denmark from abroad.

Roles:
Kristoffer, an actor, 45-60 years
Ravn, the head of a company, 35-55
Lise, employee, 25-40
Gorm, employee, 30-45
Nalle, employee, 25-40
Mette, employee, 30-55
Finnur, an Icelandic businessman, 30-60
Interpreter (male or female), 25-65

ECC: Jack and the Beanstalk (26-28 Jan 2024)

The ECC is proud to present Jack and the Beanstalk at the Auderghem Cultural Centre from 26-28 January 2024!

Jack is back! Jack Twanky (Kriti Bami) needs to find money to stop his mother, Widow Twanky (Kieran Watkins), losing their farm to the villainous Baron Hardup (Pieter Gossens). Along the way, we’ll meet Simple Simon (Nathan Daly) and Goldilocks (Cara Davies), Milka the cow, Red Bull, Jill Hardup (Eliza Popper) and many others.

Conrad Toft (director) and Hannah Riley (choreographer) are putting together a wild show for you, so come along and enjoy it!  Bring your energy, your families and your friends to help Jack defeat the evil, old giant before he gobbles up the villagers of Murky Botham.

Friday, 26 January – 8pm 
Saturday, 27 January & Sunday, 28 January – 1.30pm & 5pm

Tickets: Adult 20€, Child 16€ (Child tickets valid for ages 0-15) from http://thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc
For any questions about group bookings and payment issues, please email info@ecc.theatreinbrussels.com

ATC: Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (30 Jan – 3 Feb 2024)

The American Theatre Company is proud to present this classic American play by Tennessee Williams, directed by Carrie Ellwanger.

Set in Mississippi in 1955, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a classic family drama soaking in secrets, recriminations, and booze.

Venue: The Jacques Franck cultural center in Saint-Gilles.

Start time: 7:30 pm. Doors (and bar) open at 7:00 pm.

Tickets available at: https://www.billetweb.fr/cat-on-a-hot-tin-roof

The play is in three acts, so there will be two intermissions of fifteen minutes each. To avoid a long wait at the bar during the intermissions, please take advantage of the option to pre-order your intermission drinks before the start of the show. Just stop by the pre-order station in the lobby to select and pay for your drinks. Your refreshments will be waiting for you at the start of the intermission(s) so that you don’t have to waste time waiting in line!

Please be aware that the play is not suitable for children under age 12. Babies and young children will not be admitted into the auditorium. Thank you for your understanding.

If you would like to organize tickets for a school group (of students over 12 years of age), please go to the ticketing website and click on the “send a message” button. Message us with your request, and one of our team members will be in touch. 

We look forward to seeing you soon. Enjoy the show! 

BSS: Charles III (Feb-Mar 2023)

The Brussels Shakespeare Society will be auditioning for Charles III, written by Mike Bartlett, directed by Johanna Kainz. The play will be perfomed from the 24th to 28th October 2023 at Mercelis Theater, Rue Mercelis, 13 1050 Ixelles.

The Play (written in 2014!):
Prince Charles has spent his entire life yearning for the crown, which is now within reach. But even before the coronation, King Charles III’s idealism is put to the test as Parliament just enacted a new bill that drastically restricts journalistic freedom. It is customary for the monarch to sign the bill, but Charles refuses. And so within a month of his mother’s funeral he sees himself in a direct clash with the Prime Minister.
Whilst most of the family struggles with what King Charles’ actions mean for the future of the monarchy, Prince Harry meets someone who makes him wonder about his own future potentially away from it all.

Audition Dates:
Wednesday 22nd February 19:00 – 21:00
Saturday 25th February 10:00 -12:00
Thursday 2nd March 19:00 – 21:00
Sunday 5th March 11:00-14:00

Audition Location: Rue de Belle-Vue 40, 1000 Bruxelles
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We are looking for

Male Cast

  1. Charles, the King of England (yet uncrowned) male, 50-70
  2. William, the heir to the throne, male 25-35
  3. Harry, the second son of Charles III, male 25-35
  4. James Reiss, the royal press advisor, male 45-55
  5. Prime Minister Tristram Evans, labour, male 40s/50s

