{"id":102036,"date":"2026-04-22T10:24:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:24:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=102036"},"modified":"2026-04-22T10:24:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T08:24:53","slug":"programma-festival-tweetakt-2026-bekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/programma-festival-tweetakt-2026-bekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Programme Festival Tweetakt 2026 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Utrecht, 22 April, 2026 - From Friday 5 June to Sunday 14 June, Festival Tweetakt will again take place in the Utrecht city centre and at Fort Ruigenhoek. The international festival offers a wide range of theatre, dance, visual arts and much more. Tweetakt is aimed at children, young adults and adults who want to experience how appealing and fulfilling youth art can be. The programme is now on <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/BvXQgpNh\"><strong>tweetakt.co.uk<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Theatre Kikker is once again the festival heart in the city centre and the meeting place for theatre makers and festival visitors. Expect a Festival Tweetakt bar and lots of disco balls! Special performances can also be seen at the Stadsschouwburg, Podium Hoge Woerd and Het Filiaal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fort Ruigenhoek<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fort Ruigenhoek is a green, historic fort island on the edge of the city. The fort is open to the public only during Tweetakt. Here, Tweetakt presents visual arts and theatre performances for young and old, there are workshops and all kinds of games. In and around the fort there is a real festival atmosphere and of course you can also get a bite to eat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Premiers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, a large number of performances will premiere at Festival Tweetakt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/54qWfcAQ\">Op\u00e9ra Punk<\/a> by Brut Movement where audiences go from opera to ferocious punk theatre - 5 June \/ 8pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/pvaOBgoU\">Bridge builders<\/a> at which The World Repairing welcomes everyone to the yard where a new city is under construction - 5 June \/ 12:30 - 17:30<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/J0MEDxsV\">Antes de...<\/a> Company Tea Tree &amp; Bronks interweaves dance and acrobatics in a poetic toddler performance - 14 June \/ 15.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/VSMRcJkM\">Lava Forest<\/a> by Ingri Fiksdal strange, limp creatures crawl up from a pile of coloured rags and stuffed fabric - 14 June \/ 12.00 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/54qWfcUX\">Fest<\/a>by Zonzo Company is a music party that children (and adults who come along) will be sucked into from start to finish - 6 June \/ 2pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/fhpVBZAO\">Spiel im Spiel<\/a> by Ceren Oran Three dancers go all out in a game of \u2018the floor is lava\u2019 - 6 June \/ 1pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/pvaOBgKg\">The terrified disco ball<\/a> by Mats Hoogland is a theatrically funky song programme about wanting to make yourself small. Or just really big. - 7 June \/ 10.30am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/J0MEDxnq\">The Ethereal Paradox<\/a> by dancer Zo\u00eb Chungong shows in three parts how women through time have found their strength dancing - 12 June \/ 9pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/hArjL1RP\">Brian and the Sugar Rush<\/a> by Zenzi Alwart is about Brian who loves hide-and-seek, singing, dancing, her imagination, and also loves sweets very much - June 7 \/ 30 am<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/BvXQgpfU\">Here<\/a> was created by HKU students under the guidance of creator duo Plankton. It promises to be a playful and slightly absurd performance packed with ingenious tricks, visual humour and surprising sets. - 7 June \/ 12.15 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/VSMRcJyS\">Grip<\/a> dancer Carli Gellings makes tangible how thoughts can sometimes make you very powerful, and sometimes make you waver - 14 June \/ 1.30 pm<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>At <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/J0MEDxmu\">L'enfer<\/a> Jotka Bauwens shows that anyone can dance - 13 June \/ 15.30 hrs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Domplein and Neude<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Utrecht's city centre is buzzing during Tweetakt. Like on the Domplein: on Saturday 6 June there is a spectacular performance by <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/VSMRcJ8V\">The Space Choir<\/a>. The choir includes both experienced and inexperienced singers, twenty-somethings, pensionados, queers and they all get into the groove. Afterwards, Spanish dancer and choreographer Quim Bigas takes the audience into the feeling of total happiness in \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/fhpVBZ8G\">Molar<\/a>\u2019 (6 June is the Dutch premiere, this performance will be repeated on Sunday 7 June). The following weekend you can enjoy <a href=\"https:\/\/cm.to\/zgkhFqDs\">Hugs and Handshakes<\/a> (also a premiere), a show in which six acrobats let the audience participate in their tricks. It starts very simply. In shaking hands, a pat on the back, and a tentative embrace with whoever is up for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several artworks by Herman Lamers and Lavart can be admired on the Neude.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"102037\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/04\/programma-festival-tweetakt-2026-bekend\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1365\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-1024x683.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/e_000000_ab8a0e57-b858-4d98-b055-cc94d94e134e.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Campaign image<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This year, Tweetakt did not use a modelling agency for the campaign images, but invited a number of residents of the Overvecht district for a photo shoot at Fort Ruigenhoek. In their best clothes, at a special location.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utrecht, 22 april, 2026 &#8211; Van vrijdag 5 juni tot en met zondag 14 juni vindt Festival Tweetakt weer plaats in de Utrechtse binnenstad en op Fort Ruigenhoek. Het internationale festival biedt een breed scala aan theater, dans, beeldende kunst en nog veel meer. Tweetakt richt zich op kinderen, jongvolwassenen en volwassenen die willen meemaken [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"federated","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[11917,8843,4759],"tags":[16497],"class_list":["post-102036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-persberichten","category-podiumkunst","category-theater-podiumkunst-2","tag-tweetakt"],"featured_image_url":[],"post_author":"Senne Vercouteren","assigned_categories":"PERSBERICHTEN, PODIUMKUNST, THEATER","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":139557,"url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/09\/het-rapportcijfer-7-en-de-zes-meldingen-als-de-toezichthouder-te-laat-meet\/","url_meta":{"origin":102036,"position":0},"title":"A mark of 7 and the six reports \u2013 When the regulator takes too long to carry out checks","author":"Guido van Nispen","date":"19 September 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A score of 7 for social safety, yet at the same time six reports and thirty staff leaving. 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