Our mission & vision
Together we envision the world of tomorrow
Through performing arts, Schouwburg Kortrijk envisions the world of tomorrow. We create an accessible place for relaxation and enjoyment, and a safer space for reflection and dialogue.
By laughing together, dancing together, and enjoying the magic on our stage, we escape the stress of our daily lives. In this moment of calm, we activate our creative thinking and remain open to new ideas and perspectives.
We continually place voices that are consistently and stubbornly pushed to the sidelines or the periphery back in the center. We do this not only on stage but also throughout the entire organization. Time and again, we place a new perspective or a new 'standard' at the center – a starting point from which we (try to) view and understand the world. We realize that inclusion is a long-term process that is never complete. We are willing to undertake this journey and question structures.
We stay together, even when we disagree. We continue to look and talk. We always seek common ground where ideas and perspectives can blend, pollinate, and transform, or simply coexist side by side. In that ground, something new and surprising emerges, sometimes a bit contrary.
Only in this way do we transform and break through entrenched thought patterns and erase prejudices.
We realize our mission via our 4 x 4 x 4
We realize our mission through 4 characteristics, 4 forces, and 4 verbs. They guide how we work, how we think, and how we live together in our house. With staff, volunteers, artists, audience, partners, and suppliers.
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Artistic program
Each season we present around 200 performances and numerous projects. Theater, dance, performance, circus, family, music, and comedy find their place on our stage. Within this broad mix, there is room for relaxation, but also for reflection and dialogue, and we provide space for new creators and unheard voices.
Eventlocation
In addition to our own programming, we open our house to local associations and external organizations. We consciously seek a balance between supporting local, semi-professional organizations and renting to commercial players.
The café
Our Theater Café is a lively meeting place. A 'public space' where the city flows into the theater and vice versa. Here, visitors, artists, and staff meet each other in the atmosphere of an open house.
Discover more about our café/restaurant soon!
Our communitywork
At Schouwburg Kortrijk, we are building a nest of communities where everyone feels welcome, heard, and involved. Community is not a story on the margins, but our driving force. Volunteers are indispensable in this. We cherish and support them from a vision of equality, care, and encounter. Through projects like QACE, Sharp Shooter Battle, or CUBO, community work is also intertwined with our artistic programming. We provide space for new voices and stories, and through spacemakers, we bring communities and experiences together on and around our stage.
With You
Schouwburg Kortrijk wants to be a place where something can grow, cautiously or tumultuously. Where ideas can sprout and thoughts can mature. A place for the playful human, who continues to seek and explore, for color and sound, for language and tone. Dances what cannot be expressed, sings what cannot be explained. Where the norm is shifted and daring (and) dreaming is allowed. A place that listens and challenges, shows and shares, questions. Critical, not too quickly content. A place that radiates hope. A place where imagination is told, cultivated, and shared. Glad to be with you.