SENSORMEN – Belgian premiere

Together with the innovative Spanish percussion group Bulbul, Yllana explores the boundaries between techno and visual humour.

The merger of Yllana’s interpretation of clowning with rhythmic percussion makes ‘Sensormen’ a bustling funny show on technobeats.

Musical humour/clowning
BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
FRIDAY JULY 1ST AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM

Cucinema - co-production Humorologie

Kitchen and chaos are like fire and water. Cooking requires not only talent, but also organisation. In ‘Cucinema’ cooks and actors defy conventional discipline and order of the professional kitchen. Refined cooking techniques are brushed aside and make way for a bizar, but also amusing way of food preparation.

Laika and Circo Ripopolo give the audience a glimpse into their wonderfully chaotic kitchen. Dishes are stepping out of the silver screen. Bottles are balancing on a knife edge.

In an atmosphere of genuine cabaret with live piano music the most surprising dishes are served at your table in style. There is nothing left to do for the audience, except to savour shamelessly the pleasure of this show via a complete meal.

Theatre/clowning - the public is limited to 100 persons, for this performance with meal, you need a separate ticket. Those who are late, don’t come in.

CENTRUMSCHOOL
FRIDAY 1ST AT 8.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 12 PM

MUSICAL ARSON! – Premiere for Belgium

What happens if classical music falls into the hands of a talented string trio? As soon as the musicians appear on stage, musical anarchy begins.

They compete, make fools of each other, and try to seduce with their interpretation of well known masterpieces. They play Brahms, Ravel and Vivaldi in such a way that these composers are laughing in their graves.

Pluck is a comical string trio that brings a mix of music, comedy and theatre. They have done so in sold out theatres on the Fringe festival in Edinburgh as well as all over the world.

‘... A mix of sweet music and total chaos.' Time Out, Londen

''Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes.' - Sunday Times

Musical humour
THEATRE TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
FRIDAY JULY 1 AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 3 PM

LE SORT DU DEDANS – première for Flanders

A red circus tent beckons in the meadow. Once inside, there is the arena as the intimate heart, with a bass and three artists. And then, the smell and the footsteps of a horse.

The horse, an immense animal up close. What to do, love it or fear it?. The horse, the bass, and three artists seek each other with humour and acrobatics in the ring. As though they were five bodies who discover and explore each other in a universal language.

Is the horse leading the artists or are the artists leading the horse?

This is a unique performance, that takes us back to where circus is rooted, to the horse. And this horse confronts us with its smell, its sound and its dangerous volume. And because of that danger the company imposes some strict rules: infants and children under 7 are not allowed to attend the show, and once it has started, nobody can leave the tent.

Circus in an own tent with 271 seats. For this show you need to pick up an additional free ticket which you can get upon showing your festival wristband at the festival desk. This ticket is necessary because of the limited number of seats.

TENT BARO D’EVEL CIRK CIE FESTIVALGROUND
FRIDAY JULY 1 AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 2 PM

MUSICAL ARSON! – Premiere for Belgium

What happens if classical music falls into the hands of a talented string trio? As soon as the musicians appear on stage, musical anarchy begins.

They compete, make fools of each other, and try to seduce with their interpretation of well known masterpieces. They play Brahms, Ravel and Vivaldi in such a way that these composers are laughing in their graves.

Pluck is a comical string trio that brings a mix of music, comedy and theatre. They have done so in sold out theatres on the Fringe festival in Edinburgh as well as all over the world.

‘... A mix of sweet music and total chaos.' Time Out, Londen

''Classical music for all ages and shoe sizes.' - Sunday Times

Musical humour
THEATRE TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
FRIDAY JULY 1 AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 3 PM

THE ART OF LAUGHER – English spoken

Jos Houben tours the world with his brilliant analysis of physical comedy. In his very witty lecture ‘The art of laughter’ he explains how humour works. A basic knowledge of English is required to enjoy this performance.

He can look back on an impressive career on stage and for television and teaches at the renowned Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

“If there's a more inspired contemporary physical comedian - I don't know of him.” - The New Yorker

“...he can't tell you exactly why you are laughing. But he can guarantee you will.” **** - The Guardian

Total Theatre Award winner at the Fringefestival in Edinburgh

Witty conference/clowning
FOCUS-WTV TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 3 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 2 PM

VIRGINIA DAVIS PRESENTS MONOPERA – finalist Humorologie contest 2011

Rachel Ponsonby is an original versatile clown. She brings us Virginia Davis, an extravagant English character who has not forgotten her childhood and adolescence, and who goes loose on stage, in a passionate and very personal way.

