SCRATCHNIGHT #OPEN CALL

13.02.2024 • 17:00
OPEK (grote zaal), Leuven

OPENING

& state of the playwright by Rebekka de Wit

English surtitled

13.02.2024 • 20:00
OPEK (kleine zaal), Leuven

PERFORMANCE Beven - Het nieuwstedelijk

text Maria Milisavljevic (selection SID 2022)
translation Henri Bloemen
directed by Stijn Devillé
performance Sara Vertongen
music Geert Waegeman

English surtitled

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13.02.2024 • 20:00
30CC/Wagehuys, Leuven

PERFORMANCE Analoog - DE HOE

from & with Louis Janssens en Willem de Wolf

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14.02.2024 • 10:00 – 11:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM International selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Exodus
Uma Nada-Rajah

The Empty Suitcase
Kaveh Ayreek

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14.02.2024 • 11:30 – 13:30
Cas-co, Leuven

Lunch of the wide world

International professionals and playwrights meet for lunch.
in association with SABAM

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14.02.2024 • 13:30 – 15:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM Dutch-language selection

in samenwerking met Literatuur Vlaanderen, Kunstenpunt, Fonds Podiumkunsten NL SABAM en deAuteurs

Sea of Silence
Esther Duysker en Floor Houwink Ten Cate

The Voice of Fingers
Thomas Bellinck & Said Reza Adib

Diary of an empty bed
Mokhallad Rasem

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14.02.2024 • 16:00 – 17:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM International selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Two Palestinians go dogging
Sami Ibrahim

Bad Roads
Natalka Vorozhbyt

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14.02.2024 • 18:00 – 19:00
OPEK (box)

DEBATE #Playwriting from a country other than your native country ENG

In the 2024 selection, it is striking that quite a few writers no longer live and work in their native countries. They have fled, immigrated or live in exile. A conversation about the consequences and the challenges.

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14.02.2024 • 20:00
30CC/Schouwburg, Leuven

PERFORMANCE De duivels / les diables - Krapp & KVS

concept Mats Vandroogenbroeck, Nona Demey Gallagher en Timo Sterckx (KRAPP)
text Mats Vandroogenbroeck
with Mats Vandroogenbroeck, Timo Sterckx, Fleur Perneel, Bastiaan Vandendriesche, Maria Zandvliet en Fiene Zasada
directed by Nona Demey Gallagher

French & English surtitled

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14.02.2024 • 20:00 – 22:00
Cinema ZED, STUK, Leuven

PERFORMANCE Bad roads (movie)

Four short stories are set along the roads of Donbass during the war. No place is safe and no one understands what is going on.

The film of the same name from the theatre text by Natalka Vorozhbyt (from the SID international selection 2024).

With aftertalk with the author!

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14.02.2024 • 21:00
OPEK (zwarte zaal), Leuven

SCRATCHNIGHT #STUDENT

Hosted by Luca Drama

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14.02.2024 • 21:30
OPEK (kleine zaal), Leuven

PERFORMANCE Beven - Het nieuwstedelijk

text Maria Milisavljevic (selection SID 2022)
translation Henri Bloemen
directed by Stijn Devillé
performance Sara Vertongen
music Geert Waegeman

English surtitled

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15.02.2024 • 10:00 – 11:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM Dutch-language selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Trojan Wars
Peer Wittenbols

Shell Case
Rebekka de Wit & Anoek Nuyens

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15.02.2024 • 13:30 – 15:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM International selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Wonderwomb
Amir Gudarzi

Macadam Circus
Thomas Depryck

Wounds of the City
Sebastián Eddowes-Vargas

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15.02.2024 • 16:00 – 17:30
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM Dutch-language selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

I have no thoughts and this is one of them
Tine Van Aerschot

Mater
Femke Van der Steen

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15.02.2024 • 16:00 – 18:00
OPEK (kleine zaal), Leuven

LAB FUTURE NARRATIVES #1: playwriting in times of climate crisis ENG

Quite a few theatre texts and performances at the festival have the climate crisis as their central theme. All these authors join us for a conversation about playwriting in times of climate crisis.

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15.02.2024 • 20:00
OPEK (grote zaal), Leuven

PERFORMANCE 9,6 (a defense) - Het nieuwstedelijk

written & directed by Stijn Devillé
with Sara Vertongen
music Bert Hornikx & Joy Adegoke

English surtitled

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15.02.2024 • 21:00
OPEK (zwarte zaal), Leuven

SCRATCHNITHG #UNCUT

Open podium for music, slam en spoken word, hosted by Trill

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16.02.2024 • 10:00 – 12:00
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM Dutch-language selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Age of Rage
Jibbe Willems

Here We Go Again (White Male Privilige)
Annelies Verbeke

Love Decleration (forever)
Magne van den Berg

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16.02.2024 • 12:30 – 13:30
OPEK (box)

DEBATE #Playwriting in times of war ENG

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza continue to rage and cause bewilderment. They also resonate in two stage texts from the international selection: 'Bad Roads' (Natalka Vorozhbyt) and 'Two Palestinians go dogging' (Sami Ibrahim). A conversation about the impact of war on playwriting.

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16.02.2024 • 14:00 – 16:00
OPEK (rotonde), Leuven

READING ROOM International selection

In association with Flanders Literature, Flanders Arts Institute, Performing Arts Fund NL, SABAM and deAuteurs

Judith Shakespeare - Rape & Revenge
Paula Thielecke

Three Winters
Tena Stivicic

The Writer
Ella Hickson

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16.02.2024 • 14:00 – 16:00
OPEK (kleine zaal), Leuven

LAB FUTURE NARRATIVES #2: cultural organisations in times of climate crisis ENG

Since 2022, Leuven has been in the vanguard as a European mission city. The goal of the mission is 100 climate-neutral and smart cities by 2030. The first Leuven Climate Contract contains an action plan towards climate neutrality in 2030, commitments by partners to implement the actions, and a financial model to pay for them. What are the roles that the cultural sector can play here? What expertise can we share?

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16.02.2024 • 20:00
OPEK (grote zaal), Leuven

PERFORMANCE Freedom Club - theater arsenaal en Het Kwartier

text Freek Mariën
based on an idea by Timme Afschrift, Carl von Winckelmann and Freek Mariën
directed by Freek Mariën, Carl von Winckelmann
with Joris Van den Brande

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16.02.2024 • 20:00
30CC/Wagehuys, Leuven