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Working for free has become commonplace in the arts. 4 bare facts by festival director Meulman

'De praktijk van betaling met een boekenbon hoort niet bij een professionele sector met een fors economisch belang.' Jeffrey Meulman, directeur van het Nederlands Theaterfestival, heeft ermee leren leven. Tegen wil en dank. Als gastheer van het jaarlijkse Gala van het Nederlandse Theater, heeft hij het voor elkaar gekregen om dat feest opnieuw te organiseren. Zonder geld.
Op zijn website legt Meulman het uit: 'Sinds de liquidatie van het Bureau Promotie Podiumkunsten in oktober 2013 is er voor h...

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Unforgettable stage version of Man Without Qualities gets undeserved dessert from Yves Petry #hf12

Maybe it is also just the wrong choice to see part three immediately after the first two parts. Maybe after a day of you or some settling down you will be able to appreciate Petry's text, on its own merits. Imagine a three-star dinner. A sensuous succession of small and medium-sized dishes, prepared with the... 

Europe wants to invest in culture. If it is allowed by the Netherlands.

It was Europe Day in cultural Amsterdam on Monday 12 December. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science officially opened the application procedure for cities wishing to become Europe's cultural capital in 2018. And the European commission presented and plan of 1.8 billion for culture. We reported via Twitter. And collected the results on 'storify'. View the story "Europe wants to invest in culture.... 

Rutteleaks 3: we now know how barren it will look in the coming years: decimate culture and libraries, spare regional broadcasters

We had done the necessary research work ourselves, and then it turned out that something had also been sent to the House of Representatives, which contained many more figures. We asked for those figures and were shocked. After 2012, when the current arts plan expires and after a year of inaction and wait-and-see for the entire sector, a... 

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