Programme recommendations

TIP 1: Deaf Republic - Dead Centre
Based on the poetry cycle by Ilya Kaminsky and created in collaboration with sign language poet Zoë McWhinney, Deaf Republic is a haunting and enchanting sensory performance about occupation, resistance, and the language that emerges when words fall short.
Stadsschouwburg | Aug 20-22 | More info & tickets

TIP 2: Tractor Rapsodie - LOD / Louis Vanhaverbeke
What if composting, sowing, and harvesting are also ways to hold yourself together? In Tractor Rapsodie, Louis Vanhaverbeke searches for rhythm, calm, and direction through farming. A vulnerable self-portrait between human and machine.
Niemeyer | Aug 23-26 | More info & tickets

TIP 3: Centroamérica | Lagartijas Tiradas del Sol
A border crossing, an invented identity, and a personal mission that bring reality and fiction dangerously close together. In Centroamérica, Lagartijas Tiradas al Sol explores a region full of forgotten histories, migration, and systems of political violence. And the question of what art can mean when reality can no longer be avoided.
Grand Theatre | Aug 21-23 | More info & tickets

TIP 4: Tatjana Almuli - Tot lijf gemaakt
What does our obsession with perfect bodies say about freedom? In Tot lijf gemaakt, Tatjana Almuli examines how beauty standards influence our lives and choices. In conversation with Lara Harbers, she advocates for more autonomy and resistance against unattainable beauty ideals.
Pollux | Aug 20 | More info & tickets

TIP 5: Mensen Zeggen Dingen... zijn hier voor de olie Back at Noorderzon this year after their sold-out show last year! We won't beat around the bush like our predecessors did - we're simply here for the oil. For the war, for the money, for the muscle, for the power, for the women. What are we here to do? Call things what they are.
Pollux | Aug 23 | More info & tickets