http://www.lod.be

LOD is a Ghent based production house for opera, musical and other forms of music theatre. It launches creative projects with a pool of artists (composers Kris Defoort, Dick van der Harst, Jan Kuijken, Dominique Pauwels, Daan Janssens and Thomas Smetryns, director Inne Goris, actress-director An De Donder, actor-writer-director Josse De Pauw and philosopher-writer Pieter De Buysser). Together, they produce a wide range of projects in which various artistic genres meet.

With productions such as The Woman Who Walked into Doors, Yerma vraagt een toefeling (Yerma Wants a Spanking), Diep in het bos (Deep in the Woods), Het huis der verborgen muziekjes I & II (House of the Hidden Tunes), Onegin, Boreas, Liefde / zijn handen (Love/His Hands), Die siel van die mier (The Ant's Soul), Twee oude vrouwtjes (Two little Grannies) en Judaspassie (Passion According to Judas) LOD opts for a contemporary approach towards music theatre. The work of the resident artists is hybrid and hard to label. The focus is, first and foremost, on thorough artistic research and a profound joy of creation and performance.

LOD particularly looks across the Belgian linguistic border for cooperation with Walloon artists, including, for instance, De Duivel Beduveld (Cheat the Devil) with Patrick Corillon, or The Attendants' Gallery, with, among others, Dominique Goblet and Thierry Van Hasselt. LOD also maintains partnerships with other art houses and companies, domestic and foreign, such as deSingel (Antwerp), Kunstencentrum Vooruit (Ghent), the Monnaie (Brussels), Concertgebouw (Bruges), Muziekcentrum De Bijloke (Ghent), Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Le Maillon (Strasbourg), Opéra de Dijon, Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg and L'Hippodrome (Douai).