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Dear teachers and principals,

De Studio puts a young audience of 0 to 30 years in touch with art, culture and media. We pay special attention to the urban and social context and to the vulnerable position of young people and artists. We are an open house, giving space to young people to tell their stories. Here, super-diverse theatre companies, makers, actors, curators and artists turn their daring dreams into extraordinary actions.

Please find below the school programme for season 2022-2023.

Once again, we have a wide range of cultural activities to offer: cutting-edge theatre productions, old time classics, dance, concerts, young controversial work, performance, parties and film. We are delighted that the Flemish subsidy provider rewarded the efforts of De Studio with an extremely good report, so that we can assure you and your pupils of high-quality activities.

A new generation of artists is nestling among the well-known talent and is eager to send its work into the world: house companies Laika and FroeFroe send out their new makers with Aminata Demba (Bazar) and Dries De Win (Kleine Epos), house artist Maxime Dreesen celebrates queerness in society (Countersex Education) and Tim Oelbrandt breaks through internationally with his magical Spirals.

Vulnerability, fragility and resilience, who carries who in society, how do we escape daily reality or bend it into a new reality, how do we make the 'right' choices within the multitude of stimuli: all these are themes or threads that you will find in our offer after a period in which children and young people were often confronted with uncertainty.

We warmly welcome all of you!
See you soon in De Studio!

Click here for our school magazine (In Dutch) 

Reservations

  • At the bottom of this page you can find all school screenings. You can filter by grade.
  • The SCHOOL button takes you to the reservation page.
  • Please enter your e-mail address and select an option.
  • Click the register button and enter the number of students per class.
  • You can immediately register another class.

Tickets for school screenings cost € 7 per student, unless stated otherwise. Accompanying teachers are admitted free of charge.

Tickets for evening performances cost € 8 (for -26 years of age), unless stated otherwise. Accompanying teachers pay a ticket as well.

Tickets for a cluster programme cost € 10 per student. Accompanying teachers are admitted free of charge.

Accessibility

De Studio / De Cinema
Maarschalk Gérardstraat 4, 2000 Antwerp

We are easily accessible by public transport. Tram 4 and 7 stop in front of our door and the Nationale Bank stop is within walking distance. Thanks to dynamoOPWEG, you can get to our shows for free with De Lijn, because De Studio and De Cinema have a partnership.

Contact

scholen@destudio.com
els@decinema.be
03 260 96 10

Oct 2026

10u00     Mon 26 Oct
vanwege*
family

Dirty dirty DIRTY?!
What is actually dirty?
When does something become dirty?
Life, yes...
Life itself is
simply dirty!
Or isn’t it?

Or isn’t it? In a time of aroma diffusers, lice shampoos, day creams, care robots, and drain uncloggers, more and more of life seems to be hidden away, disguised, or kept out of sight... Not this time. Take a look at what grown-ups have learned to turn their eyes from, and discover what happens when this side of life steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight of the stage.

With provocative imagery, live music, and very little language, you balance on the edge where a fit of giggles, a touch of disgust, and a tiny aversion to what dies transform into beauty, fascination, and joie de vivre.

Warning: This fun, slightly absurd, and burlesque performance may cause adults a moderate degree of discomfort.

13u30     Mon 26 Oct
vanwege*
family

Dirty dirty DIRTY?!
What is actually dirty?
When does something become dirty?
Life, yes...
Life itself is
simply dirty!
Or isn’t it?

Or isn’t it? In a time of aroma diffusers, lice shampoos, day creams, care robots, and drain uncloggers, more and more of life seems to be hidden away, disguised, or kept out of sight... Not this time. Take a look at what grown-ups have learned to turn their eyes from, and discover what happens when this side of life steps out of the shadows and into the spotlight of the stage.

With provocative imagery, live music, and very little language, you balance on the edge where a fit of giggles, a touch of disgust, and a tiny aversion to what dies transform into beauty, fascination, and joie de vivre.

Warning: This fun, slightly absurd, and burlesque performance may cause adults a moderate degree of discomfort.

Nov 2026

10u00     Thu 26 Nov
Laika
family

What is air? Two little creatures set out to find out. From breathing and whistling to a little fart. But who does the air actually belong to? And can it be caught? Then the previously invisible air suddenly becomes very tangible between them and it’s every creature for itself.

LUCHT is about making something out of nothing and making the world believe that it has value. It is a wordless and dance-driven performance about everything and nothing. Two cheerful creatures try to catch, keep and cherish air. Until they become attached to it and themselves become playthings of the forces of LUCHT.

Creator Merel Denie was nominated for the Henriette Hustinx Prize in 2017. With LUCHT, she graduated with a Master in Theatre from Toneelacademie Maastricht.

13u30     Thu 26 Nov
Laika
family

What is air? Two little creatures set out to find out. From breathing and whistling to a little fart. But who does the air actually belong to? And can it be caught? Then the previously invisible air suddenly becomes very tangible between them and it’s every creature for itself.

LUCHT is about making something out of nothing and making the world believe that it has value. It is a wordless and dance-driven performance about everything and nothing. Two cheerful creatures try to catch, keep and cherish air. Until they become attached to it and themselves become playthings of the forces of LUCHT.

Creator Merel Denie was nominated for the Henriette Hustinx Prize in 2017. With LUCHT, she graduated with a Master in Theatre from Toneelacademie Maastricht.

