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Jacob Derwig en Elsie de Brauw ontvangen de hoogste toneelprijzen van 2011

Zondagavond 11 september zijn tijdens het Gala van het Nederlands Theater de VSCD Toneelprijzen, de VSCD Mimeprijs, de VSCD Jeugdtheaterprijzen en de AVRO Toneel Publieksprijs 2011 uitgereikt. En dat u dan weet dat VSCD staat voor de Vereniging van Schouwburg- en Concertgebouw Directies en AVRO voor Algemene Vrijzinnige Radio Omroep.  De prijs voor de beste mannelijke hoofdrol van het afgelopen… 

Successful Holland Festival closes record edition amid uncertainty over future

Photo: Pierre Nydegger To conclude. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we were able to meet with... 

#HF11: We chat with Jeroen Stout, Daniël Bertina, Fransien vd Putt and Wijbrand Schaap.

  In conclusion. The 2011 Holland Festival could well be historic. Not only was it the festival that attracted the most audiences for years, it was also the festival that took place while a minority government of populists, nationalists and materialists proclaimed the end of art subsidies. We therefore look back on a festival in which we had a great time with our new... 

A few solid misses, interspersed with plenty of indispensable beauty in week 3 of the Holland Festival #hf11

De Dodo had het druk, deze derde week van het Holland Festival. Gelukkig opnieuw met een spannende mix van mooi, raar en bijzonder. Zoals het hoort, eigenlijk. Wat het Holland festival helemaal spannend maakt is dat dat soort uitersten zich soms binnen één programma kunnen afspelen, zoals bij het Nationale Ballet, of zelfs binnen één voorstelling, zoals bij De Russen… 

#HF11: They're going to make another big cut to the Russians at Toneelgroep Amsterdam

Keulen en Parijs mogen dan niet in één dag gebouwd zijn, het kostte minder dan drie dagen om naar de maan te vliegen. Een kromme vergelijking om mee te vertellen dat een voorstelling die drie dagen voor de première nog rammelt, op de première zelf een onvoorstelbare hit kan blijken. Zoiets kan dus gebeuren met De Russen, de nieuwste voorstelling… 

Tien theatervoorstellingen die u volgens de jury van het Nederlands Theaterfestival niet had mogen missen. Mee eens?

U  lag natuurlijk met zijn allen in de rij voor die legendarische Richard III van Orkater met muziek van Tom Waits. Of u had zich opgesloten bij het kleine zaal juweeltje ‘Till the fat lady sings’ van Oostpool, of u wilde gewoon geen aflevering van O O Cherso en The Voice of Holland missen. Enfin: nu weet u wat u… 

Anything to get amateurs into the stands: money for 'Dance Gardens', local residents and the Concert Hall

About 8 million Dutch people do something with art. They have music lessons, macramé plant pendants, paint plates or put together Christmas cards. But they also play theatre, sing in a choir, are part of a hip-hop crew or death metal band. That these practitioners of amateur art are not automatically also regular visitors to professional art is a mystery to many people. The Fund ... 

National Travel Opera possibly first victim of culture cuts

The rapid austerity operation of at least 200 million on the cultural sector has yet to be fleshed out, but one thing is already clear. If it were up to state secretary Halbe Zijlstra, the National Reisopera, operating from Enschede, would stand a good chance of being killed in that operation. His request for advice to the Culture Council, sent the week before Christmas, states the following:... 

Director Thomas Ostermeier argues for 'dramatic non-dramatic' theatre in his masterclass #tf2010

She has just returned from a long holiday in her native Norway and, although many Norwegians find Ibsen boring these days, she herself loves his work. Maren Bjorseth is a third-year directing student at the AHK. Her Dutch is flawless; it is hard to believe she has only lived here for two years. Maren is one of four directing students chosen to take a master class from German director Thomas Ostermeier, artistic director of Schaubühne Berlin. Last year, the Stadschouwburg showed his Hamlet (starring a nasty, rather fat Hamlet) and in December, Ostermeier will direct Ibsen's Spoken at Toneelgroep Amsterdam.

The master class is a collaborative project of TF with the AHK and actors from ACT. It is the first day of school for the students and, as Maren says, they were immediately thrown into the deep end: 'It was very short and intensive, we worked from ten to three and Thomas Ostermeier came to watch twice. So it really is a work in progress.'

NNT's 11 minutes not only makes you lose the desire to laugh, but all lust. My wife regrets that. #tf2010

Ola Mafaalani. That's a very fierce one. So you can never ignore that. The human is so full of passion and emotion that all her stage work, because she is a director, cannot possibly leave you cold. At least, so it was until recently, with me personally finding her last play at Toneelgroep Amsterdam 'Hemel boven Berlijn' the most beautiful, because it was also the most... 

First ACT Award presented to casting legend Hans Kemna: 'I didn't want to come at all' #tf2010

Everyone wants to kiss him for a moment. Hans Kemna, shining centre of the 'book ball for actors', has just won the very first ACT Award. The award was presented at Amsterdam's Stadsschouwburg, during the ACT gala, the prologue to the Dutch Theatre Festival.

A Don Giovanni without Don before it, without scruples and without illusions, but with a few naked women. #hf10

 Door Wijbrand Schaap Eens in de zoveel tijd staat er een theaterregisseur op die de leegte om zich heen aan de kaak wil stellen. Dat het om de leegte in hem (of haar) zelf gaat, daar komt deze jonge regisseur meestal een jaar of twintig later achter, als die eenmaal wat minder leeg geworden is. Zo gaan die dingen. We… 

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