Programme season 2023-2024
PREMIÈRES ENSEMBLE
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Prima Facie
ITA-ensemble / Eline Arbo
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
ITA-ensemble / Hotel Modern / Guy Cassiers
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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Julie
ITA-ensemble / Rebecca Frecknall
21 Feb '24 to 10 Mar '24
Young British star director Rebecca Frecknall creates a contemporary adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.
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The Laws
ITA-ensemble / Eline Arbo
06 Mar '24 to 24 Mar '24
In her debut novel The Laws, Connie Palmen tells the story of a woman in search of herself. Seven encounters with seven men over seven years.
REVIVALS ENSEMBLE
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penthesilea
ITA-ensemble / Eline Arbo
24 Aug '23 to 02 Sep '23
In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.
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Lehman Trilogy
ITA-ensemble / Guy Cassiers
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
ITA–Ensemble
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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Blood Wedding
ITA-ensemble / Wim Vandekeybus
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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The Hours
ITA-ensemble / Eline Arbo
02 Nov '23 to 12 Nov '23
Eline Arbo brings De uren (The hours), the novel by Michael Cunningham, to the stage.
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My Heavenly Favourite
ITA-ensemble / Ivo van Hove
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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Medea
ITA-ensemble / Simon Stone
10 Jan '24 to 20 Jan '24
In Simon Stone’s version, he combines the tragedy of Euripides with the true story of an American woman who killed her children in the nineties.
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Judas
ITA-ensemble / Robert Icke
10 Jan '24 to 20 Jan '24
The name Judas is familiar to many of us. The traitor. The scorned man. A man condemned century after century for his cunning cowardice and who to this day deserves no pardon - or - is that perhaps half a story?
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Birds of a Kind
ITA-ensemble / Alize Zandwijk
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
ITA-ensemble / Robert Icke
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.
THEATRE
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Find Your Eyes
Factory International
01 Oct '23 to 03 Oct '23
Combining photography, choreography and theatre to make striking and surreal images, Benji Reid is an artist like no other.
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The Hunt
NITE / Manuela Infante / Slagwerk Den Haag
10 Oct '23 to 11 Oct '23
De Jacht (The Hunt) makes space for an assemblage of alternative stories, reformulates the idea of revolution pursued by the heroic hunter, and casts a critical eye on our hidden hunting stories.
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Crashtest Ibsen
Het Zuidelijk Toneel / Sarah Moeremans
06 Oct '23 to 08 Oct '23
Three plays by Henrik Ibsen in one evening. Grab your chance!
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Laagland
Het Nationale Theater / Eric de Vroedt
15 Oct '23 to 16 Oct '23
Het Nationale Theater presents Laagland, the new razor-sharp and comical show by writer Nathan Vecht (television series Het jaar van Fortuyn).
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Freaky Friday Face Off
De Warme Winkel
25 Oct '23 to 19 Mar '24
Freaky Friday Face Off is a spectacularly spiritual performance with confrontational self-examination, dramatic strings, perverse family relationships and pigeons flying all around.
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Melancholia
Het Nationale Theater / Eline Arbo
17 Nov '23 to 19 Nov '23
After the hit show The Years, Eline Arbo now directs Melancholia, the science fiction masterpiece by film director Lars von Trier.
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De Eindtijd Revue
Urland
20 Nov '23
De Eindtijd Revue is an apocalyptic and ominous theatrical feast in which all possible endings and stories clash.
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Orkater / Geert Lageveen
Music Theater
De plantage van onze voorouders
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De plantage van onze voorouders
Orkater / Geert Lageveen
24 Nov '23 to 25 Nov '23
Music theatre after the award-winning podcast by Maartje Duin and Peggy Bouva.
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Wende’s Song Project at the Royal Court Theatre
Music Theater
The Promise (The Song Project)
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The Promise (The Song Project)
Wende’s Song Project at the Royal Court Theatre
11 Dec '23 to 30 Dec '23
A moving, modern song cycle about identity, origin and all shades of grey of being a woman in our time.
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WUNDERBAUM speelt LIVE (online gaat het mis).
Wunderbaum
25 Jan '24 to 26 Jan '24
WUNDERBAUM speelt LIVE (online gaat het mis) is a performance that does not shy away from one of the most pressing questions of this century: How much of our time do we want to spend online?
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Shelly Shonk Fiffit
Toneelhuis / Benjamin Abel Meirhaeghe
03 Apr '24
Shelly Shonk Fiffit becomes an intense and ecstatic visual and musical trip, through our inner world and the reaches of the cosmos.
