Landjuweelfestival

• 2025 - Ypres

  Throughout the year, our Landjuweel selectors visited a total of 58 productions across Flanders and Brussels. From these visits, 17 productions were nominated. After careful deliberation, an independent jury selected 7 productions that together form the promising shortlist for Landjuweelfestival 2025 in Ypres.

  Shortlist

  • Misdaad en Straf — adapted by theatre company Lazarus, performed by Corneelkring Brielen (Brielen‑Ieper)
  • Komt een vrouw bij de dokter — by Koen Caris (based on the book by Kluun), performed by Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • Re:macbeth — by Niels and Sam Rijnders, performed by CampusToneel (Leuven)
  • Desdemona — original creation, performed by Pronk. (Zonhoven)
  • Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht — by Mark Haddon/Simon Stephens, performed by De Speling (Antwerp)
  • Atlantis, het verhaal van Joris — by Bert Verschraegen, performed by Poppentheater Hendrick De Vos / Productiehuis De Raaf (Ghent)
  • Het Kleine Sterven — by Dimitri Leue, performed by Theater Barbara (Aalst)

  Nominees

  • Het Kleine Sterven — by Dimitri Leue, performed by Theater Barbara (Aalst)
  • Misdaad en Straf — adapted by theatre company Lazarus, performed by Corneelkring Brielen (Brielen‑Ieper)
  • DE GEIT, of wie is Sylvia? — by Edward Albee, performed by Theater Clan (Lier)
  • Magasin Général — by Jacob Valcke, performed by VZW ’t Podium (Ronse)
  • Atlantis, het verhaal van Joris — by Bert Verschraegen, performed by Poppentheater Hendrick De Vos / Productiehuis De Raaf (Ghent)
  • Jij bent het wonder — by Simona Semenic, performed by D°eFFeKt (Brussels)
  • Voor Vergeten en Voor Goed — by Hilde Moyson and Pieter Mollemans, performed by Lucky Leo (Mechelen)
  • Murder on the Orient Express — by Agatha Christie and Ken Ludwig, performed by Trivial Muffins Theatre Association (Leuven)
  • Augustus, ergens op de vlakte — by Tracy Letts, performed by Theaterspektakel Herentals (Herentals)
  • Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht — by Mark Haddon/Simon Stephens, performed by De Speling (Antwerp)
  • Komt een vrouw bij de dokter — by Koen Caris (based on the book by Kluun), performed by Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • Tot Nut van ’t Algemeen — by Walter Van den Broeck, performed by Theater Ipso Facto (Wolvertem)
  • Desdemona — original creation, performed by Pronk. (Zonhoven)
  • Party Time — by Harold Pinter, performed by De Oudgedienden – Het Ringtheater (Hamme)
  • De Kelder In — by Symen Gillis and Emma Van Ammel, performed by Hofpoortteater Elckerlijc (Turnhout)
  • Re:macbeth — by Niels and Sam Rijnders, performed by CampusToneel (Leuven)
  • De Advocaat — by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer, performed by Zibrogamin (Mechelen)

• 2024 - Ghent

  Throughout the year, our Landjuweel selectors attended a total of 54 performances across Flanders and Brussels. From these, 15 performances were nominated. After careful deliberation, an independent jury selected 7 performances, which together form the promising shortlist for the Landjuweelfestival 2024 in Ghent.

  Shortlist

  • De Pijnders — by Arne Sierens, performed by La Barraca (Ghent)
  • Atalanta — by Peer Wittenbols, performed by Theater Krakeel (Ghent)
  • God van de Slachting — by Yasmina Reza, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • WORK WORK — by Michiel Van Opstal, performed by Tinello Toneelgezelschap (Hoogstraten)
  • Vergiet — by Freek Mariën, performed by Theater Rosie (Lede)
  • DRUP — created and performed by KAS Enter (Steenbrugge)
  • De Gouden Draak — by Roland Schimmelpfennig, performed by Theatergroep Hoogspanning (Beerse)

  Nominees

  • Uit As Zult Gij Wederkeren — by Seppe Supply, performed by Theater de Schizo's (Lokeren)
  • De Pijnders — by Arne Sierens, performed by La Barraca (Ghent)
  • Atalanta — by Peer Wittenbols, performed by Theater Krakeel (Ghent)
  • KRAAK — after Frank Siera, performed by Lucky Leo (Mechelen)
  • Plastiekezak — by Gregory Caers, performed by 't Schat (Heusden)
  • TRIL — after Casper Vandeputte, performed by Theaterbende PROT (Poperinge)
  • God van de Slachting — by Yasmina Reza, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • WORK WORK — by Michiel Van Opstal, performed by Tinello Toneelgezelschap (Hoogstraten)
  • Tout fou — by Karlijn Clocheret & Léonthine Van Wassenhove, performed by Tout fou (Deinze)
  • Vergiet — by Freek Mariën, performed by Theater Rosie (Lede)
  • Barry — by Jibbe Willems, performed by Theater Filet Puur (Bilzen)
  • DRUP — created and performed by KAS Enter (Steenbrugge)
  • King Oeboe — by Joachim Robbrecht (after Alfred Jarry), performed by Carrosserie Mortier (Ghent)
  • De Gouden Draak — by Roland Schimmelpfennig, performed by Theatergroep Hoogspanning (Beerse)
  • The Wetsuitman — by Freek Mariën, performed by Lyra Toneel Jeugd (Lier)

