OUT OF HOURS

Date: 22/05/1997

Concerts

Ensemble Musiques nouvelles. Works by Schnittke; Kissin. Musée Charlier. 22 May. 02/507 83 31.

Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 23 May. 02/507 82 00.

Sa-me-di la musique - Le Carnaval des animaux. Orchestre National de Belgique. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 24 May. 02/507 83 31.

Nuove Musiche. Works by Tchaikovsky; Haydn; Lysight; Salomon; Shostakovitch. Eglise abbatiale Notre-Dame de la Cambre. 24 May. 02/426 64 39.

Recital Peter Schreier, tenor and Karl Engel, piano. National Opera - La Monnaie. 25 May. 02/229 12 11.

International meeting for violin. Château de la Hulpe. 26-29 May. 02/513 00 99.

Scharoun Ensemble Berlin. Works by Beethoven, Brahms. Royal Music Conservatory. 26 May. 02/507 82 00.

Ictus Ensemble and Junko Ueda. Oosten - traditional and modern music from the Far East. Lunatheater. 27 May. 02/201 59 59.

Ensemble vocal la Toccat'Anne and the Orchestre de chambre de la Nethen. Eglise Sainte-Anne. 27 May 02/374 23 64

Gala Bel Canto 97. Works by Verdi; Rossini; Puccini. Cirque Royal. 27 May. 02/218 20 15.

Orchestre Philharmonique de Liège conducted by Pierre Bartholomée, with Vadim Repin, violin. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 28 May. 02/507 82 00.

Cantate à quatre voix: Gionanna Marini, Francesca Breschi, Patrizia Bovi, Patrizia Nasini. Departs, 20 years after the death of Pier Paolo Pasolini. Théâtre 140. 28 & 29 May. 02/733 97 08.

Exhibition Esko Männikkö. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 25 May. 02/507 82 00.

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

J.R. Van Overstraeten - Sûr-réalisme. De l'autre côte de la rue. Until 31 May. 02/426 80 97.

Bruxelles via le canal, photographs. Plan K. Until 31 May. 02/511 83 01.

Bon sang, Dracula à 100 ans. Belgian Comic Strip Centrum. Until 1 June. 02/219 19 80.

Pierre Caille, drawings, paintings, sculptures. Galerie Bastien. Until 8 June. 02/513 25 63.

Hervé and Richard Di Rosa - Mémoire de papier et esprit de fer. Galerie Bastien. Until 8 June. 02/513 25 63.

Lynn Geesaman; Ton Huijbers; Elaine Ling; Fabrice Picard. Espace Parallèle. Until 8 June. 02/675 27 23.

Patchwork quilts. Espace Parallèle. Until 8 June. 02/675 27 23.

Baltazar II. Books, manuscripts. Bibliotheca Wittockiana. Until 14 June. 02/770 53 33.

Make Space. Maison du spectacle - La Bellone. Until 14 June. 02/513 33 33.

Eve Ducau - Fragments, photographs. Gallery. Until 15 June. 02/511 80 35.

Retrospective Frans Smeers, paintings. Centre d'Art de Rouge-Cloître. Until 22 June. 02/660 55 97.

Paul De Rijck, paintings. Galerie 2016. Until 29 June. 02/502 81 16.

Georges Lemmen. Musée d'Ixelles. Until 13 July. 02/511 90 84.

The puppets relate... Porte de Halle. Until 27 July. 02/741 73 08.

Coumans, paintings. Galerie Albert 1er. Until 28 May. 02/512 19 44.

Claire Mambourg, paintings. Galerie P. Hallet. Until 31 May. 02/512 25 23.

Georgia Bernard - Cityscapes, recent paintings. Hotel Radisson SAS. 3-4 June. 02/219 28 28.

Philippe Dheur, paintings. Centre Rops. Until 1 June. 02/219 66 79.

Watermael-Boitsfort - points de vue, photographs. Espace Delvaux. Until 29 June. 02/660 49 60.

Ann Van Den Meutter - L'intimité à nu. Galerie A.B.C. Until 31 May. 02/511 32 53.

Jacques Och, cartoonist of Pourquoi Pas? Bibliothèque Royale Albert I. Until 24 May. 02/519 53 54.

Nature! - Belgium's natural and ornithological reserves. Stockel Square. Until 24 May. 02/513 89 40.

Alvaro Siza. Foundation for Architecture. Until 25 May. 02/649 02 59.

Chinese exportation porcelain. Pavillon chinois. Until 31 Dec. 02/741 73 08.

Herman Teirlinck 1967-97. Museum van het Vlaams Leven te Brussel. Until 24 May. 02/512 42 81.

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

Polish Art nouveau. Passage 44. Until 15 June. 02/222 45 05.

Lumière et paysage - colonie d'artistes. Musée Charlier. Until 10 June. 02/218 53 82.

Jewish medals in Belgium. Musée Juif de Belgique. Until 24 Aug. 02/512 19 63.

Gravitation - Régis Delacote, photography and pictures: Goroka show - Yves Prigoine, photographs. Galerie Verhaeren. Until 1 June. 02/673 87 17.

