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Josse De Pauw

Actor, author and director JOSSE DE PAUW (° 1952) is part of the artistic core of LOD music theater. His career started in 1976 with Radeis International, a highly successful theatre group that performed throughout Europe and overseas, from Vancouver to Los Angeles, from Caracas to Hong Kong, until 1984. Since 2004 he has been developing his theater work at LOD.

As from 1985 he operated as an independent theatre-maker and collaborated with a lot of different actors, directors, musicians, composers, writers and artists. 

He performed his first major film part in 1989, and since then has performed in more than fifty Belgian and foreign films. He has himself directed two: Vinaya and Übung. He has worked with directors including Dominique Deruddere, Marc Didden, Guido Hendrickx, Eric Pauwels, Jos Stelling, Franz Weisz, Orlow Seunke and Marc-Henri Wajnberg. In addition to plays, he also writes stories, observations, notes and travel stories. His writings have been collected in two books: Werk and Nog (published by Hautekiet). He has adapted Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness and Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano for the stage for the director Guy Cassiers, and J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace for Luk Perceval.

But he is known above all as the author, actor and maker of such successful plays as die Siel van die Mier (with Jan Kuijken), De Gehangenen (with Jan Kuijken), Boot & Berg (with Peter Vermeersch), An Old Monk (with Kris Defoort Trio), HUIS (with Jan Kuijken), The Heroes (with Dominique Pauwels) & The Blind (with Jan Kuijken & Collegium Vocale), a concert called landscape (with Kris Defoort trio), The Memory of Trees (Fabrice Murgia & Dominique Pauwels), Leviathan (with Kris Defoort), Kroniek van het vuur (with Bert Dockx), Moby Dick (with Gorges Ocloo & Dominique Pauwels), The Butcher (with Gorges Ocloo, Toon Callier & Bertel Schollaert) & Rhapsody (with Frederik Neyrinck).

In 2023 for the AfrOpera The Golden Stool, or the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa by LOD artist Gorges Ocloo, a co-production by LOD and Toneelhuis, Josse De Pauw provided the dramaturgy and co-wrote the libretto. Josse Jnr. premiered in August 2023, it is the first collaboration between Josse De Pauw, Ahilan Ratnamohan & Etuwe Bright Junior.

 

Productions

  • Josse Jnr.

    LOD / Ahilan Ratnamohan
    Thu 10 Aug - Fri 2 May
    10 Aug
    -
    2 May
    Dates
    • 3 Dec
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Brugge - Brugge (BE)
      Tickets
    • 4 Dec
      19:30
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Tickets
    • 30 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Brouckere, Torhout (BE)
      Tickets
    • 2 May
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Het Perron, Ieper (BE)
      Tickets
    • 10 Aug
      19:45
      On tour,
      Kampnagel Hamburg
      Past event
    • 11 Aug
      19:45
      On tour,
      Kampnagel Hamburg
      Past event
    • 12 Aug
      18:00
      On tour,
      Kampnagel Hamburg
      Past event
    • 13 Aug
      18:00
      On tour,
      Kampnagel Hamburg
      Past event
    • 17 Aug
      20:30
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Aug
      20:30
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Aug
      20:30
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Aug
      19:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 6 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      Kaaitheater - Brussels (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      Kaaitheater - Brussels (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Oct
      20:15
      On tour,
      Schouwburg Kortrijk (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Frascati - Amsterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 12 Sep
      20:00
      On tour,
      Nederlands Theater Festival (NL)
      Past event
    • 14 Sep
      20:00
      On tour,
      Het Theaterfestival (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Sep
      14:00
      On tour,
      Het Theaterfestival (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Oct
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 17 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Belgica - Dendermonde (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Oct
      20:15
      On tour,
      CC Casino, Houthalen-Helchteren (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Casino, Koksijde (BE)
      Past event
    • 24 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      Monty, Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 26 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Factorij - Zaventem (BE)
      Past event
    • 31 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Zoetegem, Zottegem (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Nov
      20:30
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 8 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      Cultuurhuis, Merelbeke (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      Explore the North, Leeuwarden (NL)
      Past event

