De sitcomeback

De sitcomeback
De sitcomeback
DE HOE
21.02.26 — 25.02.26

De sitcomeback

21.02.26 — 25.02.26

In 2025, DE HOE ventured into creating a sitcom for the stage - a megalomaniacal plan that could only end in thwarted ambitions, broken hearts, and bruised egos. 

Against all laws of logic, the performers nevertheless succeeded in their undertaking. DE SITCOM became a triumph, even surpassing Opening Night, one reviewer exulted.

But what if the complex creation behind the scenes had taken its toll? What if, in reality, the group was beginning to crack, almost torn apart? External success, internal conflict. And then the question: what now? What, for God’s sake, do you do next?

Make a comeback, of course - but back to what?

DE SITCOM ended in an existential maze of Lynchian proportions, searching for a way out of endless laughter. That is precisely where DE HOE picks up the thread again: what does the company encounter at the heart of the labyrinth? In DE SITCOMEBACK - at once a mirror, a spin-off, and a fully autonomous work - the members of DE HOE attempt to formulate a definitive provisional answer to the questions they can no longer avoid. Is it all something to laugh at, or to cry over? When does lightness become unbearable? And how do you become, once again, the inspired collective you always hoped to be?

Practical info

Tickets
15-28 euros
Language
Dutch
Good to know

Premiere

Dates

Sat 21.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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Sun 22.02.26 — 15u00

15u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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Tue 24.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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Wed 25.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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On the predecessor 'THE SITCOM':

  • If sitcoms are flat pancakes whose excess gives you a stomach ache, 'THE SITCOM' is more like a tall party cake with infinite layers around a hollow core. DE HOE excels at its own caricature.

    , De Standaard (BE), Read the article

Credits

By & with

Ans Van den Eede, Greg Timmermans, Natali Broods, Peter Van den Eede, Wannes Gyselinck, Sweder de Sitter & Willem de Wolf

Technical

Bram De Vreese, Bart Mommerency & Marthe Leon Thys  

Final direction

Matthias de Koning

Costumes

Lieve Pynoo

Production

DE HOE

Coproduction

Het Laatste Bedrijf

Thanks to

NTGent, c o r s o

With the support of

the Flemish Government and the Belgian Federal Government’s Tax Shelter scheme, via Casa Kafka Pictures and Gallop Tax Shelter

Dates

Sat 21.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
Tickets

Sun 22.02.26 — 15u00

15u00

NTGent Schouwburg
Tickets

Tue 24.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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Wed 25.02.26 — 20u00

20u00

NTGent Schouwburg
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