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No Dutch Required

Are you a non-Dutch speaking lover of theatre and dance? Welcome to ITA’s No Dutch, no problem!

From productions by our own ITA-ensemble to national and international gems, we make an effort to bring you the very best in theatre and dance. This page presents an overview of our English spoken or surtitled programme. If you’d like to receive regular updates on our English-language content, please sign up for our monthly newsletter.

Thursdays with the ITA-ensemble

The ITA-ensemble (formerly Toneelgroep Amsterdam) is a company with international allure, known for its high-profile performances and attracting renowned directors from home and abroad.

On Thursdays, when the ITA-ensemble is performing, the performances are surtitled in English. Please click on the plays below to read more and buy your tickets for one or more Thursdays with the ensemble.

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ITA–Ensemble Theater Medea

Close Medea ITA Ensemble / Simon Stone

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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ITA–Ensemble Theater Julie

Close Julie ITA Ensemble / Rebecca Frecknall

Young British star director Rebecca Frecknall creates a contemporary adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.

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ITA–Ensemble Theater Birds of a Kind

Close 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?

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Theatre and Dance

We put on performances for non-Dutch speakers right in the heart of Amsterdam. Our program includes both dance and theatre performances in English, with surtitles or without any speech (‘language no problem’). Feel free to browse through our programme.

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ITA–Ensemble Film ITA Live Encore: The Hidden Force

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11 May '24

The hidden force is an enthralling story about the misunderstandings and incomprehension between cultures, as well as between close relatives.

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NITE / Club Guy & Roni / Asko|Schönberg / HIIIT / Guy Weizman Theater The Underground

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13 May '24 to 15 May '24

This inspiring NITE event is a rollercoaster blend of theatre, dance, and music.

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ITA–Ensemble Film ITA Live Encore: The Doctor

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25 May '24

Racial prejudices and hidden agendas make The Doctor a thriller in which conflicting views about ourselves and the world form an explosive cocktail.

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ITA Ensemble / Ivo van Hove Film ITA Live Encore: Roman Tragedies

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08 Jun '24

In Roman tragedies, Ivo van Hove and Jan Versweyveld have created a unique arena in which Shakespeare speaks about our time more than ever and the political game in all its facets.

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Tiago Rodrigues Theater Dans la mesure de l'impossible

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09 Jun '24 to 11 Jun '24

Tiago Rodrigues based his piece on the stories of aid workers in disaster areas. His pure, sincere approach makes for an intense, empathic experience of an extreme reality that most of us only know from the news.

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Forced Entertainment Theater Signal to Noise

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16 Jun '24 to 18 Jun '24

Legendary British theatre company plays with text, music and physical action in new work. Both light and disconcerting, comical and deadly serious.

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Wunderbaum Theater ALFA

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20 Jun '24 to 22 Jun '24

ALFA sees a group of European Alfa Romeo aficionados come together as a club to share their passion for the Italian car brand. They talk about the club newsletter, the contents of the event calendar and the annual trip abroad.

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Christiane Jatahy Theater Hamlet – In the Folds of Time

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21 Jun '24 to 23 Jun '24

In Christiane Jatahy’s unconventional interpretation of Shakespeare’s classic, Hamlet wakes up, after four centuries of being the quintessence of male melancholy, as a grown woman looking to get things straight with her past.

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ITA–Ensemble Film ITA Live Encore: Ibsen House

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22 Jun '24

Based on Ibsen, Simon Stone wrote and directed a grand family saga about the troublesome but inevitable coexistence of different generations under one roof.

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Anna Breckon & Nat Randall Theater The Second Woman

Close The Second Woman Anna Breckon & Nat Randall

28 Jun '24

In The Second Woman Georgina Verbaan repeats a single scene 100 times over a 24-hour period. Starring opposite her are 100 different male participants drawn from the local community. In each scene the two performers meet on the stage for the first time.

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Kidd Pivot / Crystal Pite & Jonathon Young Dance Assembly Hall

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22 Apr '24 to 24 Apr '24

The latest production by the Canadian company Kidd Pivot, founded by choreographer Crystal Pite, celebrates its Dutch premiere at ITA in April.

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ICK Dans Amsterdam / Emio Greco & Pieter C. Scholten Dance WE, the EYES

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02 May '24

WE, the EYES aims to question perspectives in a society in crisis and claims change.

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Mamela Nyamza Dance Hatched Ensemble

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20 May '24 to 21 May '24

HATCHED ENSEMBLE is the extension of Mamela Nyamza’s original and highly acclaimed solo work HATCHED created in 2008, an autobiographical work which the Choreographer reflected on her life as a mother, lesbian and artist.

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Introdans Dance SPRING

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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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ISH Dance Collective Dance Elements of Freestyle

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28 May '24

A spectacular show that includes skating, freerunning and BMX, after which you will see urban arts with new eyes.

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Grupa Cena 11 Dance Eu não sou só eu em mim

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14 Jun '24 to 16 Jun '24

One of Brazil’s most important and daring dance companies will present an energetic piece that questions and affirms identity and unicity through dance, technology and philosophy.

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Trajal Harrell, Schauspielhaus Zürich Dance Ensemble Dance The Romeo

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25 Jun '24 to 27 Jun '24

Picture a single dance for everyone, inspired by a world as it might have been. Choreographer Trajal Harrell’s The Romeo imagines this dance for people of all origins, genders and generations, of all tempers and moods.

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Public Tour (in English)

Perspective

Our perspective programmes offer a view on the world. Join us in talks about various topics, such as life in the city, politics, communities, and many more. Our monthly public tour of the building is available in English as well!

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Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Perspective programmes Public Tour (in English)

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02 Sep '23 to 06 Jul '24

Every first Saturday of the month, you can join the public tour (in English) of the building and get a peek behind all the doors that would otherwise remain closed.

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