GKO Café: A new role for art houses | Shaping changing places

The youth is the city is the youth. In ‘Playtime’ we let the young people themselves have their say. Together with local partners NTGent and artist Jesse Vandamme, KOPERGIETERY and their drama workshops and Jong Gewei, we present 4 sharp statements, formulated by young people, on which we reflect and discuss together. Tightly timed, just like the playtime.

As a theatre maker, how do you empower young people?
What do they want to talk about?
What is the importance of theatre to their story?
What are their questions for the makers and houses of Ghent?

SPOKEN LANGUAGE: Dutch
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GKO Café: A new role for art houses | Shaping changing places

REFLECTION

Manoeuvre & Palestine Café: Onzichtbaar Werk

Reflection

Basel Zaraa 'Dear Laila'

Memories of a Home: An Intimate Journey Through Loss and Resistance of a Palestinian Family

[cancelled] BREAKFASTCLUB #6

REFLECTIE

WERKER COLLECTIVE: Study Group AGAINST WORK

REFLECTION 'On Artistic Strategies of Unproductivity'

Sana Ghobbeh 'This Wall Grows At Its Root'

Performance

POC POC Manifesto

Reflection: talks and interventions

Tot in de stad! Work in Progress

Reflection: open studios, dinner conversation, performance, whine & wine

Playtime

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Endless Exhibition

Slowly changing exhibition without end date questions the autonomy of individual artworks

Tarek Atoui 'the Shore / a place I'd like to be'

exhibition

Sirah Foighel Brutmann & Eitan Efrat 'Là'

exhibition

Building Castles in the Sky

Art trail: Ghent is transformed through the imagination of its youth

Frederico Araujo & Julie Mughunda 'SHARK'

Abattoir Fermé & Compagnie Cecilia 'GENESIS'

A turbulent and baroque spectacle

Pascal Gielen 'Vertrouwen'

Reflection

DEEWEE, LIPPSTICK DJ's, Lieselot Siddiki & Pol Heyvaert 'Countdown'

Dancing all night with a countdown clock as the master of ceremonies

Lisa Vereertbrugghen 'While We Are Here'

Powerful crossover between techno and folk dance

Katy Baird 'Get off'

A raw and unfiltered glimpse into the human desire for connection

Benny Claessens 'White Flag'

Surrender as a form of resistance

Laurence Roothooft, Suze Milius 'SHE'

The role of a lifetime

Anna Vercammen & Joeri Cnapelinckx 'The Pale Baron'

Felix and Felka’s revolutionary Singalong 😉 Bingbong!

Rosie Sommers & Micha Goldberg 'GERMAN STAATSTHEATER'

Slapstick and self-mockery versus overstressed bodies and burn-outs

CANCELLED: Mette Ingvartsen 'Skatepark'

Contemporary dance on wheels

Brian Lobel with Gweneth-Ann Rand '24 Italian Songs & Arias'

A hilarious opera recital to celebrate failure

Milo Rau 'Medea's Children'

The blood-drenched tragedies of adult life seen through the eyes of children

Double bill: Francesca Grilli 'Record' & Sesa 'Spoken Word'

Performance on adolescence, between courage and isolation & spoken word performance

Playtime

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