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on Tour
Toneelschuur Producties / Mateusz Staniak / Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
Theater
Huis van Troje
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Huis van Troje
Toneelschuur Producties / Mateusz Staniak / Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
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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Waiting for Godot
Het Nationale Theater / Erik Whien
06 Apr '24 to 08 Apr '24
Erik Whien directs Samuel Beckett's theatre classic again.
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Dailes Theatre | Timofey Kulyabin
Theater
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
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In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
Dailes Theatre | Timofey Kulyabin
13 Apr '24 to 14 Apr '24
Bernard-Marie Koltès’ play is performed by theatre and cinema stars John Malkovich and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė.
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BAS.
BOG./ hetpaleis
17 Apr '24
After the acclaimed and Zilveren Krekel-winning performance KID. (2017), BOG. is again creating a family performance in collaboration with hetpaleis. BAS. will be a performance for everyone from 10 years old and up who doesn't just let themselves be lectured to.
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HEAT
Theater Rotterdam / Davy Pieters
18 Apr '24 to 19 Apr '24
In HEAT, theatre-maker Davy Pieters zooms in on how climate change affects the interrelationships within a family.
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Brown Sugar Baby
Het Nationale Theater / Eric de Vroedt
07 May '24 to 08 May '24
Swinging and nerve-wracking comedy about an Indian jazz band in the turbulent final days of the Dutch colony.
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NITE / Asko|Schönberg Ensemble / Slagwerk Den Haag / Guy Weizman
Theater
The Underground
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The Underground
NITE / Asko|Schönberg Ensemble / Slagwerk Den Haag / Guy Weizman
13 May '24 to 15 May '24
This inspiring NITE event is a rollercoaster blend of theatre, dance, and music.
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Klytaimnestra
tg STAN / Olympique Dramatique / Toneelhuis
17 May '24 to 18 May '24
A questioning of contemporary (gender) identities and truths. With as its formative guide: where does intuition take over from reason?
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Panic Room
Theater Utrecht / Floor Houwink ten Cate
28 May '24 to 29 May '24
Panic Room is an intimate, poetic and physical duet of two people locked in a dark room. Do they know each other or not, and what are they fleeing from? The outside world, the other or themselves?
FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY
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ITA-junior / Wensley Piqué, Khouloud Zaher
theater-jongeren
All is energy jr.
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All is energy jr.
ITA-junior / Wensley Piqué, Khouloud Zaher
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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Filiaal Theatermakers / Monique Corvers
theater-familie
The Neverending Story
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The Neverending Story
Filiaal Theatermakers / Monique Corvers
27 Jan '24
The Neverending Story is a performance for young and old, with live music and wondrous creatures.
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Scapino Ballet Rotterdam / MAAS Theater & Dans
dans-familie
Pinocchio Effect
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Pinocchio Effect
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam / MAAS Theater & Dans
22 Jan '24 to 23 Jan '24
A family show for everyone aged 10 to 110 full of humour and seriousness about something we all do: lie.
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Let's talk about sex
HNTjong / Noël Fischer
28 Oct '23 to 29 Oct '23
Popping musical theatre about sex. With live music from Lowlands hit Prince S. en de Geit.
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Toneelmakerij / Sadettin K. / Paul Knieriem
theater-familie
1000+1 Nacht
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1000+1 Nacht
Toneelmakerij / Sadettin K. / Paul Knieriem
20 Oct '23 to 30 Dec '23
De Toneelmakerij and master storyteller Sadettin Kırmızıyüz use these age-old tales as inspiration for the new musical family performance 1000+1 nacht. Let yourself be enchanted by the power of stories. For everyone aged eight and up!
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EXIT ABOVE
Rosas / Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
14 Sep '23 to 16 Sep '23
For EXIT ABOVE , Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker retraces her steps: to the roots of dance, the roots of Western pop music.
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FALL
Introdans
04 Oct '23 to 05 Oct '23
In FALL, Introdans brings together two of the most important and celebrated contemporary choreographers of our time: British-Bengali Akram Khan and Flemish-Moroccan Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui.
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ATMEN
Nicole Beutler Projects / Nicole Beutler
18 Oct '23 to 19 Oct '23
In ATMEN, Beutler and her team let the audience catch their breath again with a space full of life, potential and change. In the final part of the trilogy, a new balance will be found.
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Unbreakable
Lloyds company / Soweto Skeleton Movers
24 Oct '23
A feel-good performance with unforgettable dance moves. An explosive performance with hope, healing and redemption through Pantsula dance.
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In/with/in
Nederlands Dans Theater 1
08 Nov '23 to 10 Nov '23
In/with/in is a triptych of works in which different creators usher in season 2023-2024 with their diverse artistic ideas, prevailing crossovers between dance, visual art, design and music.
