4High

What 4High does

4Hoog productiehuis vzw is a Belgian non-profit children's theater production house headquartered at Kazemattenstraat 17, 9000 Ghent, operating under the trade name 4Hoog. The organization exclusively creates and tours live theatrical productions for very young audiences (children aged 3 and up) and their families, with a distinctive emphasis on poetic, visual, and frequently non-verbal storytelling. Its current active catalog includes OEJ, AMAI SPECIAAL CHAPEAU, ANDRS, BRIES, REUSkleuter, Rommelpaard, and Stok Paard Prins, supported by an archive of 30+ productions spanning multiple decades such as WANIKAN, WOESJ, Stip, KEIK, MENSKES, KRIEP, and LAGNEAU.

The business model is hybrid and characteristic of a publicly subsidized performing-arts non-profit. Revenue is generated across four streams: (1) ticket sales and venue fees from touring performances at cultural centers and schools, (2) cost- and revenue-sharing coproduction arrangements with partners including Perpodium and HaConcerts, (3) production financing through the Belgian federal tax-shelter scheme administered via UFund and Cronos Invest, and (4) institutional subsidies from the Flemish Government, Stad Gent, and the Province of East Flanders. Productions are multilingual (Dutch, French, English) and the company operates a dedicated 'Voor scholen' (for schools) channel with accompanying lesson materials (lesmappen), positioning schools and cultural centers as parallel B2B customer segments alongside individual family ticket buyers. Pricing includes standard venue ticket pricing plus a pay-what-you-can tier (EUR 8 to EUR 100) used for benefit performances.

Operationally, 4Hoog runs a touring model rather than operating a fixed venue, deploying productions to an extensive network of cultural centers across Belgium (Het Paleis Antwerpen, 30CC Leuven, CC Nova Wetteren, CC Gent, and dozens more) and to international venues in the Netherlands, France (La Villette Paris), and Switzerland (Le Petit Théâtre de Lausanne). The company employs approximately 40 staff and collaborators, including Artistic Director Simon D'Huyvetter, Commercial Director Inge Van Ermengem, Production lead Flo Delameilleure, and Communication lead Lauren Borremans, with a board chaired by Geert Vandyck. Its flagship owned-audience asset is the annual 4Oog Festival, held during the Gentse Feesten. There is no proprietary technology platform, mobile application, or AI/ML capability associated with the core product; the offering is fundamentally a live performing-arts service.

Name

4High

Legal name

4hoog productiehuis vzw

Website

https://www.4hoog.be

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

4Hoog is a Belgian non-profit children's theater production house based in Ghent that creates and tours live, often non-verbal theatrical productions for young children (ages 3+) and their families across cultural centers, schools, and festivals in Belgium and neighboring countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Gent

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Ticket sales and venue performances: Revenue generated through ticket sales at cultural venues, cultural centers, and schools across Belgium and neighboring countries. Performances scheduled at various venues throughout the year.
2. Coproduction partnerships: Joint production arrangements with partners such as Perpodium, HaConcerts, and other cultural organizations, sharing costs and revenue.
3. Tax shelter funding: Production funding through Belgian federal government's tax shelter scheme via UFund and Cronos Invest.
4. Institutional subsidies: Support from Flemish Government, Stad Gent, and other public cultural subsidies.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

4Hoog is a Belgian children's theater production company (4hoog productiehuis vzw) based in Ghent that creates, produces, and tours live theatrical performances for young audiences aged 3 and up and their families. The company specializes in poetic, visual, often non-verbal productions delivered in multiple languages (Dutch, French, English), accompanied by educational lesson materials (lesmappen) for schools, and stages an annual own festival (4Oog Festival) during the Gentse Feesten.

