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WorldTalks Amsterdam: Post Lockdown
WorldTalks Amsterdam, an urban talkshow by ITA & Pakhuis de Zwijger, brings together drinks and food for thought.
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Alles komt goed
30 Oct '20 to 01 Nov '20
Six characters in search of hope. Of another vision, a positive sound. With Rutger Bregman's book De meeste mensen deugen (Most people are decent) in hand. Musical theatre that works like a shot of serotonin.
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Tweeluik: Antigone in Molenbeek + Tiresias
08 Nov '20 to 09 Nov '20
Two of the most fascinating figures of ancient Greece, two outsiders, expose the prejudices of our 21st century society.
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Piano Works Debussy
04 Nov '20 to 06 Nov '20
“Music is the space between the notes,” Debussy wrote. That is the starting point for this dialogue between classical music and contemporary dance. Because between the notes there is space for the imagination.
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dagboek van een verdwenene
11 Nov '20 to 12 Nov '20
The form of the work is unique: a series of 22 songs for tenor and piano, with an addition of three songs in the middle for a small choir of women and a mezzosoprano representing the gypsy girl Zefka. Ivo van Hove directs top singers Ed Lyon, Peter Gijsbertsen and Marie Hamard, and ITA actors H...
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Children of Nora
01 Sep '20 to 10 Jan '21
Everyone knows about the argument, the big, ferocious, final argument where a decision is made and somebody leaves and the door is slammed. The end of a relationship. But this door slam is famous in dramatic literature... Robert Icke wrote a sequel to it: what happens after the door is slammed?
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Romeo and Julia
14 Nov '20 to 28 Nov '20
Even those who have never seen Shakespeare's most famous love drama on stage, know the story of the great love between the star crossed lovers and its fatal outcome.
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A little life
11 Dec '20 to 24 Dec '20
No book has captivated and moved millions of readers during the past few years like A little life by American author Hanya Yanagihara.
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Sign of the Times: Forum on European Culture: We, The People!
The last couple of years, the notion of ‘the people’ has played a crucial role in the debate about Europe’s future. But does a European people really exist? For the third time Ivo van Hove creates a unique performance together with the actors of the ITA-ensemble, for the Forum on European Cultu...
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Black Achievement Month - filmpremière Atardi
25 Oct '20
Singer and songwriter Rudy Plaate (1937) is one of the greatest musicians the island of Curaçao has ever known. He composed more than four hundred songs, in which he sang about the life and beauty of the island where he was born. In the documentary Atardi, filmmaker Selwyn de Wind portrays this...
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Opening Black Achievement Month 2020
We are proud to invite you to the opening of the Black Achievement Month. Nationaal instituut Nederlands slavernijverleden en erfenis (NiNsee) presents in the month of October the special contributions of people with African roots to the world and Dutch society in particular. We celebrate this ...
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Endlessly Free
For the opening programme of this season, NDT 1 presents a triple bill featuring works by Medhi Walerski and Crystal Pite.
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Gala van de Wetenschap
26 Nov '20
For the eighth time, New Scientist organises the Gala of Science at International Theatre Amsterdam. This year's theme is Artificial Intelligence and Big Data. Rianne Letschert, rector magnificus at Maastricht University, is curator of the evening.
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The things that pass
10 Dec '20 to 23 Dec '20
After The hidden force, Ivo van Hove made a second adaptation of a novel by Couperus: The things that pass, this time a coproduction with Toneelhuis (Antwerp).
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Dare to Say
06 Nov '20 to 02 Dec '20
In continuation of our season 2020-2021, Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is very excited to present the second programme, performed by NDT 2. Dare to Say presents two world premieres by two distinctive makers. Alexander Ekman and Dimo Milev challenge the dancers of the second company in their new...
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The hidden force
14 Nov '20 to 28 Nov '20
The hidden force is an enthralling story about the misunderstandings and incomprehension between cultures, as well as between close relatives. The downfall of Otto van Oudijck makes us painfully aware of the impossibility to fully understand others.
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BLASPHEMY RHAPSODY
The way we dance can never be completely separated from the way we live together. This is how dance and society intertwine. In fact, the power of dance works as a motor of change. What can we do to curb transience? Touch the divine or devour the earthly, keep your distance or hug each other to ...
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freud
21 Oct '20 to 31 Oct '20
In the late 1950s, French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre wrote The Freud Scenario, at the request of Hollywood director John Huston. Sartre writes a script for a seven hour movie, which is way too long according to Huston. The two get into an argument. Since then this script has remained untouched.
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who killed my father
08 Sep '20 to 17 Nov '20
Ivo van Hove adapted Who Killed My Father, by literary sensation Édouard Louis, for the stage. Van Hove turned the very outspoken book into a monologue, especially for Hans Kesting.
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Romeo and Julia
14 Nov '20 to 28 Nov '20
Even those who have never seen Shakespeare's most famous love drama on stage, know the story of the great love between the star crossed lovers and its fatal outcome.
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De tantes (7+)
10 Oct '20 to 30 Dec '20
Who is the boss in the house? Joris or his aunts? “An amazing comedy for children aged 7 and over (and their parents).”
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Het eind van het begin van het einde (8+)
This family show for everyone from the age of eight starts where normally all others end: actors going home and all things packed in the truck. Ready to drive on to the next theatre.
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Beneden de rivieren
30 Nov '20 to 01 Dec '20
Beneden de rivieren premiered in 2002 with great success at Het Toneel Speelt with Hans Croiset as the father and Ger Thijs as his son. Now Hans Croiset plays the father again together with his own son: Julien Croiset.