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Illuminate
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
14 Nov '23 to 16 Nov '23
Illuminate, the first NDT 2 programme of season 2023-2024, turns the spotlight on three young choreographers.
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Club Guy & Roni / Slagwerk Den Haag
Dance
Islands of Empathy (in a sea of chaos)
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Islands of Empathy (in a sea of chaos)
Club Guy & Roni / Slagwerk Den Haag
24 Nov '23 to 25 Nov '23
In this performance, Club Guy & Roni explores how empathy can be a driving force in how we live together.
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Scapino Ballet Rotterdam / Opera2Day / Doelenensemble
Dance
Song of the dark forest
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Song of the dark forest
Scapino Ballet Rotterdam / Opera2Day / Doelenensemble
23 Jan '24 to 24 Jan '24
Song of the dark forest is a poignant, compelling and comforting performance, performed by Scapino's entire troupe of dancers, an opera singer and live music by the DoelenEnsemble.
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A Forsythe Evening
Nederlands Dans Theater 1
20 Dec '23 to 22 Dec '23
After only a short run during the height of COVID-19, NDT felt it imperative to re-stage A Forsythe Evening that marks a revival of the company’s long relationship with choreographer William Forsythe.
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Closed Eyes
Theater Rotterdam / Alida Dors
06 Jan '24 to 07 Jan '24
In this new performance by Alida Dors, dance, film, music and spoken word will transport you to Ganzee, a sunken village in Suriname's Brokopondo Lake.
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Cabaret Deconstruit
LeineRoebana
20 Nov '23
With burlesque lightness and sardonic pleasure, Cabaret Deconstruit offers an entirely unique view of the world around us in which one thing is clear: things cannot go on like this!
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From Here Now Far
Nederlands Dans Theater 1
14 Feb '24 to 16 Feb '24
From Here Now Far is an exploration of crossovers between dance, theater, art and life.
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Junior Company / Het Nationale Ballet
12 Mar '24 to 13 Mar '24
Four contemporary premieres and one classic masterpiece.
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ZIEL
Conny Janssen Danst
01 Apr '24 to 02 Apr '24
In search of freedom, lightness and unexpected encounters. What keeps us from embracing life and breaking through the restrictions we impose upon ourselves?
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The beauty of it all
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
03 Apr '24 to 05 Apr '24
This programme strikes the ultimate balance between honoring NDT's legacy and its rich repertoire, while creating space for new artistic voices that provide the company with surprising perspectives.
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ICK Dans Amsterdam / Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten
Dance
WE, the EYES
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WE, the EYES
ICK Dans Amsterdam / Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten
02 May '24
WE, the EYES aims to question perspectives in a society in crisis and claims change.
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Spring
Introdans
21 May '24 to 22 May '24
To celebrate spring and life, Introdans presents Spring, a programme centred around the work of Mauro Bigonzetti.
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MOMO
Batsheva Dance Company / Ohad Naharin
26 May '24 to 28 May '24
With a soundtrack comprised mostly of the album Landfall by the legendary Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet, one of the foremost contemporary classical music ensembles, a shared passion of deep sorrow and beauty unfolds on stage.
PERSPECTIVES
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NiNsee (Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis)
Music
Tula Herdenkingsconcert
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Tula Herdenkingsconcert
NiNsee (Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis)
20 Aug '23
The Tula Herdenkingsconcert 2023 will pay tribute to the Curaçao resistance fighter Tula.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
28 Mar '24
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
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Sign of the Times
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Sign of the Times
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
30 Oct '23
Today's big social issues in a unique combination of theatre and conversation. In the programme series Sign of the Times, ITA and debate centre De Balie link performances by the ITA ensemble to today's major social themes in a unique combination of theatre and conversation.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
Perspective programmes
26 Oct: City Talks Amsterdam
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26 Oct: City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
26 Oct '23
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
30 Nov '23
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
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Sign of the Times
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Sign of the Times
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
19 Feb '24
Today's big social issues in a unique combination of theatre and conversation. In the programme series Sign of the Times, ITA and debate centre De Balie link performances by the ITA ensemble to today's major social themes in a unique combination of theatre and conversation.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
29 Feb '24
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
01 Feb '24
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
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Sign of the Times
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Sign of the Times
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / De Balie
15 Apr '24
Today's big social issues in a unique combination of theatre and conversation. In the programme series Sign of the Times, ITA and debate centre De Balie link performances by the ITA ensemble to today's major social themes in a unique combination of theatre and conversation.
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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
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City Talks Amsterdam
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam / Rabobank Amsterdam
25 Apr '24
City Talks is ITA's sip & talk show, in which we focus on our city’s talented creatives and change makers.