Season

2025·2026

Maison
Gertrude

Art center in
a care home

Guided tours

Twice a month, Maison Gertrude, an art center within a care home, opens its doors and invites you to discover its collection of artworks created in situ. (…)

Presentation

Season 2026·2027

It is surrounded by the National Theatre team that Pierre Thys, General and Artistic Director, will present the complete program and the main lines of the 2026·2027 season.

La Fête

Anne-Cécile Vandalem
Joëlle Sambi

A car, stopped in the middle of nowhere. Inside are Clara and her brother Félix, separated for twenty years, and now together again after a night of celebration and dancing. 

Maison Chaos

Joëlle Sambi

The new version of Maison Chaos really brings out the full power of this gripping text! 

SAMAR

Samar Kokash
Omar Aljbaai

In a single, powerful performance, a woman revisits her life story and transforms the hardships she has endured into a theatrical piece. 

Dressing Room

Bissane Al-Charif
Hala Omran
Waël Ali

Postmenopausal women speak out. An intimate chorus on a subject that has yet to be fully explored by the theatre.

Art, soin et citoyenneté

Why is art penetrating into the care sector more and more? How do cultural institutions find themselves questioning vulnerability?

Urban Dance Caravan

Detours Festival

An overview of urban dance styles: breakdancing, house, Afro, electro, krump, juggling and more, all engaging in dialogue and facing off within a shared collective energy.

Je suis un voleur

Loutfi Chama
Fabrice Murgia

A life spent almost entirely in a state of confinement. Since childhood, Loutfi, aged 44, has gone from one institution to another

Work-in-progress

Africa is/in the Future

The festival continues its vital work of highlighting Black and Afro-descendant artistic initiatives in Brussels.

Juliette & Roméo

William Shakespeare
Eline Schumacher

Eline Schumacher transforms Shakespeare’s masterpiece into an explosive celebration, a pretext for the blossoming of a new folklore.

Romeo + Juliet

Baz Luhrmann

Verona Beach, a district of Los Angeles, is the scene of a bitter feud between two rival families: the Montagues and the Capulets.

Une tentative presque comme une autre

Clément Papachristou
Guillaume Papachristou

After three years of touring Europe, this is a rare opportunity to rediscover the subtle and warm rapport between Clément and Guillaume Papachristou.

Corps tendres

Lucie Yerlès

How do we perceive the world through our skin? Lucie Yerlès and her team present a rich sensory experience that blends circus, theatre and dance.

L’invisible n’est pas inexistant

Florence Minder
Venedig Meer

Here, Florence Minder demonstrates her talent for creating comforting, poetic worlds. 

histoire(s)

Olga de Soto

What remains of a performance once the final applause has died away?

Kabylifornie

Agathe Yamina Meziani

Belgo-Kabyle-Greek artist Agathe Yamina Meziani sets out to explore a territory that is at once close and distant: Kabylia, her father’s homeland.

Hidden Figures

Theodore Melfi

The extraordinary story of three African American scientists who helped the United States take the lead in the space race.

La Parabole du Seum

Rébecca Chaillon

In the face of the world’s rapidly growing fascist tendencies, Rébecca Chaillon breathes new life into our imagination with a science-fiction fable in which survival goes hand in hand with magic. 

Barber Shop Chronicles

Inua Ellams
Junior Mthombeni
Michael De Cock

Junior Mthombeni and Michael De Cock orchestrate a brilliant adaptation of London-based Inua Ellams’ hit play about contemporary black masculinities.

Le Dindon

Georges Feydeau
Aurore Fattier

A delightfully irreverent take on Feydeau, transformed into a queer cabaret. A vibrant and masterful Franco-Belgian cast.

Chronique d'un été

Guy Cassiers

A film as inspiration, a rigorous approach, an artistic risk. 

GLA55

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
Rosas
Ictus
Bl!ndman

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker returns to American minimalism, turning for the first time to Philip Glass’s early works.

I’m Fine

Tatiana Frolova
KnAM Théâtre

Tatiana Frolova continues to create poignant theatre of dissent, which is both understated and deeply political. 

Silence du chœur

Mohamed Mbougar Sarr
Marie-Aurore d’Awans

Following on from Mawda, ça veut dire tendresse, Marie-Aurore d’Awans has adapted Mohamed Mbougar Sarr’s novel, driven by her deep commitment to supporting people in exile.

ECHO
(Every Cold-Hearted Oxygen)

Nassim Soleimanpour

Alternating between Yoann Blanc [fr], Sara Selma Dolorès [fr], Myriem Akheddiou [fr], Adri De Biasi [fr], Maaike Neuville [nl], Marah Haj [en], Soa Ratsifandrihana [en], Dena Divah [nl]

The concept can be summed up in a few words: at every performance, an actor or actress takes to the stage without having read the script, without prior rehearsal and without knowing what to expect. 

Une séparation

Asghar Farhadi

When his wife leaves him, Nader hires a caregiver to look after his sick father.

Les Forteresses

Gurshad Shaheman

Gurshad Shaheman welcomes us, just as one would welcome guests into one’s own home, for an evening of life stories that is deeply moving and full of insight.

Hamlet

William Shakespeare
Christophe Sermet

A raw, unflinching take on Hamlet in a contemporary, unsettling and bloody reinterpretation. Winner of the 2025 Maeterlinck Award for Best Production.

Talk Show

Gaël Santisteva

The body, the circus, the feats, life moving forward – and leaving its mark along the way. Talk Show reveals the moving life stories of circus performers.

PiratEs

Le chien qui tousse
Wootz

Swords in hand, two women fight tooth and nail to defend their boat in an adventure-packed spectacle brimming with energy.

Gahugu Gato
(Petit Pays)

Gaël Faye
Dida Nibagwire
Frédéric Fisbach

Adapted from Gaël Faye’s wonderful novel Petit pays, Gahugu Gato chooses to perform the text in its original language so as to anchor it in the reality of Rwanda today.

Hewa Rwanda

Dorcy Rugamba
Majnun

A leading figure on the Rwandan cultural scene, the writer Dorcy Rugamba offers us a deeply moving account, conveyed by a voice of rare intensity.

The Dresden Frankfurt Dance Company presents

Undertainment

William Forsythe

Playing with Sergei, Martha and the others

Thomas Hauert

An exceptional evening, a double bill, featuring two leading figures from the contemporary dance scene, united by a shared commitment to structural rigour.

Construction ou nager

Aminata Abdoulaye Hama
Adeline Rosenstein

Aminata asked why it’s so hard to talk about racism with white friends. Adeline asked if she wanted a well-thought-out answer or if she’d rather we figure it out together.

NEANDERTHAL
Histoire(s) du Théâtre VIII

Back to Back Theatre

The internationally acclaimed Australian company, led by neurodivergent artists, presents its latest production.