“Not art, but war!” Those who attended the KASK & Conservatory's openday on Sunday took a strange look at the message some students were putting out. “The world is in crisis,” it sounded. “Even art students must take responsibility.”

Manou Selhorst previously appeared in our performance ‘Testament of a Journalist’. Now she created her own (graduation) performance ‘Maître Nageur’ within the directing course at Toneelacademie Maastricht. For this performance, Manou Selhorst was inspired by the hotel in Marrakech where her grandmother has resided for forty years. Together with seven performers, she explores themes of longing and past glory in a mixture of dance and theatre.

Special news! On June 1, 2 and 3, Action Zoo Humain will be in Vienna, Austria with 'Persians. Triumph of Empathy'. The Wiener Festwochen / Vienna Festival 2025 will bring together ambitious artists from all genres and from experimental, radical and established artistic visions from all over the world for 5 weeks. Read more >

Theatre director Chokri Ben Chikha travelled to Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories early this year in preparation for his new play ‘Persians. Triumph of Empathy'. Director Jan Beddegenoodts accompanied him and made a film about the trip and some pressing questions: Can you have empathy for your enemy? And who is prideful now? Netanyahu

How free is the cultural sector today to create, speak, and act? Together with a panel of field experts, we will explore these stimulating questions in an Octavian discussion (inner and outer circle) where diverse perspectives come together. Speakers: Franky Devos (VIERNULVIER), Chokri Ben Chikha (Action Zoo Humain), Ann Overbergh (Kunstenpunt), Agnes De Maeseneir (Victoria Deluxe), Ludo De Brabander (Vrede vzw), Sara Oklobdzija (artist/researcher, e.g., Apartheid-Free Zone).

21 nov - 20 dec | Together with several other organisations, Action Zoo Humain is part of the multi-day event ‘Eye on Palestine’. We aim to introduce audiences to Palestinian and international directors, artists, writers, musicians, scientists and activists.