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Plein Theater and Puppetry Workspace present the first edition of the QUEERING PUPPETS FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM from 23 to 27 March 2022!

by one of our members
18 March 2022
2 min read
PRESS, PODIUM ART

QUEERING PUPPETS FESTIVAL AMSTERDAM geeft het podium aan genre overstijgende vormen van beeldend theater en poppenspel. Een versmelting van ambacht en technologie, waarbij traditionele categorieën worden opgeheven voor het oog van de toeschouwer. Tijdens dit meerdaagse festival staan nu eens niet de mensen centraal, maar de dingen. Met welke karakters en objecten worden we omringd? Hoe wekt de verbeeldingskracht ze…

TivoliVredenburg and Rabobank revamp Rabo Open Stage - Stage for up-and-coming talent reopens on Saturday 19 March

by one of our members
12 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, MUSIC, PRESS, PODIUM ART

Met weliswaar het kleinste aantal vierkante meters van alle podia in TivoliVredenburg, doet de Rabo Open Stage in de centrale hal niet onder voor de rest: sinds 2014 betreden jaarlijks ruim 300 lokale artiesten het podium, bestemd voor aanstormend talent. Na acht jaar intensief gebruik is het podium volledig vernieuwd. Rabo Open Stage biedt de toekomst een podium. Meermaals per…

Heart's cry: Get cultural base in order in every municipality

by one of our members
10 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Culture brings people together, and this often starts in one's own municipality. Unfortunately, in more and more municipalities, less and less money is available for basic cultural facilities, such as the library, amateur associations and cultural centres. This affects residents' well-being and living together. It also makes a municipality less attractive as a place of business. The Council's heartfelt cry...

Amsterdam Museum on the Amstel open to visitors from Wednesday 9 March

by one of our members
8 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

This Wednesday, 9 March, the Amsterdam Museum, in full consultation with Hermitage Amsterdam, will open the doors of its new temporary home in the Hermitage building on the Amstel to the public. The festive opening was scheduled for last Saturday but was postponed by the museum. ''We have been renting a wing of the Hermitage Amsterdam since 2014. I am looking forward to being in...

Culture Council supports action #hArtforUkraine

by one of our members
4 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, Featured, PRESS

The cultural field is deeply shaken by the war in Ukraine. This weekend, the cultural sector is taking concerted action for Ukraine with #hArtforUkraine. To show solidarity and to express sympathy and support, participating organisations adorn their buildings in blue and yellow and donate proceeds to Giro 555 of the Cooperating Relief Organisations. The Culture Council supports...

Amsterdam Museum suspends opening temporary home in Hermitage

by one of our members
2 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, HERITAGE, Featured, PRESS

The Amsterdam Museum has decided to keep the doors of its new temporary home in the Hermitage building closed until further notice. The opening, scheduled for Saturday 5 March, will not take place because of the war in Ukraine and sentiment about these poignant events across the country and the city. ''The war in Ukraine has had terrible consequences for...

Culture sector takes action for residents of Ukraine #♥rtforUkraine

by one of our members
2 March 20222 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS, PODIUM ART

The cultural field, like everyone else, is deeply shocked by developments in Ukraine. We are deeply concerned about the impact of the large-scale hostilities in Ukraine on the people of the country. To show solidarity and to express sympathy and support, the cultural field is organising the #♥rtforUkraine campaign next weekend 4, 5 and 6 March 2022 with...

Investing in sales skills can pull small business out of slump

by one of our members
2 March 20222 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Macroeconomically, the Netherlands is doing well. Recently published CBS figures show economic growth of 4.8 per cent in 2021. Very different is the situation of small businesses, which have been hit hard by a sharp downturn in business results. As a result, the number of expected closures has doubled from 2.6 per cent to 5.9 per cent. This is evident from...

