Artists

Every WIPCOOP edition there are new artists who participate. Here you will find an overview of all artists who have participated since 2009. Since 2019, each of them gets a page. On it you will find information about who they are and which performance they presented as a work in progress (and possibly further realized or will realize later), as well as photos of this. Do you want to know more about an artist, or do you need their contact information? Send us an email.

 

Alphonse Eklou Uwantege

Alphonse Eklou Uwantege presents restes, a danced, spoken and whispered reflection in which it dialogues with the ghosts that haunt us. It is a ritual tribute to their uncle Alphonse Kanimba, who was killed during the Tutsi genocide in April 1994. restes is about transmission, about an inheritance that we did not choose for ourselves […]

Souhaïla Amri

With her debut show, L’Ombre du Figuier (working title was: Histoires et Histoire), Souhaïla Amri wants to highlight forgotten stories. Inspired by her family (history), she explores how we remember those who came before us. Through storytelling, proverbs and symbolic objects, the play mixes true stories with invented ones, bringing our predecessors to life. The […]

Nasser Mardnly & Basim Akasha

Voice Mechelen is an artistic collective with actors trained in Syria and Lebanon where they were also professionally active.
With their artistic projects, they want to share their view of life with a new audience and connect

Nerkiz Sahin

Nerkiz Sahin (writer), together with Ülkü Dursun (psychologist), addresses the issues faced by women who live or grow up in a country with a different cultural frame of reference.
Through theater, they want to make stories discussable that barely see the light of day.

Nitish Kumar Bhardwaj

Nitish Kumar Bhardwaj is an actor, director and writer of poetry and plays.
He studied multimedia and animation where he researched the anthropological approach “rasā” through dramaturgy and how it can touch audiences.

Ayham Qomoq

Ayham Qomoq is an actor, writer and filmmaker who studied at the art academy in Homs, Syria.
In Belgium, he continues his artistic trajectory.

Prince K. Appiah

Prince K. Appiah is a rapper, writer, actor and mc/host from Antwerp, he completed his master’s degree in Drama at the Conservatory of Music.
Also discover his music releases, click HERE and on Facebook, click HERE.

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