{"id":48218,"date":"2024-11-13T14:41:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:41:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?p=48218"},"modified":"2024-11-13T14:42:38","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T13:42:38","slug":"thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/","title":{"rendered":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thymios.fountas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thymios Fountas<\/a> is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, <a href=\"https:\/\/varia.be\/programme\/thymios-fountas\/sauvez-batard-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sauvez B\u00e2tard<\/a>, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0The Royal Academy of French Language and Literature of Belgium awarded him the Grand Prize for Performing Arts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tell us a bit about yourself. What has been your journey?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m Thymios, I\u2019m a theater maker and playwright. I was born in Copenhagen from a Belgian mother and a Greek father. I arrived in Belgium at the age of 3, first in Brussels, then in a small village in the Famennes, close to Dinant. Like a lot of queer people growing up in the countryside, I had to face the lack of positive LGBTQ+ figures around me. I started playing piano at 9 and wanted to make it my career. At that time, music in general but also the Internet (writing fanfictions, playing video games, chatting with other queer people) had a big place in my life. But a certain loneliness that comes with those two activities was not completely satisfying. At the age of 19, I decided to move to Paris and began to follow drama lessons. I found in theater a space of freedom and playfulness. In Paris, I met many queer and trans activists who helped me develop my political awareness. I also fell in love. Many times. It was a beautiful mess! Back to Brussels, I studied acting in a drama school. Narrow minded people and discrimination I faced there really eroded the confidence I had in my own voice. Theater could not be just about perpetuating violence through male gaze, gender stereotypes and ethno-cultural hegemony, telling again and again the same old stories. That\u2019s how I decided to create my own work.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are your current or future projects?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI created my first show in April 2023 called Sauvez B\u00e2tard (Save Bastard). It\u2019s a poetic sci-fi theater play taking place in a world where the sky has disappeared. There\u2019s a murder, a goofy trial, and of course a love story. As the main character, called B\u00e2tard (he\u2019s a real pain in the ass, trust me) is a poet, the whole play is written in a very poetic way : rhythmic and full hallucinating images. For me, it asks the following question: how can love be possible when one\u2019s stuck with their survival mode? Indeed the two lovers face their precarious conditions with two different strategies : one is driven by success and desperately seeks for social approval, the other holds to his poetic practice like there\u2019s no tomorrow. And there isn\u2019t indeed. Even though the narrative appears very dark and gloomy, I don\u2019t like miserabilism. It\u2019s also very funny! For me, humour is very important and I really like writing jokes. I see it as both an act of resistance and generosity. The text was published last year (L\u2019arbre de Diane editions) and the show is now touring. You can see it in Th\u00e9\u00e2tre Varia in Brussels in November this year. My next writing project will be about post-Internet sexual practices that are based on sight, fantasies and self-hypnosis. It\u2019s the very beginning so I can\u2019t say more for now\u2026!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"48221\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/1-batard.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"819\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"48220\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-819x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-768x960.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-10x12.jpg 10w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard-1024x1280.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2-batard.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What does being a part of the Brussels queer community mean to you?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor me, politics are strong when rooted in experience. I didn\u2019t choose to be queer, but I choose to make it part of my work. As many parts of my identity, I let it infuse in my work, and hope it can touch other queer people and inspire them. I don\u2019t see identity as a defined thing though, it\u2019s always in process. Brussels is a vivid and diverse city. Because it\u2019s not big, the queer community sometimes feels like a village inside of it &#8211; everyone knows everyone. Its dynamism, its creativity and its sense of commonality, despite its size, makes it exceptional. It\u2019s sometimes hard for me to feel like I belong to any group or community, so that makes this one a tough question! Although I really feel connected, and I met many beautiful beings here, through friendships or collaborations.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What are your queer influences?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I\u2019m very fond of artists with strong aesthetics and a real sense of drama and absurdism, especially when it comes to cinema. I\u2019m thinking of Gregg Araki, Bertrand Mandico and Ryan Trecartin &amp; Lizzie Fitch to name few. Each of their works play with genres in its own way, challenging our taste and generating new affects. It\u2019s also what queerness is about, right? Resisting hegemonic narratives by creating new norms. In literature, I would go with Virginia Woolf\u2019s hallucinations and Jean Genet\u2019s insolence.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"642\" height=\"802\" data-id=\"48222\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/livre.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/livre.jpg 642w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/livre-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/livre-10x12.jpg 10w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"48223\" src=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Laurent-Poleo-Garnier-1-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What Brussels or Belgian queer initiatives are you fond of?<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spontaneously I would say Bye Bye Binary. I really admire the way they\u2019re contributing to inclusive writing. Their work is so cool! It\u2019s elegant, playful and always readable. A good way to debunk the assessments coming from conservatives saying that inclusive writing is too complex and unsightly. It also opens perspectives for non-binary \/ non-gendered artistic writings in the fields of poetry and literature. I\u2019d also like to mention the drag performances from collective \u201cNot Allowed \/ Glitters Time\u201d formed during covid by Drag Couenne, Dame Lylybeth, Blanket La Goulue, Rose Gigot &amp; others. During these dark times, their work really brought us the \u201cglitters\u201d we needed, in a sensitive and political way. Their individual breakthrough since then is due to their amazing talent ; it also illustrates one of my favourite Brussels&#8217; qualities : its vivid interest for the underground scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pictures by Margot Briand, A. Piemme \/ AML, Th\u00e9o Mauroy &amp; Laurent Poleo-Garnier.