Seasons

ITG: Stone in his pockets (14-22 March 2025)

EXTRA PERFORMANCES: With the scheduled run selling out, we have added two more performances. Friday 14th and Saturday 15th March. (If you already have tickets for the show and these new performance dates suit you better, you can change your ticket via the link to ‘Manage my Order’ link at the bottom of the ticketing email).

A Hollywood film crew arrives in Kerry. They have a film to make.
We’re introduced to a cast of characters who each have a story to tell. Laughter, tragedy, and lemon meringue pies. The stuff of life.

The playwright, Marie Jones, needs no introduction. You loved our previous productions of A Night in November, and Fly me to the Moon. 

Get your tickets now.

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ITG: Jump! (4-7-8-10 April)

ITG is holding auditions for our October production of Jump! by Lisa McGee of Derry Girls fame. 

We are looking for 7 actors (4 female, 3 male) to play characters in their 20s to early 30s. The play is set in Newcastle in northern England, most of the characters have lived in the area for many years and have been to school together, therefore native English-speakers and slight non-native accents are welcome, one of the roles (female) is explicitly Irish in the text. 

The director Anna Holmén will be waiting for you in the bar room in the Warehouse Studio Theatre, 73 rue Waelhem, Schaerbeek, the following dates:

  • Thursday 4 April, 19.30-21.00
  • Sunday 7 April, 15.00-18.00
  • Monday 8 April, 19.30-21.00
  • Wednesday 10 April, 19.30-21.00

ETC: What’s In A Name? (8-12 April 2025)

As it turns out, quite a lot! This April, ETCetera invites you to an unforgettable night of comedy, controversy, and revelations with “What’s in a Name?”, the English adaptation of the smash-hit French play Le Prénom.

Originally written by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patellière and later adapted for the big screen, this witty, fast-paced play has captivated audiences worldwide. In Jeremy Sams’ English version, the setting shifts from Paris to London, but the themes of friendship, family, and fiery debates remain as universal as ever.


An intimate dinner among close friends and family turns upside down when one guest drops a bombshell: he’s chosen a highly controversial name for his unborn child. What follows is a rollercoaster of sharp wit, shocking revelations, and hilarious misunderstandings, questioning the very foundation of their relationships.

Directed by Janet Middleton, with English and French surtitles. The play will be preceded by Blind Date, a comic two-hander by renowned British playwright Peter Quilter, directed by Hugh Dow

VENUE: Warehouse Studio Theatre, rue Waelhem 69A, 1030 Brussels
DATES: April 8–12, 2025, at 8:00 PM, plus a matinée on April 12 at 2:30 PM

TICKETS: https://etcetera.littleboxoffice.com

ECC: Wyrd Sisters (29 Apr – 10 May 2025)

The ECC is getting ready to bring the Discworld ® to Brussels with its spring 2025 production of Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett, adapted for the stage by Stephen Briggs, and directed by Chris Jones. 

A story of witches, villains, acting and magic that bears more than a passing resemblance to the works of one W. Shakespeare, Wyrd Sisters will be performed at the Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelham 69a in Schaerbeek, on April 30, May 1-3 and May 7-10 2025. 

Please note that the May 10 show will be a benefit performance, with all proceeds donated to the Ligue Alzheimer charity. This show will start slightly earlier than usual (18.30 instead of 20.00) and we would like to encourage our audience to come dressed as their favourite Pratchett character – if you feel inspired!

Book your tickets here!

‘Terry Pratchett’ and ‘Discworld’ are registered trademarks

ATC: The Dining Room (20-24 May 2025)

By A.R. Gurney

Directed by Ashley Norman and Aravind Dhakshinamoorthy

A dining room is more than just a space—it’s where families come together, traditions take root, and generations leave their mark. Once a symbol of status and formality in upper-middle-class American homes, it was a place for structured meals, rigid etiquette, and family rituals. But as time passes and social norms evolve, so too does the way we gather, the role of the dining room shifting over time.

