Songs of Disconnection is a next step in Seghers’ research into the potentially tragic relationship between entertainer and spectator. This resides in the irresistible urge to share and connect and the essential impossibility of doing so.

For the new performance ‘The garden of earthly disquiet’, Grace Tjang goes back to the cruelty of her family stories. Bringing the violence of the night alive together with five performers. Grace Tjang tells the dark stories of traumatic nights - an obscure and mysterious world full of restlessness and fears.

A Sublime Mistake — played by Gonzalo Cunill — is based on all the slightly lost male characters in Jan Lauwers’ oeuvre. An intimate portrait of a man who looks at the world in astonishment and fails to understand why he is even part of it.

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7 October 2025
Cultural Boycott Israel

Together with more than 875 Dutch and Belgian artists and more than 300 cultural institutions, we are boycotting Israel.

Read more and join the boycott at www.cultureleboycotisrael.nu/

22 September 2025
IV26 x KRAAK: Barn Sour, Duncan Harrison, Tzu Ni

Together with none other than Belgium’s most renowned DIY label and organiser KRAAK, In vitro presents a series of performances on 28 September at MILL, ranging from text-based noise to multi-channel installations in which the sonic surroundings constantly shift.

Location: MILL
Doors: 8 pm
Tickets: €10 / €12 / €15 (only on the door)

26 August 2025
EXPLO V - CITY OF TONGUES / LANGUES / TONGEN / ألسنة

The fifth edition of EXPLO will be launched this year on Saturday 18 October 2025 at MILL.
A one-day occupation of space, sound and presence.

More information and the programme will follow in September.

20 June 2025
MILL'S BEAUTY REALITY SALON 2025

The fellowship MILL'S BEAUTY REALITY SALON is back! MBRS is a fellowship developed by and within Needcompany out of a desire to continue the multidisciplinary artistic quest. With a worth of 10.000 euro's, Needcompany want to give artists the opportunity to think and create in a timeless and non-result-oriented way.

For MILL'S REALITY SALON we are inviting artists who have never before worked with Needcompany. The call has been launched and is open to all nationalities and ages with an extra focus on artists with a link to Brussels, the heart of transnational thinking.

Deadline = 7 September 2025, 23:35 CET.

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