Rachel is valued at home and abroad as a musical clown, she plays with the renowned French company Cirque Plume and was also in the last production of Circus Ronaldo.

‘This is a hilarious and original one woman show.’ Total Theatre

Clowning
BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 3 PM

ICH BIN WIE DU – Premiere for Belgium

Every year Karin and Mariken tinker with their mobile sewing workshop. Apart from taking care of the usual maintenance and enhancement of their tools, they also experimented this spring with a couple of ideas for a new performance with bicycles.

The rear wheel of the bicycle is the driving force of their workshop. The cyclist determines not only if sewing can be done, the DJ set for the seamstresses and the illumination also depend on his sportsmanship.
Last winter, the ladies also took singing classes, let’s see if they will be able to sing at the top of their voice during their “sewing performance”.

If you feel your clothes need an original upgrade, bring them along!

Free, continuously on the festival ground

SATURDAY JULY 2ND
BETWEEN 4 AND 5.30 PM & BETWEEN 6.30 AND 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD
BETWEEN 3 AND 4.30 PM & BETWEEN 6 AND 7.30 PM

LE GRAND C

Few performances are groundbreaking and set new standards. Few performances surprise, amaze and astonish everybody. This performance is one of them, one that can’t be missed.

“Le Grand C” is remarkable in its purity of form and discipline with almost exclusively main à main acrobatics. Eighteen acrobats, working only with, up and under each others body… Despite the real risk and the high technical difficulty, le Gran C is not devoid of humor.De Morgen

"we don’t say it often, but this is a performance that everybody must see" - De Morgen

Circus

MAIN THEATRE OF KORTRIJK – Free busses from the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 5.30 pm, departure of the busses at 5.10 pm
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 4.30 PM, departure of the busses at 4.10 pm

TRYOUT

Standup en cabaret

PETER VERMERSCH (B) started in theatre. However, in 2002 they found that he suffers from a hereditary disease : spinocerebellar ataxia. This disease causes uncertain steps and slurred speech, which is detrimental for theatre. Peter described his painful years in a couple of books.

Among others, his good friend Joost van Hyfte urged him to exploit this condition and start a new career as a comedian.

He goes for it, in his own unique way.

BEGIJN LE BLEU makes narrative cabaret. For his latest two performances, he was assisted by Randall Casaer who also works together with, among others, Wouter Deprez and Wim Helsen.

“His character is in a way threatening, reminiscent of John Cleese. The audience did not know whether to laugh at this strange figure, feel pity, or be afraid. This emotional area is also familiar to Wim Helsen, though Le Bleu now has his own style.” De Standaard.

WWinner of the jury - and audience prize Cameretten 2005 with excerpts from ‘the knight in shining armour’.

At the Festival of Emotions, he extensively tries out new material.

Stand-up and cabaret - for this show you need to have an extra free ticket, which you can get at the festival desk, on presentation of your festival bracelet. This ticket is necessary because of the limited number of seats.

FOCUS-WTV TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
Saturday JULY 2 AT 5.30 PM

COLLAGE – Premiere for Belgium

‘Collage’ is an original swirling circus act in the open air, with a live DJ and plenty of humour. In an unprecedented way, “jumping on a trampoline” is given a totally different meaning. Don’t try this at home.

Free on the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 7 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 6 PM

PAN-POT - Belgian premiere

The Collectif Petit Travers is based in Toulouse and unites artists of all stripes (stage performers, designers, directors, writers…) in order to develop interesting forms of circus.

Pan-Pot is a powerful example of this, a brilliant fireworks of juggling on live piano music of Liszt, Ligeti, Mozart en Beethoven.
The exposure is inspired by the universe of the American painter Mark Rothko.

This is a world class juggling and music show. In short, a concert like no other.

Circus, classical music and humour

CC GULDENBERG WEVELGEM – free busses from the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM, departure of busses at 7.40 pm
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM, Departure of busses at 7.10 pm

SENSORMEN – Belgian premiere

Together with the innovative Spanish percussion group Bulbul, Yllana explores the boundaries between techno and visual humour.

The merger of Yllana’s interpretation of clowning with rhythmic percussion makes ‘Sensormen’ a bustling funny show on technobeats.