A.R. Gurney’s The Dining Room is a poignant and witty exploration of these changes, told through a series of interwoven vignettes. Across time and households, we see moments of laughter, tension, celebration, and quiet reflection unfold at the dining table. Through birthday toasts, family confrontations, whispered secrets, and fading traditions, the play reveals how memory lingers in the rituals and relationships that shape us—how a single room can hold a family’s history. this production brings to life the bittersweet beauty of family memory— one moment at a time.

This is a Studio Nights production – which means that in addition to a great selection of drinks, the bar will feature an American-themed bake sale of snacks and goodies before and after the show as well as during a slightly extended intermission!

Tickets are available at https://www.billetweb.fr/the-dining-room

FEATS (6-9 June 2025)

The 2025 Festival of European Anglophone Theatrical Societies (FEATS) will be hosted by the Hamburg Players at the Altonaer Theater, Hamburg, Germany, 6–9 June 2025. It is four nights of one-act plays, performed in English by 12 groups from all over mainland Europe; a celebration of the artform of theatre and of the community it creates. Each year a different group hosts this four-day event in a different European city, and the Hamburg Players are happy to welcome theatre lovers from all over Europe this year.

At the same time, FEATS is also a competitive theatre festival, as all of the productions are critically watched by an invited adjudicator, who, according to the statutes, must be a member of the Guild of Drama Adjudicators (GoDA).

He or she appraises all 12 productions according to the GoDA rules, and on the last night of the festival, hands out awards for the three best productions as well as for best stage presentation, best actor and best actress. The host goup gives out an award for best stage management. The FEATS rules can be accessed at feats.eu/feats-rules.

As we near the festival, you can find out more information on the FEATS 2025 web site.

BLOC: The Gondoliers (19-22 June 2025)

Two Venetian gondoliers discover that one of them has become the King of the distant isle of Barataria – but which of the two is it? They also learn that he (whichever it is) was married when a baby – but as both gondoliers are already married, this makes one of them (but which one?) an unintentional bigamist. Two husbands, three wives – that’s two-thirds of a husband to each wife … but you can’t marry a vulgar fraction! “The Gondoliers” is Gilbert’s topsy-turvydom at its best, and Sullivan’s music at its most sparkling! Join us in Venice and Barataria! 

Buy your tickets here.

BSS: Two Gentlemen of Verona (24-29 June 2025)

'The Two Gentlemen Of Verona' poster image

Shakespeare like you’ve never seen before! The Brussels Shakespeare Society presents The Two Gentlemen of Verona, reimagined in a groovy, campy, and dance-filled version set in the Swinging Sixties. Expect romance, betrayal, fabulous fashion, and a whole lot of boogie—plus, a scene-stealing dog!

June 24–29, 2025 | La Maison Qui Chante, Brussels!

Tickets at:

https://www.billetweb.fr/the-two-gentlemen-of-verona

Cross-Gartered Players: Yellow (3-5 July , 11-23 Aug 2025)

Twelfth Night meets The Thick of It in a modern-day reimagining of what might have become of Malvolio after his fall from grace. Mal, once a ministerial adviser, now defends fraudsters in a shabby law firm. Rosie, an idealistic young lawyer, offers him a way back to his old life – but in a world where the highest ideals are sustained by the grubbiest actions, what looks like redemption might be a trap.
 
Yellow was first staged in 2022 as part of the Brussels Shakespeare Society Summer Festival. It then went to FEATS in 2023, where it secured Best Actor nominations for Yorgos Filippakis (Mal) and Peter Wilding (Tony), both of whom return to the cast in 2025.
 
And now, in 2025, Yellow is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe! The show will be on at theSpace @ Niddry Street, a lovely venue right in the centre of Edinburgh’s Old Town, from 11 to 23 August.
 
Ahead of our appearance at the Fringe, we are previewing the show for three performances only at the Warehouse Studio Theatre in Brussels. The bar will be open after the show so you can chat with the team about our journey to the Fringe.

Tickets for the Edinburgh Fringe (11-23 August2025) are available at https://www.thespaceuk.com/shows/2025/yellow.

Tickets for the Brussels previews (3-5 July 2025) are available at https://www.billetweb.fr/yellowplay.

