Yves Degryse

Yves Degryse (born 1977) is artistic director of BERLIN and, together with Barbara Raes and Melih Gençboyacı, part of the artistic directors team at NTGent. He founded BERLIN in 2003 together with Bart Baele and Caroline Rochlitz. Since 2022, he has been solely responsible for BERLIN's artistic direction; 'The making of Berlin' was the first production in this new constellation. This was followed in 2025 by 'Living Apartment Together', the first co-production between BERLIN and NTGent, in which the façade of an apartment building served as a stage and projection surface.

Within BERLIN, Degryse works on formats that move between fact and fiction, and between technological and more organic forms of creation. Each production starts from reality, but chooses the form that the material requires: image, text, live performance, technology, or installation. A recent development in this regard is 'Sonder' (2027), a performance about mourning and closeness in which Alva Ishii, NTGent's digital house maker, also plays a role.

Acting and directing run parallel in his career. He studied with Dora van der Groen and performed with De Queeste, De Onderneming, De Maan, and Comp. Marius, among others. Between 2000 and 2009, he was part of the theater collective SKaGeN, which he co-founded. He has appeared in productions by NTGent, SKaGeN, and Comp. Marius, among others.

Degryse also regularly appears in television series and films, including 'Chantal' and 'Callboys'. He also acts as an outside eye for other creators and collaborated with director Gilles Coulier on the final direction of 'Foreverandevergem', a production by and about the famous Flemish artist family Pinoy.