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Stephanie Hermes

Na mijn afstuderen aan de opleiding Theaterdocent van de Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten heb ik me ontwikkeld tot een veelzijdige, innovatieve en expressieve theatermaakster die stukken met kinderen, jongeren en volwassenen ensceneert. In mijn werkweek combineer ik twee banen met elkaar. Ik ben artistiek leider van Haags Theaterhuis, de theaterschool voor volwassenen in Den Haag. Daarnaast ben ik teamleider van de afdeling Cultuurparticipatie bij CultuurSchakel, een bemiddelingsorganisatie tussen burgers, culturele aanbieders en scholen. In 2017 heb ik het leerprogramma Leiderschap in Cultuur afgerond, ontwikkeld en uitgevoerd door de Universiteit Utrecht (USBO) en Kennisland in samenwerking met HKU en Coaching in de Cultuur.

New audiences for subsidised theatre? The Netherlands is working against that.

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... 

More diversity in the cultural workplace? 'They are not there' does not exist. The ball is now in employers' court: look outside your own box and show guts. #LinC

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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