Festival Émulation
Festival Émulation has established a great reputation over time. This exceptional week, which is dedicated to the emerging young theatrical generation of the French Community of Belgium, is a real showcase for these artists, who are overflowing with inventiveness, desire, opinions and deep-rooted perspectives. A jury composed of international programmers will award the Prix Émulation, which is awarded by the Association des Amis du Théâtre de Liège. A second jury, composed of students from Liège province secondary schools, will award the Coup de Coeur or ‘Jury Favourite’ prize. In its ninth edition, the theatrical youth, who are more committed than ever, will take the floor.
Festival Emulation
2023
2021
The gods transform Medusa into a monster that has the power to petrify men who look at her.
Four actors, each speaking in their mother tongue, present a conference on the survey they have dedicated to the far right and youth in Europe.
(Il)legitimate play by a son of colonialism.
Every day, Julie and Cédric receive letters from men and women who are suffering from this new generational malaise, which is caused by the anxiety of seeing humans destroy the earth.
In this auto-fictional performance, a young woman doubts, questions and exposes the meandering paths of her desires.
2019
Ridiculous dialogue dotted with dark humour.
It is already time for the eighth edition of Festival Émulation, a vital professional lever made available by young theatre performers from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
({:}) explores the unique geography of the female sex.
In the style of a dream-like story, Quelques rêves oubliés by Oriza Hirata tells the story of a former popular singer, her young assistant and her manager, all three pushed into their re…
Agnès Limbos and Simon Wauters give a beat, material and a voice to these souls abandoned in the cogs of hell.
If the murder of François Ferdinand in Sarajevo was a show, the visible part of the Iceberg?
A nightmare with the smell of chlorine and blood, a modern comedy inspired by Charles Burns, David Cronenberg and… Free Willy.
In an original piece by Simon Thomas, Tristan and Marceline roam in an empty space reminiscent of a labyrinth.
2017
Fabrice Adde is already well-travelled around theatre stages and cinema screens, including work with Bouli Lanners (Eldorado) and Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant). In…
A sort of poetic performance on the need to rethink the entire economy, La Montagne is an artistic battle between two actresses, compelled by the urgency of no longer letting their world…
Objects, puppets, a sewing machine, text and music are the elements of a home-made approach telling Eddy’s story. A local hero, he has always ridden his bicycle. In a beautiful and lively gro…
An iconoclastic and pop approach to the sacrosanct topic of spelling! A new type of show which is taking a risk: two French teachers allow the public to cast a critical eye over spelling, too often…
His urge to speak out on mass unemployment came about when young director Laurent Plumhans entered the turmoil of the world of work. Presented in the form of interviews for unemployment benefits, a…
During a week, the theatrical youth
It is the idea to create a show about and with the remains of our common history.
It is the will to seize the pas…
Contemplative Meditation on the Human Condition