Arts Centre Vooruit, Ghent, Belgium

Before he embarked on his tour of Woest, Lanoye warned the audience: “I don’t dance, comedy is for deadbeats, cabaret is for losers, and I don’t want to subject anybody to my singing. If you don’t like it, then don’t come. If you do, however, decide to come, if will let you look into my soul. My soul is a beautiful, angry, talkative one, full of scars and tattoos.” Those that came saw a driven, natural born performer, a sneering show-off as well as a vulnerable storyteller. Because of the show’s tremendous success, Lanoye will once again perform it at selected venues. If you missed it last time, then take this chance to witness this feat by an artist who has now officially entered “the hall of fame of truly great artists”, according to De Morgen.