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The Square Theatre celebrates 80 years of peace on May 3, 4 and 5

During the weekend of 3, 4 and 5 May, you can visit the PleinTheater and its surroundings for various programmes in the context of 80 years of peace. As a theatre in Amsterdam Oost, in the middle of a neighbourhood full of history and trip-stones, we commemorate and celebrate together with the neighbourhood and the city every year. We present special theatre programmes, serve all three... 

The Music; the new name of Asko|SchönbergRadical, quirky and unheard: a new sound breaks through

The groundbreaking ensemble for new music is breaking new ground. From season '25/'26, Asko|Schönberg will be called The Music - with a powerful promise: The New Sound. The new name reflects the ensemble's role in the musical landscape: not following, but guiding. The Music moves forward - idiosyncratic, unpredictable and keen on what music is today and dares to be tomorrow. "The... 

An actor, a text, a conviction. That's all you need, shows Alum

Er is niks mis met gewoon heel erg goed zijn in wat je doet. Niets mooier dan een enkele artiest op een lege vloer met niets anders dan diens muziek, lijf en stem. De top drie van mijn legendarische kunstmomenten:  Allemaal dingen uit de oude doos, dat geef ik toe, maar dat is het met topmomenten: eenmaal gevestigd is het… 

Interaction between Boulez and Tenney gives new dimension to iconic Répons

Asko|Schönberg and the Belgian wind ensemble I SOLISTI turn music into a spatial experience in a performance of Pierre Boulez's Répons and James Tenney's In a Large Open Space. Pierre Boulez is an icon of the musical avant-garde of the 20th century. As a composer and conductor, he left his mark on the new musical practice. His monumental Répons is rarely... 

Experience the world through the eyes of new creators at Delft Fringe Festival

Enjoy the future of performing arts with personalised performances throughout the city Delft, Monday 31 March - From 27 May to 8 June, you can experience Delft Fringe Festival at 30 locations throughout the city - from historic gems to the raucous Cable District. For nine days, Delft will be all about performing arts such as cabaret, dance, family theatre, cabaret,... 

Queering Puppets' bus still has room

When your evening starts with a stripping festival director and ends with pole dancing, you know you are not in a regular theatre. True, I was at the opening of the Queering Puppets Festival at Amsterdam's Plein Theater and it was a party. The Plein Theatre largely owes that to that stripping director Berith Danse, who was in... 

Spread is only half the story about the region. There is also embedding.

That the Dutch performing arts, especially in relation to our neighbouring countries, are in a spread, may seem like a lame pun, but it is true nonetheless. Yesterday we presented a rather alarming calculation example on the consequences of the emphasis on spreading in the assessment of grant applications by the Performing Arts Fund. Today, a follow-up response from the same fund reveals that... 

More performing arts to the region? Then possibly less performing arts to the region.

There has been quite a fuss about subsidies in recent months, especially for the performing arts. A few beloved middle groups with a fine track record were no longer getting subsidies, in favour of newcomers. The reasons for the shift were many. The anger over it was mainly about the emphasis on Diversity and Inclusion and regional distribution in the assessment by Fonds Podiumkunsten ... 

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CLA Drama and Dance declared generally binding

Amsterdam, 26 March 2025 - With the publication in the Staatscourant of 20 March 2025, the collective labour agreement for theatre and dance 2025-2026 has been declared generally binding (AVV). This means that all professional Dutch producers producing theatre and/or dance performances must apply this collective labour agreement for their staff.Collective bargaining parties Nederlandse Associatie voor Podiumkunsten (NAPK) and Kunstenbond applied for the AVV to regulate the terms of employment for... 

Madeleine Matzer receives North Brabant Culture Award 2025

We are proud to share that our founder and former artistic director Madeleine Matzer is this year's recipient of the Culture Award of the North Brabant Cultural Fund. The jury praised her performances that touch on social themes and make audiences think. 'She gives a voice to the unspeakable,' said jury chair Machteld Postma. The award will be presented by Queen's Commissioner Ina Adema. To... 

Tero Saarinen Company and Asko|Schönberg join forces at the Holland Festival on 24 & 25 June 2025 

Asko|Schönberg presents Study for Life with Tero Saarinen Company at the Holland Festival. Tero Saarinen's new choreographic work is an ode to the music of Kaija Saariaho. In Study for Life, the nuanced and delicate world of Kaija Saariaho is brought to life by a group of six dancers, the musicians of Asko|Schönberg and soprano Raquel Camarinha. An innovative... 

Holland Festival 2025 opens 11 June with Thai AI dance, Butoh, a focus on the vulnerable body, a special three-week project and a performance in The Hague 

Holland Festival 2025 opens on 11 June at the Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam with the European premiere of Cyber Subin by Thai choreographer Pichet Klunchun. Dancers and avatars dance together in a co-created by AI choreography that reinterprets the traditional Thai Khon dance. For the first time in 35 years, the Holland Festival is back in The Hague 

Theatre Sonnevanck & The NUT present: Rose & Ariadne (8+): About love and other disgusting things 

March 2025 - Theatre Sonnevanck and the NUT return in 2025 with the remake of the successful play Roos & Ariadne. The 'plea for emotions of all shapes and sizes' (Theaterkrant, 2020) is a co-production, in which traditionally Floor Leene's stage text finds inspiration in ancient, Greek myths: this time the story of Ariadne's thread. Directed by... 

