We love Sundays

A deaf writing workshop, dance, circus theatre, bilingual readings, creative activities, and good things to eat: “We Love Sundays” is a full day of programming open to everyone!

The Collective Sourde (Deaf Collective) has designed a programme accessible in LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) all day long.

Schedule 

Please check-in to the room 15 minutes before the start of each activity.

10:00 > 13:00 ⇥  Deaf Writing Workshops, with Ayden Delieux

The second session of this workshop is aimed at deaf and hard-of-hearing people, whether they express themselves using spoken or sign language. Ayden Delieux (DeaFeminist) will offer various accessible tools, exercises, and games to enable everyone to express themselves in their own way, starting from a common theme: intimacy.

• Please note, this workshop takes place in two times, and the first session is on 20 September! You can find all the information (LSFB - French Belgian Sign Language /FR) here.

11:00 > 12:30 ⇥  Bilingual readings LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language)/ spoken French, by Adeline Pochet & Sylvia Leclerc (SIGRA)

Two passionate storytellers, one deaf and the other hearing, have selected two stories to read to the little ones:

• 11:00 ⇥ Pia by Lise Braekers and Jacques Maes: an adventure full of surprises and the precious little things in life.

Length: 30 minutes - suitable for ages 3 to 6

• 11:45 ⇥ What Will Be by Johanna Schaible: an infinite journey through time from past to future. Length: 30 minutes - suitable for ages 5 to 10

11:45 ⇥ Bilingual reading Arabic/French by Catherine Wilkin & Thana’a Mzahem

A poetic reading where Arabic and French blend through the immersion of two texts selected from the collection of bilingual and illustrated books publishing house Le port à jauni: Les lettres de l’éphémère (Letters from the Ephemeral) by Georgia Makhlouf and Mes idées folles (My Crazy Ideas) by Ramona Badescu.

Length: 40 minutes - suitable for all hearing audiences from age 5

13:00 ⇥ Reading by Ann De Fonvent and Claire Blach

Of fragments from Sarandra, a story of love, rituals and music by Brigitte Kaquet (founder of the Festival in 1991, she passed away in the summer of 2024). In this novel, she depicts intimate struggles for freedom, led by several generations of Malagasy people.

Length: 25 minutes - suitable for all hearing audiences from age 16

13:30 ⇥ Dance: To Be Sixteen in 2025 by Collectif Manchedi (Bal Spécial)

Accompanied by Bal Spécial, eight young dancers have embarked on the great adventure of independent creation. They reveal their questions, their desires, and their collective demands: being a sixteen-year-old girl in 2025 doesn’t just mean being confined within a framework that defines a precise and imposed path toward an uncertain future.

Length: 20 minutes – suitable for all audiences

Stay after the performance to meet the cast! LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) interpretation provided

15:00 ⇥ Performance: Claudette by Cie Balancetoi

With tenderness and mischief, between juggling and puppetry, Claudette recounts the joy of intergenerational complicity. Without words, this show pays a touching and mischievous tribute to an entire generation of grandmothers.

Length: 40 minutes - suitable for all audiences from age 5

16:00 ⇥ Presentation of the Deaf Writing Workshop

Participants in the morning workshop will share a glimpse of their creations, on the theme of intimacy. Their presentations, in spoken French or LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language), will be interpreted so that the presentation is accessible to all.

Length: 40 minutes - suitable for all audiences

And throughout the day:

⇥ Creative typography and engraving workshop with Presse, Papier, Typo ! & Alexia Bertholet

For the pleasure of discovery and experimentation, come and try out the techniques of letterpress printing and gum engraving! You can print a few words or a phrase that is close to your heart using wooden letters, engrave a pattern or design and print them to make a pennant, a card or a small poster.