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7 reasons why you should invest in Holland Festival 2017 #hf17

Ruth Mackenzie has achieved an enormous amount in the short time she has been boss of Holland Festival. I have experienced the festival now since the late 1990s and have seen it evolve from something that was very personal and sometimes obscure (under Ivo van Hove), to an ethereal feast of shimmering aesthetics (with Pierre Audi), to what it is today: a hyperactual, necessary arts festival that stands at the centre of society and also brings together the most extraordinary of high and slightly lower art...

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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

Ruth Mackenzie has achieved an enormous amount in the short time she has been boss of Holland Festival. I have experienced the festival now since the late 1990s and have seen it evolve from something that was very personal and sometimes obscure (under Ivo van Hove), to an ethereal feast of shimmering aesthetics (with Pierre Audi), to what it is today: a hyperactual, necessary arts festival that stands at the centre of society and also brings together the most extraordinary of high and slightly lower art...

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