de utrechtse spelen

Let zzp'ers keep the supervisory boards of cultural companies on their toes!

by Giep Hagoort
23 August 201529 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

How next for boards in the cultural sector? Supervisory boards are under considerable pressure following publications about possible failures of supervision at Rotterdam's Wereldmuseum, Grand Theatre in Groningen and recently again from Rotterdam's Het Nieuwe Instituut. Previously, similar reports appeared about De Utrecht Games and the Groninger Museum, among others. In practically all cases, the cases involved a Council...

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City of the Blind is ethical research and sensory experience in one

by Hannah Roelofs
28 May 201529 May 2015
5 min read
THEATER

An old man strolls into the hospital ward with a transistor radio. 'Where did you go blind?' the blind people already present ask the newcomer. 'In a museum,' he replies. A moving conversation then unfolds about what was the last painting he saw, and the possibilities are projected onto the wafer-thin canvas that separates the audience from the sick room. This tot...

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DUS is now called Theatre Utrecht. Not to be confused with Stadsschouwburg Utrecht

by Wijbrand Schaap
11 January 201529 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, THEATER

Toneelgroep Centrum, Utrechtse Theater Inititatieven, Jeugdtheaterplatform Utrecht, Theaterplatform Utrecht, De Paardenkathedraal, De Nieuwe Paardenkathedraal, De Utrechtse Spelen. The ostentatious names for Utrecht theatre companies had run out of steam over the past 30 years. Not entirely unexpected, then, that the city theatre company of the Netherlands' fourth city opts for sobriety and clarity. Since Sunday 11 January, 5pm, De Utrechtse Spelen has been called...

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Matthias Mooij (1976-2014): a career that should have been there.

by Wijbrand Schaap
25 July 201429 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, OPERA, THEATER

Hij had een belangrijk regisseur kunnen worden, maar was op de verkeerde tijd, op de verkeerde plaats. Uiteindelijk heeft zijn ziekte Matthias Mooij dodelijk dwarsgezeten. Gisteren overleed deze nog jonge theatermaker aan longkanker, dik anderhalf jaar na de première van zijn eerste grote-zaalproductie: Mogadishu. Met die voorstelling, van een stuk geschreven door de Engelse schrijfster Vivienne Franzmann, zette Mooij een nieuwe toon in het theater: niet langer greep hij terug op in het theater ...

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Dream team comes to save Utrecht Games

by Wijbrand Schaap
6 September 20138 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

Thibaud Delpeut, up-and-coming talent in theatre land, has been appointed artistic director of The Utrecht Games. Jacques van Veen has been appointed as managing director to exude sufficient confidence in the business field as well. He previously won his spurs at the Holland Festival and Groningen City Theatre.

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'Mogadishu' fits into zeitgeist of moral confusion

by Wijbrand Schaap
27 January 201329 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Ooit was gesubsidieerd theater een linkse hobby. Inmiddels zijn we twee jaar verder, en heeft het gesubsidieerde theater zich zonder enige moeite gevoegd naar de heersende, veel rechtsere trend. Toneelgroep Amsterdam heeft immers een toneelbewerking van Ayn Rands rabiaat anti-sociale roman en Tea Party-bijbel The Fountainhead op het programma staan. En op donderdag 24 januari kondigde het Utrechtse stadstheatergezelschap De Utrechtse Spelen een toneelstuk aan waarbij voor de inhoudelijke verantw...

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Arthur Japin makes theatre out of his novel Vaslav

by one of our members
15 January 20138 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

'Everseller' author Arthur Japin is to make a stage adaptation of his novel Vaslav, about the legendary Russian dancer Nijinksi. He is making the adaptation at the request of theatre patron Joop van den Ende, who is a big fan of the book. The theatre production goes into

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DUS retains grant, leadership leaves

by one of our members
25 October 201230 March 2022
1 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Het meest markante gezelschap van Nederland, als het gaat om omgaan met subsidiegeld, is gered. De Theaterkrant meldt dat het Rijk akkoord is met de nieuwe, aangepaste begroting, die moest worden opgesteld nadat eerder dit jaar een verlies was ontstaan van ruim 2 miljoen euro. Het gezelschap behoudt dus de anderhalf miljoen euro en artistiek leider Jos Thie en zijn zakelijke partner Jelle Snijder worden met pek en veren de stad uit gejaagd, waar zij zich kunnen voegen bij de Raad van Toezicht di...

