HUNTER
Musical theatre match with Liesa Van der Aa
- Available soon €12.00
- 20:00
- NTGent Schouwburg
A basketball court. Eight voices. One team. HUNTER drives choir and game until the rules tilt and the match turns into a hunt for the heart.
Eight players meet on a basketball court. The referee blows the whistle. The game begins. Something bounces. A ball, or a beat. Are we watching a game, or entering a hunt for something more difficult to grasp?
In HUNTER, Flemish director, composer and multidisciplinary artist Liesa Van der Aa brings together the Berlin vocal ensemble B O D I E S and soprano Naomi Beeldens on a basketball court. Not as a metaphor, but as an architecture. The court functions as a score. Movements follow rules, roles are assigned, patterns repeat. What unfolds is a system of coordination, pressure and response.
The piece draws on Björk’s album Homogenic. Songs are broken down and reworked alongside new compositions and electronics. Voices loop, overlap and shift, moving between precision and friction. What seems playful at first gradually tightens into something more complex: a structure under strain.
HUNTER examines what happens when we operate within rules, and what emerges when those rules begin to falter.
A hunt, not for victory, but for the state of the heart.
Liesa Van der Aa is a Brussels-based composer, violinist, singer and performer. With her ensemble One Trick Pony she moves between pop, contemporary music and music theatre, developing work in which composition and performance are inseparable. Her debut album Troops (2012) marked her breakthrough as a solo artist. With the more recent Caramel, she further develops her artistic trajectory. Early 2026 Van der Aa won an Ensor for Best Acting Performance for her role in the television series Putain.
Programme
Liesa Van der Aa, composition en libretto
Inspired by Björk's album Homogenic
Performers
B O D I E S Ensemble (Barbara Greshake, Erika Emerson, Kat Frankie, Tara Nome Doyle, Liza Wolowicz, Trinidad Doherty, Jenniffer Kae, Anna-Lucia Rupp)
Liesa Van der Aa and Naomi Beeldens – performance
Liesa Van der Aa – concept, composition & direction
Liesa Van der Aa, Boris Van Overschee, Rocco Segers – arrangements
Jacquelyn Elder – movement direction
Naomi Beeldens, Anne van de Wetering – dramaturgy
Bert Depuydt – stage design
Wim Muyllaert – costumes
Cara Freitag – assistant direction & production management
Neuköllner Oper – production
Practical information
Date: Monday 21 September 2026
Address: Sint-Baafsplein 17, 9000 Ghent
Ticket prices
Rang 1 32 euro
Rang 2 22 euro
Rang 3 12 euro
JongFest -26: 10 euro
UiTPAS reduced price Tickets Gent
Timing
19:15 Doors open
20:00 Concert starts
21:30 Expected end
There is no intermission.
There are toilets available at the venue, including accessible facilities.
A cloakroom is also available.
Accessibility
The concert venue is wheelchair accessible. Assistance dogs are welcome. If desired, staff members are available to guide you to your seat.
If you require additional or specific assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us via toegankelijkheid@festival.be or +32 9 243 94 94 so we can provide the necessary support.
You can find more information about the accessibility of the venue on this page.
Getting there
The nearest bicycle parking facilities are located in Lange Kruisstraat and Maaseikstraat.
The Gent Vogelmarkt tram stop is a 6-minute walk away.
Travel by train: book your Bravo! Ticket at a discounted rate via the NMBS.
More information about access to the venue can be found here.
Plan your visit
More useful tips for planning your visit to Flanders Festival Ghent can be found here.