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Met lokale worteling van gesubsidieerde kunst neem je het populisme wind uit de zeilen

De laatste dagen verschijnen op diverse plekken voorzetjes voor een nieuw systeem om de kunst in Nederland te financieren. Lastige stukken, en tot nu toe niet getuigend van heel erg veel doortastendheid. In Het Parool vindt een aantal prominenten, waaronder Tinkebel en reclameman Kessels, dat er minder in hokjes moet worden gedacht, en dat we, behalve op kwaliteit, ook op… 

No audience cap in theatres; playing to wider audiences possible again

From 1 July, more people will again be able to attend performances and cultural festivals. In theatres, cinemas and concert halls, a maximum of 30 people will no longer apply. From then on, the space will be leading instead of the number of visitors. However, basic rules such as 1.5 metres must be observed. In addition, a health check takes place beforehand, advance booking is necessary and... 

'At many theatres, you don't have to arrive if you don't bring your own audience.'

Ik sprak Peter Pluymaekers, artistiek leider van Theatergroep Zep, over hoe het is om theater te maken voor vmbo-leerlingen. Aanleiding was de niet zo juichend ontvangen voorstelling van Cleopatra. Luister de podcast op anchor: ‘Ik ben altijd een beetje huiverig om Shakespeare te doen. Ik vind hem moeilijk, en jongeren vinden hem vaak oubollig. Dat vond ik ook van de… 

New parents are born every year! (Why theatre programmers need to take much more risk)

Met rode konen hang ik een beetje verbouwereerd de telefoon op. Zojuist had ik een telefonische afspraak die een hele andere wending nam. Ik voerde kort gesprek met een voor mij nog onbekende theaterprogrammeur. Ze vertelde helaas niks bij ons impresariaat te programmeren, want in haar stad was er echt geen behoefte aan artistieke voorstellingen. Deze dame stelde dat haar… 

'Art tax cuts and a cultural fund will be created as an incentive for homeowners to invest in works of art.' (How we think the throne speech should have read)

Members of the States General, This year about 72 years ago we had the first Holland Festival. After years of enslavement and tyranny, hope for a better future literally came from above, in the form of Maria Callas. Eyewitnesses who saw the lights in the Stadsschouwburg turn red that day would never forget that image. 72 years later, it seems... 

Five quarters of an adolescent brain. Jetse Batelaan makes growing pains hilariously palpable at Theatre Festival Boulevard.

Als je theater voor kinderen en jongeren maakt, vertel je als volwassene verhalen aan kinderen en jongeren vanuit jouw volwassen bestaan. Dat kan. Daar kun je subsidie voor krijgen. Artemis, eerder hier uitgeroepen tot het op één na beste theatergezelschap van Nederland, is zo’n gezelschap. Maar, omdat dit jeugdtheatergezelschap geleid wordt door Jetse Batelaan doet Artemis het graag anders. Sterker… 

Why youth is the future and fake art does not lead to real art at Theatre Festival Boulevard.

Het Bossche Theater Artemis is, na International Theatre Amsterdam, het beste theatergezelschap van Nederland. Dat heeft het gezelschap te danken aan een roemrucht verleden (Pauline Mol!!) en aan Jetse Batelaan. Deze regisseur ontving onlangs nog de prestigieuze Zilveren Leeuw op de Biënnale van Venetië voor zijn ontregelende oeuvre. Dat bestaat grotendeels uit voorstellingen waarin kinderen de macht overnemen, zonder dat… 

Shout out! The big fill-in for the new arts plan.

The Council for Culture has just proposed the new Basic Infrastructure (BIS), and it has become a very big, in traditional terms 'prosperous', baby. Since the Council is not allowed to name names, and can only list functions, we have already made a fill-in list here, in which we list (very briefly, because little time and not knowing about everything) which existing cultural... 

What is it with the dance sector in Amsterdam? Once again, a dance production house is being deprived of subsidies.

Is production house Dansmakers Amsterdam losing its housing? Together with other institutions in the dance sector, it has made every effort to align and further develop the whole spectrum of dance facilities in Amsterdam. In 2018, for example, the joint plan Danswerf was developed and submitted as an application for a two-year development grant to the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts (AFK)... 

The Culture Index goes regional. Cherry-picking season has begun

It took about a day for the PVV Enschede branch to discover the message. Quite fast for a club that is usually not very interested in art. Anyway, this one detail at the presentation of the regional culture index was of course grist to the mill of the far-right local party: Region Enschede has the biggest mismatch between amount of subsidy and... 

