READING ROOM Dutch-language selection
In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs
In the READING ROOM, excerpts from the 20 theatre texts of the international and Dutch-language selection will be presented in staged readings by actors.
The Dutch-language selection will be read in English. Dutch, French and German translations of the excerpts are available as far as possible.
The International selection will be read in Dutch. English, French and German translations of the fragments are available as far as possible.
MEET&GREET
After each READING ROOM of authors from Dutch-speaking selections, we offer the opportunity for (international) professionals to briefly meet the authors, ask questions and exchange contact details.
You can register for such a MEET&GREET in advance or immediately after the lectures in the READING ROOM.
I have no thoughts and this is one of them
Tine Van Aerschot
Tine Van Aerschot is a Belgian playwright, designer, producer, and writer. ‘I have no thoughts and this is one of them’, her first piece, is a story of experiences and reflections, of empathy and trying to understand, of ordering and rearranging, of constant change.
Mater
Femke Van der Steen
Femke van der Steen is an actress, theatre maker and writer active in Belgium. In her debut piece ‘Mater’, eight women explore their fears as well as the fears society has for them, the feminine, the natural and the chaotic.