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Nederlands Theater Festival 2016 heralds start of fresh season

Nederlands Theater Festival 2016 heralds start of fresh season

Aug 11, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

Time for eleven days of celebrating the very best of Dutch performing arts, including the annual awards for the best actors. (..more)

Poetry and the politics of sex in Luk Perceval’s Het Jaar van de Kreeft

Poetry and the politics of sex in Luk Perceval’s Het Jaar van de Kreeft

Mar 30, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

The acclaimed director shares his understanding of Hugo Claus’ novel with us in this intense, minimalist Toneelgroep Amsterdam production. (..more)

Frascati’s Made In Here is a Soviet-style handbook for city living

Frascati’s Made In Here is a Soviet-style handbook for city living

Mar 1, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

Director Davy Pieters presents a sketch-based comedy whose aspirations may be too big but where the fun is never far away. (..more)

Oostpool chronicles Smith and Mapplethorpe, but it hits the head not the heart

Oostpool chronicles Smith and Mapplethorpe, but it hits the head not the heart

Feb 7, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

Good performances and a well-constructed overview of the lives of two icons with the occasional hint at poetic freedom can’t save an aimless production. (..more)

Artistic differences become the work in this layered telling of Amadeus

Artistic differences become the work in this layered telling of Amadeus

Jan 23, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

De Warme Winkel invites theater veteran Marien Jongewaard and of course it results in an exceptionally clever piece of showmanship. (..more)

Theatrical incarnation of bestseller Ventoux in De Meervaart

Theatrical incarnation of bestseller Ventoux in De Meervaart

Jan 9, 2016 |  by  |  Art, Event

Back for one night only, Ventoux sheds light on the underlying themes of male friendship in a story about one tragic cycling holiday in France. (..more)

Kings of War’s size and scope make for intruiging portraits of people in charge

Kings of War’s size and scope make for intruiging portraits of people in charge

Dec 29, 2015 |  by  |  Art, Event

Larger-than-life Shakespearean show by Toneelgroep Amsterdam is fresh, moving and funny in just the right doses while paying tribute to the Bard in a trilogy of powerplay. (..more)

Fresh Young Gods delivers another installment of the hyperreal

Fresh Young Gods delivers another installment of the hyperreal

Dec 4, 2015 |  by  |  Art, Event

Part two in a trilogy named Good Intentions, Eric de Vroedt delivers a wild, choreographed Oostpool show that is frighteningly accurate in its reflection on current affairs. (..more)

Sam Gold celebrates Tennessee Williams in outstanding production

Sam Gold celebrates Tennessee Williams in outstanding production

Nov 17, 2015 |  by  |  Art, Event

Beloved classic The Glass Menagerie (‘Glazen Speelgoed’) revived for the Dutch stage boasts an excellent cast and displays much emotional sensitivity as it focuses on motherly care more than anything. (..more)

Poetic family drama lifts the spirits in rendition of Hugo Claus’ classic

Poetic family drama lifts the spirits in rendition of Hugo Claus’ classic

Nov 10, 2015 |  by  |  Art, Event

The director hits the mark working with Toneelgroep Amsterdam and delivers a layered, sensitive production in which her signature features fit surprisingly well. (..more)