Dear colleagues and friends,
We are pleased to invite you to this year’s edition of Scènes nouvelles, organised by the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles from 6 to 9 November 2024. This annual event is a unique opportunity to discover emerging talent on the French-speaking Belgian stage.
The programme includes four days of shows consisting of new creations and revivals of works that deserve to be better known. The artistic disciplines represented cover a wide spectrum: theatre, dance, performance, stand-up and more. Please find below the details of each production.
As every year, Scènes nouvelles aims to be the international platform for exchanges and meetings with the artists we support. As such, we are offering tailor-made programmes for professionals: presentations of future projects by the artists as well as time for sharing and networking. We are delighted to welcome Magrit Coulon, Zora Snake, Guy Cassiers, Anne-Cécile Vandalem, Salim Djaferi and Chrystèle Khodr to present their forthcoming work.
This 3rd edition will be enriched by the presence of international partners and artists from the Common Lab project initiated by the European network COSTO - Common Stories. You will be able to attend presentations of the projects of each of the nine artists taking part in this year’s edition, the fruit of eight weeks of residency between Lisbon, Maputo, Bobigny and Brussels.
We hope that many of you will be able to join us to celebrate the dynamism and diversity of contemporary artistic creation!
Contacts:
Céline Gaubert - Head of touring & international relations
cgaubert@theatrenational.be · M +32 473 98 25 35
Matthieu Defour - Production and tour manager
mdefour@theatrenational.be · M +32 485 91 77 02
With the support of Wallonie-Bruxelles International and Wallonie-Bruxelles Théâtre / Danse, in partnership with ICI Bruxelles
By email at diffusion@theatrenational.be, including your arrival and departure dates as well as the selection of events you'd like to attend. We'll be happy to help you organise your programme and facilitate one-to-one meetings with the artists.
→ Accommodation
Two nights per organisation may be covered by Wallonie-Bruxelles International, subject to availability. Please send us your request as soon as possible.
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED FOR EACH ACTIVITIES including lunch, apéritif, coffee, etc.
Wednesday 6 November
- Jusque dans nos lits → 6:30 PM > 9:30 PM · (FR with EN leaflet · Continuously accessible for 3hr)
- Voie, Voix, Vois → 7:30 PM > 8:30 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- L’Avenir → 8:00 PM > 9:30 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
Possible programme:
- 6:30 PM to 7:30 PM Jusque dans nos lits + 8:00 PM L’Avenir
Thursday 7 November
- Complimentary Coffee → 10:30 AM > 11:00 AM
- Presentation of artists - within the framework of COMMON LAB 24 of the European COSTO network – Common Stories → 11:00 AM > 1:00 PM • Complimentary Buffet • 2:30 PM > 5:00 PM - More information · (FR, live translation in EN)
- Complimentary apértif (reservation required) → 5:30 PM > 6:30 PM
- Jusque dans nos lits → 6:30 PM > 9:30 PM · (FR with EN leaflet · Continuously accessible for 3hr)
- L’Avenir → 8:00 PM > 9:30 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- Voie, Voix, Vois → 9:00 PM > 10:00 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- + Par grands vents → 8:30 PM → at Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Possible programmes:
- 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM presentation of European COSTO artists >> 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM Jusque dans nos lits >> 8:30 PM L’Avenir
- 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM presentation of European COSTO artists >> 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM Jusque dans nos lits >> 9:00 PM Voie, Voix, Vois
Friday 8 November
- Complimentary Coffee → 10:30 AM > 11:00 AM
- Presentation of artists / lunch / meetings → 11:00 AM > 2:00 PM • Complimentary Buffet • Magrit Coulon, Zora Snake, Anne-Cécile Vandalem, Salim Djaferi, Chrystèle Khodr · (FR, live translation in EN)
- L’Avenir → 2:00 PM > 3:30 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- Kheir Inch’Allah → 7:00 PM > 8:15 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- Beste Cantate → 9:30 PM > 10:30 PM · (FR, dance)
- + Par grands vents → 8:30 PM → at Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Saturday 9 November
- L’Avenir → 7:00 PM > 8:30 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- Kheir Inch’Allah → 7:00 PM > 8:15 PM · (FR, surtitling EN)
- Beste Cantate → 9:30 PM > 10:30 PM · (FR, dance)
Possible programmes:
- 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM L’Avenir + 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM Beste Cantate
- 7:00 PM to 8:45 PM Kheir Inch’Allah + 9:30 PM to 10:30 PM Beste Cantate
Stricken with mal de vivre, a number of individuals end up within the walls of an ageing institution, L’Avenir.
Lucile Saada offers a time-space open to all, where everyone is empowered.
Who is following whom? Who is listening to whom? Who sees whom and what?
As the intuition of tragedy is rekindled, stories, memory and poetry are summoned to counter it.
How can we imagine a new carnival together? How can we redefine its contours and engage in carnivals today?
The story of an only daughter of Moroccan parents on the streets of Brussels, among her ‘brothers’.
