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Actor

Jesse Mensah

Jesse Mensah (1993) has joined the ITA-ensemble in 2021.

In season 24|25 he will perform in the premiere of Giovanni's Room (directed by Eline Arbo), the remakes of The End of Eddy (director Eline Arbo) and Angels in America (director Ivo van Hove) and the revivals of Penthesilea and The Hours.

C.V.

Jesse Mensah is an actor, dancer, singer and presenter. Since graduating from the Academy of Theatre in Amsterdam, Jesse performed in many theatre productions in The Netherlands and presented a renowned children’s television program Willem Wever. Jesse also plays parts in on screen productions, for example in the remarkable series Anne+. In 2020 Jesse is nominated for the Louis d’Or, the award for best male lead of the season for the production Weg met Eddy Bellegueule.

Previously Mensah performed with the ITA Ensemble in Judas (directed by Robert Icke), Age of Rage (directed by Ivo van Hove), Lehman Trilogy (directed by Guy Cassiers), Birds of a Kind (directed by Alize Zandwijk) and The Laws (directed by Eline Arbo).

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AWARDS
2024 | nomination Theo d'Or contributing role | The Laws at Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
2021 | nomination Louis d'Or | Weg met Eddy Bellegueule at Toneelschuur Producties

WORK OUTSIDE ITA

2019
The Equivalent | Acacia Traynor
Zwart water | NNT
Ilias | Orkater/De Nieuwkomers, KONVOOI

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2017
Ein Lekkerding | Florian Froschmayer
2017: A Press Conference | Jordi Wijnalda
Lear | Toneelmakerij
De verbeelde stad | Over het IJ

2016
Centraal Medisch Centrum | RTL
Een soort Hades | Theater Utrecht
Fort Europa | Amsterdamse Toneelschool

2015
Stad der blinden | Theater Utrecht

2014
De laatste vriend van Napoleon | Ruut Weissman

2013
De nachtmis | Circus Treurdier

2012
Romans 3:23 | Charles A. Kennedy Jr., Zell Towners

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on Tour

ITA Ensemble Theater Penthesilea

Close Penthesilea ITA ensemble / Eline Arbo

03 Aug '24 to 06 Aug '24

‘Penthesilea is a ravishing performance and a new highlight in Arbo's oeuvre.', NRC ★★★★★. In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.

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ITA Ensemble Theater penthesilea

Close penthesilea ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo

10 Sep '24 to 28 Sep '24

In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.

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ITA Ensemble Theater The End of Eddy

Close The End of Eddy ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo

15 Nov '24 to 01 Dec '24

Édouard Louis took the world by storm with his successful autobiographical novel The End of Eddy. Without much frills, the novel tells the life story of a homosexual boy growing up in a homophobic environment.

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ITA Ensemble Theater Giovanni's Room

Close Giovanni's Room ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo

15 Jan '25 to 02 Feb '25

David awaits the return of his fiancée Hella. But when he meets Giovanni, a charismatic Italian bartender, the two men become entangled in an intense affair. After three months, David's fiancée returns and he is forced to make a choice.

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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.

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