Butties 2025: Results

Here are the results for the 2025 Butties – we had over 200 votes cast by the 570 people involved in the 16 shows this season. Thank you to Brian for welcoming us into his house on the only wet day of the summer so far and to Marianne and Peter for hosting the awards so fabulously.

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Butties 2025

The annual Brussels Union of Theatre Technicians (BUTT) awards, fondly known as the Butties will be awarded on Sunday, 6 July 2025 (from 15:30). This year we will be hosted by Brian Hartnett at his house in Rhode-Saint-Genese (close to Uccle).

The results will be posted here at 18:00.

BSS: Antony And Cleopatra Auditions (20,27 Sept 2025)

directed by Patrick Stephenson.

Auditions for our May 2026 production, Antony and Cleopatra directed by Patrick Stephenson, will take place on Saturdays, 20th and 27th of September at The Warehouse Studio Theatre from 2pm to approximately 5pm. 

The events of Antony and Cleopatra will take place in the near future (the 2030s), some 15-20 years after Caesar’s assassination, a period comparable to the 13 years that separated Caesar’s assassination in 44 BC and the Battle of Actium in 31 BC. The context will be a power struggle that follows a populist takeover of the European Union. Much action will be depicted as unfolding here in Brussels.

If you wish to audition please go to our online audition form through this link. There you will find more information about the production, a full list of parts available and a form to fill in and send to the director requesting an audition.

ECC: Home, I’m Darling (23-27 Sept 2025)

Home, I’m Darling by Laura Wade is a darkly comedic exploration of modern domesticity and gender roles.

Set in the 21st century, it centres on Judy, a woman who’s devoted herself to recreating the idyllic 1950s housewife fantasy, complete with vintage dresses and traditional values. However, as the cracks in this picture-perfect life begin to show, Judy is forced to confront the tension between her nostalgic desires and the reality of her modern life. The play humorously and poignantly examines the complexities of identity, marriage, and the pressures of societal expectations.

It is directed by Kateryna Sakhanevych and will be performed at the Warehouse Studio Theatre, Rue Waelhem 69a, 1030 Brussels. Tickets are €18.

This amateur production of “Home, I’m Darling” is presented in arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Samuel French Ltd. www.concordtheatricals.co.uk

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Doors open at 7:30pm and the bar will be open until shortly before curtain up, as well as during the interval. The show starts at 8pm and should finish by 10.30pm. Given the configuration of the space we cannot admit latecomers.

Buy your tickets at https://www.billetweb.fr/home-im-darling.

ETC: La Verbena De La Paloma (1-4 Oct 2025)

La Verbena de la Paloma is one of the most popular Spanish zarzuelas (a type of Spanish operetta), with music by Tomas Breton, and a libretto by Ricardo de la Vega, first staged in 1894 in Madrid.

Warm-hearted, of the people, funny, energetic. With live music, singing and dancing, including flamenco.

The zarzuela is performed in Spanish, with surtitles in French and English.  It will be preceded by some famous arias from Bizet’s Carmen, in French.

Musical director: Steven de Mesmaeker, Stage Director: Lluis Bronsoms

Venue: Jacques Franck Cultural Center, Chaussée de Waterloo 94, St Gilles, 1060 Brussels

Performances: 1st to 4th October 2025 at 8pm; plus matinée on Sat 4th October at 2.30pm.

Buy your tickets here: billetweb.fr/la-verbena-de-la-paloma

Seats are not numbered; we suggest you get there early for the best seats.

ATC: The Gun Monologues (21-25 Oct 2025)

Mass shootings in the U.S. happen with shocking frequency. Police brutality has also become more prevalent in the American news. But what doesn’t always make the headlines are the dozens of smaller-scale instances of both kinds of violence happening every single day across the USA. A frequent and reasonable question Americans living abroad often get asked is, why? And just as reasonable: Why can’t something be done? The answers are as tangled up with American culture as are the roots of the problems themselves. In many ways the perplexities only start to unravel when the strands of individual experience are tugged free and examined. Personal stories, after all, are the threads that form the patterns of the whole cultural cloth.

