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Den Bosch

Joop Daalmeijer Marathon (7): 'If the knowledge is lost, so is the heritage.'

by Wijbrand Schaap
25 September 20144 July 2019
9 min read
ACTUAL, VISUAL, DANS, THEATER

Wijbrand Schaap: 'Just one more point. Then we're almost through.' Joop Daalmeijer: 'Continue quietly, we have until half past five.' Wijbrand Schaap: 'We have a problem with real estate. A lot of inner cities are empty. Shop premises are empty, downtown office buildings are unrentable. What do the municipalities say? Put artists in them. Cost nothing, because for free rent they do...

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Joop Daalmeijer Marathon (5) "All balls on Amsterdam", I'm not into that at all.

by Wijbrand Schaap
22 September 201429 March 2022
11 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL, MUSIC, THEATER

Wijbrand Schaap: 'Now on the role of cities. One of the reactions on our site is about the role of the randstad in cultural policy. Melle Daamen puts the primacy in the randstad, and goes further than the Council in this.' Marathon interviewAfter the uproar surrounding Melle Daamen's opinion piece on arts policy, we were invited to a 'conversation about...

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Johan Simons to Ruhr, Rotterdam, Den Bosch, Vienna, Ghent. And Varik.

by Wijbrand Schaap
16 August 201430 March 2022
4 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, THEATER

He is the greatest director in the Netherlands. But also the least honourable theatre-maker we know: Johan Simons. The man whose star has been rising since the 1980s is now in Munich. But he is not staying there. After putting the local company Kammerspiele even more firmly on the map internationally, he is looking for new challenges. Den Bosch earlier reported...

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What someone else's house does to you: Peeping by Lieke Benders on @tfboulevard

by Wijbrand Schaap
10 August 201429 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Boulevard, SPECIALS, THEATER

There were people who simply looked in the kitchen cupboards even though the guide expressly forbade it. That type of person, who probably also asks for ketchup at every meal, was one of the more interesting discoveries during the walk you could take in den Bosch, titled 'Peeping'. The performance is an example of 'experiential theatre': theatre without a clear storyline or message,...

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8 enticing words about Festival Boulevard.

by Wijbrand Schaap
8 August 201430 March 2022
5 min read
For members only, Boulevard, DANS, MUSIC, OPERA, SPECIALS, THEATER

It is the most ambitious summer festival in the Netherlands: Festival Boulevard in Den Bosch aims to showcase not only the finest theatre theatre theatre in the low countries, but also the fattest shows, and youngest new creators and the merriest bus drivers. And all in 10 days, in once tad where the local newspaper does its best to make culture as scary as possible. We sum it up for you in eight enticing words.
Louis
Like Louis van Gaal coming to coach the local FC for four years...

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Increasing pressure on art talent: 22 new creators to keep a close eye on.

by Niek Hendrix
17 July 20142 April 2022
5 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, VISUAL

For the past few weeks, academies across the country have been celebrating: a new batch of visual artists graduated and showed themselves to the world. Besides parents, grandparents and a few friends, a lot of art professionals descend on such a graduation presentation. Scouts, in the form of other artists, press, curators, collectors and gallery owners. All these people especially hope not to miss out on the new discovery and therefore try to be there as early as possible. In some cases, they...

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Boukje Schweigman's wordless philosophy

by Maarten Baanders
5 November 201329 March 2022
7 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

Even before she graduated from mime school, Boukje Schweigman swore off language. She worked out a wordless philosophy in her performances. She seeks the mystery of life. However vast and elusive her starting points may be, her performances give the audience the most direct, immediate, skin-tight sensation imaginable in a theatre.

From 12 November, Boukje Schweigman and her group Schweigman& will tour Dutch theatres with their own festival: H...

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10 per cent less ticket sales, but Festival Boulevard is still satisfied.

by Wijbrand Schaap
12 August 201329 March 2022
2 min read
ACTUAL, For members only, Boulevard, SPECIALS

Festival Boulevard in Den Bosch sold 55,000 tickets this year, 5,000 less than in 2012. The festival, which this year was held from 1 to 11 August, did attract more crowds for the free offerings on the festival square. This brought the total number of visitors to the festival this year to 145,000, 5,000 more than in 2012. As the venue occupancy is still nice at 85%, the drop in ticket sales will mainly be due to a smaller offer of performances.

In 2012, the...

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Theatres take matters into their own hands

by one of our members
16 January 201330 March 2022
1 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

As the government has killed the entire circuit of production houses and further education, seven theatres have jumped into the gap. They are joining forces to enable a number of 'young' makers to still develop their work. By buying a number of performances in advance and making a small development budget available, the seven of them can put two makers to work per season.

It involves The Rotterdam Theatre, Frascati in Amsterdam

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Cronyism at the Performing Arts Fund?

by Wijbrand Schaap
14 August 201230 March 2022
3 min read
ACTUAL, For members only

In the small Dutch art world, it is impossible to put together a committee of experts that is completely independent. Everyone with expertise also has knowledge of people, or has worked at an institution that is now to be judged. Or works there now. Reason enough, then, for speculation and conspiracy theories.

'Johnny Quid', incognito member of the culture bashing and anonymous commenter weblog Geenstijl.nl thought at least an Amsterdam, white conspiracy ...

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Rush to festival featuring Dutch youth theatre on Broadway

by one of our members
7 November 20118 July 2016
2 min read
ACTUAL

In the country where Jan Klaasen is only allowed to beat up Katrijn with a hot-air balloon, because a puppet show clubbing is not good for delicate children's souls, Dutch professional youth theatre turns out to be unexpectedly in demand. In short, a genuine Dutch youth theatre festival in New York has already sold 2,500 tickets, and it is still going strong. Of at least two of the four productions...

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