HABEMUS PAPAM

What HABEMUS PAPAM does

Habemus Papam is a Brussels-based performing arts production bureau operating with a five-person team from an office at Rue de la Seconde Reine 35 in the Uccle district. The company's stated function is to produce contemporary and diversified live performances while supporting the emergence and deployment of artists and performing companies in Belgium and internationally. Its work is framed within a dramaturgical orientation that emphasizes experimentation with collective imaginaries, positioning the bureau as a curatorial producer of experimental theater rather than a commercial entertainment venture.

The company's core offerings consist of two interconnected elements. The first is a portfolio of live performing arts productions — including BATIR by Salim Djaferi, Desperado by Tristero + Rien de Spécial, En une nuit, KEVIN by Arnaud Hoedt and Jérôme Piron, and others — spanning documentary theater, contemporary performance, and experimental creation. The second is PACO (Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert), an open collaborative artist-support platform initiated jointly with Entropie Production to accompany artists and companies in their creative and operational development. Distribution occurs through co-productions with institutional partners such as Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles and through festival presentations at Kunstenfestivaldesants (Brussels) and Festival d'Avignon, with international touring cited as an active component of the model.

The business model is built on venue ticket sales and production fees derived from touring the company's catalog of works, supplemented by the institutional support that typically underwrites European contemporary theater production. Customer-facing channels are a content website (habemuspapam.be), an email newsletter, and festival/venue partnerships; there are no disclosed enterprise software products, subscription offerings, or platform technology revenue streams. The company is privately held, has no disclosed funding rounds, no parent company, and no recorded M&A activity.

Name

HABEMUS PAPAM

Legal name

Habemus Papam

Website

https://habemuspapam.be

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Habemus Papam is a Brussels-based, five-person performing arts production bureau that produces contemporary experimental theater works and co-operates PACO, an artist-support platform developed with Entropie Production.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Performing Arts Production

NAICS

Other Performing Arts Companies (711190), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110)

akta.pro primary industry

Performing Arts Centers & Presenters (Programming/Booking) (MPAGABAM)

Keywords

• Performing arts production
• Contemporary theater
• Dramaturgical accompaniment
• Artist production support
• Live performance touring

Headquarters

HQ city

Bruxelles

HQ country

Belgium

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Habemus Papam is a Brussels-based performing arts production bureau that produces and distributes contemporary theatrical works for associated artists and companies, handling end-to-end production from creation through international touring. The bureau also operates PACO (Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert), a collaborative open support initiative developed in partnership with Entropie Production to accompany artists in their creative and operational development.

Product overview

Habemus Papam is a performing arts production bureau based in Brussels, Belgium. The company operates as a single unified service offering rather than a platform architecture. Their core offering consists of two interconnected elements: (1) PACO (Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert), an open collaborative support initiative developed with Entropie Production to foster artistic development, and (2) their portfolio of live performing arts productions including theater shows like BATIR, Desperado, En une nuit, KEVIN, La Convivialité, and Uneplanète. These productions span documentary theater, contemporary performance, and experimental creation.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PACO: Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert - A collaborative and open support platform initiated by Habemus Papam in collaboration with Entropie Production.

Products and services

• PACO (Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert) A collaborative and open support center initiated by Habemus Papam in partnership with Entropie Production, designed to accompany contemporary artists and performing companies in their creative and operational development.
• Contemporary Performing Arts Productions Live theatrical productions developed and produced by Habemus Papam, spanning documentary theater, contemporary performance, and experimental creation. Productions are presented at Belgian and international venues and festivals, including BATIR (Salim Djaferi), Desperado (Tristero + Rien de Spécial), En une nuit (Zingaro Meyer, Lequette, Despy, Hardouin), EXTENDED SHOW (Adri De Biasi - Drag Couenne), failles (Alphonse Eklou Uwantege), GLISSER, TOMBER (Delphine de Baere), HOUB (Soumaya Phéline Abouda and Zaineb Hamdi), Jusque dans nos lits (Lucile Saada Choquet), KEVIN (Arnaud Hoedt and Jérôme Piron - Chantal & Bernadette), Koulounisation (Salim Djaferi), L'ennemi est bête (Arnaud Hoedt and Jérôme Piron - Chantal & Bernadette), and others.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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AI maturity

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and flagship.

• Entropie ProductioncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborative partnership with Entropie Production to initiate and operate PACO (Pôle d'Accompagnement Collaboratif et Ouvert), a collaborative and open support platform for artists.
• KunstenfestivaldesartsflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Kunstenfestivaldesarts for presentation of 'BATIR' creation, a major contemporary performing arts festival in Brussels.
• Théâtre National Wallonie-BruxellesflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-production partnership with Théâtre National for 'BATIR' and other productions.
• Festival d'AvignonflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerFestival presentation partnership with Festival d'Avignon for 'BATIR' production.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Toneelhuis: Antwerp-based Flemish theater company producing contemporary and experimental work with international touring. Comparable Belgian-rooted contemporary performing arts producer with festival-circuit presence.
• NTGent: Flemish national theater based in Ghent producing contemporary and international work with international touring. Comparable as a Belgium-rooted contemporary performing arts producer with European ambitions.
• Théâtre de Liège: Belgian French-speaking national theater producing and presenting contemporary performing arts. Comparable artistic positioning in Wallonia-Brussels ecosystem, with similar co-production logic and festival ambitions.
• KVS (Koninklijke Vlaamse Schouwburg): Brussels' Royal Flemish Theatre, a major institutional theater producing contemporary Flemish and international work. Comparable contemporary performing arts programming with broader audience reach and institutional funding.
• Schaubühne Berlin: Major Berlin repertory theater producing and presenting contemporary and experimental work. Comparable in its contemporary theatrical orientation, though operates at substantially larger scale with institutional backing.
• Théâtre National Wallonie-Bruxelles: Belgium's national French-speaking theater and flagship co-production partner. Much larger institution producing and presenting contemporary performing arts; comparable in artistic mission but operates at significantly greater scale and with institutional resources.
• Théâtre de la Ville: Paris-based major theater institution with strong focus on contemporary international performance and dance. Comparable artistic scope and European presentation profile, with much greater institutional capacity.

Direct peers

• Needcompany: Brussels-based contemporary theater company led by Jan Lauwers, producing experimental live performance with strong international festival presence. Closely aligned in artistic positioning, experimental orientation, and European touring profile.
• TG Stan: Amsterdam-based contemporary theater company of similar scale producing experimental text-based performance with international touring. Closely aligned artistic sensibility and comparable operational footprint.
• Entropie Production: Brussels-based performing arts production bureau that co-initiated PACO with Habemus Papam. Closest direct comparable — similar scale, similar artistic positioning, similar Belgian contemporary theater focus.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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