Gerardjan Rijnders is considered one of the great theatre innovators of the post-1969 Dutch theatre field. Because he became personally involved in Aktie Tomaat and the Maagdenhuis occupation as a teenager, he is the ideal person to shine his light on current emancipatory developments within the theatre field.
In the first part of the conversation, we talk about the crucial developmental steps that led to his personal signature. In the second part, we talk about current times in response to various public issues such as Job Gosschalk and Marcus Azzini, and the question of why a heterosexual actor should no longer be allowed to play a gay man.