• 2023 - Bruges

  Throughout the 2023 theater season, our Landjuweel selectors attended no fewer than 57 productions across Flanders and Brussels. From these, 17 performances were nominated. An independent jury reviewed these performances and compiled a shortlist of 7 significant theater productions. This is an exceptionally varied shortlist with a wide range of genres, from musicals to improv, to text-based theater on location.

  Shortlist

  • Aan Zet. U kiest, wij spelen — by Koen Ilsen, performed by Kaboekie (Zonhoven)
  • Once — by Enda Walsh, performed by De Speling (Antwerp)
  • Mozart — created and performed by Trivial Muffins (Leuven)
  • Vosse — by Koen Onghena, performed by Goezot! (Willebroek)
  • Waaiendijk — by Bart Van Nuffelen, performed by Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • Achter 't eten — by Eric De Volder, performed by Theater Rosie (Lede)
  • Big Fish — by Andrew Lippa, performed by KotéKoer (Bruges)

  Nominees

  • Het laatste feest — created and performed by Based on Stage (Ghent)
  • Dandy's en Hubbies — after Oscar Wilde, performed by De Andies (Ixelles)
  • Vuurtorentje — by Myriam Bastiaens, performed by Playerwatercompagnie (Kapelle‑Op‑Den‑Bos)
  • Hamlet — by Piet Arfeuille, performed by Theaterbende PROT (Proven)
  • Wellbeingness — created and performed by Theatergroep Pol Stas (Sint‑Truiden)
  • Almost, Maine — by John Cariani, performed by Kunst Adelt Steenbrugge (Steenbrugge)
  • Demonen — by Lars Norén, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Project DJ — created and performed by Theater de WAANzin (Ghent)
  • Vijand van het Volk — by Henrik Ibsen, performed by De Oudgedienden (Hamme)
  • Bloedbruiloft — after Federico García Lorca, performed by The Infinity (Hasselt)

• 2022 - Turnhout

  Throughout the 2019 theater season, our Landjuweel selectors attended no fewer than 49 productions across Flanders and Brussels.

  9 performances were nominated, meaning they were all deemed worthy of being showcased at the festival. From this selection, an independent jury made the final choice to offer all 9 performances at the Landjuweelfestival 2022.

  Shortlist & nominees

  • Pterodactylus — by Nicky Silver, performed by Theater Rosie (Lede)
  • Gif — by Lot Vekemans, performed by Theater de WAANzin in collaboration with Theater TRAC (Ghent)
  • GAZ, Pleidooi van een gedoemde moeder — by Tom Lanoye, performed by Theaterspektakel (Herentals)
  • Blackbird — by David Harrower, performed by Koninklijke Sint‑Michielsgilde (Beveren‑Roeselare)
  • De felomstreden kroon van Edward II — by Tom Lanoye, performed by Overdatum (Asse)
  • Ik ben Nora — after Henrik Ibsen, performed by Theater PRONK (Zonhoven)
  • Paradisos — by Dimitri Leue, performed by Leo en Lions (Mol‑Geel)
  • De Bosjes — by Jesper Halle, performed by Theater Filet Puur (Bilzen)
  • Family Voices — by Harold Pinter, performed by Lucky Leo (Mechelen)

• 2020 - Sint-Niklaas

  The Landjuweel selectors planned to visit 71 productions across Flanders and Brussels in the 2019-2020 season. Due to the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, scheduled performances were postponed and eventually canceled. As a result, fewer selection visits could be made compared to other years. From May 21, 2019, to March 13, 2020, 44 productions were still viewed across Flanders and Brussels.

  The actual festival, which was to take place in November 2020, could not occur due to the coronavirus measures that were tightened shortly before.

