KINTSUGI, living with a krak

There’s a man.

There’s a door.

There’s hope.

The man waits. And waits. Together we wait.

He does his best to play away the emptiness, but it becomes more and more clear how this is all going to end…

Kintsugi is a play for all ages. It’s a story of absence, mourning and solace. A journey from hope to despair to sadness to anger to the realisation that losing someone never leaves you,

and that that’s okay.

Grief: a subject that connects us all. Luckily the clownesque play in Kintsugi fills us with lightness and laughter in the face of that despair.

Kintsugi. A play about how to live with who we are.

Playing dates

Thu, June 12, 2025"work in progress" @ Artisti in piazza - Pennabilli Festival (IT)

Sun, June 15, 2025"work in progress" @ Artisti in piazza - Pennabilli Festival (IT)

Sun, June 29, 2025"work in progress" @ Visueel Festival Visuel, Sint-Agatha-Berchem

Sun, July 13, 2025"Work in progress" @ Circosia, Leuven (BE)

Fri, July 18, 2025option

Mon, July 21, 2025"work in progress @ Miramiro, Gent

Tue, July 22, 2025"work in progress" @ Miramiro, Gent

Sat, August 16, 2025TRY OUT @ Theatre Nomades, Brussel (BE)

Sun, August 17, 2025TRY OUT @ Theatre Nomades, Brussel (BE)

Fri, August 29, 2025 TRY OUT Pader-Nacht, Paderborn (DE) option

Sat, August 30, 2025TRY OUT @ De Kleinste Steeple, Waregem

Wed, September 3, 2025TRY OUT Leuven (option)

Sat, September 6, 2025TRY OUT Uitwijken, Bruges (BE)

Sun, September 14, 2025Plein de Cirque @ De Warande, Turnhout

Sat, September 20, 2025Sierk Masjiek, Ronse (BE)

Sat, November 1, 2025Veurne

Thu, November 13, 2025CC De Kern, Antwerpen (Schoolv.)

Sun, December 7, 2025Cultuurfabriek, Sijsele

Sat, February 28, 202630 CC, Leuven

Sat, April 18, 2026 – 12:0017-19/04 MAD-fest. Antwerpen (option)

Fri, August 28, 2026CIRK! Aalst (BE)

Sat, August 29, 2026CIRK! Aalst (BE)

Sun, August 30, 2026CIRK! Aalst (BE)

Credits

Artist

Dieter Missiaen

Idea

Els Degryse and Dieter Missiaen

External eye, dramaturgy

Craig Weston (The Primitives, Be Flat)

Clowning coach

Stef Geers (Circo Ripopolo, Muto)

Movement advice

Piet Van Dycke (Circumstances)

Fotografie

Sarah Vanheuverzwijn

Coproduction

CIRC’UIT & MIRAMIRO
With the support of the Flemish Government.

With thanks to Cultuurfabriek Sijsele, Te Gek!, De Warande Turnhout, CC De Spil, Uitwijken Brugge Plus, CC Brugge, MAD festival, CirkLabo.