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ITA leaves exactly the wrong things to the imagination in Age of Rage. #HF21

In Electra, one of the finest tragedies handed down to us by the ancient Greeks, there is at least one piece of text that made history. It is the account of a horse race. You see nothing, but the language puts your imagination to work. 25 centuries later, they tried to turn the images described into real images for the... 

Theatre festival Boulevard changed the DNA of Den Bosch, even the Netherlands

Whether we want to speak only of 's-Hertogenbosch from now on. Apparently, a last vestige of decency has bravely survived in the provincial capital of Brabant. Nazmiye Oral, master of ceremonies at a party at Den Bosch's citadel on 9 June, forgot right the first time. City marketers and old nobility fight hand in hand for a respected name to trump the vernacular.... 

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From Fleabag to Game of Thrones à la Hollandaise, Alum does us all a favour with The Dutchmen.

In the days when Europe was still a loose collection of city-states and duchies, where groups of men, for want of football, went on raids a few times a year to burn houses and rape women, a language emerged in the marshlands of the Rhine delta. We know this because plays were written in that language, which is among the earliest preserved... 

Netflix's The Witcher is having an identity crisis. But if you make it to episode five, you'll want to know how it ends.

With much fanfare, Netflix's The Witcher was announced. Except for some comments about Superman in a white wig, there was and is a lot of interest in the film adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski's fantasy book series. Successor to Game of Thrones. With the way that one ended? No thanks! I'm not familiar with the books or the games myself, but Netflix's description... 

13 years later, this legendary series does get a fitting finale. Welcome to f-cking Deadwood; where the fight against modernity reigns supreme

Deadwood was one of the best television series ever. Despite its many awards, HBO pulled the plug after only three seasons. After the abrupt stop, HBO promised to end Deadwood in an appropriate way through two TV movies. However, despite fan requests and actor insistence, the promises never materialised. Until... 

Eric de Vroedt (Het Nationale Theater)curates at SPOT-Live: 'Let's talk about love.'

'What we so often forget is to just talk about our love for theatre.' Eric de Vroedt, artistic director of The National Theatre, wants to talk about substance for once. And then with the entire performing arts sector. Soon there will be SPOT-Live, the renewed Congress of Performing Arts, and there he wants to talk about love. 'Quite by chance, it happened a month ago.... 

Reading in times of Netflix: why books are a must for our minds, according to bestselling author Joël Dicker (33)

'During performances or book signings, people often come up to me and tell me: "I wasn't a reader, but your book made me experience the pleasure of reading and now I really enjoy reading." I don't say that because I think my books are now so good, but because it shows that once someone experiences... 

In Gentleman Jack, Anne Lister does not let established gender roles hold her back.

Anne Lister. This 19th-century lady was a pioneer in many fields: she climbed mountains, travelled far away on her own and was successful in business. However, she gained fame mainly through her private life. Anne Lister has been called Britain's first modern lesbian. During her lifetime, she kept several diaries, in which she recorded her erotic escapades with ladies in... 

Baudet wants the rebirth of a civilisation. The question is which one. (But actually we already know)

It was just missing the heavy music and gothic storm images in the Game of Thrones trailer whose lyrics Thierry Baudet uttered on the night of Wednesday 20 to Thursday 21 March 2019. 'And so here we stand, at the eleventh hour, among the debris of what was once the greatest and most beautiful civilisation the world has known. A... 

Evolutie en revolutie in Westworld seizoen 2. Preview (zonder spoilers maar met #metoo)

De première van het tweede seizoen van Westworld vindt volgende week plaats. Ik mocht alvast kijken. Mocht er geen belletje gaan rinkelen; Westworld is op dit moment, na Game of Thrones, HBO’s meest populaire serie. Korte synopsis: de show speelt zich af in het fictieve Westworld: een technologisch Western themapark waar de bevolking compleet bestaat uit synthetische androïden, die ook… 

We brengen minder tijd lezend door, maar daar merkt de boekverkoper niets van. Doet de overheid genoeg aan leesbevordering, of te veel? (Waarom e-books nog altijd veel te duur zijn)

‘Een goed geletterd vermogen is voorwaarde om – nu en in de toekomst – te kunnen functioneren in onze informatiesamenleving en kenniseconomie.’ Dit stond te lezen in het persbericht dat KVB Boekwerk vorige week verstuurde. Aanleiding was een SCP-onderzoek waaruit bleek dat we in Nederland weer minder tijd lezend doorbrengen dan tien jaar geleden. Er staan indrukwekkende percentages bij. ‘Ruim… 

De borsten voorbij? Recap Game of Thrones 7 aflevering 1 ‘Dragonstone’ (Spoilers! Spoilers! Spoilers!)

