Festival Boulevard kicks off on 4 August. The traditional reason to come back from holiday in August has a fuller programme than ever this time. With lots of youth theatre. We'll help you get started in advance.
NT Young, Mona (10+)
A theatre monologue is notoriously tricky. Dramaturgically, scenically and certainly for the actor or actress who has to convey the monologue. NT Jong adds to the difficulty with this monologue for an 11-year-old. Griet Op de Beeck, 21 August Summer Guest, wrote new theatre text for this show based on her bestseller Come here that I kiss you. In that novel, we see Mona as a child, as a twenty-four-year-old, and as a thirty-five-year-old. The prelude to several theatre monologues? playing dates
Akram Kahn, Chotto Desh (7+)
The story of a boy who dreams of becoming a dancer? Sound familiar? Of course, but Akram Kahms Desh was no Billy Elliot, nor is the youth show he made from his solo performance, and has already caused a furore at many festivals. During the Holland Festival 2016 Akram Kahm danced the last major role he took on himself, with Chotto Desh ('little home'), he not only looks back at the past, but also inspires new generations of dancers. playing dates
DefDef, Verfie (6+)
The hit of the previous edition of Boulevard. At least, for those who attended. This year, a new opportunity, óó for visitors with visual or hearing impairments. On Sunday 7 August, a sign language interpreter will be present and there will be support via loop and audio description. Maniacal. Driven. Dangerous. Seductive. Irresistible location theatre at lightning speed. playing dates
Theatre Artemis & The Southern Theatre, How the big people left and what happened next (8+)
It is reminiscent of one of the stories from Douglas Coupland's Generation A: suddenly parents don't like their children. And so they decide to leave. But then what? This is what Golden Grail winner Simon van der Geest shows, with live music and children from the audience directed on the spot. playing dates
Theatre Sonnevanck, Ugly 1dje (6+)
It is physical, incredibly busy and irresistibly funny: Ugly 1dje From Theatre Sonnevacnk. Antje, the ugly duckling, is distinctly different. She drives her mother to despair, is not like all her sisters and certainly not like her brother Raven. Antje mostly bounces around, wanting to happily participate in everything, but constantly flying off the handle and not understanding why everyone thinks she is different or weird. She wants to be just like everyone else, but she doesn't succeed. For Ugly 1dje Theatre Sonnevanck goes back to pretty much the primal version of feeling different: Andersens' fairy tale The ugly young duckling. With a twist, of course. playing dates
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