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Eddy Bellegueule live. Still impressive, but also makes you yearn for the real thing.

The best way to adapt a book is to turn it into a narrative performance. Such theatre, where the actors focus loosely on the audience and bring the story as a story, I often saw in my years as a youth theatre critic. Almost always good and young audiences enjoyed it. I wondered why this kind of eager theatre is so little made for adult audiences, even just last week in a podcast interview with Moniek Merkx, who pretty much invented that genre.

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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 best way to adapt a book is to turn it into a narrative performance. Such theatre, where the actors focus loosely on the audience and bring the story as a story, I often saw in my years as a youth theatre critic. Almost always good and young audiences enjoyed it. I wondered why this kind of eager theatre is so little made for adult audiences, even just last week in a podcast interview with Moniek Merkx, who pretty much invented that genre.

Yesterday saw ...

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