  • The Golden Stool, or the story of Nana Yaa Asantewaa

    LOD & Toneelhuis / Gorges Ocloo
    Thu 27 Apr - Sat 2 Nov
    27 Apr
    -
    2 Nov
    Past event
    • 27 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 28 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 29 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 30 Apr
      15:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 5 May
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Arts Centre VIERNULVIER - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 17 May
      20:00
      On tour,
      O. Festival - Rotterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 14 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Brugge - Brugge (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      30 CC - Leuven (BE)
      Past event
    • 17 Nov
      20:15
      On tour,
      Koninklijke Schouwburg - Den Haag (NL)
      Past event
    • 23 Nov
      20:30
      On tour,
      CC Strombeek - Strombeek-Bever (BE)
      Past event
    • 26 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Sep
      20:00
      On tour,
      Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía - Valencia (ES)
      Past event
    • 14 Oct
      19:30 - 22:00
      On tour,
      The Barbican - London (UK)
      Past event
    • 18 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Romaeuropa Festival - Rome (IT)
      Past event
    • 2 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      Chassé Theater - Breda
      Past event

  • Rhapsody

    LOD / Josse De Pauw & Frederik Neyrinck
    Fri 11 Mar - Tue 27 Feb
    11 Mar
    -
    27 Feb
    Past event
    • 11 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      KVS - Brussel (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      KVS - Brussel (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      KVS - Brussel (BE)
      Past event
    • 31 Mar
      20:00
      On tour,
      Concertgebouw Brugge (BE)
      Past event
    • 22 Apr
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Muziekcentrum De Bijloke - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 3 May
      20:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 23 Nov
      20:15 - 22:00
      On tour,
      Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ - Amsterdam
      Past event
    • 26 Nov
      15:00 - 16:30
      On tour,
      Chassé Theater - Breda
      Past event
    • 8 Dec
      20:15 - 21:45
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 22 Feb
      20:00 - 21:30
      On tour,
      Palais des Beaux Arts - Charleroi (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Feb
      20:00 - 21:30
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event

  • The Butcher

    LOD / Gorges Ocloo
    The angel did not come
    Wed 27 Oct - Sat 17 Dec
    27 Oct
    -
    17 Dec
    Past event
    • 27 Oct
      20:00 - 22:00
      Première
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 28 Oct
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 29 Oct
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 30 Oct
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 3 Nov
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 4 Nov
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 5 Nov
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 6 Nov
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 11 Nov
      20:15 - 22:15
      On tour,
      Theater Antigone - Courtrai (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 May
      20:00 - 22:00
      On tour,
      de Brakke Grond - Amsterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 13 May
      20:15 - 22:15
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 4 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      Koninklijke Schouwburg - Den Haag (NL)
      Past event
    • 3 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 4 Dec
      15:00 - 17:00
      On tour,
      Toneelhuis - Antwerpen (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      On tour,
      CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
      Past event
    • 10 Dec
      20:30 - 22:30
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Dec
      15:00 - 17:00
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 15 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 16 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 17 Dec
      20:00 - 22:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event

  • Buitengelezen i.s.m. Voo?uit

    Josse De Pauw, Leonie Gysel, Jos Geysels, Fien Sabbe, Anna Luyten
    Sat 21 Aug 14:00 - 16:00
    in, Gent
    Bijloke Wonderland - Tent - Gent (BE)
    21 Aug
    14:00 - 16:00
    Past event

  • Kroniek van het vuur

    LOD / Josse De Pauw & Bert Dockx
    Wed 11 Aug - Thu 19 Aug
    in, Gent
    Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
    11 Aug
    -
    19 Aug
    Past event
    • 11 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Aug
      20:30 - 22:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Buitenpodium - Ghent (BE)
      Past event

  • Moby Dick

    LOD / Gorges Ocloo, Dominique Pauwels & Ben Okri
    At last Queequeg speaks
    Sat 12 Jun - Tue 21 Feb
    12 Jun
    -
    21 Feb
    Past event
    • 12 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      C-mine Cultuurcentrum - Genk (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Jun
      20:15
      On tour,
      Theater Antigone - Courtrai (BE)
      Past event
    • 16 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      Kaaitheater - Brussels (BE)
      Past event
    • 17 Jun
      20:30
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 23 Aug
      20:30
      On tour,
      O. Festival - Rotterdam (NL)
      Past event
    • 25 Aug
      19:00 - 20:30
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 26 Aug
      19:00 - 20:30
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Aug
      19:00 - 20:30
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 28 Aug
      19:00 - 20:30
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND 2021
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - LOD studio - Ghent (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Jan
      20:00
      On tour,
      ARSENAAL/LAZARUS - Mechelen (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Jan
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Brugge - Brugge (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Feb
      20:00
      On tour,
      De Grote Post - Ostend (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Jan
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 19 Jan
      20:00
      LOD Studio, Gent (BE)
      LOD
      Past event
    • 21 Jan
      20:15
      On tour,
      de Warande - Turnhout (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Feb
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Brugge - Brugge (BE)
      Past event