Product overview

4Hoog is a Belgian children's theater production company based in Ghent that creates and tours theater productions for young children and families. The company operates as a single unified offering centered on live theatrical performances rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core portfolio includes current active productions such as AMAI SPECIAAL CHAPEAU (family forms exploration), ANDRS (Afrofuturist visual universe), Bries (interactive music concert), OEJ (wordless physical comedy), REUSkleuter (poetic exploration of loss), Rommelpaard (poetic discovery), and Stok Paard Prins (fairy-tale knight epic). The company maintains an extensive archive of past productions spanning decades, including works like Akke Akke Tuut, The King without Shoes, KEIK, Wanikan, WOESJ, Stip, MENSKES, KRIEP, HUT, LAGNEAU, and many others. Productions target audiences from age 3 and up, with themes ranging from family diversity and identity to poetic discovery and emotional exploration. The company also organizes the annual 4Oog Festival during the Gentse Feesten and produces educational materials (lesmappen) for schools. Productions tour extensively across Belgium and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• AMAI SPECIAAL CHAPEAU A theater production exploring extraordinary family forms, created by Karlien Torfs and Nikolas Lestaeghe, rooted in their own lives as close friends raising a daughter together, using self-made toys and a landscape resembling a giant unfolding book.
• ANDRS An Afrofuturistic, visual theater universe for children aged 3 and up where care is taken of one another and of the landscape, featuring an ecosystem full of color, big emotions, music, wonder, and celebration.
• BRIES An interactive and visual theater concert by drummer and composer Anke Verslype, created for everyone aged 3 and up, featuring three live musicians, a dancer, and a living scenography combining jazz, improvisation, dance, and animation.
• OEJ A wordless discovery journey in which a player humorously tries to gain control over the environment, a comedic ode to daring to try, developed from scientific research on Risky Play for children.
• REUSkleuter A poetic, visually rich theater performance for young children exploring absence, loss, and emotions through humor, tenderness, and imagination using a giant unfolding scenography.
• Rommelpaard A poetic performance about order in disorder, about searching and not immediately finding, and about things that do not yet know which box they should go in.
• Stok Paard Prins A fairy-tale and humorous production about adventures, trying, failing, and trying again, about searching for love and finding it in an unexpected place.
• 4Oog Festival Annual festival during the Ghent Festivities (Gentse Feesten) featuring 4Hoog productions as a flagship showcase event for audiences.
• Benefiet 4 Palestine A benefit performance for Ashtar Theatre in support of Palestinian children and young people, using pay-what-you-can pricing ranging from €8 to €100.
• School performances and educational materials (Lesmappen) Dedicated school programming with accompanying lesson materials (lesmappen), technical sheets, and educational resources for primary and preschool institutions integrating theater into their curriculum.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• PerpodiumcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOngoing coproduction partner for multiple 4Hoog productions including OEJ, BRIES, ANDRS, and Kom Wel. Perpodium is a production company specializing in children's and youth theater that co-produces and supports productions.
• HaConcertscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCoproduction partner for BRIES, a theater concert production. HaConcerts is a cultural organization in Ghent.
• JazzLabminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartner for distribution/spreiding of BRIES productions in the jazz circuit.
• RataplanminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorDistribution partner for BRIES performances in the Flemish cultural circuit.
• Historische Huizen GentminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration partner for Stok Paard Prins production.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• fABULEUS: Flemish youth theater company producing original performances and educational theater for children and adolescents across Belgium — a Flemish peer operating in a closely adjacent youth/children's theater niche.
• Maas theater en dans: Rotterdam-area Dutch theater and dance company producing touring productions for young audiences; comparable in scale, touring model, and audience focus on children and families.
• Het Paleis: Antwerp-based theater for young audiences producing and programming original Dutch-language productions for children and families — a near neighbor in the Flemish children's theater ecosystem and a programming partner of 4Hoog.
• Theater Artemis: German children's theater company specializing in productions for the very youngest audiences (ages 2+), with a focus on visual, non-verbal and experimental formats — directly comparable to 4Hoog's early-childhood, language-light theatrical niche.
• Theater Kwatta: Nijmegen-based Dutch children's theater company creating original touring productions for young audiences with distinctive scenography — directly comparable as a touring youth-theater production house in the Benelux region.
• Duda Paiva Company: Dutch physical/dance theater maker creating wordless and visual productions for toddlers and very young audiences — comparable to 4Hoog's age-3+ non-verbal, scenography-led format.
• De Maan: Belgian children's theater production company touring productions for young audiences across Flanders and beyond; directly comparable as a Benelux-based, family-focused touring theater company.
• Perpodium: Belgian children's and youth theater production company that co-produces multiple 4Hoog productions (OEJ, BRIES, ANDRS, Kom Wel), making it both a direct coproduction peer and a structural partner in the same niche.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/4hoogkindertheater?locale=nl_NL
• Instagraminstagram.com/productiehuis4hoog
• Xx.com/4hoog

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Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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