ASSITEJ Pakistan is offering an opportunity to emerging artists, storytellers or theatre-makers aged 18-35 with an interest in TYA to attend the 2nd edition of Tamasha Festival in the first half of February 2018, taking place in the beautiful city of Lahore – the cultural art hub of Pakistan. The participants will get a chance to learn, work and […]
Report – Rencontres de Huy
On August 21 & 22, ASSITEJ Belgium attended the important and rather secluded Walloon showcase Rencontres Théâtre Jeune Public de Huy, for the first time with such a large Flemish delegation. For over twenty years, the youth department of the Province of Liège has been organising this showcase for performative arts for a young audience in the French Community of […]
Meet the new board!
ASSITEJ Belgium held the annual General Assembly on June 14th, where we discussed what the focus of ASSITEJ Belgium should be during the next years. The General Assembly also elected the following people to be part of the new board: Isabel Joly (Zonzo Compagnie), Stef De Paepe (DE MAAN), Marie-Odile Dupuis (Théâtre des 4 Mains), Gaëtane Reginster […]
Catherine Simon passed away aged 70
Last week, Catherine Simon passed away aged 70. We mourn the loss of this grande dame of children’s theatre in French-speaking Belgium where she was a former president of CTEJ and worked as a programmer for Centre Culturel Jacques Franck for 30 years. She also co-founded the festival Noël au Théâtre and generally encouraged cooperation […]
Rencontres Théâtre Jeune Public
For over twenty years, the youth department of the Province of Liège has been organising the Rencontres Théâtre Jeune Public de Huy, a showcase for performative arts for a young audience in the French Community of Belgium. The showcase takes place each August in Huy, a small village along the Meuse and is the most important […]
Call for projects – Cultureel Akkoord / Accord Culturel
The Flemish and French Communities are calling for cultural projects as part of their ‘Cultureel Akkoord / Accord Culturel’. If you and at least one partner from across the language border want to launch a project in 2018, you can apply for funding here (deadline October 15th 2017). The goal of this cultural agreement is to […]
General Assembly 2017
Tomorrow, we are organising the annual General Assembly of ASSITEJ Belgium! This meeting will take place in BRONKS Café on Wednesday June 14th from 10:00 till 13:00. It’s the perfect opportunity to share your thoughts on what the focus of ASSITEJ Belgium should be during the next years, and to have a drink with colleagues at […]
World Congress & Cradle of Creativity Festival in Cape Town
The 19th ASSITEJ World Congress & Cradle of Creativity Festival in Cape Town was a stunning success for our large Belgian delegation! Stef De Paepe (Beeldsmederij De Maan) took part in a seminar of the ITYARN conference. Compagnie Barbarie lead a workshop for children on an educational and artistic project on all things strange! Karel Van Ransbeeck, […]
Open call – Dance and Physical Theatre Workshops
The Jordi L. Vidal company invites participants to sign up for two workshops, “Play & humour & clown” (July) and « Indoor & Outdoor / Public Space Movement » (September) in Brussels. More information here.
INVITATION – Bus trip to Liège & Ostbelgien
On Friday 28 April, we invite you to join us on a bus trip to Liège, Sankt Vith and Eupen. We will start with a visit of Les Ateliers de la Colline (Seraing), that focuses both on the creation of shows for a young audience and on ateliers for children and youngsters. Then we set […]