A festival of emotions, humour & fantasy
The festival welcomes artists from all over the world!
“Re-remembering"“Re-remembering": this year, Chassepierre brings together memories through its performances, whether they have been forgotten or are still fresh in our minds.
Circus apparatus and theatrical stages, dance, music, energy, meditation, imagination, words and sounds...This year, everything will come together so the Festival can bring a thought, a character, a tradition or a defining moment back to life - whether personal or shared - so they don’t have the last word.
A festival for the whole family
The vast majority of shows are suitable for children unless otherwise specified in the programme.
On Saturday and Sunday, the Festival opens its doors at 11:00 AM. The first performances take place at 2 PM.
6Mettre
Tram-Tram
Á Prendre ou Á Voler
La Nonna et les étoiles
Actic
Kiddy Ride Police Patrol
Aérofaunic
Ana Jordao et Vincent Kollar
A body and other objects
AWAC
Thocolas est-il quelqu’un de bien ?
B-Side Company
Les Oubliées
Cie Bakhus
LaCher Prise
Cie Bitonio
Le Train Fantôme
Cie Boite Á Clous
Zapoï l’élan
Cie Daddy K7
C’est un signe !
Cie Furinkai & Théâtre de l'Entrouvert
Mizu
Cie La Rouille
Le Chienchien des Babaskerville
Cie Mister Alambic
En Catimini
Cie Nokill
Les Conférences de Poche
Cie Paris Bénarès
Chevâl
Cie Pol&Freddy
Panic Ludic
Cie s'Enfabrik
Le Dernier Carrousel
Collectif La Méandre
Bien Parado
Collectif La Voûte Nomade
L’ensemble forain, jour de fête
DeRonde/Deroo
It Really Hurts When Your Head Hits The Concrete
Evolplay
La Douche à Paillettes
Floris and the Flames
Fred Blin
A-t-on toujours raison ?
FroeFroe
Welcome Beer
Girotopia
Le virevoltant
Guillaume Slizewicz
Aussi léger que le soleil sur l'eau
Hills of Belgium
Hors Surface
Le Poids des nuages
Jacqueline Cambouis
Les Gaufrettes
Keeping Company
Hats 2 Heads
La Butineuse
Le Quart de Seconde
Le G.Bistaki
Tancarville
Madeleine Renard
Wouazo
Marik&Co
Sisters of Soap
Marimbros
Minuit Cie
Bleue Volute
Monsieur K
Rien ?
Muchmuche Company
Amours
Naïma Triboulet
Atomic Phénix
Novacentral
Le Petit Manège d’Arnaud
Odile Pinson
Louis
Pufulet Orkestar
RaVart
Tom, Tom & Tom
Slagman Producties
Pop-Up
Stéphanie Kerckaert
Œuvre Duvel
Tall Tales Company
Droplines
Théâtre Magnétic
La Ferme
Tiguidap
La Baronne Perchée
V / Les Ambassadeurs Savon
V / Les Melting Potes Trio
V/ ADK
Á Prendre ou Á Voler
Puppet show / Circus
Country : BE
Title of the show : La Nonna et les étoiles
Duration : 50 min
Actic
Parade
Country : Pays-Bas
Title of the show : Kiddy Ride Police Patrol
The members of Kiddy Ride Police Patrol are at your service and keeping an eye on everything and everybody. As their priority is keeping order at Chassepierre, make sure you don’t walk too fast - or you risk being caught on camera and arrested!
Duration : 30 min
Aérofaunic
Music show
Country : Belgique
A somewhat strange bunch who like to break free from their shackles, revisit a few classics and make music vibrate, inspired by sounds ranging from classical to New Orleans, Balkan and Latino. A small brass band which invites you to get up and dance.
[New creation]
[New creation]
Duration : 30 min
Ana Jordao et Vincent Kollar
Dance / Air
Country : Allemagne
Title of the show : A body and other objects
An invitation to rediscover the magic of everyday life, to celebrate the beauty of radical mindfulness, the symbiosis and interconnectedness of all things, both animate and inanimate.
Duration : 25 min
B-Side Company
Acrobatics / Circus / Air
Country : France
Title of the show : Les Oubliées
Everywhere, women have been left out of our collective stories. By digging into their memories, bodies and pasts, four women share their thoughts on their relationship with forgetting. But they do this while swinging on a trapeze, spinning in a wheel, hanging from a rope, or even moving through a hoop...
