Actor

Ilke Paddenburg

Ilke Paddenburg graduated in 2011 from the Arnhem Theater School. She joined the ITA Ensemble in season 19/20.

In season 25/26 she will perform in the premieres of Time for Joy (directed by Bianca van der Schoot), The Architect (directed by Rebecca Frecknall) and Copenhagen Trilogy (directed by Eline Arbo) and the revivals of The Laws and Primeval and Other Times.

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At ITA, Paddenburg played in Primeval and Other Times, Judas, Age of Rage, Flight 49, Freud, Kings of war, Roman tragedies, The Doctor, The Hours, The Years and Penthesilea. Previously, she also acted in productions of Keesen & Co, Theater Oostpool, Theater Utrecht and Mugmetdegoudentand. In 2023, she made her debut as director and scenographer with the short film Een dag in het leven van een vrouwfiguur in collaboration with Millstreet films and VPRO

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AWARDS
2022 |
nomination Gouden Kalf | Best lead role in a short film for Het Kamp by Philip Huff
2022 I nomination Colombina | The Doctor
2016 | Colombina | Een Soort Hades at Theater Utrecht

WORK OUTSIDE ITA


2023

Een dag in het leven van een vrouwfiguur | regie: Ilke Paddenburg

2022
Modern Love Amsterdam | regie: Mijke de Jong
Het Kamp | regie: Philip Huff

2019
Centraal | Fiction Valley
Het juk | Nico van den Brink
Alles is bedacht | KunstKlank

2018
De regels van Floor | NL Film
De Thuislozen | Theater Utrecht
Platonov | Theater Utrecht

2017
Sweet tooth | Nico van den Brink
Pilp Fiction | De Ploeg
Gidsland | Mugmetdegoudentand

2016
puntUIT | BNN
De Wilde Eend | Liliane Brakema
De Lankmoedigen | Toneelgroep Oostpool

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2015
Beton | Keesen & Co
Een soort Hades | Theater Utrecht

2014
Heer & Meester | Fiction Valley
Beschuit met muisjes | Toneelgroep Oostpool
Cookies | Toneelgroep Oostpool

2013
Van God los | BNN

2012
Moeder, ik wil bij de revue | Kemna & Zonen
Amstel | Jaap van Eyck
De Val | Keesen & Co

2011
De Kersentuin | Keesen & Co
Lang zal ze leven | Mannin de Wildt

Shows

Language NP Language no problem Primeval and Other Times ITA Ensemble Theater Primeval and Other Times
Close Primeval and Other Times ITA Ensemble
05 Dec '25 to 21 Dec '25
Guy Cassiers, together with Hotel Modern and 11 actors from the ensemble, creates the world of Primeval and Other Times.
Language NP Language no problem Time for Joy ITA Ensemble Theater Time for Joy
Close Time for Joy ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo / Bianca van der Schoot
04 Jun '25 to 14 Jun '25
Time for Joy is a comedic, sometimes absurdist, yet deeply emotional play that gently compels us to reflect on who we are to one another, on loneliness, loss, and our relentless pursuit of happiness.
Language NP Language no problem Time for Joy ITA Ensemble Theater Time for Joy
Close Time for Joy ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo / Bianca van der Schoot
11 Sep '25 to 28 Sep '25
Time for Joy is a comedic, sometimes absurdist, yet deeply emotional play that gently compels us to reflect on who we are to one another, on loneliness, loss, and our relentless pursuit of happiness.
Language NP Language no problem Copenhagen Trilogy ITA Ensemble Theater Copenhagen Trilogy
Close Copenhagen Trilogy ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
04 Mar '26 to 22 Mar '26
A powerful portrait of a woman’s journey through class, identity, art, passion, love, and self-destruction.
Language NP Language no problem The Architect ITA Ensemble Theater The Architect
Close The Architect ITA Ensemble
27 May '26 to 14 Jun '26
Solness is an architect at the peak of her career. Her ambition and drive to be the best know no bounds. Brick by brick, she has built her own success—partly by exploiting the weaknesses of others.
Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble
09 Oct '25 to 23 Nov '25
Who are you without someone else? In The Laws, based on the novel by Connie Palmen, director Eline Arbo takes you on the journey of a woman in search of herself.