TivoliVredenburg during construction. Photo: Wijbrand Schaap

Jazz venues make U-turn. Jazzenzo may write what it wants again.

Het is verrukkeluk wanneer grote kranten kleine media klakkeloos overschrijven, en dat ze dat gratis doen? Ach, ze hebben het ook moeilijk. Zo is het kleine niche-weblog Jazzenzo na ruim een jaar gerehabiliteerd dankzij een artikel dat de chef kunst van de Volkskrant vorig jaar had overgenomen van deze site. Waar het om ging? De recensent en columnist van het… 

U-pas pass holders go to TivoliVredenburg for €5

Owners of a U-pas can go to almost all concerts, festivals and other programmes in TivoliVredenburg for 5 euros in the coming months. The Utrecht music venue thus wants to further lower thresholds for culture attendance and make live music accessible to everyone in the city - including Utrechters with a small wallet. TivoliVredenburg's mission statement is: a lifetime of music for everyone. The music venue... 

Dutch premiere Hush at the Saariaho Festival 13 to 16 March 2025 

Asko|Schönberg and the Muziekgebouw honour composer Kaija Saariaho, who died in 2023, with the Saariaho Festival. When she died, she was at the height of her fame and was honoured as the composer who gave modernism a face that was as human as it was fairy-tale. At the opening concert, her latest work Hush will be played for the first time in the Netherlands. Dutch premiere ... 

EXPRESSIVE DANCE PERFORMANCE ON CONFRONTATIONAL TRASH HEAP

After its success at Oerol Festival 2024, the dance and musical theatre performance Waste Me returns in a theatre version. On Friday 14 March at 20:15, co-producers Maas theatre and dance and Cecilia Moisio Company will celebrate the premiere of the theatre tour at Maaspodium, Rotterdam. Waste Me by choreographer and theatre maker Cecilia Moisio, is a robust commentary on the out-of-control... 

Podcast series on the art of Dutch youth theatre

STIPcast is a podcast series that gives an insight into behind-the-scenes theatre life in the Netherlands. Six episodes cover important aspects of theatre-making, such as artistic vision and innovation, talent development, writing texts and programming. Dutch youth theatre is currently at an unprecedented high level. More than 16 BIS companies, several production houses with talent development programmes and a stage infrastructure for... 

The Chekhov moment you hadn't counted on.

The picture was a bit Da Vinci. At a long table they sat in beautiful light and it was about melancholy and menace. This was the scene of Last Supper at Amsterdam's De Balie debate centre on 1 February 2025. To crucify: some theatre groups I grew up with. 't Barre Land fraternally next to De Warme Winkel, Orkater next to... 

Monumental new entrance TivoliVredenburg in Utrecht opens 8 February

Renovated foyers, redesigned streets and new entrance open to public Utrecht gains an extraordinary cultural meeting place. On Vredenburgplein, TivoliVredenburg will open its doors to the public every day. The renovated foyers, the redesigned streets and the new entrance together form an architectural tribute to architect Herman Herzberger. During the day, from now on, there will be an almost daily free music programme here... 

The future plays at Delft Fringe Festival!

Enjoy new talent with personal performances throughout the city Delft, Monday 3 February - From 27 May to 9 June, Delft will be the stage for talented new makers for nine days. At 30 special locations in the city, 26 talents will surprise and move visitors with dance, theatre, music, cabaret and everything in between. The performances often tell very personal stories. Own... 

Leonie Kuhlmann appointed business director at the NUT

Utrecht, 27 January - Leonie Kuhlmann will start as business director of NUT (Nieuw Utrechts Toneel) from 1 February. Kuhlmann brings with her a wealth of experience both inside and outside the theatre sector. She will apply her skills to NUT's strategic and organisational growth. Leonie Kuhlmann studied Administrative & Organisational Science and Teaching Theatre Making. She worked in recent years as... 

Holland Festival brings unique stream of Armenian 'Bird of a thousand voices'

During Holland Festival 2024, The Bird of a Thousand Voices was performed at the Muziekgebouw. For those who could not be there then, or would like to see this special performance again, it is possible to watch the performance online (as a video on demand). The stream will be available from Friday 28 February 00:01 until Sunday 2 March 23:59. 'Phenomenal musicians, stunning storytelling and... 

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Agreement collective labour agreement for theatre and dance and music ensembles 2025-2026

On 2 December 2024, Kunstenbond and the Nederlandse Associatie voor Podiumkunsten (NAPK) reached an agreement in principle on the Collective Labour Agreement for Theatre and Dance for 2025 and 2026 and on the Collective Labour Agreement for Music Ensembles. Both collective agreements will run for two years: 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2026. Meanwhile, the constituencies of both social partners have also agreed to the CAO agreements.... 

Marmoucha Orchestra in family concert series Groove Beast

In the family concert series Groove Beast, you will find out why some music makes you want to dance really hard or start tapping your foot. Together with MC Groove Beast and the band members, you will search for the groove. Sitting still is not an option, so jump, dance and clap along and unleash the beast in you.

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