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Art for all: €3 per person, per month

by Wijbrand Schaap
22 October 201230 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

De discussie was en is oeverloos, maar inmiddels hebben we cijfers. Dankzij de nieuwe 'kengetallen' van het Ministerie van OCW weten we nu hoeveel het Rijk (wij met zijn allen) over hebben voor de mogelijkheid om kunst mee te maken: per inwoner geeft de staat 38,90 per jaar uit aan subsidies voor dans, toneel, musea, jeugdtheater, opera en orkesten. Dat is dus iets meer 3 euro per maand. Inderdaad wel iets om elkaar over in de haren te vliegen, vinden we.
In dit klimaat, waarin deze 3 euro per N...

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Culture Council knew about 'Hole of DUS'

by Wijbrand Schaap
14 September 20128 July 2016
6 min read
ACTUAL

Theatre company the Utrecht Games, city company of the Netherlands' fourth largest city, is on the brink of bankruptcy. It was recently revealed that the company led by artistic and business director Jos Thie has a deficit of €2.1 million. Correspondence that has since surfaced shows that it was already clear in May this year that the problems were getting out of hand. That was a month after the Utrecht subsidy advisory committee issued its laudatory opinion, and a few weeks before the Council for Culture issued its very thrifty advice.

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Theatre on demand offers British quality

by Wijbrand Schaap
21 August 201230 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Veel geklos op planken. Dat is wat toneel op televisie vooral is. En acteurs met een rare nagalm in intieme scenes. Ook dat. Het is makkelijk schieten op de pogingen om succesvolle voorstellingen op het tv of bioscoopscherm te brengen. Ze geven kijkers bijna altijd het gevoel dat hun medium 80 jaar in de ontwikkeling terug schiet. Daarom faalt ook iedere poging van de Nederlandse Publieke Omroep om onze tamelijk hoog aangeschreven toneelkunst via de tv voor een breder publiek aantrekkelijk te ma...

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'I have all of Shakespeare's records in my cupboard'

by one of our members
11 June 201230 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

The press presentation of the open-air opera Orfeo ed Eurydice at Soestdijk at the time attracted just under a hundred people press and sponsors. At the presentation of the performance 'Much ado about nothing', The Utrecht Games attracted only a handful: someone from weblog cultuurpodium.nl, two people from the Stadsblad Utrecht and an indeterminate camera crew who had come exclusively for Suzan Visser....

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Too full or not too full at subsidy theatre

by one of our members
3 April 201229 March 2022
10 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Hein Janssen (Volkskrant) wrote a column in response to a couple of performances with BN stars in the subsidised circuit in which he argued that subsidy was not meant for that. The association for actors thought this was reason enough for a debate. We made a short film to go with it. We formatted it in storify, a feature that allows you to put tweets and other social media messages together and...

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'No shit, everybody rich', but also: 'alarm, alarm, all poor'

by Wijbrand Schaap
30 March 201230 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Kunstsubsidies kunnen beter worden afgeschaft als kunstenaars een groot publiek moeten bereiken. Want dan vervals je immers de markt. Logisch. Je kunt ook besluiten iedereen subsidie te geven. En dat klinkt vreemder dan het is.
De afgelopen maanden zijn er een paar theatervoorstellingen geweest die het heel goed deden bij het grote publiek. Omdat dit voorstellingen waren die met subsidie gemaakt zijn, bracht dat in een paar kranten de pennen in beweging. Hein Jansen van De Volkskrant betoogde in...

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Jacob Derwig and Elsie de Brauw receive 2011's top drama awards

by one of our members
11 September 20118 July 2016
3 min read
ACTUAL

On Sunday evening 11 September, the VSCD Drama Awards, the VSCD Mime Prize, the VSCD Youth Theatre Awards and the AVRO Toneel Publieksprijs 2011 were presented at the Gala van het Nederlands Theater. And that you then know that VSCD stands for the Association of Theatre and Concert Hall Directors and AVRO for General Free Radio Broadcasting. The award for the best male lead of the past...

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The Kiss and DUS in final stage award nominations

by one of our members
23 June 201130 March 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

The Utrecht Games (DUS), with its successful production August Oklahoma, immediately wins three nominations for the theatre awards to be handed out in September: Ria Eimers for best female lead, and Peter Bolhuis and Tjitsjke Reidinga compete for the prizes for best supporting actress. Percentage-wise, however, much more successful than DUS is De Kus, a production by Hummelinck Stuurman, because there the...

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Rascals and heroes battle for power at Utrecht Festival a/d Werf

by one of our members
23 May 201130 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

There is no such thing as the perfect human being. We are all crooks. Or is there a way to get it right? Ilay den Boer and the actors of De Utrechtse Spelen / De Warme Winkel each explore in their own way at the 26th edition of Festival aan de Werf. Wasn't my grandfather just an asshole? That...

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