Musical humour/clowning
BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
FRIDAY JULY 1ST AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM

Cucinema - co-production Humorologie

Kitchen and chaos are like fire and water. Cooking requires not only talent, but also organisation. In ‘Cucinema’ cooks and actors defy conventional discipline and order of the professional kitchen. Refined cooking techniques are brushed aside and make way for a bizar, but also amusing way of food preparation.

Laika and Circo Ripopolo give the audience a glimpse into their wonderfully chaotic kitchen. Dishes are stepping out of the silver screen. Bottles are balancing on a knife edge.

In an atmosphere of genuine cabaret with live piano music the most surprising dishes are served at your table in style. There is nothing left to do for the audience, except to savour shamelessly the pleasure of this show via a complete meal.

Theatre/clowning - the public is limited to 100 persons, for this performance with meal, you need a separate ticket. Those who are late, don’t come in.

CENTRUMSCHOOL
FRIDAY 1ST AT 8.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 12 PM

LE SORT DU DEDANS – première for Flanders

A red circus tent beckons in the meadow. Once inside, there is the arena as the intimate heart, with a bass and three artists. And then, the smell and the footsteps of a horse.

The horse, an immense animal up close. What to do, love it or fear it?. The horse, the bass, and three artists seek each other with humour and acrobatics in the ring. As though they were five bodies who discover and explore each other in a universal language.

Is the horse leading the artists or are the artists leading the horse?

This is a unique performance, that takes us back to where circus is rooted, to the horse. And this horse confronts us with its smell, its sound and its dangerous volume. And because of that danger the company imposes some strict rules: infants and children under 7 are not allowed to attend the show, and once it has started, nobody can leave the tent.

Circus in an own tent with 271 seats. For this show you need to pick up an additional free ticket which you can get upon showing your festival wristband at the festival desk. This ticket is necessary because of the limited number of seats.

TENT BARO D’EVEL CIRK CIE FESTIVALGROUND
FRIDAY JULY 1 AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 2 PM

HUMORADIOLOGIE – World creation for the festival

During his 40 years of musicianship, Jan De Smet (among others De Nieuwe Snaar) has not failed to set up an extensive collection of musical silliness at home and abroad.
There was a time when our national radio stations took full advantage of this unique collection. That time appears to be over.

Especially for the Festival of Emotions, Jan plunges again into his fabulous archives and presents (for a small but great audience) a live radio show with hilarious oddities, live interventions, advertising, news, weather forecast and maybe some special guests… in short, a radio program as they do no longer make them.

Funny conference - because of the limited number of seats for this show, you need to have an additional free ticket which you can get at the festival desk, upon presentation of your festival bracelet.

TENT OF FOCUS-WTV FESTIVAL GROUND
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 10.30 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM

CONTROLLED FALLING PROJECT – Premiere for Belgium

Enter a laboratory of a professor who explores the boundaries of acrobacy with small puppets. Four circus artists have to carry out his ideas. This results in a breath-taking experiment where old circus disciplines get a contemporary approach.

‘Controlled Falling Project’ achieves a mesmerising balance between systematically planned action and impulsive energy. The high-level acrobatics are supported by live music.

ThisSideUp Acrobatics was THE hit op het Fringefestival in Edingburgh.

‘Intelligence, strength, and a significant wow factor ...astonishing’ **** - The Guardian

‘All in all an exceptional circus-theatre show...the physical theatre and circus skills are extremely high. A pleasure to behold.’ Sideshow Circus Magazine

Circus theatre

THEATER TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
ZSATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 10.30 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM

LEVENDE JUKEBOX (LIVING JUKEBOX)

Jan De Smet (from De Nieuwe Snaar) and Stoy Stoffelen (from Raymond van het Groenewoud & De Centimeters) form a duo called “De Ludo’s”: an unpublished, interactive and highly manoeuvrable band.

They have great pleasure in using their skilful hands to remould old and new hits. The spectator can choose from a whole list of songs which he can dedicate personally to friend or foe.

Their performances at the renowned festival Lowlands, the Dutch version of Pukkelpop, are now already regarded as legendary.

Musical humour
FREE APERITIF CONCERT IN THE “OMER” PAVILION
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 12 AM

Cucinema - co-production Humorologie

Kitchen and chaos are like fire and water. Cooking requires not only talent, but also organisation. In ‘Cucinema’ cooks and actors defy conventional discipline and order of the professional kitchen. Refined cooking techniques are brushed aside and make way for a bizar, but also amusing way of food preparation.