10u00     Fri 27 Nov
Laika
family

What is air? Two little creatures set out to find out. From breathing and whistling to a little fart. But who does the air actually belong to? And can it be caught? Then the previously invisible air suddenly becomes very tangible between them and it’s every creature for itself.

LUCHT is about making something out of nothing and making the world believe that it has value. It is a wordless and dance-driven performance about everything and nothing. Two cheerful creatures try to catch, keep and cherish air. Until they become attached to it and themselves become playthings of the forces of LUCHT.

Creator Merel Denie was nominated for the Henriette Hustinx Prize in 2017. With LUCHT, she graduated with a Master in Theatre from Toneelacademie Maastricht.

13u30     Fri 27 Nov
Laika
family

What is air? Two little creatures set out to find out. From breathing and whistling to a little fart. But who does the air actually belong to? And can it be caught? Then the previously invisible air suddenly becomes very tangible between them and it’s every creature for itself.

LUCHT is about making something out of nothing and making the world believe that it has value. It is a wordless and dance-driven performance about everything and nothing. Two cheerful creatures try to catch, keep and cherish air. Until they become attached to it and themselves become playthings of the forces of LUCHT.

Creator Merel Denie was nominated for the Henriette Hustinx Prize in 2017. With LUCHT, she graduated with a Master in Theatre from Toneelacademie Maastricht.

Apr 2027

10u00     Thu 22 Apr
fABULEUS & THERE THERE Company
theatre

In Oui. Non. Attention., a group of ten young acrobats asks for your attention …  attention. Not only the on-the-edge-of-your-seat attention for breathtaking feats such as standing three high on top of each other or a spectacular fall that just ends well. But also attention to the gaze, the breathing, perhaps the hesitation that precedes them. Attentive awareness. Careful concentration.

Guided by circus makers Hanna Mampuys and Toon Van Gramberen, the young people invite you to come close in this wordless performance. Dozing off in row R is out of the question: you take your seat right in the middle of the action, in a unique tribune arrangement surrounding the acrobats on stage. If your attention does happen to waver, you are effortlessly drawn back into the performance by the jazzy-folky sounds of Abel Ghekiere.

Oui. Non. Attention. is an exciting and relaxing circus performance by a group in search of generosity towards others, their own bodies and their surroundings.

13u30     Thu 22 Apr
fABULEUS & THERE THERE Company
theatre

In Oui. Non. Attention., a group of ten young acrobats asks for your attention …  attention. Not only the on-the-edge-of-your-seat attention for breathtaking feats such as standing three high on top of each other or a spectacular fall that just ends well. But also attention to the gaze, the breathing, perhaps the hesitation that precedes them. Attentive awareness. Careful concentration.

Guided by circus makers Hanna Mampuys and Toon Van Gramberen, the young people invite you to come close in this wordless performance. Dozing off in row R is out of the question: you take your seat right in the middle of the action, in a unique tribune arrangement surrounding the acrobats on stage. If your attention does happen to waver, you are effortlessly drawn back into the performance by the jazzy-folky sounds of Abel Ghekiere.

Oui. Non. Attention. is an exciting and relaxing circus performance by a group in search of generosity towards others, their own bodies and their surroundings.

May 2027

10u00     Wed 19 May
De Spiegel
family

PLANT-aardig is both a performance and a playful installation where everything grows and flourishes organically. A garden of delights for your senses and imagination. Two musicians and a vegetable vendor experience a special day there.

In this artistic vegetable garden, young children grow just a little bigger. After the performance, they can explore, experience and go on an adventure together with their parents or companions. And if you listen carefully, you might even hear the plants drinking, growing and blooming. Or is there something else living beneath the ground?

10u00     Thu 20 May
De Spiegel
family

PLANT-aardig is both a performance and a playful installation where everything grows and flourishes organically. A garden of delights for your senses and imagination. Two musicians and a vegetable vendor experience a special day there.

In this artistic vegetable garden, young children grow just a little bigger. After the performance, they can explore, experience and go on an adventure together with their parents or companions. And if you listen carefully, you might even hear the plants drinking, growing and blooming. Or is there something else living beneath the ground?

13u30     Thu 20 May
De Spiegel
family

PLANT-aardig is both a performance and a playful installation where everything grows and flourishes organically. A garden of delights for your senses and imagination. Two musicians and a vegetable vendor experience a special day there.

In this artistic vegetable garden, young children grow just a little bigger. After the performance, they can explore, experience and go on an adventure together with their parents or companions. And if you listen carefully, you might even hear the plants drinking, growing and blooming. Or is there something else living beneath the ground?

10u00     Fri 21 May
De Spiegel
family

PLANT-aardig is both a performance and a playful installation where everything grows and flourishes organically. A garden of delights for your senses and imagination. Two musicians and a vegetable vendor experience a special day there.

In this artistic vegetable garden, young children grow just a little bigger. After the performance, they can explore, experience and go on an adventure together with their parents or companions. And if you listen carefully, you might even hear the plants drinking, growing and blooming. Or is there something else living beneath the ground?

13u30     Fri 21 May
De Spiegel
family

PLANT-aardig is both a performance and a playful installation where everything grows and flourishes organically. A garden of delights for your senses and imagination. Two musicians and a vegetable vendor experience a special day there.

In this artistic vegetable garden, young children grow just a little bigger. After the performance, they can explore, experience and go on an adventure together with their parents or companions. And if you listen carefully, you might even hear the plants drinking, growing and blooming. Or is there something else living beneath the ground?