Of the Futility of the 'Theatrical' in the Theatre

In the light of texts by Jarry and of his radical attitudes to theatre (Of the Futility of the ‘Theatrical’ in the Theatre, Twelve Theatrical Topics, Theatre questions), artistes involved in the festival are invited to talk about the assumed ambiguity of their fascination for theatre: how can drama be dismembered so that each one of its significant elements can be examined and questioned and new forms be created?

Performance Day is coproduced with the Playground festival, (STUK Kunstencentrum & M-Museum Leuven), with support from the Agency for Arts and Heritage of Flanders, as part of the project "Alfred Jarry Archipelago" initiated by La Ferme du Buisson Centre for Contemporary Art in Noisiel (France), Le Quartier Centre for Contemporary Art in Quimper (France) and Museo Marino Marini in Florence (Italy). The venture is part of Piano, the Franco-Italian art exchange platform, in collaboration with M-Museum and the STUK Kunstencentrum in the framework of Playground in Leuven (Belgium).