OUT OF HOURS

Date: 27/02/1997

Concerts

Recital Maxim Vengerov, violin and Igor Uryash, piano. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 27 Feb. 02/507 82 00.

Homage to Jacques Leduc. Hotel Astoria. 28 Feb. 02/513 09 65.

Opening concert of the Ars Musica Festival - Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest conducted by George Benjamin. Works by Messiaen; Carter; Ligeti; Benjamin. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 1 March. 02/514 21 70.

Recital Quatuor Arriaga conducted by André Rulens, with Guy Lukowski. Hôtel de Ville. 1 March. 04/222 48 22.

Sa-me-di la musique: The oboe. Ensemble de Musique de chambre de l'ONB. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 2 March. 02/507 83 31.

Recital by the Pensionnaires de la Chapelle Musicale Reine Elisabeth. Hotel Astoria. 2 March. 02/513 09 65.

Orchestre Royal de Chambre de Mons conducted by George Octors, with Wolfgang Manz, piano. Royal Music Conservatory. 3 March. 02/507 82 00.

Recital Jos van Immerseel, piano. Works by Mozart. Chapelle Protestante. 4 March. 02/507 82 00.

Ensemble Zeitklang with Marianne Pousseur. Works by Eisler; Weill; Wolpe. Espace Senghor. 4 March. 02/230 31 40.

Collegium Vocale conducted by Philippe Herreweghe. Works by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 5 March. 02/507 82 00.

Quatuor Arriaga with Michël Guttman and Ivo Lintermans, violin, Ezequiel Larrea, alto and Luc Tooten, cello. Museum of Ancient Art. 5 March. 02/512 82 47.

Koninklijk Filharmonisch Orkest van Vlaanderen conducted by Grant Llewellyn with Till Fellner, piano. Works by Debussy; Mozart; Vaughan-Williams. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 6 March. 02/507 82 00.

Brussels Madrigal Singers conducted by Julius Stenzel, with Christine Minet, soprano, Richard Sutcliffe, baroque violin and Yves Charlier, harpsichord. Eglise St Lambert, Woluwé St Lambert. 8 March. 02/768 01 95.

Exhibitions

Ket-Car, old toys. Salles des Silhouettes. Until 16 March. 02/732 11 22.

Alain Ballencourt, paintings. Art Cadia. Until 5 April. 02/223 13 35.

Preparatory drawings - Jo Dustin, paintings. Cabinet d'Art Contemporain. Until 29 March. 02/512 88 28.

Né pour sentir. Porte de Halle. Until 28 Feb. 02/741 73 08.

Le bord du jour - Jacques Vilet, photos. Espace Photographique Contretype. Until 16 March. 02/538 42 20.

L'oeil gourmand. Passage 44. Until 16 March. 02/222 45 05.

Patchwork quilts - exhibits from America, England and Wales. Espace Parallèle. Until 25 March. 02/675 27 23.

Militch de Matchva, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. Until 12 March. 02/512 19 44.

The Bat. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 28 April. 02/627 42 38.

The Jewish collection of la maison d'Erasme. Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 26 April. 02/512 19 63.

Whales and men. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 30 May. 02/627 42 38.

The Gallo-Roman in Belgium. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 26 Oct. 02/741 73 08.

Marina Mayer, engraving and drawing. Galerie A.B.C. Until 1 March. 02/511 32 53.

Don Brouw, Martin Creed and Stephen Murphy. Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard. Until 15 March. 02/514 10 10.

Guiseppe Penone, paintings. Artiscope. Until 18 April. 02/735 52 12.

Vincent Baeten, paintings. Regards 76. Until 1 March. 02/763 00 26.

Jorge Ortiz, paintings. Maison de l'Amérique Latine. Until 3 March. 02/538 19 12.

Spirit war - Louis De Vriese, paintings. De l'autre côte de la rue. Until 8 March. 02/426 80 97.

Elsewhere - Irish and American black and white photographs. Zoom! Square Sainctelette 7. Until 1 March. 02/218 83 19.

Tropicales: the wintergardens of the capital. Centre de conférence Européen. Until 2 March. 02/672 05 83.

Yemen, land of stone and sand. Musée du Cinquantenaire. Until 18 May. 02/741 73 08.

James Coignard, engravings. Foundation René Carcan. Until 23 March. 02/735 73 55.

Jacques Aron, paintings. Botanique. Until 23 March. 02/218 37 32.

Roland Topor. Galerie Osiris. Until 15 March. 02/511 09 21.

Robert Askenasi - Hôpital du troisième type, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

Karim Ben Khelifa - Va te faire voir, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 23 March. 02/673 87 17.

The art of collecting: museums of the Netherlands and 20th century art. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 84 68.

Affiches Polonaises: Stasys; Starowieyski; Mroszczak; Pagowski; Sadowski. Jakuhowska, sculptures. Galerie Art-Pol. 28 Feb. - 12 April. 02/537 22 46.

Pierre Lefèvre, paintings. Musée d'Art Spontané. 1-25 March. 02/426 84 00.

Ginette Javaux, paintings. Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître. 1-27 March. 02/660 55 97.

