Gala van de Wetenschap 2025
Gala van de Wetenschap 2025
New Scientist
On November 25, 2025, the Gala van de Wetenschap will take place for the thirteenth time at the International Theater Amsterdam. Nuclear physicist Ralf Mackenbach is our guest curator this year; together with the very best scientists, he will look in the rear-view mirror, and then cast his gaze forward to discover what scientific lessons from the past can help us in the future.
Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie, Albert Einstein, as well as Johanna Westerdijk and Christiaan Huygens were way ahead of their time and paved the way for today's researchers. Cross-disciplinary, fundamental and applied. The Gala van de Wetenschap an evening full of wonder and groundbreaking insights.
Run time 180 minutes
Genre Events
Language Dutch
Aftertalk The Garden of Delights
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31 Jan '26
After The Garden of Delights, the creators will engage in a conversation with the audience. An invitation to reflect together on the performance: a group of characters who must reinvent themselves in an unfamiliar world. How did you experience this search for meaning? Did the performance change...
Aftertalk Wasted Land
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02 Feb '26
After Wasted Land, the creators will engage in a conversation with the audience. At the heart of this aftertalk is the shared experience: how did you perceive Wasted Land? Did it influence your perspective on fast fashion and climate inequality? There will be space to ask questions, share thoug...
Aftertalk Tapajós
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03 Feb '26
After Tapajós, the creators invite you to an aftertalk that offers space for reflection, exchange, and connection. Together we pause to consider the stories of the mothers, the river, and the pollution that affects them. How did you experience the performance? In this conversation, we will shar...
Aftertalk Le Lasagne della nonna
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04 Feb '26
After Le Lasagne della nonna, the creators will engage in a conversation with the audience. Together we pause to reflect on the stories of migration, family, and cultural blending that come to life in the performance. How did you experience the encounter on stage? Do you recognize this scene in...
City Talks Amsterdam: Recipes for Change
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05 Feb '26
In this edition of City Talks, we invite artists, thinkers, and doers to explore how shared practices can craft more just and connected futures.
Aftertalk The Summit
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06 Feb '26
After The Summit, the creators will engage in a conversation with the audience. Together we will reflect on what it means to create collectivity in a time where real community is hard to find. How did you experience the encounter between languages, cultures, and perspectives? What does this per...
Radical Space: Ancestor Work #1
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19 Feb '26
Movement artist and spiritual worker Desta Deekman presents her artistic research into the intersection of dance, spirituality and dramaturgy.
Icons of literature - James Baldwin
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01 Mar '26
On March 1, 2026, James Baldwin will take center stage in a special edition of Icons in Literature.
Public Tour (in English)
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06 Sep '25 to 06 Jun '26
Every first Saturday of the month, you can join the public tour (in English) of the building and get a peek behind all the doors that would otherwise remain closed.
Public tour (in Dutch)
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06 Sep '25 to 06 Jun '26
Every first Saturday of the month, you can join the public tour of the building and get a peek behind all the doors that would otherwise remain closed.
Op reis door een nieuwe wereld - Ruben Terlou & Jelle Brandt Corstius
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09 Mar '26 to 10 Mar '26
Ruben Terlou and Jelle Brandt Corstius explore the new world order through personal travel stories and encounters.
Haagsch College: Beatrice de Graaf
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16 Mar '26
Beatrice de Graaf shows in Chaos in de Westerse wereld how the past sheds light on today's threat.
Theatercollege Michiel Vos en Tim de Wit - Het Amerika van Trump
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06 May '26
This theater lecture is a lively exploration of modern American society and politics.