Actor

Eelco Smits

Eelco Smits (1977) was a member of the ensemble from 2005 till 2019, and returned to the ITA Ensemble in season 23|24.

This season, he will perform in the premiere of Giovanni's Room (director Eline Arbo), the remake of Angels in America (director Ivo van Hove ) and in the revival of The Laws (directed by Eline Arbo).

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Smits played before at the ensemble in Primeval and Other Times, Kings of War, A little life, The Things that Pass, May we be forgiven (nomination Louis d'Or), Song from Far Away (written by Simon Stephens especially for Eelco Smits), Roman Tragedies, The glass menagerie (nomination Arlecchino), Angels in America, Antonioni Project, Teorema, Summer Trilogy, Phaedra, Ghosts, Tartuffe, The miser, The Seagull, Mourning becomes Electra, The Russians!, Nora, Hamlet vs Hamlet, Liliom, Opening Night, Mary Stuart, The taming of the shrew, Macbeth, Rocco and his brothers, Britannicus, Oresteia, Perfect wedding, Madame de Sade, Keetje van heilbron and Uncle Wanja.
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Before he received his permanent position he appeared as a guest player in Keetje van Heilbron and Uncle Wanja. Before he came to the ensemble, Eelco Smits was a member of the Ro Theater. He was on stage with them in Leonce and Lena, Portia Coughlan and as the young Marcel Proust in the impressive theatre cycle In search of lost time. In 2018, Smits received the Paul Steenbergenpenning.

Eelco Smits

Shows

Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
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.
Language NP Language no problem Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble Theater Giovanni's Room
Close Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
15 Jan '25 to 02 Mar '25
Director Eline Arbo adapts James Baldwin's timeless classic for the stage. A music filled performance about love, identity, and the fear of being oneself.
Language NP Language no problem Angels in America ITA Ensemble Theater Angels in America
Close Angels in America ITA Ensemble / Ivo van Hove
11 Apr '25 to 28 Apr '25
In 2008, Ivo van Hove directed a radical Angels in America which Tony Kushner himself, after his passage through Amsterdam, dubbed his favourite version up to then. It is this version that is now being staged again, with some actors from the original cast and some new actors from the ITA Ensemble.