Lisaboa Houbrechts is working in Madras with the Indian dancer Shantala Shivalingappa in preparation for the performance I Silenti. Toneelhuis and Les Ballets C de la B co-produce this performance by Théâtre de Namur, directed by Lisaboa Houbrechts.

Radio Toneelhuis: The healing of the cricket: Toneelhuismakers, actors and employees bring together the story of Toon Tellegen. Timeau De Keyser brings the crow to life in an unforgettable way!
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Radio Toneelhuis episode ten: Hannah De Meyer reads her new text, Pleasure, and mixes it with conjuring music.
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Radio Toneelhuis: lockdown Radio from the Bourla. Lisaboa Houbrechts and Anna Luyten listen to loyal visitors of the Bourla for a series of meetings that always start from... their permanent theatre seat.
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Now that the theaters are forced to close, Toneelhuis becomes Radio Toneelhuis: lockdown Radio from the Bourla. Starting from the performance SUN-SET, Bosse Provoost, Ezra Veldhuis and Oshin Albrecht are investigating what is universal in the various origin stories in the world, and what is culture- or place-specific. A fascinating voyage of discovery through the work of experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage and performance artist Laurie Anderson, the Inuit, Polynesian peoples and the Metropolitan Museum in New York. 
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In November 2020, it will be 100 years since Paul Celan was born. To mark the occasion, De Studio, Poeziencentrum and Toneelhuis are organising an online event, a fully-fledged anniversary week for one of the most important German-speaking poets of the 20th century. Toneelhuis will present an exclusive and temporarily available online version of Matisklo with audio commentary. Bosse Provoost, Ezra Veldhuis and Yuri Happel recall thoughts and memories about the making of the performance against the background of Matisklo's capture. 

In Ballets C de la B the rehearsals for I Silenti have started. The musicians and dancer come from India, Spain, Scotland and Bulgaria, so it was a real feat to practically arrange that in coronation times. In the meantime the set is being prepared in the set studio in Toneelhuis and the costume designer has been working diligently in her studio in Brussels over the past few weeks to get the first silhouettes ready for the fitting moment this week. From mid-December, the team will move to the main stage in Théâtre de Namur for the rehearsals. 

corona measures update
Yesterday, the Flemish government decided to close the theatres temporarily in order to stop the spread of the coronavirus. We respect this decision, because the figures are dramatic and the care sector is under heavy pressure, and we, as a cultural sector, have no choice but to show solidarity and take responsibility.