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ACTUAL

All about politics, policy, society and how those things relate to culture and art.

Marijn Lems (NRC) on doubt and loneliness of arts journalist: 'We are all highly educated, white and from the middle class. It could be more diverse from me.'

by Wijbrand Schaap
4 February 20215 February 2021
2 min read
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Critics by default have a different opinion than the average audience. That, says Marijn Lems, theatre journalist at NRC and Theaterkrant, is what this research shows. Reason for us to take a closer look at this in the Culture Press Nerd podcast on the deeper details of the art journalist's profession. Another three-quarters of an hour for anecdotes and exciting revelations about the private life of the...

Yet another hassle around MusicalMakers: Fleischmann becomes director despite objection from Culture Council

by Wijbrand Schaap
2 February 202130 March 2022
4 min read
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News arrived this week that Andreas Fleischmann, the highly esteemed director of Amsterdam's DeLaMar Theatre, has now officially become director-director of Stichting MusicalMakers, the foundation he had set up last year, a day before the deadline for grant applications for four-year state funding. And that is not allowed.

"The promise of the empty room" is a nice initiative, but ignores the new normal of the culture consumer

by Onno Weggemans
1 February 20211 February 2021
7 min read
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People will not be eager (in large numbers) to go to packed halls again. Many 'old' culture visitors can be considered lost. The cultural sector faces a twofold challenge: to minimise this loss and to look for new audiences even more than usual.

13 foundations and one private limited company. Controversial Brabant grant decisions raise more questions every day.

by Wijbrand Schaap
29 January 20212 April 2022
4 min read
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To get a subsidy in the Netherlands, you have to jump through a lot of hoops. Every farmer knows that, and so does every artist. In the cultural sector, for instance, it is important that you have a form of organisation that is controllable and approachable. You cannot have a profit motive either. That is why you can usually only apply for funding as a foundation, so you have statutes, a board and a...

Frisian theatres are joining forces. The whole of the Netherlands can learn something from this.

by Wijbrand Schaap
27 January 202129 March 2022
3 min read
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Good news from Friesland. The five larger theatres in the Netherlands' most independent province are going to cooperate intensively to tackle the corona crisis together.

War drama 1917 best-attended film in crisis year 2020 More room for independents and Dutch film

by Leo Bankersen
6 January 20216 January 2021
6 min read
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Due to the corona pandemic, 2020 was also a crisis year for the cinema industry. Attendance fell by 56% compared to 2019. But the cancellation of US blockbusters allowed the Dutch market share to rise.

2021 will be a year for near-home culture

by Wijbrand Schaap
3 January 20213 January 2021
4 min read
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Planning in 2021 can only be done in the very short term, or with so many fits and starts that it is actually impossible to deal with. Therefore, at Lowlands - if it goes ahead at all - we will have a lot of offerings from our own country and the very close neighbouring countries.

Mistake BNR. Germany does not do more for the arts than the Netherlands. They just sell it better.

by Wijbrand Schaap
18 December 202029 March 2022
4 min read
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Germany has 80 million people, the Netherlands 17 million, so we can multiply the Dutch aid by five if we want to test the German claim. Still, we arrive at an amount three times higher.

Leading starts with yourself. Learn more about that in this podcast on LinC-Artistics

by Wijbrand Schaap
16 December 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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In this podcast, I talk to Marjolein Verhallen and Paul Adriaanse from Public Administration, Nanna Verhoef from Media and Iris van der Tuin from Philosophy, and artistic directors Lars Ebert and Jente Hoogeveen about what that is: leadership. And we talk about how you can learn it.

Culture Council still gives Cinekid green light

by Leo Bankersen
11 December 202030 March 2022
4 min read
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Earlier this year, Cinekid was in danger of dropping out of the basic cultural infrastructure due to a 'no, unless' advice from the Culture Council. An updated application has now changed the Council's mind. If the minister adopts it, Cinekid can go full steam ahead for four years. An interview with Cinekid director Heleen Rouw.

Province of Brabant makes FvD threat come true after all: halving art budget sold as support in Corona era

by Wijbrand Schaap
10 December 202029 March 2022
4 min read
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When it talks about 'some adjustments', of course, you have to be careful. They know that at the province, so they don't mention details. And those details include a cut of 1.3 million from previously promised amounts.

Frascati and Plan Brabant saved thanks to pastry fork Ingrid van Engelshoven #tkculture

by Wijbrand Schaap
23 November 202030 March 2022
4 min read
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With the saving of Frascati and at least a Chamber that does understand the importance of the sector, the most depressing event of the year - the culture budget debate - still ended with a few bright spots.

