{"id":98250,"date":"2025-08-17T17:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/?p=98250"},"modified":"2025-08-17T17:14:35","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T15:14:35","slug":"boulevard-trekt-meer-jonge-bezoekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2025\/08\/boulevard-trekt-meer-jonge-bezoekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Boulevard attracts more young visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Theaterfestival Boulevard in \u2019s-Hertogenbosch kan terugblikken op een inspirerende 41ste editie. Het elfdaagse podiumkunstfestival trok circa 107.500 bezoekers, waarvan 54.500 bezoekers naar de voorstellingen (37.000 verkochte kaarten en 17.500 bezoekers aan het gratis programma)<\/strong> <strong>en een zichtbare groei van de jongere bezoekers.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Motto<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Het festivalmotto was &#8216;in gemeenschap van verwondering&#8217;, wat doorklonk in de gehele programmering. Voor Boulevard blijft nieuwsgierigheid de beste remedie tegen verharding en polarisatie. Het festival zag dit bevestigd in de het sterke gemeenschapsgevoel \u2013 op het plein, in zalen en tenten, in festivalbussen \u2013 en in de diversiteit van het publiek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Trekkers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Boulevard 2025 bood circa 125 verschillende voorstellingen, concerten en installaties op het (snij)vlak van theater, dans, muziek en beeldende kunst, waaronder 16 premi\u00e8res. Grote publiekstrekkers waren de grote locatieproducties van de Vlaamse gezelschappen Berlin\/NTGent (<em>Living Apartment Together)<\/em>, KOPERGIETERY\/vzw Forevergem (<em>Foreverandevergem)<\/em>, Circumstances\/Piet van Dycke (<em>BEYOND)<\/em> en \u2013 uit eigen provincie \u2013 Het Zuidelijk Toneel (<em>Not Quichot<\/em>). Eveneens hoge ogen gooiden Louis Janssens (<em>Family<\/em>), Miet Warlop (<em>In<\/em><em>hale Delirium Exhale<\/em>), Cheroney Pelupessy (<em>Mama&#8217;ku<\/em>) en Joseph Toonga\/Alexsander &#8216;Mumu&#8217; Afonso Costa\/ Leonardo Laureano Ciriaco &amp; Peterson Napole\u00e3o (<em>The Black Body Festival: Joy isn&#8217;t always Joy<\/em>). Ook het omvangrijke studentenprogramma Future Feels\/Club Felix werd massaal bezocht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Mix van disciplines en bezoekers<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Tent Paars werd een breed palet van disciplines getoond, van rap tot danstheater, van battles tot impro\u2019s, maar ook voetbal en comedy. In het publiek zaten zowel nieuwe &#8211; en vaak jonge &#8211; als nieuwsgierige trouwe bezoekers. De programmering van dit podium, naar een ontwerp van de Amsterdamse ruimtelijk vormgever Eddy van der Laan, kwam in samenspel met dansmaker Arjuna Vermeulen van de Bossche hiphopcrew Cypher HQ tot stand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>IK MAAK MEE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Een primeur beleefde familieplein IK MAAK MEE, de ontmoetings- en activiteitenplek voor kinderen. Met name de Sprokkelroute, de dagelijkse workshops en het speciale kindermenu in Restaurant LOF trokken veel jonge bezoekers en hun ouders\/verzorgers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Locaties<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinds 1985 speelde Boulevard op 238 verschillende locaties in en om \u2018s-Hertogenbosch. In 2025 groeide de lijst met vijf nieuwe plekken: Flat de Hoge Slagen, woonzorgcentrum Antoniegaarde, tuin Sint Janscentrum [seminarie], tuin in Berlicum en parkeerplaats De Gruyter Fabriek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Toegankelijkheid<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cultuur mag nooit een voorrecht zijn van de \u00e9\u00e9n en een gemis voor de ander. Vanuit die overtuiging zette Boulevard ook deze editie volop in op toegankelijkheid. In samenwerking met belangenorganisaties werd er ruimte gemaakt voor mogelijkheden en ontmoetingen: van vierhandentolken voor Doof-blinde bezoekers, Meet &amp; Feel-sessies die een voorstelling tastbaar maken en het Gebarencaf\u00e9 bij de Hertog Jan <strong>La Tramontana bar<\/strong> tot gratis programma\u2019s voor bijvoorbeeld nieuwkomers en ruim 450 Geef een Toegift-kaartjes voor mensen die zich financieel weinig kunnen veroorloven.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theaterfestival Boulevard in \u2019s-Hertogenbosch kan terugblikken op een inspirerende 41ste editie. Het elfdaagse podiumkunstfestival trok circa 107.500 bezoekers, waarvan 54.500 bezoekers naar de voorstellingen (37.000 verkochte kaarten en 17.500 bezoekers aan het gratis programma) en een zichtbare groei van de jongere bezoekers. Motto Het festivalmotto was &#8216;in gemeenschap van verwondering&#8217;, wat doorklonk in de gehele [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":98251,"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":false,"_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","wpai_meta_description":"","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,"enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8832,11445,11917,8843,3059,4759],"tags":[16399],"class_list":["post-98250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-boulevard","category-faits-divers","category-persberichten","category-podiumkunst","category-specials","category-theater-podiumkunst-2","tag-tfboulevard-2"],"views":663,"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-17-at-17.11.24.jpeg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":121135,"url":"https:\/\/cultureelpersbureau.nl\/en\/2026\/06\/boulevard-keert-terug-met-120-voorstellingen-op-twintig-verschillende-locaties\/","url_meta":{"origin":98250,"position":0},"title":"Boulevard returns with 120 performances at twenty different locations","author":"Theaterfestival Boulevard","date":"23 June 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Boulevard Theatre Festival is once again bringing the summer to a close in 's-Hertogenbosch with its 42nd edition. 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