Edition 2022

From the 19th to the 24th September 2022, FAME will host its very first event!

This occasion wouldn’t be complete without a theme. The first theme will be Ouverture(s) or Opening(s). In French, ouverture(s) also translates as openness. In the plural form, it references the opening of our programme in space and time, but also the notion of opening up the mind to the plurality of bodies, ages, subjectivities, narratives and imaginations.

The programme features both international and Belgian artists, French and Dutch-speaking companies, and consists in performances of emergent and established artists.

The concept of « openness » also represents the desire not to have distill the different perspectives on what is “real” to a single worldview, nor to limit others to one single subjectivity, or fixed and definitive identity. Opening is the multiplying of points of view, positions and opinions.

To open means not to force women and gender minorities to speak of their lives, experiences and identities, but to challenge oneself to understand the world through their eyes and their creations.

For this reason, FAME has created 5 different pathways along which one can meander and explore the festival. These pathways do not have boundaries, nor strict entry or exit points. They are flexible, interconnected and reflect the paths you can walk to arrive at the shows, workshops, conferences... These are:

In the spirit of the festival's ambition to bring the arts and feminism into dialogue, each of these tracks is inspired by questions that animate and agitate contemporary feminist currents: materialist, decolonial and queer feminisms, eco-feminism, pro-sex feminisms, transfeminism, and so on.

Program

Closing party: Rocky Horror Drag Show + DJ set Laryssa Kim & Rrita Jashari

DJ set, Drag show

CRASH-TEST presents a remake of the ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’. + DJ set Laryssa Kim & Rrita Jashari

Artémis (elle), Blanket la goulue (they/them), Morphae (iel), Mama Tituba(they/them), Mélusine Beauséjour(she/her), Mélody Éphémère(she/her), Shlaggy Daddy(he/him), Samantha Ruffksin (she/her & he/him ); Croma (she/her et he/him)

28.09.24 · 21h

Langues : FR/EN

14+

Co-party Théâtre National : Chevalier Surprise + DJ Hyppocampo + DJ Belle Flaque

Concert, DJ set

Following the performances of Hamlet and Ruuptuur, a ‘boogie punk rock concert with union phrasing’ with Chevalier Surprise, followed by a lively djset by DJ Hyppocampo and DJ Belle Flaque. Co-hosted with the Théâtre National.

Chevalier Surprise, DJ Hyppocampo (she/her), DJ Belle Flaque (she/her)

21.09.24 · 20h45

Reservations not required, subject to availability

Sensitive Future · Public Reading

Lecture publique

Live reading of texts created during the Sensibles Futures workshop, with author Ketty Steward.

Ketty Steward (her)

26.09.24 · 19h30

Langues : FR

C12 x FAME : Let’s Dance

DJ set

In collaboration with FAME, this year the C12 will be hosting DJ sets from Kiddy Smile, the initiator of vogging in France, followed by Zouzibabe and Melissa Juice, two Brussels-based DJs. It's sure to be an electric and flamboyant night.

Kiddy Smile (he/him), Zouzibabe (she/her), Melissa Juice (she/her)

27.09.24 · 00h - 6h

Karma Kitchen

Workshop

With Karma Kitchen, Kaliane Meret invites you to take part in a tasting experience that explores the intimate link between smells and memory, memories and cooking.

Kaliane Meret (she)

11.09.25 · 18h at Tour à Plomb
20.09.25 · 16h30 at Espace Magh

Language : FR

All audiences

Mobilisation et bocalisation

Discussion Panel, Workshop

Les Kimchieuses tueuses invite you to put vegetables in jars together. This shared working moment will resonate with the traditional making of kimchi. During this time, we will engage in conversations around subjects such as economic necessity and political oppression.

Les Kimchieuses tueuses

14.09.25 · 13h

Language : FR

Women only.
Accessible to children if accompanied
No age limit.

Amuse-Bouche

Performance

The opening of the festival will feature a series of performances as an amuse-bouche: a musical reading by Aliette Griz and Sina Kienou, an editorial performance by Romane Armand, and Karma Kitchen, a participatory tasting session by Kaliane Méret.

Aliette Griz (they) • Sina Kienou • Romane Armand (she) • Kaliane Meret (she)

11.09.25 · 18h

Langues : FR

All audiences

Ataya

Discussion Panel, Workshop

‘Ataya’ means hot drink in Wolof. Ataya punctuates the days and the conversations, as one takes the time to prepare and enjoy it. Thierno Dia offers an introduction to the preparation of ataya and a discussion with his comrades from La Voix des Sans Papiers in Brussels, around the question of how to feed oneself in a situation of exile.

Thierno Dia (he)

18.09.24 · 14h

Languages : FR + Opportunity to speak Wolof and/or Pulaar

Adults and families

Balade anti-recette

Discussion Panel, Walk, Writing workshop

Milady Renoir offers you a walk that makes time. A stroll through the city to rediscover its details, smells and sounds. Through stories, readings and ‘chatting’ discussions, participants will be invited to write sensitive portraits of a City.

Milady Renoir (she)

21.09.24 · 14h30

Language : FR

Adults and 15+

Nourrir nos enfants

Discussion Panel, Workshop

A discussion and writing workshop for mothers and people involved in breastfeeding.

Bintou Touré (she), Aliette Griz (they), Nesrine Al Mabrouk (she)

21.09.25 · 14h

Language : FR

Non-mixed with only people who have had (a) previous experience(s) with breastfeeding or who have considered it.
Children are very welcome.

Dans la cuisine

Dinner, Theater

In this intimate, participatory and culinary play, you are invited into Mélanie's kitchen as she tries to remake the recipe for her Nonna Anna's famous tomato sauce. An informal meal will follow the play.

