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ECC: Dinner before Death (8-12 March 2016)

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

Green Parrot: Peter Pan (17-20 March 2016)

TIME TO BOOK YOUR TRIP TO NEVERLAND

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…!

ECC: The Government Inspector (3, 5, 7, 10 Apr)

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.

ITG: Getting to Here (12-16 Apr 2016)

Getting to Here by Lisa Ní Laoire
12-16 April 2016
Warehouse Studio Theatre

ALL PERFORMANCES SOLD OUT!
If you would like to be added to the waiting list, please email: itg.asbl@gmail.com tell us which nights you are available to attend and your contact phone number.

This is a new piece of writing for the ITG. We look back, from very personal perspectives, over some of the key events of the 100 years which separate us from Easter 1916 and the proclamation of the Irish Republic.

Casting both a cold eye and a tender eye on Ireland…more accurately, lending an ear to the histories and herstories of how we got to where we are now.

We use the voices of Ireland to recount the personal tales which, taken together, tell us something truthful. We take a look at where we are now and how we got here.

Box Office now OPEN (if any tickets become available through cancellation the Box office site will be immediately updated.)

BSS: Twelfth Night (20-26 June 2016)

‘Twelfth Night’ by William Shakespeare
20st-26th of June 2016
Petit Varia Theatre, 154 Rue Gray, 1050 Bxl
TICKETS

Twins Viola and Sebastian are separated during a shipwreck off the coast of Illyria, each believing the other to be drowned. Viola disguises herself as a man for her own safety and enters the employment of Duke Orsino, with whom she swiftly falls in love. Orsino however seeks the love of the Countess Olivia and sends Viola to advance his suit. Olivia for her part immediately falls for this interesting young ‘man’. Thus Shakespeare sets in motion the classic love triangle of one of his most enduring and popular comedies.

Meanwhile Olivia’s disreputable uncle, Sir Toby Belch, has invited his drinking companion Sir Andrew Aguecheek to pursue his own suit to Olivia. The puritanical Malvolio, Olivia’s steward, also harbours designs on his mistress and wishes to see Sir Toby and his drunken friends sent packing. Toby, with the collusion of Maria, Olivia’s gentlewoman, and Feste the fool, plots Malvolio’s downfall.

The entirely unexpected arrival of Sebastian on the scene adds to the confusion, which descends into mayhem when Olivia meets him, mistakes him for his twin, and marries him.

ECC: Cinderella (5, 18 June 2016)

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

Tartuffe (20 Sept – 1 Oct 2016)

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.
CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION

Play: Avenida (17-21 Nov 2015)

HartCoeur present AVENIDA: a new play by Rua Breathnach

Directed by Remi Beelprez, with Graziella Boggiano, Chris Baltus, and Rua Breathnach,

Warehouse Studio Theatre: 17 – 21 November at 8.15pm (+ Matinee on Saturday 21 at 3.15pm)

The performance runs for 90 minutes with no interval.

Tickets:
€15
€12 for students and groups (7 people or more)
Reservations: AvenidaBookings@gmail.com or Tel. 0487 / 281 957

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Avenida-727087127397156/

ECC: The Government Inspector (9-19 Nov 2016)

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/ECCBrussels/.

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.

 

ETC: The Little Prince (9-20 November 2016)

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:

  • 18.00 – Wed 9 and 16 November
  • 15.00 – Sun 13 and 20 November
  • 19.00 – Thurs 10, Fri 11, Sat 12, Fri 18 and Sat 19 November

Tickets:

  • Adults – 16 €
  • Children under 16 years – 13 €
  • Groups of 10 or more (any age) – 12 €

Sandwiches and soup available in the interval.

BLOC: A Christmas Carol (24-27 Nov 2016)

A Christmas Carol – the Musical
De Kam, Wezembeek-Oppem
24 – 27 November 2016 at the Auderghem Cultural Centre Theatre

Based on the classic by Charles Dickens, written in 1843, Alan Menken’s musical version of the story is true to the original. Grumpy miserly Ebenezer Scrooge will have nothing to do with Christmas as everybody else in London is preparing to celebrate. His late partner, the equally miserly Jacob Marley, appears to him as a mournful ghost and foretells of the visit of three ghosts who will try to reform Scrooge so that he doesn’t end up like Marley. Once shown the error of his ways, Scrooge finally realises that the future ahead is not one he wants and he makes amends. It’s a ghost story about redemption.

Box office already open at http://www.bloc-brussels.com/index.php/tickets.

The Ghost Sheep & ATC Improv: The Christmas Shows

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!

