The Bookshop
The Bookshop is ITA's new cultural living room on Leidseplein. This compact stage offers a space for innovation, reflection and new perspectives. Here, makers, performers and visitors meet for special programmes, from experiments to intimate performances. The Bookshop is a place for everyone, with a focus on accessibility and openness. It is a gift to the city, made possible by the support of more than 500 donors and various funds and partners.
COMING UP IN THE BOOKSHOP
City Talks Amsterdam: EveryDay Empathy
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13 Sep '25 to 27 Nov '25
During City Talks, we reflect on contemporary society and how it connects to one of our performances.
Radical Space: Loved2Death
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28 Nov '25 to 29 Nov '25
Loved2Death is an ongoing artistic research project by choreographer Christian Guerematchi, in which he reflects on the fine line between cherishing and suffocating within interracial relationships.
Radical Space: Wild Card
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19 Dec '25 to 20 Dec '25
Composer and pianist Martin Fondse and multidisciplinary artist Femi Dawkins explore the power of the Wild Card: the unpredictable factor, the trickster that defies rules and moves freely between structures.
Radical Space: Ancestor Work #1
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19 Feb '26 to 20 Feb '26
Movement artist and spiritual worker Desta Deekman presents her artistic research into the intersection of dance, spirituality and dramaturgy.
Radical Space: Devi Scented Encounter
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16 Apr '26 to 17 Apr '26
The performance Devī Scented Encounter (working title) is an intimate encounter in which two dancers move in interaction with the audience and in which the space is filled with a specially developed scent.