Toothless culture debate offers few new insights

by Henri Drost
13 November 202029 March 2022
4 min read
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On Thursday morning 12 November, the culture spokespersons of Christen Unie, VVD, D'66 and Groen Links entered into a debate on culture. However, the debate organised by LACK (Landelijk Kennisinstituut Cultuureducatie en Amateurkunst) Kunsten '92, the Fund for Culture Participation and the Boekman Foundation did not become scintillating for a moment.

Museum association sounds alarm: Ten museums at risk of closing within six months, implementation of emergency aid must improve

by Wijbrand Schaap
12 November 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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The support cultural organisations receive from the government seems generous, but we can add some nuance to this. This is because if a local authority gives emergency support to a museum, support is then offset against the National Enterprise Scheme (NOW).

November Music 2020 cancelled at last minute

by one of our members
3 November 20203 November 2020
2 min read
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Due to the latest covid measures, November Music 2020 will be cancelled at the very last minute. The organisers had prepared some 70 different concerts with 9 of their own commissions corona-proof.

Surprising outcome Musicalgate? Albert Verlinde suddenly leaves Stage Entertainment

by Wijbrand Schaap
3 November 202029 March 2022
3 min read
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The Netherlands is not big enough for two major musical producers. That is the only conclusion that can be drawn from Albert Verlinde's departure from Stage Entertainment.

TivoliVredenburg hosts US election night in four venues

by one of our members
26 October 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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On Tuesday 3 November 2020, America will go to the polls. TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht presents a live programme around this exciting election. Current measures allow a maximum of 30 visitors in a room. Therefore, a live stream will be set up in four halls, so that as many people as possible can still enjoy it live.

The Mondrian Fund made no bones about its own saw line. That is unfortunate for those who fall by it.

by Wijbrand Schaap
4 October 20204 October 2020
4 min read
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Strictly speaking, prioritisation is another word for wielding a saw line, but it feels different. 'Prioritisation within the applicable criteria', as stated on the site, smacks of possible arbitrariness, as nowhere is it indicated which criteria were given how much weight.

PLEIN THEATER starts petition due to threat to survival.

by one of our members
29 September 202029 March 2022
2 min read
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Titled "Keep the theatre on the square!", the PLEIN THEATER has started a petition! And calls on culture lovers, visitors, local residents and anyone with a heart for PLEIN THEATER to sign for the survival of the theatre

Prize of Criticism 2020 for Theatre Festival Boulevard

by one of our members
23 September 202030 March 2022
1 min read
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Under the leadership of Viktorien van Hulst, Boulevard Theatre Festival has grown into a regionally rooted festival of national importance. Each year, Boulevard manages to strike a smart balance between entertainment with substance and joyful innovation, with a keen eye on inclusivity.

Everyone saved? Only a few festivals suffered heavy damage.

by Wijbrand Schaap
22 September 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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The total of eight festivals that were given a place in the Basic Cultural Infrastructure thanks to vigorous political lobbying are in the clear. They do not benefit from the extra millions released by the Cabinet on Budget Day to rescue the Performing Arts Fund, because they are not (or no longer) covered by it.

Free producers minimise programmes until next autumn Heavy blow for zzp'ers in performing arts.

by Wijbrand Schaap
22 September 202029 March 2022
2 min read
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Further postponement and downsizing of commercial theatre productions means a severe blow to the countless self-employed who have work in the smaller roles and accompaniment.

Radio Futura: Why the subsidy system needs the most radical overhaul possible.

by Wijbrand Schaap
21 September 202021 September 2020
5 min read
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The hybrid German-English model combines the best of three worlds. But it also involves major changes. Artists will no longer all live in Amsterdam, but in one of eight or 10 urban cultural regions.

It's official: 15 million extra for Performing Arts Fund

by Wijbrand Schaap
15 September 202030 March 2022
3 min read
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As this is D66 culture minister Van Engelshoven's presumably last budget year, the press release once again emphasises that a total of 95 million extra has now come into the culture budget during her tenure. It is too early to draw far-reaching conclusions.

1 time art, 2 times culture. The Throne Speech makes up for years of silence on arts and culture in 4 sentences.

by Wijbrand Schaap
15 September 202030 March 2022
2 min read
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For Mark Rutte, this must be a defeat, or else a U-turn of sorts. Although, there are indications that he is taking a milder view. In 2016, his speechwriter actually managed to cycle the K-word into the speech from the throne

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