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Michael De Cock

Michael De Cock, artistic director of KVS, is an author, actor and director, amongst many other titles. From 2006 to 2016 he was director of ‘t Arsenaal in Mechelen. He has been setting out the artistic policy at KVS since the 2016-17 season.

Author

De Cock has around twenty publications to his name, which are successful nationally and internationally. His work was published in over ten languages. He has also become a prolific script writer. He adapted his play Achter de wolken into a feature film, directed by Cecilia Verheyden. In 2018 the film version of his book series Rosie en Moussa, directed by Dorothée Van Den Berghe, conquered many film buffs’ hearts.

Michael De Cock regularly contributes articles in Knack, De Standaard and De Morgen. He has been writing about Europe and migration for about twenty years and can be considered an expert in the field in the Flemish context. He travelled along the borders of Fort Europe with photographer Stephan Vanfleteren for the book Aller/Retour, which will be adapted into a film by Dorothée Van Den Berghe in 2021.

Director – theatre maker

De Cock has earned his laurels as a director with productions including Bash (NTGent), HEDDA, De Pruimelaarstraat, De koning sterft, Drie Zusters, Dood van een handelsreiziger and Odysseus. Een zwerver komt thuis. 

He started bringing the topic of migration into theatre years ago with creations including Haven010, Febar, Saw it on television/DIDN’T UNDERSTAND and Kamyon. He scored internationally with the latter two projects, set in lorries, and is creating a network from Istanbul to Ljubljana and Limoges, from Antwerp tot London. He also travelled the world (including Madrid and Montevideo) with L’Homme de La Mancha, his 2018 co-creation with Junior Mthombeni. Thanks to his background as a Romanist, De Cock maintains close contacts with various French-language companies in Brussels, Wallonia, France, Senegal and Canada.

In 2019 he helped acting legend Chris Lomme look back on her life in the solo performance Reverence and adapted Mrs Dalloway for the stage with Spanish director Carme Portaceli. In 2021 the duo takes on the challenge of creating a contemporary version of Madame Bovary – in tandem with director Jaco Van Dormael who is creating the film version Bovary, which will air on Canvas on 30 April 2021. In the Covid year of 2021 he is adapting and directing Mozart’s Der Schauspieldirektor for La Monnaie with Fabrice Murgia (Théâtre National) into a much-anticipated film version.

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Performances by and with Michael De Cock

  • Mrs Dalloway

    Carme Portaceli & Michael De Cock / Teatro Español & KVS
    Thu 02.04.2020 - Fri 23.10.2020
    A society that is waking up to a new world which is at the same time being destroyed
    02.04.2020
    -
    23.10.2020
    Past event
    • 02.04.2020
      20:00 - 21:30
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 04.04.2020
      20:00 - 21:30
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 22.10.2020
      20:00 - 21:30
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 22.10.2020
      -
      04.03.2021
      From 20:00
      FREE LIVESTREAM VIA 247.KVS.BE
      At home, Earth
      Online
      Past event
    • 23.10.2020
      20:00 - 21:30
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event

  • MINDBLOWERS 2020

    VUB & KVS
    Tue 13.10.2020
    Artists and scientists will be exploring a theme in brief, surprising, urgent and fiery interventions. This year our theme is BEAUTY
    13.10.2020
    Past event
    • 13.10.2020
      18:00 - 21:00
      KVS, Brussels
      Achterplein BOL
      Past event
    • 13.10.2020
      -
      30.06.2021
      From 18:00
      FREE LIVESTREAM VIA 247.KVS.BE
      At home, Earth
      Online
      Past event

