Sofie Lemaire, Sofie isn't making it up

A theater special about the craziest figures from our history In this theater special, Sofie Lemaire dives deep between the folds of time to unearth some forgotten, stuck, silly figures from the margins and introduce them to you. The result is a wonderful parade of strange ancestors, each shining in their own way by being a little bit silly. Because: nothing is as pure and sincere as only half-succeeding at something. From the pudding porridge of Willem de Veroveraar, to the life-saving left hook of Peter Tsjaikovski, to the Massief Monsterverbond van Misnoegde Romeinse Madammen… Sofie presents her touching study of human folly. Through her little club of less-than-impressive figures, she shows how moving and invigorating a look at the past can be. Sofie Lemaire studied Word Art at the Herman Teirlinck Instituut in Antwerp. Afterwards, she started working at Studio Brussel, first as a sidekick (on the De Grote Peter Van de Veire Morning Show) and then as a presenter of programs such as De Wereld van Sofie, Playing with Sofie, and Friends of the Radio. When the new channel Vier started, Sofie made the switch to television. At production house Woestijnvis, she worked on De Kruitfabriek and developed the panel show Bloot en Speren, which snatched the prize for Best Comedy Format at the International Format Awards in Cannes. After a few years, she returned to the public broadcaster to make Culture Club and Meer Vrouw Op Straat. For several years now, she has been a fixture on Radio 1 with De Wereld van Sofie, a program that has been nominated several times for media awards (Kastaars!, Oorkonde DS Podcast Festival) and was awarded a Belgian Podcast Award last year. Her other podcast Snelle Geschiedenis (VRT MAX) received a successful book translation. Sofie herself won the Martine Tanghe Publieksprijs for excellent language use. ,