9 — 12.12.2026
CRUSH
For more information for both the general public and industry professionals, visit festivalcrush.be.
The full programme will be announced on 9 June. Tickets will go on sale at the same time. Festival prices · Pay What You Can €10 - €14 - €21
CRUSH · Favourites from the Wallonia-Brussels Federation’s theatre scene — the new biennial theatre festival in Brussels — will take place from 9 to 12 December 2026 at Théâtre Les Tanneurs, Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles, Théâtre le Rideau and Varia – Théâtre & Studio. Four days to discover our 11 favourites from the world of theatre in the Wallonia-Brussels Federation.
Born out of the desire of our four Brussels-based theatres to pool our perspectives and sensibilities, the CRUSH festival showcases striking French-language Belgian productions, driven by diverse aesthetics and unique voices. The aim is clear: to offer artists and their works an ambitious platform, to create the conditions for genuine exchange – of performances, ideas and imaginations – and to foster encounters with new audiences, in Belgium and beyond.
For audiences, itineraries are designed to allow them to move from one theatre to another, to explore Brussels to the rhythm of the performances, and to discover the diversity of artistic styles that make up our cultural landscape.
For Belgian and international professionals, a specific programme is offered: presentations of projects in development, opportunities for exchange, and special moments of dialogue with the artistic teams. CRUSH thus becomes a space for discovery, networking and looking towards the future.
By bringing together artists, programmers and audiences, the biennial strengthens the artistic network between Brussels, Wallonia and the international scene. It affirms a shared dynamic: that of a living, contemporary, open theatre, capable of fostering dialogue between regions and inventing new forms of circulation.
CRUSH is a shared passion — and the collective energy of four venues.
ON THE PROGRAMME
At the Théâtre le Rideau
BAQÂ’ what remains after the burn / Yousra Dahry
Ravage tout court / Adeline Rosenstein
At the Théâtre Les Tanneurs
Harmony / Fanny Ducat
Respire / Geneviève Damas
Une traversée / Cie Tchaïka
At the Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles
The Invisible Is Not Non-Existent / Venedig Meer
Story(ies) / Olga de Soto
Tender Bodies / Lucie Yerlès
Kabyliefornia / Agathe Yamina Meziani
At Varia – Theatre & Studio
Empty Orchestra, Longing for you / Habib Ben Tanfous
The Call of the Mutants / Lucile Charnier
