Needcompany is an international, multilingual and multidisciplinary performance group formed in 1986. The two artists at the heart of Needcompany are Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey. Lauwers is the company’s founder and artistic director. He and Needcompany have produced a number of video projects and a full-length film. Barkey, who has been involved with the company since it was founded, has been making her own productions under its wing since 1992, on the borderline where theatre, dance, performance and art meet.