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Thinking won't make you a hero. Artful Flemish musical theatre on Boulevard

Heroes are not always the smartest people. Indeed, most acts that have gone down in history as heroes have been thoughtless actions. That happened to succeed. Pure luck. So against every heroic act there is an unknown but not negligible number of senseless deaths of would-be heroes.
De hoofdfiguur van het theaterstuk De Helden, dat ik op 4 augustus in Den Bosch zag, was bijna een van hen geweest. Vlaams meesteracteur Josse de Pauw probeert ons in een uiterst ku...

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Wijbrand Schaap

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

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Heroes are not always the smartest people. Indeed, most acts that have gone down in history as heroes have been thoughtless actions. That happened to succeed. Pure luck. So against every heroic act there is an unknown but not negligible number of senseless deaths of would-be heroes.
De hoofdfiguur van het theaterstuk De Helden, dat ik op 4 augustus in Den Bosch zag, was bijna een van hen geweest. Vlaams meesteracteur Josse de Pauw probeert ons in een uiterst ku...

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