ITA-Ensemble
The ITA ensemble is the artistic capital of Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the starting point for creating new productions. At its core is the top ensemble of actors that makes it possible to keep performances on the repertoire. Besides its own location in Amsterdam, the ensemble plays some 100 stages worldwide every year. With high-profile performances and attracting renowned directors from home and abroad, the way has been paved for a company with international allure. Since 1 September 2023, Eline Arbo has been Artistic Director; from 2001 to 2023, Ivo van Hove was at the helm of the ITA ensemble (and former Toneelgroep Amsterdam).
Season 23|24
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Prima Facie
28 Nov '23 to 13 Apr '24
Prima Facie is a cutting monologue that caused a stir on West End and Broadway, and has been broadcast worldwide in cinemas by National Theatre Live.
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Primeval and Other Times
06 Dec '23 to 18 Apr '24
Guy Cassiers, together with Hotel Modern and 11 actors from the ensemble, creates the world of Primeval and Other Times.
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Huis van Troje
04 Apr '24 to 05 Apr '24
The Trojan War is a myth, but the fall of Troy is a fact. But where do the stories begin and the facts cease to exist?
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All is energy jr.
28 Mar '24 to 13 Apr '24
All is energy jr. is an exploration of the fifth most unknown element of nature, ETHER, with and by the next generation of warriors of light.
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penthesilea
In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.
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Lehman Trilogy
07 Sep '23 to 18 Oct '23
Slavery and industrialisation, war and new technological developments: no matter what is happening in America and even worldwide, the Lehmans always know how to make good money from it.
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the damned
29 Sep '23 to 02 Oct '23
This theatrical adaptation, based on a film script by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, shows how a family of rich German industrialists is fatally corrupted in its collaboration with the Nazi party that has come to power.
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My Heavenly Favourite
Ivo van Hove is the first director to adapt this heartbreaking and at the same time terrifying novel for the stage.
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Blood Wedding
27 Oct '23 to 05 Nov '23
Driven by an indestructible love, the bride and her lover run off during the party. A savage manhunt is launched. The outcome is fatal.
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Who Killed My Father
03 Nov '23 to 05 Nov '23
Ivo van Hove adapted Who Killed My Father by internationally acclaimed writer Édouard Louis. Van Hove turned the very outspoken book into a monologue, especially for Hans Kesting.
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Who Killed My Father
17 Nov '23 to 19 Nov '23
Ivo van Hove adapted Who Killed My Father by internationally acclaimed writer Édouard Louis. Van Hove turned the very outspoken book into a monologue, especially for Hans Kesting.
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My Heavenly Favourite
30 Nov '23 to 17 Dec '23
Ivo van Hove is the first director to adapt this heartbreaking and at the same time terrifying novel for the stage.
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Client E. Busken
22 Feb '24 to 16 Mar '24
Maria Kraakman made her debut as director with Client E. Busken, a monologue played by Gijs Scholten van Aschat and musician Jip van den Dool. The text is based on the latest novel by Jeroen Brouwers.
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Client E. Busken
27 Feb '24
Maria Kraakman made her debut as director with Client E. Busken, a monologue played by Gijs Scholten van Aschat and musician Jip van den Dool. The text is based on the latest novel by Jeroen Brouwers.
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Client E. Busken
01 Mar '24 to 02 Mar '24
Maria Kraakman made her debut as director with Client E. Busken, a monologue played by Gijs Scholten van Aschat and musician Jip van den Dool. The text is based on the latest novel by Jeroen Brouwers.
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My Heavenly Favourite
28 Mar '24 to 30 Mar '24
Ivo van Hove is the first director to adapt this heartbreaking and at the same time terrifying novel for the stage.
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Birds of a Kind
23 Apr '24 to 03 May '24
When the German-Jewish Eitan and the American-Arab Wahida happen to meet in the library of New York, they fall in love instantly. But is their relationship likely to succeed against the backdrop of the decades-long Israeli-Arab conflict?
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The Doctor
05 May '24 to 17 May '24
Robert Icke has a warm heart for the classics, which he adapts in his own personal and radical way. Once again, he is making a contemporary adaptation, this time of Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler.
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At the ensemble, tradition and innovation go hand in hand. They are the pillars of a company that is constantly in motion and presents itself explicitly at the heart of Amsterdam at Leidseplein.