Cuddles

CUDDLES is the new performing arts festival organised by Les Halles in collaboration with its extraordinary partners. Circus acts that don’t look like circus, heart-warming performances, and stand-up and cabaret that really pack a punch – CUDDLES gives you a hug, big or small, and warms you right up – just what we need!

Over six days and nights, we’ll be turning Les Halles and the venues of our partner organisations (Le Théâtre National, La Balsamine / Charleroi danse, the Kaaitheater, Le Brass, Le Marni and Le 140) upside down.

We invite you to enter the festival through several doors: those of the circus, of course, but also those of surprising and extreme interdisciplinary forms.

On the programme: questions of gender, risk, physical domination, animality, and efficiency sublimated through the body. Programmed in collaboration with the artist Arno Ferrera, CUDDLES presents eight new creations by Belgian artists, amongst others.

To round off this first edition, two special guests – the Shit Show, a top-class cabaret from Marseille, and Anal Pompidou – will be taking to the stage at Les Halles. It’s going to be unforgettable – you’ve been warned.

We’ll see you at the end of November; it’ll be cold and grey, and we’ll be in desperate need of cuddles and human warmth! CUDDLES is here!

Arno Ferrera: “In a world that enforces distance, creating intimacy becomes an act of trust and resistance.”

Cuddles Pack: A pack offering access to a special rate of €50 for five shows.

Thanks to Amaury Vanderborght for the title and the original concept for the festival’s visual design.