Playground at Les Tilleuleries Festival 2025

Playground at Les Tilleuleries Festival in Nassogne.
In 1988, in the heart of Nassogne, a handful of audacious people created a festival of Fairground Theatre and Street Circus around the Collegiate Church of Saint-Monon. The building is lined with hundred-year-old lime trees. The event will naturally be called ‘Les Tilleuleries’! The original aim was to explore a different facet of the theatrical world and to bring shows to the heart of the village outside the traditional structures.
Today, the festival is an integral part of local folklore and attracts an intergenerational audience that is very attached to the event. Many volunteers come to lend us a hand. So don’t hesitate to offer your help!
An inimitable style, wacky humour, impressive stunts… All spiced up with a magical touch of poetry and sensitivity… Welcome to the “Les Tilleuleries” Street Arts Festival!
Just imagine! An open-air stage lined with hundreds of spectators. Sparkling eyes. And smiles. Waves of ‘wow’ and ‘hooo’ from the crowd. And at the end? Thunderous applause.
It’s a familiar recipe in Nassogne: a human-scale event in the heart of the village, 5 professional shows, outstanding musical entertainment, a family atmosphere and a festival open to all.
This year, Collectif Primavez will be presenting their show Playground as part of the Festival Les Tilleuleries programme in Nassogne on 13 July at 14h20.
See you on 13 July in Nassogne! To find out more, click here!
Do you want to know more about Playground?
Do Artists Need Their Audience? Without a doubt—without spectators, there is no show. But can artists also rely on their audience physically? Miguel Rubio takes on this challenge with Playground.
Here, the staging depends entirely on the spectators. Their gaze, their presence, and even their bodies support the structure of the performance. Seated on eight chairs connected to the Chinese pole, they become a key element of the scenography. Those who accept this role will feel just how much the artist leans on them to keep everything in balance. Blending Chinese pole acrobatics, dance, theater, and humor, Playground is a performance full of surprises and extraordinary adventures. It is an aerial and absurd playground where comedy meets acrobatic prowess, suspended more than eight meters above the ground.
After collaborating with numerous companies and diverse projects, Miguel Rubio wanted to take the Chinese pole to the streets. He designed a self-sufficient system in which the audience itself becomes the pillar of the performance. With Playground, the magic of the Chinese pole comes to life, unfolding anywhere and for everyone.