This gargantuan building in pure Brussels Art Deco style was built in the twenties, to house the first radio studios for the I.N.R. (Institut National de Radiodiffusion), the former name given to the Belgian radio and television company, before this was split into linguistic communities and moved to Boulevard Reyers in Schaerbeek).
It was nearly pulled down before being restored to rediscover its cultural calling, using a complex deal set-up between the communities. Le Flagey has a concert hall with excellent acoustics and a cinema catering for real film buffs, also used for festivals (European Film Festival in April, Spanish and Latin American Cinema in November).
La Cantatrice Chauve @ Martyrs
- Theater - 18 Apr. 2012 - 26 May 2012
[Performance in French] It is nine o'clock in the suburbs of London, people are waiting for other people. They have eaten soup, fish, potatoes with bacon and English salad, what is admittedly rather logical in the suburbs of London. They meet again. The get acquainted, they tell each other stories. An inventive, innovative and irresistibly funny play, the masterpiece of Ionesco's theatre... Ever performed, each time different.
