OUT OF HOURS

Date: 19/10/1995

Theatre

Jascha by Yasmina Reza, staged by Thierry Debroux with Patrick Deschamps. Le Rideau de Bruxelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Le journal d'Anne Frank with Marie Gillain. Association des Arts et de la Culture. Auditorium 44. Until 31 Oct. 02/218 27 35.

Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, staged by Adrian Brine. Rideau de Bruxelles. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 4 Nov. 02/507 82 00.

Café concert et Boulingrin by Georges Courteline, staged by Jacques Delcuvellerie with Luc Brumagne and Joëlle Ledent. Le Public. Until 31 Dec. 0800/ 944 44.

Le comédien by Sacha Guitry, staged by Jean-Pierre Darras with Georges Descrieres. Centre culturel d'Auderghem. 22-26 Oct. 02/660 03 03.

The Glass Menagerie (in English) by Tennessee Williams, performed by Theatre from Oxford, staged by Robert Southam. Facultés universitaires de Saint-Louis. 23-26 Oct. 02/211 78 11.

Universal copyrights, staged by Jan Fabre. Kaaitheater, Lunatheater. 24-28 Oct. 02/201 59 59.

Les présidentes, Excédent de poids, insignifiant, amorphe by Werner Schwab, staged by Michel Dezoteux. Théâtre Varia. 24 Oct.-4 Nov. 02/640 82 58.

Concerts

Diederik Suys, alto and Jeroen Van Herzele, saxophone: Bach, Suite pour violoncelle No 1; Improvisation by J. Van Herzele; blues and jazz arrangements for alto sax and saxophones. Flanders Festival International. Hôtel Van Eetvelde. 20 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Orchestre national de Belgique conducted by Laura Mikkola:

Rossini, Semiramide, ouverture; Mozart, Klavierkonzert No 22 KV 482; Antonin Dvorak, Symphonie No 9 Op 95, Du nouveau monde. Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 20-22 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble Gilles Binchois conducted by Dominique Vellard: Guillaume Dufay, Rondeaux, Chansons, Motets, Ballades, extraits de Messes.

Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 22 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble de musique de chambre de l'Orchestre national de Belgique: Lekeu, Quatuor pour piano et cordes; Mozart, Klavierquartett KV 478.

Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 24 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

BRTN-Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by Andrej Borejko:

Strauss, Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op 28; Shostakovich, Concerto No 2; Debussy, Trois Nocturnes. Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 23 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale, Orchestre des Champs-Elysées conducted by Philippe Herreweghe: Mendelssohn Bartholdy, Paulus, Oratorium Op 36. Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 25 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Laudantes Consort, Choir & Players conducted by Guy Janssens: Mozart, Requiem. Musicalis. Eglise Notre-Dame de la Chapelle. 26 Oct. 02/771 27 45.

Goran Bregovic. Forest National. 26 Oct. 02/347 03 55.

Orchestre philharmonique de Liège conducted by Jonathan Darlington: Rossini, La Gazza Ladra; Chopin, Concerto No 1 Op 11; Vaughan-Williams, Symphony No 6. Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 26 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Christopher Bowers-Broadbent. British Council. Eglise Notre Dame de la Chapelle. 02/532 50 80.

The Best of Proms 95. Verdi; Strauss; Orff; Puccini; Tchaikovsky. Forest National 28 Oct. 070/233 244.

Itzhak Perlman, violin and Bruno Canino, piano: Mozart, Sonate KV 454; Fauré, Sonate No 1, Op 13; Poulenc, Sonate pour violon et piano. Flanders Festival International. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 30 Oct. 070/34 43 44.

Jessye Norman, soprano. Brussels Philharmonic Society. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 31 Oct. 02/507 82 00.

Opera

Cinderella by Peter Maxwell Davies, performed by La Squadra and the Kinderkoor van de Vlaamse opera, conducted by Etienne Siebens, staged by James Conway. British Council. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 21-22 Oct. 02/219 36 00.

La Traviata by Verdi. Stagione d'opera italiana. Cirque Royal. 28-29 Oct. 02/218 20 15.

Exhibitions

I was 20 in '45. A retrospective exhibition on WWII. Musée Royal de l'Armée et de l'Histoire Militaire - Parc du Cinquantenaire. Until 29 Oct. 02/734 27 27.

The act of seeing (urban space), part II. Photographs by Muybridge, Adget, Walker Evans, Manolo Laguillo, Jean-Louis Garnell, Araki. Fondation pour l'Architecture. Until 12 Nov. 02/649 02 59.

Hidden treasures of the Tervuren Museum. 250 masterpieces chosen from Central African collections. Royal Museum of Central Africa. Until Jan. 96. 02/769 52 11.

