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At the Holland Festival, Mackenzie is opening the doors to a new avant-garde among the audience.

The neat couple next to me, in the front row at the Holland Festival press conference, hadn't counted on it for a moment. Four members of the Netherlands Chamber Choir starting to undress one by one down to their pecker-sized nakedness. A giggle, a little cough, but hey, this is the Holland Festival, they told each other. So also not too surprised when three of the singers drape themselves naked on top of each other, after which the fourth starts slapping and kicking them, and so on, thanks to...

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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

The neat couple next to me, in the front row at the Holland Festival press conference, hadn't counted on it for a moment. Four members of the Netherlands Chamber Choir starting to undress one by one down to their pecker-sized nakedness. A giggle, a little cough, but hey, this is the Holland Festival, they told each other. So also not too surprised when three of the singers drape themselves naked on top of each other, after which the fourth starts slapping and kicking them, and so on, thanks to...

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