Old Lady, New Monsters

Are the arts still free in an increasingly authoritarian Europe?

In collaboration with the Wiener Festwochen, Etcetera organises a discussion on the relation between the arts and politics in Europe.

Floris Baeke

calendar 04.05.2026

Visies voor het veld: Jana De Kockere & Carly Rae Heathcote

Neverending Theater

In Visies voor het veld, Etcetera asks key figures for their perspectives on the performing arts of tomorrow. What is going well, and what urgently needs to change? What would they do if, tomorrow, they were an all-powerful Minister of Culture, with unlimited resources and powers? This week: theater maker, performer and philosopher Jana De Kockere and director, writer and designer Carly Rae Heathcote call for a theater that gets rid of ’topics’ and instead obsessively indulges in symbolism.

Carly Rae Heathcote & Jana De Kockere

vision 04.05.2026

Teatro per capita [ES]

Outside Eyes: Buenos Aires

Argentina cuenta con una rica cultura teatral, sobre todo en Buenos Aires, la ciudad con más teatros del mundo en proporción al número de habitantes. En su primera columna, Romina Paula ofrece una visión general, desde el teatro político durante la última dictadura militar en los años setenta y ochenta hasta el enorme éxito de las obras de Broadway en la actualidad. ¿Sigue siendo el teatro, por el que los argentinos sienten tanta pasión, una herramienta para la transformación política?

Romina Paula

column 30.04.2026

Meet Romina Paula, our columnist in Buenos Aires!

In 2026, Etcetera goes cosmopolitan. Is there a vibrant theatre culture in Buenos Aires, Tehran, Bangkok and Mbanza-Ngungu? Which performances are the talk of the town? Today, Argentinian playwright, novelist, actor, film and theater director Romina Paula, takes you on a tour of Buenos Aires.

Romina Paula

interview 30.04.2026

Artists’ Entrance: Joshua Serafin

In Artists’ Entrance, we ask artists about their life and work. Today: Joshua Serafin. Born in the Philippines, trained at P.A.R.T.S. and KASK in Belgium, Joshua is now based in Brussels and a house artist at Viernulvier. Their work spans dance, performance, visual arts, and choreography. Recent pieces include Timawo, VOID, and PEARLS — all part of their ongoing series Cosmological Gangbang, an exploration of queerness, spirituality, indigeneity, and ecology.

Joshua Serafin

interview 27.04.2026

SANCTA – Florentina Holzinger

Hot for God

Roller-skating nuns, a chain-vaping Jesus rapping Eminem, live piercings and a pregnant cardinal: Florentina Holzinger arrived in Antwerp trailing fainted audience members, an outraged bishop and lots of headlines. Her operatic mass is indeed excessive, chaotic and deliberately shocking. But Holzinger is not out to get you, she wants to take you along. For all its provocation and even if, at times, it feels the pressure to spell everything out, SANCTA is steeped in a surprising tenderness.

Brenda Guesnet

review 13.04.2026

That question you will ask me [ENG]

Outside Eyes from Bangkok

What does theater in Thailand look like? For artist, curator, and festival director Sasapin Siriwanij, it’s a question that constantly keeps her mind spinning. You don’t talk about contemporary performance art in Thailand using the same language you would use in the Global North. For independent artists, there is virtually no funding, no well-equipped infrastructure, and no government support. But despite the endless cycle of exhaustion, a mysterious faith in and joy for art remains, she writes in her first column.  

Sasapin Siriwanij

column 02.04.2026