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Everyone saved? Only a few festivals suffered heavy damage.

'What worries me is that it seems that now everything has been fixed. But so this woeful mistake of 1.7 million is still there.' Emily Ansenk, who took office as director of the Holland Festival this year, is terribly uncomfortable. And she is not alone. The total of eight festivals that were given a spot in the Basic Cultural Infrastructure thanks to a hefty political lobby do not benefit from the extra millions released by the Cabinet on Budget Day to rescue the Performing Arts Fund...

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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

'What worries me is that it seems that now everything has been fixed. But so this woeful mistake of 1.7 million is still there.' Emily Ansenk, who took office as director of the Holland Festival this year, is terribly uncomfortable. And she is not alone. The total of eight festivals that were given a spot in the Basic Cultural Infrastructure thanks to a hefty political lobby do not benefit from the extra millions released by the Cabinet on Budget Day to rescue the Performing Arts Fund...

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