  Shortlist

  • Is dit nu later — created and performed by Based on Stage (Ghent)
  • 4.48 Psychosis — by Sarah Kane, performed by La Barraca (Ghent)
  • Augustus ergens op de vlakte — by Tracy Letts, performed by De Vlasbloem (Nieuwkerken‑Waas)
  • Desperado — by Kas & De Wolf, performed by VZW Kunst en Vreugd (Hooglede)
  • Augustus ergens op de vlakte — by Tracy Letts, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Ook Eekhoorns Plassen Soms — original creation, performed by Tejaterbende Oeps! (Olen)
  • #VAIZDA2.0 — original creation, performed by Theater Filet Puur (Bilzen)
  • Parfum — by Myriam Bastiaens, after Patrick Süskind, performed by Playerwatercompagnie (Kapelle‑op‑den‑Bos)

  Nominees
  

  The following productions were visited by the selectors and received a positive report. Unfortunately, due to the COVID‑19 circumstances, they could not be remounted at the Landjuweelfestival. They therefore did not compete for the shortlist, but are of course equally significant.

  • Het ei van oom Trotter — by Marc de Bel, performed by TeamJacques vzw (Bruges)
  • Een kermis is een geeseling waard — by various authors, performed by KKTV Harlekijn (Boom)
  • Fantastisch — original creation, performed by Rederijkerskamer De Loofblomme (Sint‑Denijs‑Westrem)

• 2019 - Brussels

  2019 - BRUSSEL

  Throughout the 2019 theater season, our Landjuweel selectors attended no fewer than 83 productions across Flanders and Brussels.

  16 performances were nominated, meaning they were all deemed worthy of being showcased at the festival. From this selection, an independent jury made the final choice of 7 performances to offer a balanced and varied Landjuweelfestival 2019.

  Shortlist

  • De Loonsverhoging — by Georges Perec, performed by Lucky Leo (Mechelen)
  • Oblivium — original creation, performed by de Theaterfactorij (Heverlee)
  • Lo FaTto — original creation, performed by Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • DEUR — original creation, performed by The Infinity (Hasselt)
  • EVA — by Louis Paul Boon, performed by toneelkring Sint‑Rembert (Torhout)
  • Rhinoceros — by Ionesco, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Gras — by Esther Gerritsen, performed by de Koninklijke Sint‑Michielsgilde (Roeselare‑Beveren)

  Nominees

  • #Dorian — by Pieter Gyssels, performed by FABULEUS (Leuven)
  • Donderdag — by Pepijn Lievens, performed by Theater Rosie (Lede)
  • Dream On — by Katrien Vanreusel, performed by De MicrooB (Balen)
  • Geef mij een broer — original creation, performed by KASenter (Assebroek)
  • Over de zoute pekelzee — original creation, performed by Jeugdtoneel Kaboekie vzw (Zonhoven)
  • De nazaten — by Stephan Van Rumst, performed by De Schizo's (Lokeren)
  • Phantasmapolis — by Stef Lernous, performed by Tejaterbende Oeps! & TG Het Vierde Oor (Olen)
  • De Jossen — by Tom Lanoye, performed by Carrosserie Mortier (Ghent)
  • Largo Desolato — by Václav Havel, performed by Campustoneel (Leuven)

  
  

• 2018 - Genk

  Throughout the 2018 theater season, our Landjuweel selectors attended no fewer than 68 productions across Flanders and Brussels.

  11 performances were nominated, meaning they were all deemed worthy of being showcased at the festival. From this selection, an independent jury ultimately chose 6 pieces to offer a balanced and varied Landjuweelfestival 2018.

  Shortlist

  • U bent mijn moeder — by Joop Admiraal, performed by Tejater Aventoe (Wiekevorst)
  • Cloaca — by Maria Goos, performed by de WAANzin (Ghent)
  • Revue Ravage — by Tom Lanoye, performed by Zibrogramin (Leuven)
  • Leo en Lena — by Jibbe Willems, after Georg Büchner, performed by Theater Filet Puur (Bilzen)
  • België – een sprookje — by Frank Adam, performed by Carrosserie Mortier (Ghent)
  • Lady Mac — original creation after William Shakespeare, performed by Theater De MicrooB (Balen)

  Nominees

  • Don Quichot en zijn ijzeren wil — by Jeroen Olyslaegers, performed by Stukwerk 17 (Lier)
  • De nieuwe wereldorde — by Mustafa Agdere, performed by Reform Theatre (Hechtel‑Eksel)
  • GIF — by Lot Vekemans, performed by Theaterspektakel vzw (Herentals)
  • Nora — by Eddy De Moor, performed by Vrank en Vrij (Wetteren)
  • I'm fine — original creation, performed by The Infinity – Villa Basta vzw (Hasselt)
  • De Jossen — by Tom Lanoye, performed by Lust naar Kunst (Lokeren)

• 2017 - Ostend

  Throughout the past theater season, the Landjuweel selectors attended 80 productions across Flanders. 24 performances were nominated. From these, 8 were programmed onto the shortlist.
  

