Ghent

Work in Progress: WIPCOOP Ghent 2025

04/12/2025 >> 04/12/2025
@ Ghent

WIPCOOP, the Work In Progress Cooperative of MESTIZO ARTS PLATFORM, returns to CAMPO victoria! At WIPCOOP, Aminata Soumaré, Shivadas De Schrijver, Hannah Jamin Zaouad and Aday Morales will show 30 minutes from their Works in Progress. After the presentations, the creators will engage in discussions with dramaturgs, workshops, producers and programmers about their work and […]

WIPCOOP 2025: kick off

Hello hello hello!   It’s official – the names of the artists who will participate in WIPCOOP 2025 are known! After a long and intense selection period, we finally saw each other in person for the first time over the past few weeks. During the community moments in each city, we already got to know […]

Photo album WIPCOOP Gent 2024

The last stop of this season… This was WIPCOOP Ghent 2024 ⚡️ @ De Kazematten with NTGent – a beautiful photo essay by Victoriano Moreno.   On Dec. 5, Gökhan Kizilbuga, Hilair Libobu Francisco, Valeria Saija & Nicolas Vladyslav and Purni Morell & Maria Dafneros each presented 30 minutes of their works-in-progress. Between these – […]

Gökhan Kizilbuga

Es Kamen Menschen An intimately and visually explores the lives of guest workers. With personal stories, historical facts and projections, Gökhan Kizilbuga portrays the harsh reality of this existence far from home: loneliness, bleakness and isolation. The performance is not only an artistic representation, but also a social document that highlights the valuable contribution of […]

PIECES OF A MAN – David Labi

04/03/2023 >> 12/03/2026
@ Amsterdam @ Antwerp @ Brussels @ Ghent @ Mechelen @ Oosterzele

Pieces of a Man is a monologue by David Labi about his father. A performance that balances between storytelling and stand-up comedy. In English.

Valeria Saija & Nicolas Vladyslav

RÊVE is a physical dance duo to make the audience pause for a moment, step back and reflect: be still and discover the world in and around you. It is a look back at your true self: what made you who you are today and how did the world and your origins help shape it? […]

Francisco Libobu-Hilair

In a world where everyone has to keep up and everything is supposed to be perfect, it becomes increasingly difficult to be vulnerable. People struggling with mental challenges often go unheard or experience a high barrier to talking about them. Hilair’s World breaks this silence with a personal monologue on mental well-being, based on the […]

Maria Dafneros & Purni Morell

Maria (Australia/Leuven) and Purni (UK/Antwerp) explore what is and is not allowed on stage. Can a woman say what she really thinks? Or only what the public likes to hear? In this loose adaptation of Lorca’s Yerma, they play with the idea of unsympathetic characters, outdated ideas and uncomfortable silences in the theater. This is […]

(OUT)GROWING PAINS Sesa

03/05/2025 >> 10/10/2025
@ Antwerp @ Ghent @ Kortijk

(out)Growing Pains is a performance about the remaining energy in the body after experiencing trauma. It is about awareness and the healing process as a continuous, cyclical journey.

VLAMINGO – Nela Deleu

24/04/2025 >> 06/06/2025
@ Antwerp @ Ghent

With VLAMINGO, Nela Deleu reveals her path to becoming a Fleming.
A specific and recognizable love story.

WORK IN PROGRESS: WIPCOOP 2024 – Ghent

05/12/2024
@ Ghent

WIPCOOP is a great opportunity for the arts sector and the public to get a glimpse of what is brewing and developing in new artistic creations in the performing arts! Join the ride! Dec. 5 at De Kazematten, 4 artists will show where they stand with the development of their new creations.

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