Emeline Marcour (She) et Lisa Tonelli (She)

19.09.25 · 19h
+ 20.09.25 · 11h

Language : FR

All audiences

Adam

Screening

In Casablanca, the meeting between Abla, a widowed baker, and Samia, a young pregnant woman on the move, revolves around bread and everyday gestures. In this intimacy built around the kitchen, the film celebrates sisterhood, transmission and resistance to patriarchal norms.

Realised by Maryam Touzani (she)

18.09.24 · 19h

Language : FR

12+

Seats can be reserved on the Cinematek website: ticket sales will open at the end of August.

Cinema, pouvoir et nourriture

Discussion Panel, Screening

‘Cinema, Power and Food’ is a conference organised by researcher Louise Van Bradant on how food has been used throughout the history of cinema and can reflect relationships of domination in contemporary society.

Louise Van Brabant

13.09.24 · 19h

Language : FR

16+

Reserve your place via: education@cinematek.be

Share The Floor, by ALADAR

Concert

The SHARE THE FLOOR evening, organised by the Aladar collective, is a Jam / Scènes ouvertes (open jam session) bringing together artists from a wide range of backgrounds. bringing together artists from a wide range of backgrounds. Whether you're a beginner or a professional artist professional artist, you don't need any qualifications or experience to come and share your art in a family atmosphere, just like at home, just like at the dar.

ALADAR

21.09.24 · 19h

Language : FR / EN / NL

12+

Sur la piste des herbes sauvages

Lecture publique, Walk, Workshop

Meet the authors and illustrator of the book "Sur la piste des herbes sauvages/2". Followed by a walk through the Botanical Gardens and a tasting of herbal crêpes in the Autre-Lieu kitchen.

Elsa Lévy (she), Valentine Laffitte (she), Charlotte Staber (she)

16.09.24 · 14h

Language : FR

All audiences

Madame M

Theater

This female voice recounts the world in which she lives. A world that is accelerating, wearing down human beings and nature. A world that hurts bodies and souls. A world that reduces young people's hopes for the future, leaving them with only a depleted earth as their sole alternative.

Martine Léonet (she) et Mathias Dalle (he), la Cie Espèces de...

17.09.24 7pm + 18.09.24 · 8:30pm

Languages : FR

All audiences

Autophagies

Dinner, Theater

In a culinary performance that combines poetry, music, dance, gastronomy, ritual and documentary, Eva Doumbia examines colonial history through the medium of cuisine. On stage, a chef, a musician, actresses and dancers decolonise our culinary imaginations. Seated around the stage, the audience is invited to share a vegetarian mafé prepared before their very eyes.

Eva Doumbia, Cie La Part du Pauvre/Nana

11.09.25 + 12.09.25 · 19h30

Language : FR

14+

Chocolate is given to spectators during the show
+ the vegetarian mafé offered at the end of the show contains peanuts.

Cyborg and Boniches : Propositions pour queeriser l’espace cuisine

Talk

Saul Pandelakis presents a lecture on queering the kitchen space through the profile of the Cyborg and the Boniche. He presents the kitchen as a place of personal, collective, cultural, economic, social and political intensity.

Saul Pandelakis (he)

13.09.25 · 18h

Language : FR

15+

TW : Mentions of violence against women (more details at the beginning of the conference)

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Conference Transcripts

Four conferences took place in connection to the performing arts programme. These were held at La Bellone. You can find these transcripts below (in french):

Queer, art, politique : un lien évident ?
Gilles Jacinto

Comment penser des esthétiques décoloniales et féministes dans les arts de la scène ?
Aminata Demba · Marine Bachelot Nguyen · Lîlâ Bisiaux · Modération Aru Lee

Arts, écologie et féminisme
Barbara Métais-Chastanier · Le Crabe collectif

Pour un théâtre politique féministe et queer
Muriel Plana

Photos

Photos credits : Samy Soussi · samysoussi.be · @sam.photographe

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FAME is not only a venue, but also a supporter of co-production.

The Manx Cat Project is a multi-faceted project that brought together 5 directors and 3 authors from Ecarlate la Cie in the 2022 edition of the festival. The question of gender inequality is nothing new. This is why the company shined a spotlight on 5 influential women who have been excluded from Belgian history.

With the help of archives, they produced a synthesis of a century of feminism in the form of 5 plays.

Milva was present at the project rehearsals to document it photographically. This documentation ended up in a 7-day exhibition during the festival.

More about the project: : Volets 123 · Volets 45

Photos credits : Milva Ghenda · Site web · @mimidynamite

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The ones that matter

FAME, is of course a performing arts festival, but above all, it is a dialogue and an adelphity* representing the bridge between a multitude of people and projects. These people work all year round, are not always accommodated or considered, often work for long hours, are poorly paid… however, their work often leads to the betterment of society and individual lives; those of women, queer people, POC, those with disabilities, those of people in precarious situations, those on the margins of society.
We would like to extend our gratitude and thanks to these people for their work, for their daily contribution to society and for the trust that you have placed in FAME.

Thank you.

Adelphity*: The neutral synonym for sorority and fraternity.

To the collectives who work relentlessly every day.

To those who feed both your minds and your eyes.

To those who have made FAME accessible and sustainable.

And to the spaces that have placed their trust in us.

Team

Aliette Griz

they

Relations and encounters facilities

Anna Lits

she

Relations and encounters facilities

Camille Khoury

she

Artistic Direction

Dorothée Dassy

she

Financial and Administrative officer

Effir Libilbéhéty

they

Press & Communication

Joëlle Reyns

elle

Technical Coordination

Laetitia Miranda-Neri

she

Production Director

Louise Calvo

she

Intern Production & Administration

Réianne Ismaili

she

Intern Press & Communication