For the first time, Antwerp’s Work In Progress will be hosted by Toneelhuis at the Kambala Studio.
Since 2009, this has been an excellent opportunity for the arts sector and the public to get a glimpse of what is brewing and developing in terms of new artistic creations in the performing arts.Get ready for a 2-day with no fewer than 6 new Work In Progress. In Kambala on Thursday 16 and Friday 17 November, 3 artists from Antwerp will each show where they stand with the development of their new creations. Elyne Notebaert, Faisal Muhammadu, Pablo Correa, Rubin Ajlouni, Sefora Sam, Tamayo Okano each present a maximum of 30 minutes from their Work In Progress. Afterwards, they will talk for an hour with a group of dramaturgists, workshops, producers and programmers about the work shown and possible support. During these breaks, other artists talk about their work, new initiatives or projects in artist talks with the audience.
-> The programme on 16 November includes:
10:00 Welcome (coffee & tea)
10:30 Sefora Sam, also known as “Sesa”, draws her inspiration from life’s small and big moments. This can also be seen in her work ‘(out)Growing Pains’, in which she poetically describes the energy of traumatic events.
12:00 Together with Faisal Muhammadu, we explore the world of amnesia and trauma as we follow a young man’s journey through the maze of his thoughts in Void.
14:00 For ‘Care (Past/Present/Future)’, Tamayo Okano focused on the voices of those who are often overlooked: mothers, grandmothers and daughters.
+ Artist Talk and installation & screenprint Moving Together by Joana Rossi (Mestizo Collective) in breaks
-> The programme on17 November includes:
10:00 Welcome (coffee & tea)
10:30 Rubin Ajlouni brings to life Abdelkader Benali’s monologue “Jasser” and performs the Jewish merchant Shylock 20 years later – as a Palestinian actor.
12:00 More than (kna)ap, a theatre monologue in which Elyne Notebaert invites you to an unforgettable dialogue about life with achondroplasia (AP), or as a little woman.
14:00 With Monosapiens, Pablo Correa treats the audience to 2 powerful monologues and his boundless energy as a storyteller!
+ Artist Talk Rose Myrtha Fortuna, Céline Klara Gaza & Beyza Taspinar and installation & screenprint Moving Together by Joana Rossi (Mestizo Collective) in breaks
WIPCOOP – the Work In Progress Cooperative of Mestizo Arts Platform – has for many years been a unique collaboration in the arts sector in Antwerp, Brussels and Ghent, more recently in Mechelen and now also in Leuven.
Its main goal? Making new artistic work visible from the strength of the cooperative, setting up dialogue around it and matching artists and organisations to be able to further develop and play and spread this work when finished.
WIPCOOP = making space for new voices, stories, forms and languages in the performing arts. An inter-city co-production in which the arts sector keeps its finger on the pulse of what is developing in the rich breeding ground of our cities and a network in which artists find support in developing their work. A win-win, in other words.
The Work In Progress takes place during the day and is free of charge. Doors: 9h30.
