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The best woman in the best place: Ellen Walraven director Rotterdam Schouwburg

This was a possibility not many people initially thought of. After all, after her tropic years as director of the Amsterdam debating centre De Balie, Ellen Walraven was in need of some more substantive work and peace and quiet on her mind, So we suspected she would stay on in her new position as dramaturge with the country's first company Toneelgroep Amsterdam for a while. But apparently - and not entirely unexpectedly - she did not like working under Ivo van Hove as much as she liked the mog...

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Wijbrand Schaap

Cultural journalist since 1996. Worked as theatre critic, columnist and reporter for Algemeen Dagblad, Utrechts Nieuwsblad, Rotterdams Dagblad, Parool and regional newspapers through Associated Press Services. Interviews for TheaterMaker, Theatererkrant Magazine, Ons Erfdeel, Boekman. Podcast maker, likes to experiment with new media. Culture Press is called the brainchild I gave birth to in 2009. Life partner of Suzanne Brink roommate of Edje, Fonzie and Rufus. Search and find me on Mastodon.View Author posts

This was a possibility not many people initially thought of. After all, after her tropic years as director of the Amsterdam debating centre De Balie, Ellen Walraven was in need of some more substantive work and peace and quiet on her mind, So we suspected she would stay on in her new position as dramaturge with the country's first company Toneelgroep Amsterdam for a while. But apparently - and not entirely unexpectedly - she did not like working under Ivo van Hove as much as she liked the mog...

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