work in progress

The Easter weekend wasn't only about chocolate eggs. 

The European Figurentheater centre (EFTC) was opening the festival "Poppenspelstad", which means something like The Town of Puppetry. Every last Saturday in the coming five months there will be a puppet show in the streets of Ghent. You can find the full program here. 

After the opening Punch and Judy show by Simon Moers (Be) under the new Town hall, people could see the work in progress of a hip hop dancer Mike Alvarez (Be) in the area of EFTC in Patershol. 

In the private sphere of the EFTC friends followed a belated New Years reception. Well, the weather was just like in January, so nobody protested.

Mike Alvarez - Entre 'Moi' et J'e'

What a shame, that EFTC is loosing their amazing location in the Trommelstraat. They were allowed to use it for 25 years. But now the time has run out. For the last time this summer, you can visit their Puppetbuskers Festival during the Gentse Feesten in the old and charming place. Afterwards they will need to find a new space. 

Good luck with that! Life is a change...