Duration : 50 min
Cie Bakhus
Dance
Country : France
Title of the show : LaCher Prise
A performance by eight dancers, with influences from hip-hop and contemporary dance, invites you to rediscover on another and rethink the collective as a supportive and safe space.
Duration : 55 min
Cie Bitonio
Sideshow / Games
Country : France
Title of the show : Le Train Fantôme
Jump into the world of the Ghost Train and the twisty journey of a ball on the tracks of your nightmares. Take part in a team pinball game to escape from the crows, an interactive tour of the haunted house...and the train attack!
[Ages 6 and over]
[Ages 6 and over]
Duration : 90 min
Cie Daddy K7
Theatre
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : C’est un signe !
There’s no such thing as chance. If you’re reading this, this performance is just the thing for you. The time has come to switch on your inner light. You won’t just get the key to happiness - you’ll get a full set of keys to joy, peace and harmony.
Duration : 45 min
Cie La Rouille
Theatre / Comedy
Country : France
Title of the show : Le Chienchien des Babaskerville
They’re back! This free adaptation of the legendary detective’s most terrifying adventure once again taps into the power of collective intelligence: audience members who aren’t scared to death will take part in the story, leading the investigation from London to the wilderness of Dartmoor, on the trail of the terrible beast.
[Ages 8 and over]
[Sign language (French)]
[Ages 8 and over]
[Sign language (French)]
Duration : 70 min
Cie Mister Alambic
Parade / Object theatre / Magie nouvelle
Country : France
Title of the show : En Catimini
Three delivery men invite you to step away from the crowd. They’ll offer you a sweet deal, a trade-off. In exchange for your attention, you’ll be offered a dose of theatre. Please note: no gimmicks, only guaranteed quality!
Duration : 120 min
Cie Nokill
Theatre
Country : France
Title of the show : Les Conférences de Poche
The Pocket Conferences transport you to the world of Léon Lenclos, where the extraordinary becomes mundane and the mundane becomes extraordinary. As he draws, he tells us both tall stories and shocking truths about topics whose relevance we would never have suspected.
[Ages 12 and over]
[Ages 12 and over]
Duration : 20 min
Cie Paris Bénarès
Puppet show / Theatre
Country : France
Title of the show : Chevâl
What does “to tame” mean? It’s something that’s all too often forgotten. Chevâl is an encounter between human and animal, body and object, gracefulness and mechanics. This larger-than-life duo tells us a fable steeped in poetry and humour.
Duration : 40 min
Cie Pol&Freddy
Puppet show / Circus
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Panic Ludic
This is the story of a sensitive hero. With his faithful companion, he invents ways of killing time. A chain smoker facing the final curtain, who puts his heart and soul on the line, searching for hope, beauty, and an empty ashtray. Circus, scrap training, and slapstick in search of the limits of humour.
[New creation Circ'uit]
[New creation Circ'uit]
Duration : 45 min
Cie s'Enfabrik
Carousel
Country : BE
Title of the show : Le Dernier Carrousel
Duration : 40 min
Collectif La Méandre
Dance
Country : France
Title of the show : Bien Parado
With a cube as a stage and the public space as the only scenery, a dancer and a musician find harmony together, and journey through time until they find a common rhythm. Bien Parado is an ode to freedom, a fierce struggle for empowerment.
Duration : 40 min
Collectif La Voûte Nomade
Games
Country : France
Title of the show : L’ensemble forain, jour de fête
It’s time to party! Take on your mother-in-law at the family target game and bring down the mountain monsters at the crossbow range! Put your skills to the test with your pals at a giant game of pick-up-sticks or on the bottle tree!
Duration : 120 min
Evolplay
Sideshow / Games
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : La Douche à Paillettes
The cyclists set off, the dance floor comes alive to the funky beat, the lights go crazy. Inside and out, it’s a night club...and in the booth, glitter swirls! You go in as you are....but you come out bathed in fragments of light.
Duration : 75 min
Floris and the Flames
Music show
Country : Belgique
A blend of virtuoso classical music, danceable folk, and blazing rock. A musical rollercoaster where classical masterpieces and original compositions burst with energy and joy.