Robynn Colwell’s story, “Wayne Dawson’s Bullet,” revolves around an incident in her father’s life as a cop in rural Colorado, a story that, like childhood itself, is reshaped by time.

E.M. Lewis’s, “The Gun Show,” performed by Jace Jasper, is a series of true stories from the author’s life that recount a personal and complex relationship with guns.

These are only two American stories among millions, but each is drawn from real life. And, crucially, each is driven by the fundamental truth that, with time, perspectives can change.

Tickets are available at https://www.billetweb.fr/the-gun-monologues

BMC: Knocked (23-25 Oct 2025)

Knocked, the Brussels Musical is back!
After a completely sold-out run in 2024, Brussels Musical Creatives return with a limited 3-day run of their original English-language musical.
Set over 100 years of Brussels history told through the eyes of a single front door in Ixelles — Knocked is a funny, touching, and music-filled ode to Brussels’ quirks, chaos, and charm. Featuring 13 original songs, the show explores love, loss, friendship, and everything in between, with plenty of nods to Brussels life (yes, including the trash).
📅 23–25 October | 💸 24 EUR | 🎟 Tickets: brusselsmusicals.com

BSS: Measure for Measure (5-9 Nov 2025)

Director: Esther Pozo Vera. 5th to 9th of November

Venue: La Maison Qui Chante, Rue Viaduc 122, 1050 Ixelles

Set in a fictional modern-day America under an ultra-conservative religious regime, this production explores the State’s control over private life, sexual morality, and personal freedom. It delves into questions of consent, hypocrisy, and the tension between mercy and strict moral judgment—issues as urgent today as in Shakespeare’s time. The production contains mature references to sexuality, religious belief, and power dynamics.

For student groups of 10 students or more, contact us via bss.boxoffice@gmail.com to benefit from the special large-group student discount. 

TICKETS HERE

ITG: Friends Help You Move / The Fifth Step (24-29 Nov 2025)

The ITG presents a November Double Bill of Friends Help You Move & The Fifth Step from Monday, 24 November to Saturday, 29 Nove.ber at the Warehouse Studio Theatre.

Directed by Lyn Wainwright, John L. Ward’s “Friends help you move” is a short comedy about a couple of petty criminals who want to step up their credentials with their next coup, by involving the local crime lord. Kevin O’Connor, Eoin O’Leary and Paul Musiol will have you in stitches.

David Ireland’s “The Fifth Step” is directed by Hugh Dow. Starring Caraigh McGregor and Neale McDonald as two men struggling to overcome their addictions. They discover their inner strength by sharing some conflicting values in their sharp, moving but also funny exchanges.

Tickets available from https://www.billetweb.fr/itg

ECC: Puss in Boots (30 Jan – 1 Feb 2026)

Join us for a magical tale of cats, ogres, millers and postmen in the ECC’s 2026 pantomime, Puss in Boots!

When Tom is tricked out of his inheritance by his wicked but not very bright brothers Dick and Harry, he sets out to make his fortune with nothing but a cat to keep him company. And so begin Puss and Tom’s adventures… with a sprinkle of magic, more than one pair of boots and a trio of naughty kittens, the pair wend their way to Castle Hazard, ancestral home of the eponymous Duke and Duchess and their headstrong daughter Daisy. Helped, and occasionally hindered, by their friends Auntie the nursemaid, Billy the postie and even a vaguely familiar ogre, Tom and Daisy seek their happy ending – via a whole lot of singing, dancing and slightly-less-terrible-than-last-year jokes.

Don’t miss out on the purrrrrfect way to dispel the winter blues, and book your tickets now!

