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The Bulletin at 60: Katharine Mill still misses Brussels’ rich culture

I moved from London to Brussels to join the Bulletin team in late summer 1998 and “Is there a Belgian angle?” became my reflex question for the next five years. There was good camaraderie in the newsroom: many of us had moved there for the job and we discovered Belgium together, just as our task...

Tervuren restaurant’s ‘Blue Bayou’ wins Best Burger Benelux 2022

Copains restaurant in Tervuren, which also runs Smoak Streetfood BBQ in the neighbouring park, has won the competition for Best Burger Benelux 2022. Its winning burger was a gourmet concoction called Blue Bayou, created by chef Kurt Singulé. It consists of a homemade brown bun filled with Black...

Asylum crisis: Tents pop up as NGOs seek to fill gaps in government response

As the number of refugees flocking to Belgium continues to overwhelm the government support structures in place to process them, NGOs are stepping up their aid in addition to their demands for solutions. Humanitarian organisations the Brussels Refugee Council, Médecins du Monde, Plateforme...

Brussels region scraps Molenbeek's tax on supermarket self-checkouts

The Brussels commune of Molenbeek will not to go through with its plans to add an extra tax for supermarkets that use self-checkouts, after it was struck down by the Brussels region. The municipality believed that such a tax was justified because self-checkouts eliminate jobs, force customers to...
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Cigarette machines soon to be banned under new law

Cigarette vending machines are to be banned everywhere bar supermarkets, following a new measure introduced by Belgian health minister Frank Vandenbroucke. The anti-smoking measure formed part of Vandenbroucke’s bill that was approved by the Belgian parliament earlier this week. When it becomes law...

Get your Kikks: How Namur’s international festival of digital culture is designed to be creative and playful

Showcasing new technology and creative projects from Belgium and abroad, the 11th edition of the Kikk Festival is getting ready to welcome thousands of visitors to Namur from 27 to 30 October. The ambitious and wide-ranging event offers a dual programme for professionals and the general public -...

7/8

Submitted by l'Impoviste on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 15:22

We are only what we mean to others

The inscriptions on a tombstone are only a summary of one’s life. The fraction of that person visible to all. Their true nature, on the other hand, is so often well hidden under the surface.

7/8 dives deeper into the complexity of people and their stories. In this improvised long-form, Falafel Waffle show the contradictions of one’s life starting from the end - a funeral.

The Reunion

Submitted by l'Impoviste on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 15:12

"Time brings all things to pass" (- Aeschylus)

Six friends meet after 10 years. Who were they then ? Who are they now ? Have they changed for better or for worse ? And what will happen when they reunite for the first time in a decade ?

Based on Alban Schuiten’s "La Place des Grands Hommes", The Reunion is a wonderful long form in which the past and present interlink, the flashbacks and the reunion propelling the story forward while at the same time peeling away at every layer of the characters portrayed.

Scenes from a Marriage

Submitted by l'Impoviste on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 15:05

An Anatomy of Love

Inspired by Ingmar Bergman’s original version and the 2021 HBO remake, this improvised longform narrative intends to dissect the very essence of relationships, from every angle.

Our version of Scenes from a Marriage aims to be bold, powerful, uncomfortable, candid and surprising. And in the midst of breaking down the powerful relationship archetype that is marriage, our audience may even see their own reflection in our improvised emotional landscape.

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Out of my mind

Submitted by l'Impoviste on Fri, 10/21/2022 - 14:57

What if the only way out is inwards ?

Two people find themselves stuck at home together due to the imposition of a worldwide lockdown, their intensified dynamic thrusting them into new emotional terrain. In this format, Bardo transports the audience into the characters’ subconscious worlds, playing the humans and non-humans (and everything in between) that populate their memories, dreams and fears. In these unprecedented circumstances, what will our two protagonists discover about themselves and about each other ?

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