Duration : 90 min
Fred Blin
Comedy / Clown
Country : France
Title of the show : A-t-on toujours raison ?
A quirky guy wearing clogs, a lopsided Louis XIV wig, clown makeup and a jacket fastened with a coathanger. He makes us aware of the distinctive nature of his art, its dangers, its pathos, its splendour, and the fleeting nature of the performance.
[Sign language (French)]
[Sign language (French)]
Duration : 70 min
FroeFroe
Parade
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Welcome Beer
A lost bear roams amongst the crowd, particularly drawn to those who have ice creams, waffles, or sweets. This is the start of a playful and unpredictable chase, mixing humour, physical interaction, and the poetry of the animal world. Protect your snacks but open your arms wide!
Duration : Alternately
Girotopia
Carousel
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Le virevoltant
A merry-go-round of flying seats, a classic fairground attraction which has been around since the beginning of the 20th century, updated to the delight of both young and old.
[Ages 6 and over]
[New creation]
[Ages 6 and over]
[New creation]
Duration : 150 min
Guillaume Slizewicz
Digital Arts
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Aussi léger que le soleil sur l'eau
What would have happened if the Chassepierre hydroelectric dam project had gone ahead in 1974? Guillaume Sliwezicz explores this question through a digital work of art that combines technology, the environment, and sociological issues.
[New creation, collaboration CACLB]
[New creation, collaboration CACLB]
Duration : 300 min
Hills of Belgium
Music show
Country : Belgique
A fiddle/banjo duo revisits songs and melodies which lie at the roots of American music.
Duration : 30 min
Hors Surface
Circus
Country : France
Title of the show : Le Poids des nuages
Inspired by the dream of Icarus, this performance explores the bond between two men in pursuit of the absolute. Between complicity and competition, they set out to conquer the sky, with only a trampoline as their safety net. Together, they cross worlds and borders, some real, others imagined. A message of freedom and an invitation to reinvent our own rules.
Duration : 30 min
Jacqueline Cambouis
Theatre / Comedy
Country : France
Title of the show : Les Gaufrettes
The residents of the Mots Bleus care home break free from its confines. Connected everywhere, they fill the village with music, driven by the joyful determination to bring the elderly back into the spotlight.
[Sign language (French)]
[Sign language (French)]
Duration : 70 min
Keeping Company
Juggling / Circus
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Hats 2 Heads
Two circus artists. Ten hats. One ladder. Two songs. Two jugglers come together, creating more than they could do on their own.
Duration : 30 min
La Butineuse
Theatre / Circus
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Le Quart de Seconde
Clinging to the rungs of an open-air ladder, suspended eight metres high on their scrap heap, the trapeze artist and the acrobat share the same intense vertigo. Leaping from one tangent to another, the dialogue becomes biting, exhilarating and wonderfully absurd.
[New creation]
[New creation]
Duration : 45 min
Le G.Bistaki
Dance / Comedy / Théâtre gestuel / Manipulation
Country : France
Title of the show : Tancarville
The humble sheet becomes the star of a crazy burlesque ballet, where humour and absurdity make everyday life dance. A timeless, dreamlike and quirky performance that stands as a witness to our collective memory and intimate rituals.
Duration : 60 min
Madeleine Renard
Puppet show / Performance
Country : FR
Title of the show : Wouazo
This is the story of the initial contact between two species that are learning to speak to each other. Witness this encounter; watch in real time as a bond is formed between these creatures, searching for a common path and a voice to communicate with.
[New creation, Projet Art’Ru Wallonie-Picardie/Coproduction]
[New creation, Projet Art’Ru Wallonie-Picardie/Coproduction]
Duration : 60 min
Marimbros
Music show
Country : Belgique
This dynamic Belgian duo brings a fresh and exciting twist to popular music. If you’re after a memorable musical experience, you’ve come to the right place.
Duration : 90 min
Minuit Cie
Circus
Country : France
Title of the show : Bleue Volute
A metal spiral rises towards the sky. Four tightrope walkers take turns to walk along this curve, which gives the impression that it could go on forever. The moving sculpture becomes both a feat of circus skill and a philosophical challenge for us all: what choice do we have between gravity and weightlessness?
[New creation]
[New creation]
Duration : 45 min
Monsieur K
Theatre / Dance
Country : France
Title of the show : Rien ?
