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'The past has a strong influence on the present and the future'. Juan Gómez Bárcena wrote a novel about world history in an insignificant Spanish village

Zelfs in een piepklein gehucht waar ogenschijnlijk niets te beleven valt, ligt de wereldgeschiedenis aan – of beter gezegd: onder – je voeten. In zijn bijzondere roman Het dorp van de herinneringen weeft Juan Gómez Bárcena (39) eeuwen aan verhalen door elkaar heen. ‘Ik vind het heerlijk om mezelf flink uit te dagen bij het schrijven.’ Meer koeien dan inwoners Een dorpje… 

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Writer Henk Pröpper's slow heartbeat

Writer and publicist Henk Pröpper had only just moved to his beloved Paris when the city came to a standstill, and so did his heart almost. Once fitted with a pacemaker, he took to the city in the one hour a day Parisians were allowed. A new world opened up for him. For Henk Pröpper (62), former director... 

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This year's Theatre Festival Boulevard feels greener than usual - and you'll notice it in the performances #tfboulevard

The permanent site of Boulevard's festival centre has largely turned into a construction site this year. This forced the organisers to move to Zuiderpark. Although this is a bit outside the city centre, it is much more spacious and green than the Parade square. It gives the festival a nice feeling of air, space and proximity to the... 

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The 'weird life' of all-rounder Jef Last is not over

Better to die standing than to live kneeling. The statement is fresh in memory after the murder in the Lange Leidse Dwarsstraat, as a mantra in praise of Peter R de Vries, his fearlessness, non-conformism, straightforwardness and honesty. This same statement jumps out even from the first paragraphs of the introduction to the biography of poet Jef Last, written by Rudi Wester.1.... 

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Why laughter is best left to us more often: Joseph Toonga teaches theatre rage #tfboulevard

Think Pussy Riot, think Rammstein, maybe think Nina Hagen before she found Jesus and mix that up nice and fierce. Then you get something that is basically an insane festival act. Raging female punk in a beer- and smoke-soaked nightclub, ferocious moshpits full of people who really have something to dance out of their souls. It's all in there... 

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Better listening, watching, feeling, smelling and tasting thanks to Theatre Festival Boulevard #tfboulevard

We don't look upward enough. Maybe we do a quick glance at the horizon to see if that shower is really going to ruin our terrace afternoon, but that's not looking for the sake of looking. And I was able to do that thanks to the people of BLOOS. In Bossche Zuiderpark, they have a... 

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OFFICIAL 2021 DUTCH DRAMA JURY SELECTION IS KNOWN!

Van donderdag 2 tot en met zondag 12 september 2021 toont het Nederlands Theater Festival de beste producties van het afgelopen theaterseizoen. De Nederlandse Toneeljury, onder leiding van juryvoorzitter Hadassah de Boer, selecteerde de acht beste theaterproducties van het moment. Vandaag maakte de jury haar selectie bekend. De volledige selectie is te zien tijdens de komende editie van het festival… 

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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... 

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Een nieuwe managementlaag gaat de problemen van Theater Rotterdam niet oplossen

Rotterdam en theater, best lastig. Ik kan het weten, ik ben er geboren en het was een onderwerp van diverse werkgroepen tijdens mijn studie Theaterwetenschap in de jaren tachtig van de vorige eeuw. Sinds de laatste hervorming van het theater, een fusie waarbij zelfstandige bespelers samen zouden gaan werken om al het bijzondere theater in Rotterdam te gaan verzorgen, maar… 

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Golden coach hoisted over Amsterdam Museum

In het holst van de nacht van 9 op 10 juni is de gerestaureerde Gouden Koets in een houten kist over het dak van het Amsterdam Museum heen getakeld. Een bijzonder en spectaculair moment dat midden in de nacht plaatsvond omdat de tramlijnen moesten worden stilgelegd voor deze grote operatie. Alles is goed verlopen en de Gouden Koets is gisternacht… 

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Theatrical installation looking at current events from the Maroons' perspective, this summer at Plein Theatre

Swart Gat/ Golden Age (Dunguu olo - katibo-ten) is a theatrical installation about Amsterdam's slavery past and Maroon culture from Suriname. The concept is by Tolin Erwin Alexander, Berith Danse and designer Bartel Meyburg. The theatrical installation, which has lost none of its urgency, has been further finished and will start again in summer 2021! From 17 June (19 June... 

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Amsterdam Museum heropent de deuren: bezoekers welkom voor Refresh Amsterdam en De Gouden Koets 

Het Amsterdam Museum opent zaterdag 5 juni zijn deuren na een sluiting van ruim zes maanden. Vanaf zaterdag kunnen bezoekers het museum op de primaire locatie aan de Kalverstraat en de Amsterdam Museum-vleugel van de Hermitage weer bezoeken. Op 1 juli opent ook Museum Willet-Holthuysen na een groot onderhoud. Bezoekers kunnen in het Amsterdam Museum naast het vaste aanbod terecht… 

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Rarely have I experienced a historical book that is so accessible and so imaginative

With journalist Bianca Stigter's book Atlas of an occupied city, you walk through today's reality, as it were, with historical virtual reality glasses on. An extra layer appears over the familiar backdrop of Amsterdam's streets: of World War II occupation. What wartime past is hidden in the streets and behind the facades? Atlas... 

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