After graduating from the Theatre Teacher Training Programme at the Amsterdam School of the Arts, I developed into a versatile, innovative and expressive theatre maker who stages plays with children, young people and adults. In my working week, I combine two jobs. I am artistic director of Haags Theaterhuis, the theatre school for adults in The Hague. I am also team leader of the cultural participation department at CultuurSchakel, a mediation organisation between citizens, cultural providers and schools. In 2017, I completed the learning programme Leadership in Culture, developed and implemented by Utrecht University (USBO) and Kennisland in cooperation with HKU and Coaching in Culture.
Together with two 12-year-old kids, I go to a theatre performance. To a theatre performance labelled 'adult performance'. Tickets cost 25. Discount for students. Discount for CJP. No discount for children, excuse me, youngsters, because yes, those two bridge students are already 12. Is this performance made for children? No. It is made for the curious, open viewer, for...
When I write job postings in the cultural sector, I receive wonderful letters. Candidates are usually graduates in an arts-related subject from a college or university and have internships or work experience at cultural institutions of repute. They are usually female, white and have completed their studies with fine grades. Yet I struggle with a problem: I live and...
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