Roger-Edgard Gillet, paintings. Galerie Fred Lanzenberg. 4 March - 12 April. 02/647 49 22.

Bon sang, Dracula à 100 ans, comics. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. 4 March - 1 May. 02/219 19 80.

Dominique Thiolat - Maurice Frydman. Galerie Debras Bical. 5-23 March. 02/345 93 48.

Michel Smolders, engraving, sculptures. Galerie A.B.C. 5-29 March. 02/511 32 53.

20 designers. Centre of Contemporary Art. 6-26 March. 02/735 05 31.

Les Bruxellochtones: Patrick Malville, photographs; Angelo Bossi, drawings. Cercle Saint-Anne. Until 8 March. 02/514 03 53.

Theatre

Fantome à prendre 2: le sexe des spectres by Christian de Wespin. Palace Hotel. Until 31 May. 02/673 38 99.

Sex, Drugs, Rock & Roll by Eric Bogosian. Théâtre de Poche. Until 1 March. 02/649 17 27.

Lulu by Frank Wedekind. Théâtre du Vaudeville. Until 2 March. 02/514 16 00.

Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser by Eugène Ionesco. Théâtre de Quat'sous. Until 29 March. 02/512 10 22.

Arlequin valet de deux maîtres by Goldoni, staged by Guy Pion. Le Public. Until 23 March. 0800/944 44.

Ecart by Marie Destrait, staged by Hélène Gailly. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 7 March. 02/507 82 00.

La force de tuer by Lars Noren. NTB/Viaduc. Until 8 March. 02/640 84 37.

La Femme du Boulanger by Marcel Pagnol with Michel Galabru. Théâtre Molière. Until 8 March. 02/513 58 00.

Il n'y a aucun mérite à être quoi que ce soit by Marcel Marïen. Chapelle des Brigittines. Until 8 March. 02/511 79 90.

Scalp performed by the Théâtre de l'Inédit. ClubHouse Hotel. Until 14 June. 02/673 38 99.

De winter onder de tafel by Roland Topor. Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg. Until 9 March. 02/217 69 37.

Mort d'un commis voyageur by Arthur Miller. Centre culturel d'Auderghem. Until 28 Feb. 02/660 03 03.

Les souffleurs au gradins. Cercle Sainte-Anne. 8 March. 02/514 03 53.

Démons by Lars Noren. X-L Théâtre. Until 28 March. 02/513 21 78.

Antigone by Sophocles, staged by International Visual Théâtre. Théâtre 140. Until 28 March. 02/733 97 08.

Nietsche, Bouffon de l'Eternité by Friedrich Nietsche. Théâtre du Résidence Palace. Until 22 March. 02/231 07 40.

Le coup de fouet by Hennequin and Duval. Centre Communautaire de Joli-Bois. 28 Feb. - 8 March. 02/771 54 50.

Massage by Steven Berkoff, staged by Roland Mahauden. Théâtre de Poche. 28 Feb. - 12 April. 02/ 649 17 27.

Best before end performed by The Primitives. Espace Delvaux. 1 March. 02/660 49 60.

Lady Mariette staged by Francine Laffineuse. Botanique. 3 March. 02/218 37 32.

Zoo de nuit by Michel Azama, staged by Philippe Sireuil. Théâtre Varia. 4-29 March. 02/640 82 58.

Si tu t'imagine... spectacle autour de l'oeuvre de Raymond Queneau, performed by Bernard Cogniaux, Martine Willequet, Christian Labeau and Patrice Mincke. La Samaritaine. 4-29 March. 02/511 33 95.

Diderot: le sourire et la lumière staged by Bernard Damien. X-L Théâtre. 4-29 March. 02/513 21 78.

Oh les beaux jours by Samuel Beckett, staged by Peter Brook. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 5-8 March. 02/218 27 35.

Avant la retraite by Thomas Bernhard, staged by Armand Delcampe. Théâtre Jean Vilar. 5-28 March. 010/45 04 00.

Tempète à Buckingham Palace by Royce Riton. Comédie Claude Volter. 5-30 March. 02/769 09 63.

Nina by André Roussin. Théâtre royal des Galeries. 5-30 March. 02/512 04 07.

Opera

Prometheo by Luigi Nono, performed by the Orchestre de la Monnaie conducted by Peter Eötvös. Halles de Schaerbeek. 4-13 March. 02/512 45 45.

Festivals

La ligue d'impro. Improvisation matches. Mirano Continental. Until 13 April. 070/344 344.

Festival Ars Musica. Palais des Beaux Arts, National Opera - la Monnaie, Royal Music Conservatory, Botanique, Lunatheater, Halles de Schaerbeek. 1-28 March. 02/512 45 45.

Les Giboulées. Le Théâtre de la Balsamine, l'L and le Théâtre Océan Nord. L'inquiétude - an adaptation of Discours aux animaux by Valère Novarina; Cumulets sur les galets - adapted from l'Odyssée by Homer; Autour du végétal, L'Immortaliste, La nuit juste avant les forêts by Bernard-Marie Koltès; Epreuve de Médée - a project by Frédéric Dolphijn; Diotime et les lions by Henry Bauchau. 1-30 March. 02/735 64 68.