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Romeo and Julia
14 Nov '20 to 16 May '21
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
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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Flight 49
20 Sep '20 to 28 Feb '21
Flight 49 brings people together after a plane crash. Strangers seek support from each other after the loss of their loved ones, friends, family members. The Australian director Simon Stone was inspired by motifs from Herman Heijermans' classic Op hoop van zegen.
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Children of Nora
Nora slams the door of her house, ending her marriage. It became one of the most famous final scenes in theater history. Robert Icke wrote and directed a sequel in which he shows how Nora's choices effect her children.
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Im Herzen der Gewalt
02 Feb '21 to 04 Feb '21
In his novel History of Violence, Édouard Louis reconstructs the night of the main character’s rape and abuse. But the trauma of the rape extends far beyond that night. Louis weighs the incident against the violence in society. He shows how the violence committed from above, by governments and ...
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Sign of the Times: Édouard Louis
09 Feb '21
Édouard Louis is considered to be one of the biggest French literary sensations of the moment. The tenth edition of the ITA festival Brandhaarden will focus on the work of the 28-year-old and show stage versions of all his novels. He is our guest of honour during this special edition of Sign of...
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Qui a tué mon père
10 Feb '21 to 12 Feb '21
In an interview with De Volkskrant, Édouard Louis said: “In an environment where reading was considered a pointless and effeminate pastime, school trips to plays were the only way to get into contact with stories.” He now plays himself on the stage in Qui a tué mon père.
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Weg met Eddy Bellegueule
21 Jan '21 to 24 Jan '21
‘Beyond a doubt, the best play of the year’ - NRC HandelsbladÉdouard Louis took the world by storm with his successful autobiographical novel The End of Eddy. Without much frills but with ample dry wit, the novel tells the life story of a homosexual boy in an extremely homophobic environment. D...
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who killed my father
08 Sep '20 to 18 May '21
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 16 May '21
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+)
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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WijOok jr.
27 Dec '20 to 23 Mar '21
WijOok jr. is a performance by fifty young girls from Amsterdam that deals with emancipation, roots, dreams and that NOW is the moment.