L'Europe automobile du Fardier de Cugnot à nos jours. Autoworld. Until 31 Aug. 02/736 41 65.

Anthropology and prehistory. Royal Museum of Natural History of Belgium. Until 31 Dec. 02/627 42 38.

Christine Recompsat - Sonate en bleu majeur. La Petite Galerie. Until 1 June. 02/537 67 50.

Arts 90±7, monographies d'artistes: Charline Mahy; Bern Wery. La Médiatine. Until 1 June. 02/761 27 52.

Claude Foubert or the serenity, paintings, drawings. Centre culturel Jacques Franck. Until 29 June. 02/538 90 20.

Propositions of artists. Espace Photographique Contretype. Until 29 June. 02/538 42 20.

Michel Seuphor - La force d'une ligne. Kredietbank Gallery. Until 29 June. 02/422 85 68.

Parcours: Manuel Alves-Peireira, Cristina Di Meo, Michal Gilboa, Brigitte Ribaucourt. Centre of Contemporary Art. 22-28 May. 02/735 05 31.

Guiseppe Giunta, paintings. Ecuries de la Maison Haute. 22 May - 1 June. 02/660 49 60.

Tulipa Monk, engraving. Foundation René Carcan. 22 May - 22 June. 02/735 73 55.

Mumu Bienenstock, pastel drawings - Nini Ross Duncan, drawings. Galerie l'Espace Bleu. 24 May - 10 June. 02/511 55 32.

Magritte en compagnie. Botanique. 23 May - 3 Aug. 02/218 37 32.

Contemporary stringed instrument industry in Brussels. Palais des Beaux-Arts. 2-7 June. 02/507 82 00.

Art Nouveau in the Musée du Cinquantenaire. Musée du Cinquantenaire. 31 May - 15 Oct. 02/741 73 08.

Theatre

On purge bébé by Georges Feydeau, performed by Joëlle Christiaens and Jean-François Cannoot. Salle des Ombres. Until 24 May. 02/732 11 22.

Un beau dimanche de septembre by Hugo Betti. Centre culturel Jacques Franck. Until 24 May. 02/538 90 20.

Confidence africaine by Roger Martin du Gard, staged by Jean-Claude Berutti. Théâtre National. Until 25 May. 02/203 53 03.

Autobiographie by William Cliff. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 30 May. 02/507 82 00.

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

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

La folie Van Gogh by Bernard Houssiau and Robert Rudin. Théâtre royal du Parc. Until 31 May. 02/512 23 39.

Amédée ou comment s'en débarrasser by Eugène Ionesco, performed by the Théâtre de l'Absurde. Théâtre de Quat'sous. Until 31 May. 02/512 10 22.

De Storm by William Shakespeare. Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg. Until 1 June. 02/217 69 37.

Yes, peut-être by Marguerite Duras, performed by Christine Delmotte, Valérie Bachau and Hélène Gailly. Le Public. Until 28 June. 0800/944 44.

God save the drag queen of dragnophobia, performed by the Imprévus. Théâtre de Quat'sous. Until 9 August. 02/512 10 22.

Temps de Bonheur by Alan Ayckbourn, staged by Adrian Brine. Palais des Beaux-Arts. Until 5 June. 02/507 82 00.

Le Limier by Shaffer, staged by Pietro Pizzuti. Le Public. Until 7 June. 0800/944 44.

Cinq mille ans de la vie d'une femme by Hawa Djaballi. Espace Senghor. 22-24 May. 02/230 31 40.

Le livre de la jungle by Kipling, performed by the Théâtre de la Valette, staged by Leonil Mc Cormick. Botanique. 26 May. 02/218 37 32.

Cartes blanches pour de courtes pièces by Francine Landram, Simonne Moesen, Karine Pontiès and Mireille Guerre. Théâtre de la Balsamine. 27-30 May. 02/735 64 68.

Diogéne chien céleste by Brigitte Kaquet. Théâtre “l'L”. 27-31 May. 02/512 49 69.

Une fête pour Boris by Thomas Bernhard, staged Byenri Ronse. NTB/Viaduc. 27 May - 6 June. 02/640 84 37.

Opera

La flûte enchantée by Mozart, performed by Opéra de la Monnaie. Centre culturel Jacques Franck. 28-31 May. 02/538 90 20.

L'opéra de Qaut' Sous by Kurt Well and Bertold Brecht. Espace Senghor. 2 June. 02/230 31 40.

Dance

Fase: four movements to the music of Steve Reich, performed by Rosas, choreography by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Théâtre Varia. Until 24 May. 02/640 82 58.

Ex Machina - Connected Isolation by Fabrizio Plessi choreography by Frédéric Flamand. Halles de Schaerbeek. 23 & 24 May. 02/218 37 32.

Festivals

Para-Site: 18 young artists will install their work in the empty spaces of the Galerie de la Toison d'Or. Until 22 June. 02/534 91 59.

The Queen Elisabeth International Music Competition 1997 - Violin. Until 23 June. 02/513 00 99.

The metamorphoses of the book. The public can meet authors and participate in different activities concerning books. Botanique. 30 & 31 May. 02/218 37 32.

Brussels Jazz Marathon. 30 May - 1 June. 02/456 04 86.