Annelies Van Hullebusch

The creations of visual theatremaker Annelies Van Hullebusch are characterised by her great love of craft, detail, imagination, nuance and research. Each piece that emerges from her practice is a new and unexpected composition of objects, maps, maquettes, poems, illustrations, text and audio. For Annelies, the point of departure tends to be some personal motivation or need, which she then expands on and universalises through her working process. Paper and (the beauty of) books always take centre stage. This is a fascination that goes all the way back to her childhood. Back then she would design booklets in the form of newspapers, which she would then deliver to the neighbours’ letterboxes. She would later follow a course in bookbinding. Still, it is the simplest, unadorned white paper that sparks her enthusiasm the most. For her, the appeal is in creating an entirely new world in a sort of non-sacred ritual.

Words like theatrical and grandiose do not apply to the work of Van Hullebosch. The format she likes to think and work in is (very) small. The consequence of this is that the number of viewers is often limited and inextricably linked to a specific scenography. In recent years, she has gone in search of ways to present her work to larger groups of people without having to give up this intimate quality of her work. She has also chosen to link this thought exercise to a new target group: (young) children.

PAPIERLIED (‘PAPER SONG’) will premiere on 3 December 2023 at hetpaleis in Antwerp, as part of the 2023–2024 season. This same season, Annelies Van Hullebusch will also reprise BOEK-STEEN-PAPIER (‘BOOK-STONE-PAPER’) and the theatrical installations VOGELDUIF (‘BIRD-DOVE’) and ALFONSINA.

In the 2024–2025 season, PAPIERLIED ('PAPER SONG') and BOEK-STEEN-PAPIER will return and on 1 December 2024 the visual participative performance VOUW (‘FOLD’) will premiere at hetpaleis, Antwerp.

More information on PAPIERLIED ('PAPER SONG') can be found here.


www.anneliesvanhullebusch.be

calendar papierlied

05/01/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC De Steiger Menen - Menen
14/01/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC MUZE - Heusden-Zolder
19/01/24 - 10:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Bronks - Brussel
19/01/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Bronks - Brussel
21/01/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Cultuurhuis de Warande - Turnhout
28/01/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Wagehuys - Leuven
29/01/24 - 10:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman 30CC - Leuven
29/01/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman 30CC - Leuven
11/02/24 - 16:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Krokusfestival - Hasselt
15/02/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Spinrag - Kortrijk
15/02/24 - 17:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Spinrag - Kortrijk
18/02/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Zaal Daverlo
19/02/24 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Zaal Daverlo
19/02/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Zaal Daverlo
26/02/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Brasschaat - Brasschaat
27/02/24 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Brasschaat - Brasschaat
27/02/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Brasschaat - Brasschaat
28/02/24 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Brasschaat - Brasschaat
03/03/24 - 14:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Nova - Wetteren
04/03/24 - 10:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Nova - Wetteren
16/03/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Westrand - Dilbeek
24/03/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman C-mine Cultuurcentrum Genk - Genk
25/03/24 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman C-mine Cultuurcentrum Genk - Genk
25/03/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman C-mine Cultuurcentrum Genk - Genk
27/03/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC De Factorij - Zaventem
24/04/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC De Grote Post - Oostende
25/04/24 - 10:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC De Grote Post - Oostende
25/04/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC De Grote Post - Oostende
28/04/24 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Het Gasthuis - Aarschot
29/04/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Het Gasthuis - Aarschot
05/05/24 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Rataplan - Borgerhout
06/05/24 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Rataplan - Borgerhout
06/05/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Rataplan - Borgerhout
23/06/24 - 13:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman TWEETAKT - Utrecht
23/06/24 - 16:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman TWEETAKT - Utrecht
17/12/24 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman GC De Zandloper - Wemmel
05/01/25 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg
05/01/25 - 16:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg
06/01/25 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg
06/01/25 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg
09/02/25 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg c o r s o - Antwerpen
10/02/25 - 10:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Schouwburg c o r s o - Antwerpen
16/02/25 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Mortsel - Mortsel
17/02/25 - 10:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Mortsel - Mortsel
17/02/25 - 13:45u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Mortsel - Mortsel
23/02/25 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman Cultuurhuis - Merelbeke
05/03/25 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman De MAAN - Mechelen
07/03/25 - 14:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman GC Den Ichter - Oudsbergen
09/03/25 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Merksem - Merksem
10/03/25 - 13:30u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Merksem - Merksem
16/03/25 - 15:00u PAPIERLIED // Annelies Van Hullebusch & Wanda Eyckerman CC Maasmechelen - Maasmechelen