This year, Brussels is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of Expo '58, the world exhibition that attracted more than forty million visitors to the foot of the Atomium in 1958, as well as the exhibition that showed 278 Congolese from Belgian Congo as attractions in a counterfeit village. Moreover, the AfricaMuseum in Tervuren reopened its doors in

During the opening weekend of NTGent, Action Zoo Humain laid the first stones for the Flemish pavilion at the world exhibition in Dubai in 2020. The company was looking for Flanders' most valuable export product to conquer Dubai and found that valuable asset in the interface between art and science: what makes Flanders unique is the DNA of our

On 6 September 2018 artistic director and researcher (KASK/School of Arts/HoGent) Chokri Ben Chikha opened the Nederlands Theater Festival in Amsterdam. In his State of the Theatre he pleaded for more decisiveness in the theatre and stressed the strength of artistic truth. His speech was received by the audience with intense emotions. The speech

At the start of the new cultural season, artistic director and researcher (KASK/School of Arts/HoGent) Chokri Ben Chikha will be launching the Nederlands Theater Festival in Amsterdam. With his State of the Theatre, the annual opening speech of the festival, he will set out his vision of the contemporary theatre landscape. Lot Vekemans, the speaker

Action Zoo Humain also has a summer holiday. Soon we will travel with the whole team to the Belgian coast for a few days. On the 30th and 31st of July our performance Amnesty/Amnesia can be seen at Theater aan Zee (TAZ) and on the 2nd August the company organizes theatrical tours through the exhibition A conversation between collections from

The countdown can begin: in a few days, Ghent will once again be filled with music, parties and a lot of cultural activities for another week. Action Zoo Humain is also there: on 13, 14, 15 and 16 July, young theatre-maker Maxime Waladi will perform Le Chicon in NTGent Arca. Why you have to be there? The makers Zouzou Ben Chikha and Maxime Waladi

While Catalan rappers and politicians are entrenching themselves in Belgium, Action Zoo Humain is moving to Barcelona. Chokri Ben Chikha was invited by IT Teatre to direct a performance. The dance theatre play will deal with the unprocessed past and the complex past and seek out the parallels between IS fighters and Frenchmen. The auditions have

Action Zoo Humain is already looking forward to summer: our performance Amnesty/Amnesia has been selected from 382 performances for the TheaterFestival 2018. The festival offers an annual stage to a series of special theatre and dance performances from the past theatre season. From the jury report: "With ingenious constructions Ben Chikha finds a

On Monday the 5th of March NTGent and Action Zoo Humain were granted the Cutting Edgde Award for Best Theatre for the piece Platform/Submission. Many thanks to all who voted for us!