Usually when I speak to someone who calls themselves a playwright, they say they are 'only' a supplier of a 'half-product'. I never get that answer from a young actor, and certainly never from a director. It is they who make theatre out of the half-products supplied by writers. Actors and directors prefer to be addressed as 'theatre-makers'. Nothing wrong with that....
Of course, we have Chriet Titulaer. But it kind of ends there. And to say we took those very seriously, back in the day? No. The future, and fantasising about it, is not really a thing in the Netherlands, at least not with the big publishers and broadcasters. A writer dealing with science fiction will never join a big...
At the film sector's traditional Spring Consultation, the panel at the Ketelhuis shed its light on the video on demand explosion, among other things, and on the advice of the Council for Culture. Will operators support the film sector with levies on sales?
Wijbrand Schaap spreekt in de keuken van De Coöperatie (waar het opvallend druk is), met Tony Minnema en Emile Ripke. Zij zijn de initiatiefnemers en de namen achter Theaterflix, een website waarop, net als bij Netflix met tv-programma’s, theatervoorstellingen te zien zijn. Voorlopig hebben ze een basis uit eigen werk, omdat Tony Minnema zelf een redelijk florerend bedrijfje heeft in…
The growth of the Dutch cinema sector continued in 2017, but Dutch cinema remains a problem child. Despicable Me 3 was the most visited. Soof 2 was, as in 2016, the most successful Dutch title. How is the Netherlands doing internationally? And what are we looking forward to in 2018?
We are going to live smaller. It is not only in the popularity of the TinyHouse movement that young people and seniors can shake hands. We want to de-clutter, but we also want to have less to do with the big bad outside world. This applies to older people, but certainly to those in their twenties as well. This movement has been going on in the arts for a while. Small ...
Van de 100 dagen waarin Kassel zich dit jaar, zoals elke 5 jaar opnieuw omvormt in ‘het wereldmuseum voor hedendaagse kunst’, zijn er alweer 20 dagen weggetikt. Dat is zeker niet geruisloos gegaan. De formule die artistiek leider en hoofdcurator Adam Szymczyk en zijn staf op Documenta hebben losgelaten, heeft een groot aantal liefhebbers in de gordijnen gejaagd. Voor mij…
At last. The Nation, the hyperactual theatrical serial with which the revamped Nationale Toneel, sorry Theatre, presents itself to the country, feels like a refreshing splash of water on a soggy day. Newly appointed boss Eric de Vroedt lives up to his reputation by delivering a work that will no doubt draw new audiences into the theatres. An audience spoiled by...
Natuurlijk: Hugo Borst, Suzanne Vega, Herman Koch. Genoeg reden om tussen 11 en 13 mei af te reizen naar Utrecht. Maar er is veel meer te beleven bij het Internationaal Literatuurfestival Utrecht. En dat heeft niet eens altijd met boeken te maken. Ik laat u een een paar dingen zien waarop ik me zeker ook verheug in festivalpaleis TivoliVredenburg. De…
Netflix and HBO are now purveyors of our conversations with friends, family and colleagues. The ultimate icebreaker at a party with strangers is talking about series, about beloved characters. Is Jon Snow still alive? Where is Barb? Having seen the first two working performances of 'The Nation', I have a strong impression that in Eric de Vroedt I have a fellow lover...
In the Volkskrant of 8 May 2017, Sarah Sluimer lets loose. The opinion maker (for Volkskrant and De Correspondent, among others) used to be a theatre maker and now wonders aloud why she is a bit done with theatre. Because she actually writes that down. I quote: 'I breathed theatre. I ate performances and was convinced that what was there,...
Writers Unlimited could hardly have chosen a more appropriate theme for this year's literary festival Winternachten: Is this the real life? That question will be on many a mind when the new president of the United States is inaugurated on Friday. Fortunately, some eighty writers who do have something meaningful to say about the state of...
Dit stuk gaat me heel veel vrienden kosten, maar het moet er even uit. Het gaat namelijk slecht met de toneelsector. En ik zie steeds beter waar dat aan ligt. En dat is nu eens niet Halbe Zijlstra. Of de VVD, of de bevolking, of Nederland in het algemeen, dan wel de tijdgeest. En het ligt ook niet aan Netflix…
Over four hours long Ça ira (1) Fin de Louis, a performance by French director Joël Pommerat, to be seen this weekend at the Holland Festival. He reconstructed events in France between 1789 and 1794, better known as The French Revolution. What begins as a sometimes difficult-to-follow, animated history lesson culminates in an impressive 'whodunnit', balancing between re-enactment and live television.
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...
"Let's have a Magna Carta of British Broadcasting." With those words, celebrated actor Idris Elba (Luther, The Wire) began his closing remarks in the British Parliament. For the past half hour, he has been speaking to the Lords and Ladies kindly yet persuasively about the need and opportunities for diversity in British television. The timing of this speech was perfect because...
Maaike Engels (videokunstenaar en filmmaker) en Teun Voeten (oorlogsfotograaf en cultureel antropoloog) maakten Welcome to the Jungle. Een documentaire over de totale chaos in het geïmproviseerde migrantenkamp bij de kanaaltunnel in Calais, waar nu een slordige 6000 mensen in barre ellende wachten op hun kans om clandestien naar Engeland te reizen. Welcome to the Jungle is een pijnlijke en bij…
Bodies are dragged away to loud applause and cheers: a more symbolic beginning Nederlands Dans Theater could not have imagined. With Start Again, the international ballet company highlights an exile until 2019 at the harbour in Scheveningen. A tricky location, because remote. But also a dynamic place. A Dutch choreographer would surely invent a choreography there with ferries, cutters and lifeboats. NDT, however, chooses the...
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...
According to the VVD, all artists and art lovers in the Netherlands should say 'sorry' to Halbe Zijlstra. Because they were so angry with him when he abolished 30 per cent of art subsidies without any underlying idea. After all, according to the Ministry of Culture, things were going fan-tas-tically with the arts in the Netherlands. Anyone who reads the press release the ministry issued yesterday on that...
“ Beste vrienden van Vrije Kennis,” Met deze woorden besluit de voorzitter van Wikimedia Nederland, Frans Grijzenhout zijn welkomspraatje van de Wikipedia conferentie. In een conferentieoord op Hoog-Catharijne word ik omringd door zo’n 120 ‘ Wikipedianen’, zoals ze zichzelf noemen. Zoals in iedere subcultuur is duidelijk te zien wie er tot de vaste incrowd behoort. Wikipedianen zien er uit alsof…
Video on Demand (VoD) is een groeimarkt, zo vernamen we deze week op de nieuwjaarsbijeenkomst van de bioscoopbranche. Desondanks ziet Ximon, een van de Nederlandse pioniers op dit gebied, zich genoodzaakt
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Er wordt op internet veel geld verdiend met de verspreiding van tekst en muziek, nieuws, foto’s en films. Dat geld komt binnen bij internetproviders, diensten als Apple, Amazon, Netflix en Spotify en bij de grote platenmaatschappijen en filmproducenten, die vrijwel altijd ook aandeelhouder zijn van eerdergenoemde organisaties. Zo goed als niets van dat geld komt terecht bij de mensen die al die films, composities en boeken of artikelen maken.
Three-quarters of pilot episodes for series in the US do not lead to a sequel. For House of Cards, the series with which the on-demand and streaming video channel Netflix final breakthrough in America, no pilot episode was made. Major broadcasters refused the series without pilot to make, but Netflix immediately saw that there would be a large enough audience for it. That was
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