Laika and Circo Ripopolo give the audience a glimpse into their wonderfully chaotic kitchen. Dishes are stepping out of the silver screen. Bottles are balancing on a knife edge.

In an atmosphere of genuine cabaret with live piano music the most surprising dishes are served at your table in style. There is nothing left to do for the audience, except to savour shamelessly the pleasure of this show via a complete meal.

Theatre/clowning - the public is limited to 100 persons, for this performance with meal, you need a separate ticket. Those who are late, don’t come in.

CENTRUMSCHOOL
FRIDAY 1ST AT 8.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 12 PM

THE ART OF LAUGHER – English spoken

Jos Houben tours the world with his brilliant analysis of physical comedy. In his very witty lecture ‘The art of laughter’ he explains how humour works. A basic knowledge of English is required to enjoy this performance.

He can look back on an impressive career on stage and for television and teaches at the renowned Ecole Jacques Lecoq in Paris.

“If there's a more inspired contemporary physical comedian - I don't know of him.” - The New Yorker

“...he can't tell you exactly why you are laughing. But he can guarantee you will.” **** - The Guardian

Total Theatre Award winner at the Fringefestival in Edinburgh

Witty conference/clowning
FOCUS-WTV TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 3 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 2 PM

JASPER VAN KUIJK won the prize of both the jury and the audience during Cameretten 2010, a very strong edition of the oldest and biggest Dutch cabaret festival. The jury praised his pleasant stage presence, the poetic power of his texts, his pleasantly husky singing voice, but above all his strong present-day themes.

"De Volkskrant" described his program as a cheerful passionate plea against simplification and the cult of pleasantness, intelligently constructed and remarkably committed.

BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 2 PM

ICH BIN WIE DU – Premiere for Belgium

Every year Karin and Mariken tinker with their mobile sewing workshop. Apart from taking care of the usual maintenance and enhancement of their tools, they also experimented this spring with a couple of ideas for a new performance with bicycles.

The rear wheel of the bicycle is the driving force of their workshop. The cyclist determines not only if sewing can be done, the DJ set for the seamstresses and the illumination also depend on his sportsmanship.
Last winter, the ladies also took singing classes, let’s see if they will be able to sing at the top of their voice during their “sewing performance”.

If you feel your clothes need an original upgrade, bring them along!

Free, continuously on the festival ground

SATURDAY JULY 2ND
BETWEEN 4 AND 5.30 PM & BETWEEN 6.30 AND 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD
BETWEEN 3 AND 4.30 PM & BETWEEN 6 AND 7.30 PM

LE GRAND C

Few performances are groundbreaking and set new standards. Few performances surprise, amaze and astonish everybody. This performance is one of them, one that can’t be missed.

“Le Grand C” is remarkable in its purity of form and discipline with almost exclusively main à main acrobatics. Eighteen acrobats, working only with, up and under each others body… Despite the real risk and the high technical difficulty, le Gran C is not devoid of humor.De Morgen

"we don’t say it often, but this is a performance that everybody must see" - De Morgen

Circus

MAIN THEATRE OF KORTRIJK – Free busses from the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 5.30 pm, departure of the busses at 5.10 pm
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 4.30 PM, departure of the busses at 4.10 pm

Standup Comedy

Before his comedy career ARNOUT VAN DEN BOSSCHE was a consultant. A real one, because he had an explanation for everything. Especially afterwards...

The focal point in his show is the question how men and women relate to each other. As an “International Relationship Expert” he uses a flipchart with concise drawings that are very recognisable, and above all, have an hilarious effect.

Arnout is the winner of Humo's Comedy Cup 2009
"Keep an eye on Arnout, he makes quite an impression!" De Standaard

STEVEN GABRIELS grew up in the last house of a dead end street near Antwerp. In such a situation you can do two things, either spend your time looking intensely through the window hoping to see somebody who took a wrong turn and ended up in your street, or decide to go out the door, find a stage and tell people about the thoughts and impressions you had back home, by that window.
He took the second option.

His second show ‘Kassei!’ had its premiere in April.

"Fresh sound in Comedy land" - De Standaard

BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
SUNDA JULY 3RD AT 4.30 PM

COLLAGE – Premiere for Belgium

‘Collage’ is an original swirling circus act in the open air, with a live DJ and plenty of humour. In an unprecedented way, “jumping on a trampoline” is given a totally different meaning. Don’t try this at home.