CLICK HERE to book (€10)

ECC: Cinderella (13-15 Jan 2017)

Auderghem Cultural Centre,  Boulevard du Souverain 183, 1160 Brussels.
20:00, 13 January 2017
13:30 & 17:00, 14-15 January 2017
Following last year’s magnificent production of Dick Whittington and his Magical Cat, the ECC team are proud to present this year’s panto – Cinderella!
Come on down to Hardup Hall, to join Cinderella and her best friend Buttons! Cinderella always makes the best of everything, but her horrible stepmother and hideous stepsisters try to make sure she is as miserable as possible! And while Cinderella sweeps the floors of Hardup Hall, at the Royal Palace a certain Prince Charming dreams of finding someone who will love him for who he truly is…
Bringing the Prince and Cinderella into each other’s lives will take some real magic – so it’s lucky for all of us that Cinderella has a fairy godmother! But with two inept trainee fairies looking after things, get set for a whole lot of topsy-turvy silliness on the way to Cinderella’s happy ever after.
With enchanted pumpkins, sparkling slippers, toe-tapping songs and loads of fun, this brand-new production is sure to delight young and old alike. Oh yes it is!
@PantoECC
Tickets €16 / €12
http://ecc.theatreinbrussels.com/cinderella

Make-up Workshop (6-7 Feb 2016)

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

BSS: The Winter’s Tale (24-28 Jan 2017)

The Brussels Shakespeare Society presents:
‘The Winter’s Tale’ by William Shakespeare

‘Thou met’st with things dying; I with things newborn’

Directed by Esther Pozo Vera
January 24-28 2017, Matinee 14.30, 28th.
Rue Mercelis 13 – Bxl 1050

One of Shakespeare’s ‘Late Romances’, The Winter’s Tale explores in the most moving way the great themes of loss and redemption, the destructive – and redemptive – power of love…

Tickets here…

BATS: Jack and the Beanstalk (28-30 Jan 2017)

Can Jack, his Mum, Simon, Daisy the Cow and Flunkit save poor Demelza from a fate worse than death? Will the sneaking, snivelling Slime succeed in bringing the Giant’s foul plan to a successful conclusion, or will Edena the Eco Fairy come to the rescue? .

BATS is delighted to present a classic reworking of the beloved fairy tale, Jack and the Beanstalk, by Ben Crocker, directed by Barry O’Halpin.

Arenberg Schouwburg, Sat 28 January 2017 at 20:15, Sun 29 January 2017 at 15:00, Mon 30 January 2017 at 20:15. Bookings online

ITG: The Cripple of Inishmaan (1, 7 June 2016)

Auditions for our Spring 2017 production of The Cripple of Inishmaan will be held at

The Warehouse Studio Theatre

**PLEASE NOTE** We have CANCELLED the audition scheduled for Tuesday 21st May because of the public transport and traffic problems expected from the general strike.

New Audition Dates

Wednesday 1st June (from 7:30pm)

Tuesday 7th June (from 7.30pm)

Cruel, sad, sometimes violent, yet achingly funny, the story reveals the characters in a way that makes you realise that people are not always as they seem…

We are looking for actors for male and female parts of a wide range of ages (details).

ETCetera: 2 Grimm plays (19, 22 April 2017)

ETCetera is putting on 2 plays loosely based on Grimm’s fairy tales in the last week of October 2017; theatre Le Foyer (upstairs at Centre Culturel d’Auderghem): please note these plays are not for children!

  • Snow: a play in 3 short acts, with parts in English, German, and possibly Spanish: Director: Diana Cardona Gomez
  • Etre le loup: in French: Director Christine Marchand .

We are holding auditions for both plays on Wed 19th April at 20.00 and Saturday 22nd April at 11.00. Address: 81 boulevard Louis Schmidt, 1040 Brussels

Please let us know by mail if you are interested, and to which audition you can come; if you are interested but cannot come to either audition, please let us know and we will find another opportunity to meet.

Email: info.etcetera@gmail.com or call Peter Willis at 0475 420 647

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ECC: A Wilde Evening (16-20 May 2017)

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.

Slovak Theatre in London: Academy for Women (10 June 2017)

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).

FB: https://www.facebook.com/events/429849954052289/

ITG: Bloomsnight (17 June 2017)

In association with the Embassy of Ireland and TradFest 2017, the Irish Theatre Group asbl will host our annual, end-of-season Bloomsnight gathering at

De Lijsterbes Cultural Centre

Lijsterbessenbomenlaan 6

1950 Kraainem

Saturday 17 June

It is a fun evening of food, drink and entertainment, including drama, poetry and song. Tickets are €20 (including light buffet supper).

Doors open at 7:30pm, when food will be served, and entertainment beginning shortly after 8pm.

Don’t delay. Get your tickets today

ECC: Life Reflected (20,22,25 June 2017)

The ECC announces auditions for …
Something a little different

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.

Auditions will take place at the Warehouse on 20 & 22 June at 19.30; and 25 June at 14.00.


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

BUTT Awards 2017 – Voting is open until 14 September

Better late than never! It’s time to vote in the BUTT awards for the 2016-17 season.

If you have been back-stage or on-stage this season(i.e. mentioned in a programme) you are entitled to vote for your favourites using this online form until 14 September.

This season, we will be having the awards at the opening of the 2017-2018 season on 17 September at Charles Bouchard’s house. Let us know whether you are coming by filling in the details at the end of the voting form above.

If you spot any mistakes in the voting form, please let me know at conradtoft@gmail.com but note that I’ll be travelling a lot in the coming weeks, so you may not get an immediate response.

 

ECC: Hugh Dow poetry readings & music (15-16 Sept 2017)

For Those who Know Hugh Dow –   LET’S HAVE A PARTY

Hugh Dow is holding hour-long poetry and music evenings on the 15th and 16th September.

Some of Brussel’s finest actors will be reading poems which have sustained and delighted him over 65 years. The music will be judiciously added, as tonic to gin, for dilution.

To justify the somewhat extravagant title there will be bubbly and small eats after.

To book just call 0475 65 68 51. There will be no admission charge