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Actors make audience laugh and gawk with intrigue in theatrical jam session 'Night Guests' #tf2010

by one of our members
6 September 201030 March 2022
3 min read
For members only, SPECIALS

“Ik ben achtenvijftig.” Plompverloren onthult Saskia Lemming (Oda Spelbos) haar grootste geheim aan echtgenoot en uitgerangeerde volkszanger René Lemming (Peter Bolhuis). Hij trouwde twaalf jaar geleden met haar, in de veronderstelling dat ze een jonge blom was. Op zijn beurt laat hij weten dat hij ‘Jij bent het neusje van mijn zalm’, zijn nummer één hit, eigenlijk voor een andere vrouw heeft geschreven. De bom barst in realityshow ‘De Lemmings’. Of eigenlijk: op het podium in De Balie, waar ...

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Drama is much more suited to interpret history than film. @RvanH writes essay on Hannah and Martin at #TF2010

by one of our members
2 September 201029 March 2022
6 min read
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Hannah and Martin by Mugmetdegoudentand is not only a heartwarming performance, played by one phenomenal actress and one inimitable theatre personality, it is also a brainteaser. Trouw reviewer and theatre scholar Robbert van Heuven felt challenged to write a short essay in response to this performance.

Door Robbert van Heuven
Feiten bepalen maar een klein deel van de geschiedschrijving. Veel belangrijker is de vraag hoe die feiten zich tot elkaar verhouden, ...

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Thanks to Elfriede Jelinek, since 9 June we know a little better what it is like to be Austrian. #hf10

by Wijbrand Schaap
10 June 201030 March 2022
3 min read
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By Wijbrand Schaap (photo by Arno Declair) Since Wednesday 9 June 2010, the Netherlands has resembled Austria a bit more, although with us the mountains are in the southeast, instead of the west. And there's another difference: we are still allowed to see the stage work of Austrian Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek, while the stern writer's work in her...