Doubled Roles

  1. Cootsey (friend of Harry’s) /Sir Michael (Head of the Met), male any age
  2. Spencer(friend of Harry’s) /Sir Gordon (Head of the armed forces), male any age
  3. Speaker of the House of Commons/Achbishop of Canterbury, male 60+
  4. Nick (royal underbutler)/Clive (Kebab salesman) male any age

Female Cast

  1. Camilla, wife of Charles, queen consort, female 50-70
  2. Kate, William‘s wife female 25-35
  3. Jess, Harry’s Girlfriend female, 20s
  4. Leader of the Opposition Ms. Stevens, Conservative, female, 40s/50s

Doubled Roles

  1. Ghosts/ TV Producer, female mid 20s to mid 30s
  2. Sarah (Right hand of the PM)/Newspaper Lady, female any age

BLOC: Call for Show Proposals (23 Apr 2023)

Would you like to direct a show for BLOC, or do you know of someone who would? Then this email is for you!

In 2024, BLOC will again be staging a spring and an autumn show. The spring show will most likely take place at the end of May in De Bosuil cultural centre in Overijse (350 seats), the autumn show at the end of November in the Auderghem cultural centre (660 seats).

BLOC is looking for shows suitable for a cast of different ages and nationalities with plenty of chorus involvement. The November show should ideally be suitable for family entertainment. The May show may be more innovative or attract a smaller audience. Auditions will take place in January and June, respectively.

For a successful pitch, we recommend to have most of your team (stage director, stage manager, producer, musical director and rehearsal pianist) already in place. Should you be missing any of these, contact BLOC. We are happy to provide you with ideas. If you have questions regarding performance rights, do not make inquiries, but contact BLOC. It is crucial that BLOC initiates the inquiry.

If you are interested in becoming BLOC’s next director, please send us your pitch by 23rd April 2023. Note that this is an unpaid position.

After that, get ready to present your ideas to the BLOC Committee! We will fix a meeting date soon after the pitching deadline. This meeting will be open to everyone who as submitted a show proposal.

Please send performance rights requests, pitches and any other inquiries to our chairman via the contact page on our website www.bloc-brussels.com.

ITG: Irish Shorts (12-15 March 2024)

(NOTE: No Saturday performance)

A selection of short plays from Ireland.

Love, relationships, lack of love, lack of relationships. Good things, not so good things, funny, poignant, thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining.

Love in a Glass Jar by Nancy Harris
You’ll think about your hotel room differently, next time you check in. The unexpected and significant life events and the key decisions that can happen in such sterile places.

I heart Alice heart I by Amy Conroy
Two women, of a certain age, are bringing it all up. Shying away from nothing as they review the decades that have gone before

And some bonus pieces…

Book your tickets

Performance starts at 8pm

Warehouse Studio, rue Waelhem, 1030 Brussels

ATC: Circle Mirror Transformation (21-30 March 2024)

How can we break the patterns that chain us down? Annie Baker’s profoundly human play addresses this question through an intimate look at five slightly lost souls in rural Vermont who meet in an unconventional acting class. Over the course of six weeks they find connection, disappointment, heartbreak, and transformation through the power of self-expression – and of everything left unsaid.

This ATC production is directed by Quentin Clemens who made his directorial debut in 2022 with Almost, Maine.

Playing at the Warehouse Studio Theatre, rue Waelhem 69A, 1030 Schaerbeek

Show starts at 8:00 pm. Doors and bar open at 7:30.

Tickets at: https://www.billetweb.fr/circle-mirror-transformation

Green Parrot: Alice Through The Looking Glass (21-24 March 2024)

Green Parrot Productions is delighted to present the official Belgian premiere of “Alice through the Looking Glass“, a new musical by Piers Chater Robinson and Chris Blackwood, directed by Kathy Lemerle, Jenny Clarkson, Klara Poelemans and with musical direction by Vivienne McKay.

Step through the Looking Glass into a wonderland of music, magic and madcap adventure! This fabulous, fun show brings you 12 original songs that you will be humming long after the curtain has closed, witty dialogue and a lot of visual comedy, performed by a large multinational cast of children and adults, and suitable for musical theatre lovers of all ages!

