2024 - Around the World in 80 Days
Luc Petit and his troupe of over a hundred artists have invited young and old to follow in the footsteps of the phlegmatic Phileas Fogg, the eccentric Passepartout, the courageous Indian princess, the fiery cowboys… for crazy adventures across the continents! Travel at full steam through adventures, acrobatics and car chases! Set off to discover distant lands, from burning deserts to deep jungles, from the dizzying peaks of rocky mountains to the immensity of the oceans…
A plot that will vibrate the breath of the epic, fire and terror, the magic of artifice, traps and twists of fate, all in Belle Époque costumes and in the company of the most fantastic animals on the planet!
For one summer night, challenge the shooting stars for a breathtaking race around the world: a fabulous journey where you shiver in the wind of adventure and from which you return with eyes filled with dreams…
2023 - Peter Pan
In the summer of 2023, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell flew to the Château de Beloeil!
Luc Petit and the ASBL Les Nocturnales invite you to the Château de Beloeil estate for a fabulous journey to the heart of Peter Pan’s Neverland!
Who better than this mischievous hero who doesn’t want to grow up, to take you on a prodigious fairy-tale adventure? You will meet a fierce Indian tribe, foil the traps of the terrible Captain Hook and his pirates and laugh at the mischievous antics of the lost children…
A moment out of time, as if sprinkled with Tinkerbell’s magical dust and sublimated by an enchanting staging, signed Luc Petit.
This year again, the creator of the Nocturnales, Little Red Riding Hood and Pinocchio, has brought together in the gardens and around the ponds of the sumptuous Beloeil park a whole joyful troupe: actors in colorful costumes, tightrope walkers defying gravity, acrobats of all kinds, aerial dancers and fire jugglers… Their burlesque pirouettes, dizzying acrobatics, musical notes and astonishing pyrotechnic effects will amaze young and old alike and light up the sky with shooting stars!
For the time of a dream come true, rediscover your inner child and follow the shadow of Peter Pan before it escapes…
2022 - Pinocchio
Between August 4 and 21, 2022, Luc Petit and the ASBL Les Nocturnales pulled the strings of Pinocchio: Collodi’s timeless classic, re-enchanted during 43 performances bathed in the soft light of the wishing star…
Pinocchio has conquered the hearts of more than 17,000 spectators, thanks to more than 60 artists spread across 9 stages with magical sets.
In the breathtaking setting of the Château de Beloeil park transformed into a huge puppet theater, aerial acrobats, entertainers, dancers, jugglers and fire players brought to life a singular piece of wood so that it metamorphoses into a mischievous boy, thanks to the blue fairy and a paternal love that triumphs over all…
Will Pinocchio fall into the trap of the cunning Fox? Will the whale emerge from the ice basin?
How long will the nose of the one who claims to know grow!
2021 - Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time there was a little village girl…
This show by Luc Petit brought the famous tale by Perrault and the Brothers Grimm back to life! For two weeks, the magnificent park of the Château de Beloeil took on the features of the forest of the big bad wolf, to the immense pleasure of young and old alike!
In the special atmosphere of this place inclined to daydreaming, let yourself be lulled by this story from another time and dare to pull the latch… Trompe-l’oeil sets, aerial acrobats, horsemen, entertainers, puppeteers, dancers, jugglers and fire players will bring this fantastic allegory to life until the coup de théâtre!
2019 - The Magic of Beloeil
Our spectators pushed open the doors of the Château to take part in the magic of Beloeil. A dazzling new creation in the air, on the water and under the stars orchestrated by Luc Petit!
Carried away by powerful and angelic baroque melodies, lose yourself in the plant meanders of the Beloeil estate. In this sumptuous setting, a unique show in the footsteps of Molière, mixing all the performing and street arts to delight young and old. Fantastic legends, captivating dances, magical characters, atypical bestiary and modern acrobatics were part of this new edition.
An exceptional event that plunged you further into the mysterious secrets of our Belgian Versailles! An unforgettable moment realized at the Beloeil estate.
2018 - The Magic of Beloeil
And man created the flame, the one that made the Château de Beloeil shine with more than a thousand lights, during the magic orchestrated by Luc Petit!
On August 18, 2018, actors and magicians pointed their rainbow to shoot their thousand and one arrows, in a baroque flamboyance of fireworks, juggling and phantasmagoria…
Sets that were more real than life and more than a hundred actors, dancers and artists!
A sumptuous setting, the scene of a 360° show in the air, on the water, before your eyes, under the Milky Way!
And the surprise of an impromptu meeting with Gérald Watelet, enthusiastic sponsor of the event, a must of the summer.
Cascading fencing, country ballets, acrobatics defying Neptune, puppets, fantasies and pantomimes, aerial magic, equestrian shows, choreographed bestiary, choirs under the stars, luminous fantasies, dances in the moonlight and to continue in style, a night program with a DJ show that set the place on fire under the stars!