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":48219,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,30,42],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-48218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artist","category-portrait","category-theatre"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.3 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"\/en\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"\/en\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KetMagazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2048\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1371\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Benjamin PLASTRIA\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Benjamin PLASTRIA\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Benjamin PLASTRIA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5a3f46dd151be349ba2122bd17fb7fb\"},\"headline\":\"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":981,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Artist\",\"Portrait\",\"Theatre\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard -\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00\",\"description\":\"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg\",\"width\":2048,\"height\":1371},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/13\\\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ket.Brussels\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ket Brussels\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Ket-Logo-Black.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/03\\\/Ket-Logo-Black.png\",\"width\":643,\"height\":643,\"caption\":\"Ket Brussels\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/KetMagazine\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ket_magazine\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b5a3f46dd151be349ba2122bd17fb7fb\",\"name\":\"Benjamin PLASTRIA\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Benjamin PLASTRIA\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/ptibenleklein\\\/\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ket.brussels\\\/en\\\/author\\\/benjaminket-brussels\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard -","description":"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"\/en\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard","og_description":"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0","og_url":"\/en\/https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/\/","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KetMagazine","article_published_time":"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2048,"height":1371,"url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Benjamin PLASTRIA","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Benjamin PLASTRIA","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/"},"author":{"name":"Benjamin PLASTRIA","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/b5a3f46dd151be349ba2122bd17fb7fb"},"headline":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard","datePublished":"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/"},"wordCount":981,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg","articleSection":["Artist","Portrait","Theatre"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/","url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/","name":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard -","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg","datePublished":"2024-11-13T13:41:51+00:00","dateModified":"2024-11-13T13:42:38+00:00","description":"Thymios Fountas is a playwright and theater maker whose work explores queer identity, social issues, and poetic storytelling. His recent play, Sauvez B\u00e2tard, showcased at Studio Varia from November 5 till 9 blends humor with sci-fi to examine survival and love.\u00a0","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg","width":2048,"height":1371},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/2024\/11\/13\/thymios-fountas-challenging-gender-stereotypes-in-sauvez-batard\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Thymios Fountas: Challenging Gender Stereotypes in Sauvez B\u00e2tard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/","name":"Ket.Brussels","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#organization","name":"Ket Brussels","url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ket-Logo-Black.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Ket-Logo-Black.png","width":643,"height":643,"caption":"Ket Brussels"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KetMagazine","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ket_magazine\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/#\/schema\/person\/b5a3f46dd151be349ba2122bd17fb7fb","name":"Benjamin PLASTRIA","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1e71f12fc0ee6981f5d10d55dc872bf8d596473aa0af383869c6197077e24317?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Benjamin PLASTRIA"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ptibenleklein\/"],"url":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/author\/benjaminket-brussels\/"}]}},"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg",2048,1371,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-300x201.jpg",300,201,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-768x514.jpg",640,428,true],"large":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-1024x686.jpg",640,429,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-1536x1028.jpg",1536,1028,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy.jpg",2048,1371,false],"trp-custom-language-flag":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-18x12.jpg",18,12,true],"elegant-magazine-featured":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-1024x686.jpg",1024,686,true],"elegant-magazine-medium":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-720x380.jpg",720,380,true],"elegant-magazine-medium-small":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-300x200.jpg",300,200,true],"elegant-magazine-thumbnail-small":["https:\/\/ket.brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Thymios-Fountas-by-Theo-Mauroy-50x50.jpg",50,50,true]},"author_info":{"info":["Benjamin PLASTRIA"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/category\/news\/artist\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Artist<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/category\/news\/portrait\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Portrait<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/category\/news\/culture\/theatre\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Theatre<\/a>","tag_info":"Theatre","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48218"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48218\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48225,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48218\/revisions\/48225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=48218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=48218"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ket.brussels\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=48218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}