A venue for a young audience and a hub for young talent.

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De Studio is a creative hub based at the Mechelseplein in the heart of Antwerp. At De Studio, children and young adults are spectators as well as artists/creators.

In 2011, the Province of Antwerp bought the building that used to house the famous drama and acting school Studio Herman Teirlinck. The arts organization Villanella acquired the long lease of the building. It was renamed De Studio and in addition to that new name, Villanella also gave it a new focus: theatre, cinema, music, literature, dance, parties, debates,… De Studio is a unique venue where every lover of performing arts feels at home.

Today, De Studio provides space and support to, among others, Theater FroeFroe, Laika, De Spiegel, fABULEUS, ZEBARBAR, Compagnie Barbarie and Theater Artemis. Artists turn their dreams into reality at De Studio, in order to blow the audience’s mind. 24/7.

One can never know what tomorrow brings, but as long as it innovates and surprises, what tomorrow brings deserves its place at De Studio.

We hope to see you soon at a theatre matinée by day or at a funky party in the middle of the night!

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Hoofdinhoud
december

20u00     za 7 dec
nocturnal festival
music

20u30     zo 8 dec
Mike Reed & Hunter Diamond + Hanne De Backer & Signe Emmeluth
music

Oorstof invites two international duos on the same stage: drummer Mike Reed & reed player Hunter Diamond and baritone saxophonist and bass clarinettist Hanne De Backer & alto and tenor saxophonist Signe Emmeluth.

20u30     do 12 dec
master acteren RITCS
theatre

NPC (non-player characters) is a confrontational exploration of how negative influences, boredom and nihilism among a group of young people escalates into destructive behaviour. The world of the characters has little regard for the rest of society… Until they are faced with the consequences of an act of malicious, non-sensical aggression.

20u30     za 14 dec
Gerben Vaillant
theatre

Belgische première

20u00     vr 20 dec
Voetvolk
theatre, music

Dance meets concert, that’s Into The Open’s pledge.

Seven performers embody the groove and share the energy of the music. They spur each other on with pimped krautrock from 2022, or Can’s repetitive theme crossed with The Chemical Brothers’ high voltage.

Voetvolk welcomes you for a wild, collective leap into limbo. Let’s trance!

januari

20u30     zo 12 jan
The Sleep Of Reason Produces Monsters: Mariam Rezaei, Mette Rasmussen, Gabriele Mitelli & Lukas Koenig
music

Forged in the crucible of turntablist Mariam Rezaei’s November 2023 residency at London’s Café Oto, The Sleep Of Reason Produces Monsters is an incendiary new quartet. Their punk approach to free improvisation draws on elements of jazz, noise, hip-hop, techno and new music to create a thrilling sonic maelstrom that is beyond category or convention.

20u00     wo 22 jan
Maxime Dreesen & De Studio
theatre

What would your life look like if you could re-examine your sexuality in the public space?

PEEKABOO shapes a playful vision of the world as a sex playground. A utopia that imagines new ways of contact through cruising, ultimately getting lost in a web of experimental relationships and unexpected encounters. There is no revolution without a sexual revolution! Out of the bedroom, into the street!

première

20u00     do 23 jan
Maxime Dreesen & De Studio
theatre

What would your life look like if you could re-examine your sexuality in the public space?

PEEKABOO shapes a playful vision of the world as a sex playground. A utopia that imagines new ways of contact through cruising, ultimately getting lost in a web of experimental relationships and unexpected encounters. There is no revolution without a sexual revolution! Out of the bedroom, into the street!

20u00     zo 26 jan
Antwerp Queer Arts Festival & Queer Leuven
theatre

Get ready for Happy New Queer in Antwerp! Dena Vahdani, your favorite queer Iranian stand-up comedian and our radiant host, will lead you through an evening full of surprises. Gustavo Vieira blends reality and fiction in a powerful performance (concept by Marlla Araújo) and gets our hips moving with their fiery take on Brazilian funk. Margot Delaet, the photography talent behind A Night Called Quest, shares a heartfelt queer New Year’s letter. And don’t miss the charming, bold, and vulnerable “matcho” drag kings Dicklan and Raoul les mécanniques.

maart

20u00     ma 24 mrt
visual art

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen circumstances, this edition of EXTD. cannot take place.
But postponement is not a cancellation: The integral programme will be shifted to Monday 24 March 2025.
Thank you for your understanding.

 

mei

20u30     do 15 mei
music

The Colorist Orchestra plays new instrumental pop music. The orchestra reworks well-known instrumental hits into new compositions, often with only subtle references to the original. This 'recomposed music' is inspired by genres as diverse as disco, electronica, classical music and traditional folklore, with one goal in mind: to make you dance. The Colorist Orchestra aims to reevaluate lost music and breathe new life into it, by recoloring recognizable melodies and experimenting with new sound combinations.