The Netherlands' most striking company when it comes to handling grant money has been saved. The Theatre newspaper reports that the central government has agreed to the new adjusted budget, which had to be prepared after earlier this year a loss of over 2 million euros had arisen. So the company keeps the one and a half million euros and artistic director Jos Thie and his business partner Jelle Snijder are chased out of the city with pitch and feathers, where they can join the Supervisory Board that had already turned a little too blind eye. After all, putting in an overpriced production to make up for the deficit from an earlier run of that same overpriced production: no entrepreneur would ever allow that.
Anyway: from 2014, there will be a new boss in Utrecht, so applicants can start warming up. I wonder who will be willing to take over in two years' time. Knowing Utrecht, a local bigwig will not be chosen. We are already betting on Thibaud Delpeut. That one will be ready. At least if he survives the current tough rehearsals with Halina Reijn at Toneelgroep Amsterdam.
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