About
Sartre & De Beauvoir is a theatre dialogue at KVS BOL, Brussels, on Thursday 15 April 2027 at 20:00. Frank Focketyn and Sien Eggers play Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir.
What to expect
Philosopher and theatre maker Stefaan van Brabandt wrote this fourth part in his theatre series about great philosophers.
- A dialogue, not a monologue
- Frank Focketyn as Jean-Paul Sartre
- Sien Eggers as Simone de Beauvoir
- Questions on freedom, feminism and authenticity
- The pair look back on their love life
Questions
When does Sartre & De Beauvoir start and end?
Sartre & De Beauvoir is on Thursday, 15 April 2027, 20:00 until 21:40.
Where is Sartre & De Beauvoir?
Sartre & De Beauvoir takes place at KVS_Bol, Lakensestraat 146, Brussel.
How much are tickets for Sartre & De Beauvoir?
Tickets for Sartre & De Beauvoir cost from €8 at the theatre's official ticket shop.
What is it about?
Sartre and De Beauvoir look back on their life, their thinking and their turbulent love relationship. The play also asks what their philosophy means today, whether De Beauvoir's feminist struggle is still current, what she means by her morality of ambiguity, what it is to be an authentic human being, why we are "condemned to be free" and why, according to Sartre, hell is other people.
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Getting there
KVS_Bol, Lakensestraat 146, 1000 Brussel, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, BE
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