Post expires on Monday February 2nd, 2026

BSS ‘Measure for Measure’ (26 Feb-2 March 2025)

The director will be looking for dancers for a lavish choreography at the play’s start. She will also be looking for:

Duke, the President: male between 40 and 60 years old
Angelo, the Prime Minister: male between 40 and 60 years old
Lucio, a friend of Claudio: male between 40 and 60 years old
Claudio, a young man condemned to die: male between 20 and 35 years old
Escalus, State Secretary: male between 60 and 70 years old
Pompey, a pimp / Friar Thomas / officer: male between 30 and 40 years old 
Provost: male between 30 and 50 years old
Isabella, a novice who is Claudio’s sister: female between 20 and 35 years old
Julietta, Claudio’s girlfriend / Sister Francisca / prostitute: female between 20 and 35 years old
Mariana / Mrs Overdone: female between 35-50 years old

  • 26 February at 20:00
  • 1 March at 12:00
  • 2 March at 12:00

Additional audition dates will soon be announced, with a specific audition date for dancers. Audtioners should be prepared to attend call-backs. 

Want more details? Fill out this Form to receive the full what-when-where, and see you there!!

ATC: How I Learned to Drive (26 Feb-7 Mar 2026)

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel is sharp, funny, and quietly devastating—in the best possible way. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play pairs laugh-out-loud humor with fearless storytelling, inviting audiences into a coming-of-age story that’s as entertaining as it is resonant. At a time when one in five girls worldwide experiences sexual violence or harassment, Vogel’s play feels urgent without ever becoming heavy-handed. Come for the wit, stay for the insight, and leave reminded of theater’s power to move, challenge, and delight.

​Directed by Carrie Ellwanger

Performing at the Warehouse Studio Theatre in Schaerbeek

Tickets: https://www.billetweb.fr/how-i-learned-to-drive

Post expires on Sunday March 8th, 2026

Green Parrot: Grease (19-22 Mar 2026)

“We got chills, they’re multiplying!”

Green Parrot Productions is delighted to announce that our next show will be Grease. Performances: 19th – 22nd March 2026 at the W:Halll, Woluwe-St-Pierre.

Stuffed full of deliriously catchy rock’n’roll songs, iconic one-liners and memorable characters, it’s the hit musical, it’s “the one that we want” and you won’t want to miss it!

When: 19th to 22nd March 2026
Where: W:HALLL, Avenue Charles Thielemans 93, 1150 Woluwe-St-Pierre
Book, Music and Lyrics: Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey
Stage Directors and Choreography: Kathy Lemerle and Jenny Clarkson
Music Director: Steven De Mesmaeker
Book, music & lyrics: Jim Jacobs & Warren Casey

It’s 1959 and we’re going back to High School!

For more information see https://www.greenparrot.be/

Post expires on Monday March 23rd, 2026

ITG: Double-bill Auditions (20,25,27 May 2025)

AUDITIONS for the ITG November 2025 Productions will be held in the Warehouse (rue Waelhem 73, Schaerbeek, Brussels).

 Tuesday May 20th     Back  Room            7.30pm

 Sunday May 25th     Studio                    4.00pm

 Tuesday May 27th     Studio                    7.30pm

The ITG will present a Double Bill

Friends Help You Move by John L. Ward and directed by Lyn Wainwright, together with The Fifth Step by David Ireland and directed by Hugh Dow

Friends Help You Move is a short play and was performed in Antwerp as part of FEATS 2024 where it won Third Prize overall and Best Original Script.

Nally and Macker have a plan and they decide to share it with the local hard man… Things do not turn out quite the way they imagined.

A great deal of black humour in an Irish setting.

Cast of 3 men, two younger and one a bit older. Irish accent delivery is important.

The Fifth Step is a full length two hander, one young man, one middle-aged.

An alcoholic is looking for an older mentor and they meet over coffee.  It does not end well!  Like our previous David Ireland play Ulster American, it is funny, dark and character-driven.

ITG: The House of Bernarda Alba (9,10,15 Nov)

The Irish Theatre Group asbl is auditioning for its March 2026 production, directed by Jane McBride.

Frank McGuinness’ version of Lorca’s classic text is intense and shockingly still relevant today.

There is a diverse array of complex multi-layered roles for women between 18-80+

No particular accent is required but fluency in English is essential.

Auditions will take place at The Warehouse (rue Waelhem, 73) :

  • Sunday 9 November at 14:00
  • Monday 10 November at 19:00
  • Saturday 15 November at 15:00

Drop us an email ( itg.asbl@gmail.com ) and let us know when you would like to audition.