With a beguiling blend of electronics, art pop, saudade and Latin alternative rock, Ão has become one of Belgium’s most vibrant acts. Rooted in Mozambican and Portuguese heritage, vocalist Brenda Corijn sings in Portuguese and English with a warm, magnetic tone, supported by Siebe Chau’s guitar, Jolan Decaestecker’s electronics and Bert Peyffers’ percussion. Their new album Malandra deepens their sound with greater rhythm and rougher textures, brought to life in dynamic live performances.
Directed by Nathalie Cuenet and written by Valérie Poirier, Dire adieu is performed by Compagnie Volodia. The piece stages fragmented conversations between a daughter and her mother, probing a quest for recognition and the fragile possibility of reconciliation. Its form recalls the codes of Greek tragedy, using heightened language and concentrated staging to explore memory, silence and unresolved grief. The ensemble creates a tense, intimate atmosphere that makes emotional rupture palpable.
In French.
Choreographed by Valeska Romero Curiqueo, Pewma (Mapudungun for “dream”) weaves dance, performance, live sound and poetry to trace transmissions between bodies. The piece confronts peripheral, wounded and violently marked identities through ritualized gestures and sensual collisions, invoking Venus as a figure of omen, destruction and rebirth. Live violin, synthesizers and vocals shape a tense, luminous soundscape as bodies dissolve and reconstitute, staging desire, friction and collective memory.
Festival d’automne presents a programme of intimate organ and ensemble concerts exploring timbre, ritual and storytelling. Highlights include the electro-acoustic duo “Tuyaux et ondes” with Jacques Tchamkerten (ondes Martenot) and Vincent Thévenaz (organ), a narrated Mexican legend featuring Zeltzin Pérez and Diego Galicia Suárez, and a musical portrait celebrating Lionel Rogg with Anne Page, David Titterington, Alessio Corti and the choir Cantus Laetus led by Natacha Casagrande. The series favours reflective atmospheres and virtuosic instrumental colour.
Featuring a bold blend of synthesized textures and orchestral breadth, Synthony delivers a cinematic live music experience. The performance favors layered soundscapes, sweeping dynamics and rhythmic intensity, creating moments of quiet reflection and powerful catharsis. Staging emphasizes immersive audiovisuals and sculpted lighting to amplify emotional shifts, while the ensemble’s precision balances spontaneity and grand gestures. The result is a striking, atmospheric concert that foregrounds texture, momentum and communal energy.
Written by Julie Gilbert and directed by Lou Ciszewski, Quoiqu’il arrive. Respire. follows Joana, a thirty-something MMA teacher running exclusively female classes. After a lost fight and an injury, she reflects on what it means to fight and to stand up as a woman in today’s society. The piece blends physical combat and metaphorical struggle, exploring how women claim space, resist assigned roles and sustain presence. Margot Le Coultre performs in this Loup hors les murs production.
In French.
With razor-sharp wit and neon-pink hair, comedian Sarah Mottet questions whether looking woke and queer is enough to be a good person. This debut solo show mixes personal stories, quick improvisation and pointed social satire to include everyone — except cyclists and property managers. Touring stages from Romandie to Quebec, Mottet blends warm vulnerability and biting humour to turn identity politics into intimate, laugh-out-loud reflections.
In French.
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