Theater, Brüssel, Belgien  

Bordering the Impasses Schuddeveld and Sainte-Pétronille, you will find one of the favourite places of Brussels citizens: La Maison de Toone.  

The Maison de Toone is simultaneously a typical estaminet with its Spanish pink brick walls, blackened beams and tiled floor, and a puppet theatre in the attic, with its wooden benches, festooned, multicoloured cushions nailed into the raw wood planks, a workshop that manufactures puppets, a library, video-library, and finally, a puppet museum. There, we find the characters who retired from the stage, these Toone heroes of the past and fetish characters of fellow puppeteers from around the world. Before all else, Toone is a popular dynasty of puppeteers. Indeed, Toone’s name is not necessarily passed down from father to son. Each new Toone must be adopted by his predecessor and its popular audience. It's always wise to book in advance.