  • Reverence

    Chris Lomme & Michael De Cock / KVS
    Sat 23.02.2019 - Sun 29.03.2020
    A solo performance about the weight of sadness and the lightness of joy, about letting go and a life full of love
    23.02.2019
    -
    29.03.2020
    Past event
    • 23.02.2019
      20:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 24.02.2019
      15:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 27.02.2019
      20:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 28.02.2019
      20:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 01.03.2019
      20:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 25.04.2019
      20:15 - 22:00
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 05.05.2019
      17:00
      Stadsschouwburg Kortrijk, Kortrijk
      Schouwburgzaal
      Past event
    • 27.10.2019
      14:30 - 15:30
      CC Nova, Wetteren
      Theaterzaal Nova
      Past event
    • 02.11.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      CC De Steenoven, Herzele
      Past event
    • 07.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 08.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 09.11.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      CC De Kern, Wilrijk
      Past event
    • 12.11.2019
      14:30 - 15:30
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 14.11.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 15.11.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      GC 't Blikveld, Bonheiden
      Polyvalente zaal
      Past event
    • 16.11.2019
      20:30 - 21:30
      GC De Bosuil, Overijse
      GC De Bosuil, Overijse
      Past event
    • 18.11.2019
      20:30 - 21:30
      CC W:Halll, Brussel
      Auditorium
      Past event
    • 22.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 24.11.2019
      20:30 - 21:30
      CC 't Vondel, Halle
      Concertzaal
      Past event
    • 26.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 29.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      SCTC Wielingen, Wenduine
      Wielingen
      Past event
    • 30.11.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      GC De Wiek, Zele
      Past event
    • 03.12.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      CC Schoten, Schoten
      De Kaekelaar
      Past event
    • 05.12.2019
      20:00
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 12.12.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      GC De Maalbeek, Maalbeek
      Theaterzaal
      Past event
    • 13.12.2019
      20:30 - 21:30
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 14.12.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 16.12.2019
      20:15 - 21:15
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 18.12.2019
      20:00 - 21:00
      CCHA, Hasselt
      theaterzaal/concertzaal
      Past event
    • 19.12.2019
      20:30 - 21:30
      CC Westrand, Dilbeek
      Theater
      Past event
    • 01.03.2020
      14:30 - 15:30
      CC Nova, Wetteren
      Theaterzaal Nova
      Past event
    • 05.03.2020
      20:00
      CC Ter Vesten, Beveren
      Past event
    • 06.03.2020
      20:15
      CC De Adelberg, Lommel
      Past event
    • 12.03.2020
      20:15
      CC De Kimpel, Bilzen
      Past event
    • 13.03.2020
      20:30
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 18.03.2020
      20:00
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event
    • 28.03.2020
      20:30
      CC De Herbakker, Eeklo
      Past event
    • 29.03.2020
      20:00
      Cultuurhuis de Warande, Turnhout
      Schouwburg
      Past event

  • JR

    FC Bergman / Toneelhuis / NTGent / KVS
    Fri 12.04.2019 - Sun 22.03.2020
    JR Vansandt was smart, ruthless and… barely eleven years old
    12.04.2019
    -
    22.03.2020
    Past event
    • 12.04.2019
      20:00 - 00:00
      La Villette, Parijs
      Grande Halle
      Past event
    • 13.04.2019
      20:00 - 00:00
      La Villette, Parijs
      Grande Halle
      Past event
    • 14.04.2019
      16:00 - 20:00
      La Villette, Parijs
      Grande Halle
      Past event
    • 15.04.2019
      20:00 - 00:00
      La Villette, Parijs
      Grande Halle
      Past event
    • 16.04.2019
      20:00 - 00:00
      La Villette, Parijs
      Grande Halle
      Past event
    • 18.03.2020
      19:00 - 23:00
      Paleis 12, Brussel
      Past event
    • 20.03.2020
      19:00 - 23:00
      Paleis 12, Brussel
      Past event
    • 21.03.2020
      19:00 - 23:00
      Paleis 12, Brussel
      Past event
    • 22.03.2020
      15:00 - 19:00
      Paleis 12, Brussel
      Past event

  • MINDBLOWERS 2019: THE TIME IS NOW

    VUB & KVS
    Mon 07.10.2019 18:00 - 20:30
    For the third year in a row, VUB and KVS are kicking off the new season and academic year together
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOX
    07.10.2019
    18:00 - 20:30
    Past event

  • MINDBLOWERS 2018: ODE TO THE IMAGINATION

    VUB & KVS
    Mon 08.10.2018 18:00 - 21:00
    Only by imagining and envisioning the impossible can arts and science create new horizons
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOX
    08.10.2018
    18:00 - 21:00
    Past event

  • MINDBLOWERS 2017

    VUB & KVS
    Mon 25.09.2017 16:00
    KVS and VUB are kicking off the academic and cultural year together
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    25.09.2017
    16:00
    Past event

  • Odysseus. Een zwerver komt thuis.

    Michael De Cock & Patrick Lateur / KVS & NTGent
    Thu 02.02.2017 - Sat 04.02.2017
    The story of a wanderer cast adrift
    KVS, Brussels
    KVS BOL
    02.02.2017
    -
    04.02.2017
    Past event
    • 02.02.2017
      20:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 03.02.2017
      16:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 04.02.2017
      11:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
    • 04.02.2017
      19:00
      KVS, Brussels
      KVS BOL
      Past event
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