Free on the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 7 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 6 PM

PAN-POT - Belgian premiere

The Collectif Petit Travers is based in Toulouse and unites artists of all stripes (stage performers, designers, directors, writers…) in order to develop interesting forms of circus.

Pan-Pot is a powerful example of this, a brilliant fireworks of juggling on live piano music of Liszt, Ligeti, Mozart en Beethoven.
The exposure is inspired by the universe of the American painter Mark Rothko.

This is a world class juggling and music show. In short, a concert like no other.

Circus, classical music and humour

CC GULDENBERG WEVELGEM – free busses from the festival ground
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 8 PM, departure of busses at 7.40 pm
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM, Departure of busses at 7.10 pm

HUMORADIOLOGIE – World creation for the festival

During his 40 years of musicianship, Jan De Smet (among others De Nieuwe Snaar) has not failed to set up an extensive collection of musical silliness at home and abroad.
There was a time when our national radio stations took full advantage of this unique collection. That time appears to be over.

Especially for the Festival of Emotions, Jan plunges again into his fabulous archives and presents (for a small but great audience) a live radio show with hilarious oddities, live interventions, advertising, news, weather forecast and maybe some special guests… in short, a radio program as they do no longer make them.

Funny conference - because of the limited number of seats for this show, you need to have an additional free ticket which you can get at the festival desk, upon presentation of your festival bracelet.

TENT OF FOCUS-WTV FESTIVAL GROUND
SATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 10.30 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM

CONTROLLED FALLING PROJECT – Premiere for Belgium

Enter a laboratory of a professor who explores the boundaries of acrobacy with small puppets. Four circus artists have to carry out his ideas. This results in a breath-taking experiment where old circus disciplines get a contemporary approach.

‘Controlled Falling Project’ achieves a mesmerising balance between systematically planned action and impulsive energy. The high-level acrobatics are supported by live music.

ThisSideUp Acrobatics was THE hit op het Fringefestival in Edingburgh.

‘Intelligence, strength, and a significant wow factor ...astonishing’ **** - The Guardian

‘All in all an exceptional circus-theatre show...the physical theatre and circus skills are extremely high. A pleasure to behold.’ Sideshow Circus Magazine

Circus theatre

THEATER TENT FESTIVAL GROUND
ZSATURDAY JULY 2ND AT 10.30 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3RD AT 7.30 PM

LE SORT DU DEDANS – première for Flanders

A red circus tent beckons in the meadow. Once inside, there is the arena as the intimate heart, with a bass and three artists. And then, the smell and the footsteps of a horse.

The horse, an immense animal up close. What to do, love it or fear it?. The horse, the bass, and three artists seek each other with humour and acrobatics in the ring. As though they were five bodies who discover and explore each other in a universal language.

Is the horse leading the artists or are the artists leading the horse?

This is a unique performance, that takes us back to where circus is rooted, to the horse. And this horse confronts us with its smell, its sound and its dangerous volume. And because of that danger the company imposes some strict rules: infants and children under 7 are not allowed to attend the show, and once it has started, nobody can leave the tent.

Circus in an own tent with 271 seats. For this show you need to pick up an additional free ticket which you can get upon showing your festival wristband at the festival desk. This ticket is necessary because of the limited number of seats.

TENT BARO D’EVEL CIRK CIE FESTIVALGROUND
FRIDAY JULY 1 AT 10.30 PM
SATURDAY JULY 2 AT 8 PM
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 2 PM

MAHIEUSTUEUS – winner jury – and public prize Humorologie contest 2011

Steven Mahieu steps into the ring. A featherweight, but super-fast. What’s more, winning is in his blood. In 1989, his father won the divorce battle against his mother. An unjust knockout ? Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Mahieu does not cast any stones. With striking humour he strips every irresponsible person.

His first full evening show was premiered in spring. Wherever he plays, the crowd goes mad and wants him back. Major comedy festivals do not hesitate to book him together with the established comedians, also Comedy Casino (Canvas) has picked Steven up.

“Mahieu finds a delicate balance between gross and subtle humour and cleverly exploits his personal issues.” **** - De Morgen

“The competition is fierce in Flemish stand-up, but Mahieu has proven he belongs to the top.” *** - De Standaard

Standup Comedy

BIG THEATRE OC MARKE
SUNDAY JULY 3 AT 9.30 PM