Emile Claus (1849-1924) - Réverbérations sur la Tamise. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Musée d'Art ancien. Until 26 Nov. 02/508 32 11.

Saint-Pétersbourg: ville de granit, de gloire et de malheur. More than 200 works of art from the collection of the St. Petersberg Musée d'Etat et de l'Histoire. Galerie de la CGER (rue des Boîteux 12). Until 3 Dec. 02/ 228 71 68.

Marcel Mariën, l'iconoclaste iconolâtre, paintings, collages, photographs. Musée d'Ixelles (rue Van Volsem 71). Until 3 Dec. 02/511 90 84.

Aufbruch in die freiheit. A portrait exhibition of young people from the former GDR, photographed and interviewed four years after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Goethe-Institut. Until 9 Dec. 02/230 39 70.

Les peintres hollandais à Bruxelles, 1847-1887. Musées royaux des Beaux-Arts, Musée d'Art moderne. Until 10 Dec. 02/508 32 11.

Invisible musicians. 120 musical instruments powered by mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic engines. Bibliothèque Solvay. Until 23 Dec. 02/280 16 13.

Reliures et relieurs en France à l'époque romantique. Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Until 30 Dec. 02/770 53 33.

Hommage à Marc Chagall, la Bible de Chagall et son monde par Izis. Etchings and photographs of Chagall. Hôtel de Ville de Bruxelles and Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 31 Dec. 02/513 89 40.

Art and fashion, 1960-1990. Links between art and fashion explored through the creations of Saint-Laurent, Courrèges and Chanel. Displays designed by Rei Kawakubo, Issey Miyake, Yohi Yamamoto, Azzedine Alaïa and Martin Margiela. Works by: Warhol, Christo, Robert Morris, Soto and others. Société des Expositions. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 7 Jan. 96. 02/507 84 66.

Richesses de velours. Renaissance velvet from the Errera collection and contemporary creations.

Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire - Parc du Cinquantenaire. Until 31 Dec. 02/741 72 11.

Introduction to the miniature world of Netsuke, (Japanese sculptural art). Musées royaux d'Art et d'Histoire - Parc du Cinquantenaire. Until June 96. 02/741 73 08.

Stone to stone, photographs by Elaine Ling. Studies of the deserts in the southern States. Espace Parallèle (rue du Rouge-Cloître 7a). 22-29 Oct. 02/675 27 23.

Henri Michaux. Part of an event entitled Michaux: Bruxelles-Namur which portrays the artist's many talents as sculptor, painter, writer and poet. Botanique 20. Oct.-17 Dec. 02/226 12 11.

John Makepeace. Selected works of furniture. British Council, British Embassy. 24-27 Oct. 02/219 36 00.

Prix européen pour la reconstruction de la ville. Presentation of the 1995 prizewinners organised by the Fondation Philippe Rotthier pour l'Architecture. Fondation pour l'Architecture. 24 Oct.-12 Nov. 02/649 02 59.

Les jades chinois et les peintures sur rouleaux. Galerie de la Kredietbank.25 Oct.-17 Dec. 02/422 85 68.

Dance

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater in Carmina Burana by Carl Orff and Revelations by Alvin Ailey. Forest National. 20-21 Oct. 02/347 03 55.

Anatomie, choreography by Patricia Kuypers. Chapelle des Brigittines. 25-28 Oct. 02/502 66 63.

Danses sacrées du Tibet. Cirque Royal. 31 Oct. 02/218 20 15.

Festivals

Brussels International Organ Week: Jozef Sluys 22 Oct., Jens E. Christensen 23 Oct., Alain Wirth 24 Oct., Philip Swanton 25 Oct., Jozef Sluys with La Chorale Arenberg 26 Oct., Hans Dieter Moller 27 Oct., Christopher Bowers-Broadbent 28 Oct., Luc Bastiaens 28 Oct., Allen James 28 Oct., Guy Van Waas and Raphael Wiltgen 28 Oct., Kees Van Houten 28 Oct., Marc Schaffer 29 Oct. 02/532 50 80.

Flanders Festival International. World-class orchestras and great soloists covering all classical musical registers from opera to ballet with a particular emphasis on baroque, symphonic and chamber music. Until 31 Oct. Bookings: 02/508 82 00.

Audi Jazz Festival. More than 100 concerts over three weeks including: Art Ensemble of Chicago 16 Oct., Carmen Linares en El Cabrera 17 Oct., Khadja Nin 18 Oct., Marcus Miller Band 19 Oct., Felipe Mukenga, Amlima, N'Tesa Dalienst & les Grands Maquisards, João Bosco 23 Oct.