  • The Memory of Trees

    LOD & Cie Artara / Fabrice Murgia & Dominique Pauwels
    Thu 12 Sep - Tue 5 Apr
    12 Sep
    -
    5 Apr
    Past event
    • 12 Sep
      20:15 - 21:10
      première
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Sep
      20:15 - 22:10
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Sep
      20:15 - 22:10
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 17 Sep
      -
      28 Jan
      From 20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Sep
      -
      29 Jan
      From 19:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Sep
      -
      30 Jan
      From 20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Sep
      -
      11 Feb
      From 20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Sep
      -
      11 Feb
      From 20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 22 Sep
      -
      12 Feb
      From 15:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Nov
      -
      13 Feb
      From 17:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre Jean Vilar - Vitry-sur-Seine (FR)
      Past event
    • 16 Jan
      -
      11 Apr
      From 20:00
      On tour,
      Le Théâtre Joliette - Marseille (FR)
      Past event
    • 17 Jan
      -
      9 Jun
      From 20:00
      On tour,
      Le Théâtre Joliette - Marseille (FR)
      Past event
    • 22 Jan
      -
      11 Jun
      From 20:00
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 23 Jan
      -
      12 Jun
      From 20:00
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 9 Oct
      20:00
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Brugge - Brugge (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Jan
      21:00
      On tour,
      L'Aire Libre - Rennes (FR)
      Past event
    • 20 Jan
      21:00
      On tour,
      L'Aire Libre - Rennes (FR)
      Past event
    • 5 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      Nebia - Bienne (CH)
      Past event

  • Leviathan

    LOD / Josse De Pauw & Kris Defoort
    Wed 5 Aug - Sat 5 Sep
    5 Aug
    -
    5 Sep
    Past event
    • 5 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 6 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 13 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 20 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 21 Aug
      20:00
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 5 Sep
      20:00
      On tour,
      deSingel - Antwerp (BE)
      Past event

  • The Heroes

    LOD / Josse De Pauw, Dominique Pauwels
    Wed 8 Jan and Thu 9 Jan
    On tour,
    Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
    8 Jan
    and
    9 Jan
    Past event
    • 8 Jan
      20:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 9 Jan
      20:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
      Past event

  • a concert called landscape

    LOD / Josse De Pauw, Kris Defoort
    Thu 10 Oct - Wed 27 Apr
    10 Oct
    -
    27 Apr
    Past event
    • 10 Oct
      20:00
      Premiere
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Oct
      20:00
      in, Gent
      NTGent - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Westrand - Dilbeek (BE)
      Past event
    • 16 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre Forum - Meyrin (CH)
      Past event
    • 25 Oct
      20:30
      On tour,
      CC Gildhof - Tielt (BE)
      Past event
    • 4 Dec
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Sint-Niklaas (BE)
      Past event
    • 5 Dec
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Belgica - Dendermonde (BE)
      Past event
    • 4 Jan
      19:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 5 Jan
      17:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 6 Jan
      21:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre de l'Aquarium - Paris (FR)
      Past event
    • 24 Jan
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Spil - Roeselare (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Feb
      00:00
      On tour,
      Le Manège - Maubeuge (FR)
      Past event
    • 10 Sep
      20:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 11 Sep
      20:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 12 Sep
      20:00
      BIJLOKE WONDERLAND
      in, Gent
      Bijloke Wonderland - Gent (BE)
      Past event
    • 7 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil - Montreuil (FR)
      Past event
    • 8 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil - Montreuil (FR)
      Past event
    • 9 Jun
      20:00
      On tour,
      Nouveau Théâtre de Montreuil - Montreuil (FR)
      Past event
    • 16 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      Palais des Beaux Arts - Charleroi (BE)
      Past event
    • 18 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Het Spoor - Harelbeke (BE)
      Past event
    • 19 Nov
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC Zwanenberg - Heist-op-den-berg (BE)
      Past event
    • 24 Feb
      20:15
      On tour,
      de Warande - Turnhout (BE)
      Past event
    • 27 Apr
      20:00
      On tour,
      CC De Meent - Alsemberg (BE)
      Past event

  • The Blind

    LOD / Josse De Pauw & Jan Kuijken
    Thu 3 Oct - Sun 17 Nov
    3 Oct
    -
    17 Nov
    Past event
    • 3 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Les Quinconces-L'espal - Le Mans (FR)
      Past event
    • 4 Oct
      20:00
      On tour,
      Les Quinconces-L'espal - Le Mans (FR)
      Past event
    • 13 Nov
      19:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 14 Nov
      19:30
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 15 Nov
      20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 16 Nov
      20:15
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event
    • 17 Nov
      15:00
      On tour,
      Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles - Bruxelles (BE)
      Past event