Venue: W:HALLL, Avenue Thielemans 93, 1150 Woluwe-St Pierre

Dates: 21st to 24th March 2024

Tickets available from January 2024 via the website: www.greenparrot.productions

ECC: Ten by Ten (17-27 Apr 2024)

The ECC is proud to present Ten by Ten, a compilation of short plays with a loopy attitude written by Andrew Biss, directed by Heli Pärna and performed by an international cast at the Warehouse Studio Theatre from 17-27 April 2024.

What do you get when you put together 10 plays, each 10 minutes long? Play along and find out!

  • 10 down – a lighthearted play with roots in realism
  • 17 across – an upended theatrical custom 
  • 27 down – the space between reality and fiction
  • 10 across – wry and uproarious

Tickets (€17) available from https://thelittleboxoffice.com/ecc.

BLOC: Legally Blonde (19 Apr-5 May 2024)

SHOW DATES: 21st-24th of November. Stage Director – Cath Howdle; Music Director – Steven De Mesmaeker.

AUDITION DETAILS:

Introductory evening incl. chorus audition preparation  
Friday, 19 April 2024, 20:00-22:00 at De Bosuil

Practices for chorus and principals, especially newcomers  
Saturday, 20 April 2024, 14:00-18:00 at De Bosuil  
Sunday, 21 April 2024, 10:00-13:00 at De Bosuil

Chorus auditions and first round of principal auditions  
Saturday, 27 April 2024, 14:00-18:00 at De Lijsterbes

Principals auditions  
Saturday, 4 May 2024, 13:30-18:00 at De Lijsterbes

Callbacks  
Sunday, 5 May 2024, 10:00-13:00 at De Kam

NEWCOMERS WELCOME

De Bosuil: Witherendreef 1, 3090 Overijse  
De Lijsterbes: Lijsterbessenbomenlaan 6, 1950 Kraainem  
De Kam: Beekstraat 172, 1970 Wezembeek-Oppem

ATC: POTUS (4-7 May)

SHOW DATES: 2-16 Nov. 2024 (including tech and dress rehearsals)

The ATC is holding auditions for POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, an all-women, political farce by Selina Fillinger. Director: Robynn Colwell

AUDITION DATES:

Saturday, May 4 at 4:00 p.m.
Monday, May 6 at 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday, May 7 at 8:00 p.m.

CHARACTERS

HARRIET – The president’s chief of staff
JEAN – The president’s press secretary
STEPHANIE – The president’s secretary
DUSTY – The president’s dalliance
BERNADETTE – The president’s sister
CHRIS – A journalist
MARGARET – The president’s wife. The First Lady

In the playwright’s words, “Actors can be cis or trans. Age is flexible. Beauty is subjective. So long as they’re fast, fierce, and f***ing hilarious.”

Women of color and members of the LGBTQ+ community are strongly encouraged to audition.

A superb command of English is crucial, and the ability to do a convincing American accent (any region) is also required for most roles.

PLEASE NOTE: The script contains profanity and explicit sexual language – all in the spirit of comedy. Anyone auditioning will need to be comfortable with the language. Adults only at auditions, please.

If you’re interested, please email the director, Robynn Colwell, at robynn.colwell@gmail.com to schedule an audition and to receive more details.

ATC: Studio Nights (4-8 June 2024)

This edition of Studio Nights features the winning entries in the ATC’s latest playwriting competition!

These two wildly different one-act plays – with some surprising thematic intersections – were written by two members of the Brussels anglophone theatrical community. They were selected in a blind competition from among a large number of innovative entries. It was a tough call, but we think you’ll agree that these plays deserve the spotlight!

ALL SALES FINAL, written by Shannon Damery (directed by Karen El Haddad), takes us to a strange yet eerily familiar place, where “checking out” really does mean “checking out.”

THE LAST MARTINIS, written by Méabh Maguire (directed by Nastassia Maes), tells the story of an unlikely friendship that emerges from the demise of a largely forgotten but once glamorous piece of Brussels history.

In the convivial spirit of Studio Nights, a variety of drinks and American-themed snacks and goodies will be available before and after the show as well as during a slightly extended intermission.

Tickets available at https://www.billetweb.fr/studio-nights-2024