The Utrechtichting is coming! Corona-time theatre graduates present themselves.

by one of our members
2 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS, PODIUM ART, THEATER

Tijdens de aankomende Makersdag op 7 maart in Het Huis Utrecht presenteert de Utrechtse Lichting zich, een groep Utrechtse theatermakers die tijdens de pandemie is afgestudeerd. De omstandigheden waarin deze makers hun eerste stappen in het werkveld hebben moeten zetten, waren in coronatijd zwaar. HKU Theater, Theater Kikker en Het Huis Utrecht bieden deze theatermakers daarom gezamenlijk de mogelijkheid om…

Winners Thérèse Cornips Stipendium 2022 announced

by one of our members
1 March 20221 March 2022
2 min read
LITERARY, PRESS

De winnaars van het Thérèse Cornips Stipendium 2022 zijn bekend. Literair tijdschrift SKUT, de Marcel Proust Vereniging, Katrien Vandenberghe en Stichting Feest der Poëzie vallen dit jaar in de prijzen. Zij ontvangen ieder een geldbedrag voor het verder verwezenlijken van hun plannen op literair gebied. Gehonoreerde aanvragen Er waren negentien aanvragen ingediend, waarvan er vijf zijn gehonoreerd. Daarvan komen er…

I have missed you forever - 0pera Forward Festival, premiere 12 to 18 March

by one of our members
1 March 2022
3 min read
OPERA, PRESS, PODIUM ART

What does it mean to make opera as a collective? And what does it mean to do so in an inclusive way? In collaboration with De Nationale Opera, Asko|Schönberg is freeing up space for experimentation, both on stage and in the rehearsal studio. That space is for research into new forms of work with a collective character. From this collaboration comes in the...

Amsterdam Museum presents revamped museum brand

by one of our members
28 February 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Completing its rebranding, the Amsterdam Museum is introducing a new visual identity and the first version of a new digital platform. Both projects match the 95-plus-year-old city museum's ambitions to develop into a 'museum of the future'. The new brand identity is visible for the first time in a campaign that also marks the move...

More Dutch thriller authors in top 10 suspense

by one of our members
21 February 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, LITERARY, PRESS

In 2021 behaalden 15 verschillende Nederlandse thrillerauteurs de top 10 spanning van de bestsellerlijst. Dat zijn er meer dan in voorafgaande jaren. Een gunstige ontwikkeling voor de Nederlandse thriller. Het marktaandeel van de Nederlandse auteurs op de thrillermarkt (spannende boek minus fantasy en true crime) bedroeg in 2021 21%. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van onderzoeksbureau KVB-SMK/Gfk in opdracht van de…

Everyday objects hijack Square Theatre all spring break

by one of our members
17 February 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS, PODIUM ART

STIP-theaterproducties en Plein Theater presenteren de gehele voorjaarsvakantie de jeugdtheatervoorstelling Micro… de dingen komen in opstand (7+). In deze fantasievolle en humoristische voorstelling worden alledaagse objecten leven in geblazen. Ze krijgen stemmen en gevoelens en gaan in fel protest. In het theater zijn dagelijks tal van extra bonusactiviteiten die kinderen voor en na de voorstelling kunnen beleven. Over de voorstelling…

Visually strong documentary on Colombia at Concordia

by one of our members
16 February 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, DOCUMENTARY, FILM, PRESS

Maandag 21 februari om 19:30 vertoont Concordia eenmalig de film ‘Colombia in My Arms’, over het Colombia na de vredesovereenkomst tussen de regering en de FARC-guerrilla’s. Overleeft de fragiele vrede het wantrouwen en de rancune opgebouwd door decennia van oorlog? Met verkiezingen in aantocht, hopen sommige politici te profiteren van het nog verder opstoken van de spanningen. Voorafgaand en na…

Matzer brings SMART - an unguarded moment that changes everything

by one of our members
11 February 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS, PODIUM ART, THEATER

Een dag als alle andere. Gewoon, onderweg. Naar je werk. Naar huis. Je kent het wel. Je kent de weg, de auto, het is rustig. Geen tegenliggers, vrijwel geen zijwegen… Je ontspant achter je dashboard. Zo’n dag dus, als allerlei andere. Tot dat bericht, dat ogenblik… dat alles verandert. Voor haar en voor hem en vooral: voor altijd. SMART is een…

Asko|Schönberg brings Inhabit_inhibit: Crushing sound experience

by one of our members
11 February 202211 February 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, MUSIC, PRESS

Belgian composer Stefan Prins rattles the conventions of musical practice with his innovative approach. His brand new inhabit_inhibit is a visionary work, based on the ideas of Timothy Morton, in which man's loss of control over his environment is made audible and tangible in a penetrating way. To do so, Prins uses spatially arranged instruments, electronics and feedback loops. Follow the news,...