  Shortlist
  

  • De Genezing van de Krekel — by Toon Tellegen, performed by Redrijkerskamer De Loofblomme (Sint‑Denijs‑Westrem)
  • De naam — by Jon Fosse, performed by Pronk (Zonhoven)
  • Kaatje is verdronken — by Alex van Warmerdam, performed by Voor Taal en Kunst (Mechelen)
  • Kaspar — by Stijn Devillé and Adriaan Van Aken, performed by Carrosserie Mortier (Ghent)
  • Pygmalion — by George Bernard Shaw, performed by Theatergroep Hoogspanning vzw (Beerse)
  • Nachtelijk Symposium — by Eric De Volder, performed by Theater Krakeel (Ghent)
  • SHOW — by Steven Duyck (from player improvisations), performed by Theatergroep BIT (Izegem)
  • Vrouwens — by Marthe Thys, performed by Vrouwens (Ghent)

  Nominees

  • Blackbird — by David Harrower, performed by Theater Clan (Lier)
  • GRAS — by Esther Gerritsen, performed by Theatergroep Het Vierde Oor (Olen)
  • Desperado — by Kas & De Wolf, performed by Zibrogamin (Leuven)
  • De Kussenman — by Martin McDonagh, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Het kouwe kind — by Marius von Mayenburg, performed by Compagnie Schmaltz (Mortsel)
  • De Fietsendief — by Bart Van Nuffelen, performed by Theater Playerwater (Kapelle‑op‑den‑Bos)
  • Hitler is dood — by Stijn Devillé, performed by Theater Playerwater (Kapelle‑op‑den‑Bos)
  • Ge moet niet persé een ananas gegeten hebben om te weten dat dat ongelooflijk lekker is! — by Bart Van Nuffelen, performed by Hofpoortteater Elckerlijc vzw (Turnhout)
  • Fausto — by Jan Maillard, performed by Theater Flanel (Temse)
  • Tien Geboden — by Krzysztof Kieślowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz, performed by Theater TRAC and Theater de WAANzin (Ghent)
  • Immaculata — by Stijn Devillé & Adriaan van Aken, performed by Carrosserie Mortier (Ghent)
  • Raadseltjes — by Piet Arfeuille, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Hoe ik nimmer de Ronde van Frankrijk voor min‑twaalfjarigen won en dat het mij spijt — by Ivo Victoria, performed by Filip Tielens & Zeno De Ridder (Antwerp)
  • Dear Mr. D — by Katrien Vanreusel, performed by Theateratelier De MicrooB / Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • ZINNE — by Elise Burm & Niels Nijs, performed by Teater De Schizo's (Lokeren)
  • Niks. Nul. Noppes — by Katrien Vanreusel, performed by Theateratelier De MicrooB / Bert Leysenkring (Balen)

• 2016 - Mechelen

  Throughout the past theater season, the Landjuweel selectors attended 73 productions (both adults and youth) across Flanders. Fifteen productions were nominated. Seven performances were chosen for the shortlist.

  Shortlist

  • De meeuw — by Stefan Perceval (after Anton Chekhov), performed by Theatergroep Het Vierde Oor & Theaterbende Oeps (Olen)
  • De presidentes — by Werner Schwab, performed by Pronk (Zonhoven)
  • Dodo — by Dimitri Leue, performed by Bert Leysenkring (Balen)
  • ELEKTRA — by Brecht Hermans (after Sophocles), performed by Theater Filet Puur (Bilzen)
  • Souvenir — by Gregory Caers, performed by AMA‑producties (Roeselare)
  • DRIFTKOP — by Martine Geerinckx, performed by Toneelkring Sint‑Rembert (Torhout)
  • IK reis ALLEEN — by Isabelle Laermans & Hans Pauwels (after Lilou en Lotte by Enver Husićic), performed by Karakter Collectief (Merksem)

  Nominees

  • Berckmans/Müller/Requiem — by Ben De Rydt (after Jean‑Marie Berckmans & Heiner Müller), performed by ’tist! Theatercollectief (Mechelen/Kontich)
  • Familie T. — by Maria Goos, performed by Theater Peg vzw (Antwerp)
  • Niemand wist dat de kat kon spreken — by Pieter Delfosse, performed by Theatergroep D°eFFeKt (Brussels)
  • Onder het melkwoud — by Dylan Thomas, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Sunjata — by Pieter Embrechts, performed by Toneelatelier Aalst (Aalst)
  • Zullen we het liefde noemen — by Peer Wittenbols, performed by Hofpoorttheater Elckerlijc vzw (Turnhout)
  • APPart — by Sarah Van Overwaelle, performed by JOKA – Jong Catharinisten (Aalst)
  • Wat ik wil — by Merel Denie, performed by Tejater De Orchidee (Tielen)

Contact

Gilles Le Roy

Coordinator Landjuweelfestival, DOEK! and Festival Centre Louder Together

gilles.le.roy@­opendoek.be

03 206 75 86