Als je dit leest ga ik er van uit dat je weet wat Game of Thrones is. Wie Daenerys Targaryen is, en Jaime Lannister en Sansa Stark. Ramsay Bolton? Daar gaan we het nooit meer over hebben. Ik ga ook niet uitleggen dat het één van de meest succesvolle TV series aller tijden is, gebaseerd op de boekenreeks ‘A Song of… 

NERD MEE! Game of Thrones bouwt op naar Victorie voor de Vrouwen

In King’s Landing is het stof nog langzaam aan het neerdalen. En in mijn hoofd ook. Nu de meeste Game of Thrones nerds, -freaks en -liefhebbers de imposante season finale van het zesde seizoen hebben gezien, is het hoog tijd om de balans op te maken en vooruit te kijken. Het lijkt mij haast onnodig te vermelden dat dit hele artikel doorvlochten is met SPOILERS. Wie de afgelopen jaren niet aan bingewatching van de beruchte serie heeft gedaan: lees mee, en leef mee met de nerds.

What the f***k happened?

Screenshot of Nieuwsuur Geert Wilders,

Oy. @geertwilderspvv sets Richard III as an example to the Netherlands

Enfin, helemaal letterlijk was het niet, maar hij refereerde er duidelijk aan: Richard III. Geert Wilders, zelf niet al te cultureel onderlegd, citeert Shakespeare in zijn zoveelste pleidooi om Nederland met potdichte grenzen uit de EU te halen. In de tweede kamer. Ik zag het in Nieuwsuur, en u kunt het terugkijken. Op 39′:49″ minuten in de uitzending is hij in debat met zijn grote vriend, de VVD’er Halbe Zijlstra.

Publicity image Macbeth - Mark Kraan and Saskia Temmink - Het Zuidelijk Toneel - photographer Casper Rila_lying

Embarrassment? 7 Reasons why Southern Drama Macbeth has nothing to do with Shakespeare.

How far can you go in using Shakespeare's name for a theatre production? Or rather, when does an adaptation of a classic stop being an adaptation, and when should you just come out and say that you have written your own play? And then, if you've reported in your four-year plan that in 2016 you will be doing a Shakespeare... 

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The Performing Arts Fund has a huge problem

I wrote about it a while ago. About all those people who are now barely sustaining themselves on a minimal grant amount from the Performing Arts Fund, and that they have all done a fan-tas-tic job. This is what director Henriëtte Post told me in a conversation sometime this winter. 'Based on their performance, none of the current institutions can get out of... 

Van Hove's 'Kings of War' is an intriguing trip

Power and leadership, can one exist without the other? Toneelgroep Amsterdam presented a sampling of three types of leaders on Sunday 14 June at the Holland Festival with 'Kings of War'. Three historical plays by Shakespeare about the struggle for power between the Houses of Lancaster and York together provided the fuel for this performance. With large black letters on a white... 

Spaghetti ‘Thyestes’: klassieke wortels werken heftig in een nieuwe bereiding

In Rome weten ze al een eeuw of 20 wat lekker eten is. De doorbloeding is alles. Seneca, een Romein van het betere soort, schreef stukken waarin het bloedvergieten tot kunst werd verheven. Het publiek smulde ervan, zoals het in Shakespeares tijd, 1500 jaar later, smulde van Seneca’s recepten, en zoals we nu smullen van Game of Thrones op tv. Het kan niet bloederig, niet wreed genoeg zijn. Dat vinden we lekker.

Warhorse is bijna perfect: 6 redenen om te gaan. Of weg te blijven.

Zaterdag 14 juni ging in een vloed van avondjurken, smokings, bekende Nederlanders en Gooische Tanks War Horse in première. Een stuk over een oorlog waarin Nederland neutraal was, en waarvan in elk dorp van de rest van de wereld gedenkstenen staan. U kunt gaan kijken. Of niet. We hebben zes argumenten op een rijtje gezet.

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