City Talks Amsterdam: Carnival of Resistance
Every last Thursday of the month, you're welcome at The Bookshop for City Talks Amsterdam. For this monthly talk show, we invite guests - from scientists to artists and from journalists to economists - who come to talk about a social topic or urban trends. Together we dive into a theme and ask how it affects Amsterdam and its residents.
Themes that came up last season include the influence of money, political activism and artificial intelligence. We invite you to grab a drink, join the conversation and get inspired!
Festival Brandhaarden
Location The Bookshop
Run time 60 minutes
Genre Perspective
Language English
Carnival of Resistance
Can celebration be a radical act of resistance?
Join us for a special edition of our monthly talk show City Talks Amsterdam, where we explore the powerful intersections of city life, resistance, and celebration. Through dynamic conversations with our speakers and audience, we’ll blend art, spirituality, and urban life.
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This edition is part of festival Brandhaarden, inspired by the works of acclaimed choreographer Marlene Monteiro Freitas. Drawing on recurring themes in her work - such as human evil, oppressive systems, and liberation - we connect these ideas to the upcoming Carnival season. Together, we’ll uncover how these concepts resonate in Amsterdam’s streets, histories, and communities, and how they shape our world today.
Host: Geoffrey van der Ven
Brandhaarden
Brandhaarden is an international theatre festival that brings performances from notable foreign theatre makers to Amsterdam. The festival provides a unique overview of a single creator, house, writer, region, or theme. In previous editions, we highlighted directors such as Katie Mitchell, Milo Rau, and the collective Rimini Protokoll, writer Édouard Louis, the Southern European region (Portugal, Spain, Italy, and Greece), and city theatres such as Münchner Kammerspiele, Volksbühne Berlin, and Peter Brooks Théâtre des Bouffes du Nord.
The Bookshop
The Bookshop is ITA's new cultural living room on Leidseplein. This compact stage offers a space for innovation, reflection and new perspectives. Here, makers, performers and visitors meet for special programmes, from experiments to intimate performances. The Bookshop is a place for everyone, with a focus on accessibility and openness. It is a gift to the city, made possible by the support of more than 500 donors and various funds and partners.