Two more than deserved awards for 'the Netherlands' only truly innovative theatre'

Would it happen after all? Would Liesbeth Coltof's dream really come true? For 36 years, she made theatre in which the age of the audience played no role. On Saturday 6 October, she received the Oeuvre Prize from the Association of Theatre Directors (VSCD) from the hands of Hedy d'Ancona. In doing so, she surpassed Ivo van Hove. The internationally breakthrough leader of the... 

Why a code is not going to change anything about unfair practices in the arts

Het Nederlandse jeugdtheater is dit jaar bekroond met de Prijs van de Nederlandse Critici. Volkomen terecht. Dat jeugdtheater van ons is van superieure kwaliteit, divers, durft verhalen te vertellen en buiten de eigen navel te kijken. Het is meer dan jammer dat je als volwassene zonder kind niet zo vaak met dat theater in aanraking komt. Menig volwassene zou fervent… 

Een pleidooi voor kijken en gissen @tfboulevard

Theaterfestival Boulevard nodigde deze editie het publiek uit stil te staan bij de twee kanten van identiteit: haar onveranderlijkheid maar vooral haar maakbaarheid. Dit alles onder de noemer what you see is what you guess. Als er een voorstelling is waarop dit van toepassing is, dan moet dat wel Goat Song zijn. Een fascinerende vijftig minuten durende woordeloze voorstelling van… 

'Crusade' by Artemis is top theatre that will make any layman a fan.

Jetse Batelaan has spent pretty much this entire century making the most extraordinary theatre in the world. At least, of my world. Often with very few words, always with a great sense of bare aesthetics and usually sympathetic with a weird twist halfway through. His latest masterpiece is an adaptation of Thea Beckman's Crusade in Jeans. Though we need at least three quarters of... 

Tien dagen lang theater met kloten in Kikker Kiest (In één keer op de hoogte)

‘Als Paul zijn pink beweegt gebeurt er wat. Ze hebben een scène waarin Jochem een tekening maakt van Paul. Paul zit naakt te poseren. En dat duurt. Dat duurt lang. Jij en ik zouden dat als amateurs vullen met allerlei houdingen en bewegingen, maar Paul doet niks. Denk je. En er gebeurt van alles. HIj doet dus wel wat, maar… 

Seven shows you wish you had seen in 2016 (but don't give up hope)

In The Hague, they think it's a waste of money. Let them. Here are seven performances that were more than worth 'that sin'. Mona, Ariadne, Mariken, but also breathtaking circus theatre, a secret marriage, genre-transcending satire and the greatest set ever. Mona, NTJong (youth theatre/drama) 1. It is the biggest pitfall of the age indication in theatre performances. Put 6+ and you... 

Jetse Batelaan (Artemis) is a great innovator of theatre #tfboulevard

Jetse Batelaan is one of the greatest theatre innovators of this still young century. His star rose in 2003, with a show in which five unique actors made reality theatre, and vice versa. Now, 13 years later, Batelaan has been the boss of one of the country's best youth theatre companies for some time, pushing the boundaries of that industry once again. And that... 

Viktorien van Hulst (Boulevard): 'The thresholds are low but the bar is high' #TFBoulevard

Boulevard flags fly everywhere in Den Bosch in the sunshine. The office of the 32-year-old Theatre Festival Boulevard on Sint Josephstraat is a jumble of people walking in and out. The beaming director, Viktorien van Hulst, has bags under her eyes like a festival director should have three days before the opening.

Culture Council fill-in exercise offers hardly any surprises

Champagne at BAK in Utrecht, deep disappointment at The New Institute in Rotterdam: the Council for Culture has spoken. Today, Thursday 19 May 2016, the first advice after the draconian art cuts by the first Rutte cabinet came out, and heads are rolling. Amsterdam loses prestigious presentation institution De Appel, in The Hague fellow institution Stroom has to redo its homework. The Orkest van het Oosten and the Gelders Orkest have to come up with merger plans within two years. In Utrecht, the city company Theater Utrecht will no longer receive funding despite artistic appreciation. Het Zuidelijk Toneel in Eindhoven Tilburg must make new plans and Opera Zuid must quickly raise its artistic quality. These are the main conclusions of the Culture Council's opinion.

As dramatic as some of this may sound, the advice is actually not, when you look over the whole battlefield. Thanks in part to

Choreographer Erik Kaiel: 'No longer controlling everything from my laptop'

On 30 January, choreographer Erik Kaiel was presented with the prestigious Victor Award at IPAY, an international youth theatre fair in Canada, for his performance Tetris. "It's a kind of Buchmesse for youth theatre. If you get picked up there, you go around the world" says Kaiel. Kaiel (1973) has been working in the Netherlands since 2003 and has so far produced his work at... 

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