Through their dance theatre laced with humour and poetry, the two performers explore that childhood freedom: boredom. Doing nothing, but doing it in the best way possible, with all their senses alert...laziness becomes both magnificent and comical.
Duration : 45 min
Muchmuche Company
Theatre / Dance
Country : France
Title of the show : Amours
LOVE. Behind these letters lies a concept that should be revolutionary and beyond our wildest imagination. This show is an immersive experience, a heartfelt attempt to create a shared energy between the audience and the performers.
[Ages 8 and over]
[Ages 8 and over]
Duration : 60 min
Naïma Triboulet
Clown
Country : BE
Title of the show : Atomic Phénix
This is the story of a woman who today has reached the bitter conclusion that she has failed at everything...a tribute to the circus with a clown-actress, a singer-musician, and plenty of music and dance.
[New creation, Projet Art’Ru Wallonie-Picardie/Coproduction]
[New creation, Projet Art’Ru Wallonie-Picardie/Coproduction]
Duration : 40 min
Novacentral
Carousel / Games
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Le Petit Manège d’Arnaud
A parent-powered, miniature merry-go-round and its faithful travelling companions: Arnaud’s Games, Arnaud’s Little Cinema, The Barrel Organ and the Memory Workshop. A taste of the fairground atmosphere of yesteryear.
[From 1 to 6 years old]
[From 1 to 6 years old]
Duration : 120 min
Odile Pinson
Comedy
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Louis
Straddling the line between a burlesque performance and a live concert, this tribute to the artist’s grandfather celebrates a passion for music and the complex emotions that we have about our ancestors. With humour and sensitivity, this ode to jazz invites us to overcome our fears, to feel alive and savour life.
[Ages 8 and over]
[Ages 8 and over]
Duration : 35 min
Slagman Producties
Théâtre burlesque
Country : Pays-Bas
Title of the show : Pop-Up
A suitcase opens...colourful figures surface, as if emerging from a puppet box. The case is both their home and their stage. The performance is bubbling over with bizarre situations, its pace stamped by the constant changes of character by the two actors.
Duration : 50 min
Stéphanie Kerckaert
Installation
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : Œuvre Duvel
The ‘D’ is a woven banner, a living tribute to the companies that have left their mark on the Festival. The embroidered fabric evokes tradition, memory and craftmanship, yet is given a contemporary twist - red, white and gold - as a nod to the colours of Duvel.
Duration : Continuously
Tall Tales Company
Juggling
Country : Pays-Bas
Title of the show : Droplines
Three highly-skilled jugglers reveal something you don’t usually see: the failures hidden behind their success. With a playful rhythm, intricate movements and a touch of humour, come and see an intimate and unexpected celebration of imperfection, an ode to human failure.
[New creation]
[New creation]
Duration : 35 min
Théâtre Magnétic
Puppet show
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : La Ferme
Two enthusiastic ventriloquists come to the farm to tell stories about the cycle of the four seasons. But their puppets don’t hear it the same way...taken hostage, they try to restore order in the chicken coop.
[Sign language (French)]
[Sign language (French)]
Duration : 35 min
Tiguidap
Parade
Country : Belgique
Title of the show : La Baronne Perchée
Oscillating between childlike imagination and gentle madness, this impulsive character delicately poses the question of the importance we still attach to dreams and the imagination.
Duration : 30 min
V / Les Ambassadeurs Savon
Music show
Country : Belgique
At the crossroads of the 90s acid tech-house and the 80s wave sounds, they will lure you into a world where bubbles collide with thorns and burst in a sexy mash-up dance, Belgian-style.
Duration : 90 min
V / Les Melting Potes Trio
Music show
Country : BE
Formed in 2018, the band “LES MELTING POTES” is essentially a trio of friends who met while studying music at IMEP in Namur. With a trombone (Simon LEQUY), a piano (Martin GENNEN), and drums (Jean-Baptiste TOUSSAINT)—plus their voices—they’ll help you rediscover your favorite songs, ranging from the 1970s to today’s hits.
[Concert in partnership with the Cercle Saint-Martin]
[Concert in partnership with the Cercle Saint-Martin]
Duration : 90 min
V/ ADK
Dance
Country : Belgique
Duration : 15 min