The Bulletin radio show on Bruzz: 5 March

Listen back to the reports and interviews from The Bulletin's weekly radio show on 98.8FM in Brussels

American Theatre Company - The Crucible
Brussels’ American Theatre Company has chosen a most appropriate time to revive Arthur Miller’s classic 1953 play The Crucible. When it was first staged, the American playwright’s version of the Salem witch trials was recognised as a thinly veiled allegory of contemporary fear-mongering, particularly as practised by notorious US senator Joe McCarthy. Now the right is once more on the rise and its demagogues are using the same tactics to scapegoat foreigners and other marginalised groups. The ATC production is directed by Christopher Flores.

BXL Euroleague - European football in Brussels
10 years since its inception, the BXL Euroleague is now a major fixture on the football calendar. This amateur league was originally set up to bring EU institution colleagues together for a friendly kickabout. Now, 21 European teams are involved in the competition and the sides aren't just limited to EU workers. A feat of organisation, the BXL Euroleague aims to promote camaraderie and cooperation, though it can also get quite competitive. To find out more, we spoke to referee and head of the organising committee, Jean-Marie Rémy, one of the founding members, Milton Nunes, and Alberto Zini, an Italian actually playing for the Slovenian team.

BANAD: Art nouveau and art deco in Brussels
The Brussels Art Nouveau and Art Deco Biennial has been a great success, in fact too great a success as many more people than could be accommodated wanted to participate. The solution was to turn the biennial event into an annual festival, move it from October to March and increase the number of buildings open to the public. And there will also be events scheduled during the week, not only on the weekends as before. Tom Verhofstadt, one of the festival guides tells us about it.