Amelia Malfait Lakhtara (she/​her, 1995) is a Brussels-based the­a­tre maker. After some wan­de­rings into his­to­ry, Arabistics and phi­lo­sop­hy, she gra­du­a­ted as a the­a­tre maker from RITCS with FA FA FACADE in 2021 and joi­ned TransfoCollect. Malfait Lakhtara also con­ducts the­a­tre work­shops in BRONKS. 

She is fas­ci­na­ted by the dark caverns of child­hood, by absur­dism and mad­ness. Averse to con­ven­ti­ons, she bri­co­les worlds as jun­ky­ards, popu­la­ted by cre­a­tu­res that dis­mant­le the dif­fe­ren­ces bet­ween humans, ani­mals and things. Amelia made work in and for Sint Lukas Brussel, the Concertgebouw Brugge, Alleedukaai, Theatre Antigone, Decoratelier… among others, and col­la­bo­ra­ted with Renée Goethijn, Michiel Soete, Rachid Laachir, Benjamin Verdonck…

Amelia is wor­king on a series of sculp­tu­res (IT TAKES A MUSCLE TO FALL IN LOVE) around the heart organ, gro­wing fun­gi that she trans­forms into mas­ks, cos­tu­mes, set pie­ces, and wri­ting MENSES; a col­lec­ti­on of sur­re­a­list short sto­ries around men­stru­al bleeding. 

In 2023 – 2024, she is wor­king on a visu­al per­for­man­ce FI FI FILE in which actors, music and sce­ne­ry meet amid an eter­nal traf­fic jam. FI FI FILE will pre­mie­re the 26 of March 2025 at de Kriekelaar in Brussels.