Theatre in Flanders and Brussels · Season 2026–27
Plays, musicals, opera, dance and comedy from the programmes of the houses, checked every day. We are starting with Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Bruges, Leuven and Mechelen.
Curtain up
Tonight's shows by start time.
Next 14 days
Pick a day to see what's on.
The next shows on the calendar.
Tue10Nov
Théâtre National · Brussel
Starts 20:00
Tue10Nov
De Munt · Brussel
Starts 20:00
Tue10Nov
De Munt · Brussel
Starts 20:00
Fri13Nov
Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen · Anvers
Starts 20:00From €49.50
Tue17Nov
Théâtre National · Brussel
Starts 20:00
Wed18Nov
KVS_Box · Brussel
Starts 20:30From €8.00
Sat21Nov
KVS_Box · Brussel
Starts 21:30From €8.00
Thu3Dec
KVS_Bol · Brussel
Starts 20:00From €8.00
A play, a musical or a night of comedy: choose your kind of night.
Musicals
The Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp and the Capitole in Ghent, a former cinema, bring musicals and big tours to Flanders, and Studio 100 makes family musicals of its own.
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We are starting with Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Bruges, Leuven and Mechelen. Other cities come later.
The big houses and what's on there.
City theatre & new work
The KVS, the Royal Flemish Theatre, is Brussels' Dutch-language city theatre, in a Flemish neo-Renaissance building of 1887 by the architect Jean Baes. Its stages play in the languages of the city, and shows often carry surtitles in another language.
Opera
De Munt / La Monnaie in Brussels is the opera house of the country. The present auditorium was inaugurated on 25 May 1819, and a performance of Auber's La Muette de Portici there in August 1830 gave the signal for the Belgian Revolution. About 1,150 seats.
Toneelhuis
The Bourla, built in 1827–1834 to a neoclassical design by the city architect Pierre Bruno Bourla, is Antwerp's historic theatre. It still has its wooden stage machinery of 1834 and is the home of Toneelhuis.
Musicals & big tours
The Stadsschouwburg Antwerpen on the Theaterplein is the big stage for musicals and touring productions, with room for up to 2,000 people in the main auditorium. It is run by be•at, which also runs the Capitole in Ghent.
NTGent
The Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg on the Sint-Baafsplein was built in 1897–1899 to a design by Edmond De Vigne and has been a listed monument since 1986. Its main hall, the Groot Huis, is the home of NTGent.
Theatre, dance & concerts
The Stadsschouwburg Brugge on the Vlamingstraat was built in 1867–1869 to a design by Gustave Saintenoy, restored in 2001 and has about 700 seats. Cultuurcentrum Brugge runs it, with theatre, dance and concerts.
The moments of the theatre year.
Start times, interval, cloakroom, subscriptions and discounts for young people. What to know before your first night.
The tonight page lists every show on our calendar tonight by start time, and the calendar lets you filter by day, city and kind of show. We are starting with Antwerp, Ghent, Brussels, Bruges, Leuven and Mechelen, and check the programmes every day.
Musicals and big tours play, among others, at the Stadsschouwburg in Antwerp and the Capitole in Ghent, and Studio 100 makes family musicals. The calendar shows which titles are running.
Ask about concessions: young people and pupils pay less in many places, and with the UiTPAS people with an opportunity status get 80% off the offer of taking part organisations. In Brussels, Last Minute Tickets sells remaining seats on the day itself at half price. Buy from the box office or the house's own website; resale sites often charge more.
A subscription bundles several performances of a season at a discount, and many cultural centres offer a choose-your-own subscription or pass. You don't need one: single tickets are on sale for almost every show. If you go regularly, it pays off.