TASK FORCE WANTS TO OPEN IN TWO STEPS: 15 FEBRUARY AND 8 MARCH MAKE OR BREAK THE CORONA POLICY OF CABINET RUTTE IV

by one of our members
9 February 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

While in most countries in Europe, cultural life is already well underway, Dutch audiences still have to wait for full-fledged programming of concerts, film and theatre performances, festivals and night culture. Great is the desire, gone is the mental stretch. The new cabinet presented a glimpse of its new strategy. But the most important thing of all is missing: a...

Kabinet versterkt aanpak seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag en seksueel geweld met regeringscommissaris

by one of our members
8 February 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Op voordracht van het kabinet wordt Mariëtte Hamer regeringscommissaris seksueel grensoverschrijdend gedrag en seksueel geweld. Verschillende incidenten in de afgelopen jaren leggen een breder vraagstuk bloot waarop actie vereist is. Met de nieuwe regeringscommissaris wil het kabinet meer doen aan bewustwording en een veilige cultuur, want intimidatie en misbruik horen niet thuis in Nederland. Daarbij moet onder andere de cultuur…

Tessa Smeulers and Dana Kibbelaar form new management of Theatre Festival Boulevard

by one of our members
1 February 20221 February 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, Boulevard, PRESS, SPECIALS

The Supervisory Boards of Stichting Theaterfestival Boulevard and Stichting Bosse Nova announced on 1 February that Tessa Smeulers and Dana Kibbelaar will be appointed as director-directors of both foundations. They will succeed Peggy Olislaegers from 1 April, who, as interim director-director, was tasked with finding a new governance model for the festival, appropriate to its mission, environment,...

Additional support for cultural and creative sector, especially for self-employed workers

by one of our members
31 January 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Since 26 January, the doors of the cultural and creative sector have been open again, but with conditions. There are still strict restrictions on the number of people in a venue and a mandatory closing time at 10pm. That is why, on top of the previous support of €195.1 million for the period from 12 November, the cabinet is drawing an additional €56.5 million...

Amsterdam Museum moves temporarily to Hermitage Amsterdam

by one of our members
25 January 2022
10 min read
ACTUAL, HERITAGE, PRESS

3.5 years of permanent presentation, temporary exhibitions and programming The Amsterdam Museum will move to the Hermitage Amsterdam, where it will be open to the public from Saturday 5 March 2022. The Amsterdam Museum's current location, the former Civic Orphanage at Kalverstraat 92, will close due to a large-scale renovation. From March 2022 until 2025, the Amsterdam Museum will display...

Taskforce: This is the opening and recovery plan the cultural sector needs

by one of our members
19 January 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

Today, the Cultural and Creative Sector Taskforce presents its Opening and Recovery Plan to the cabinet and the House of Representatives. The aim is a predictable and careful corona approach for audiences, creators and cultural organisations. An approach where the policy reflex is no longer 'closing', but 'staying safely open'; an approach with prospects for recovery. In the plan, the Taskforce makes six proposals to...

Plein Theatre is open as a Pop Up Gallery & Store! The Gallery features the Dutch premiere of the 3D video simulation installation Event Horizon by digital sculptor, simulator and animator Jaehun Park.

by one of our members
18 January 2022
4 min read
PRESS, SERVICE

From 16 January, Plein Theater will be open as a Pop Up Gallery & Store, where the Dutch premiere of the 3D video simulation installation Event Horizon by artist Jaehun Park will be on display. Jaehun Park (born 1986, South Korea) is a digital sculptor, simulator and animator. The artist's work and his book Real-time limbo will also be on sale. Besides the...

Cultural and creative sector taskforce: open up the cultural sector!

by one of our members
14 January 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, PRESS

The Cultural and Creative Sector Taskforce calls on the government to adopt consistent policies across sectors and assumes that: - now that commercial flow-through venues (such as the Bijenkorf) are reopening, cultural flow-through venues such as museums, monuments and presentation institutions can also open their doors. - now that indoor sports are possible again, active arts and culture will also be possible again. This...

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