Het Dromenpaleis
Het Dromenpaleis invites you to share your nightly dreams. In this series of conversations, dreams are collected and a collective dream diary of Amsterdam is built together. It is a search for shared images.
Location The Bookshop
Genre Perspective
Language Dutch
Free walk-in admission
Het Dromenpaleis
What can our nightly dreams tell us about the world we live in? What if they are not only private, but also collective, or even societal? Journalist and writer Charlotte Beradt kept waking up in Nazi Berlin between 1933-1938 from the most horrifying nightmares in which she was hunted down, her name forgotten, or her house suddenly had no walls. One morning she woke up and thought: I can't be the only one who has this kind of dream. She secretly asked around and it turned out that her fellow townspeople were having similar dreams. After the war, Beradt compiled all these dreams into her book “Das Dritte Reich des Traums: a spiritual reflection of terror.
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Now, in the Amsterdam of 2025, Het Dromenpaleis also records a collective dream diary of the city. Based on the conviction that “the personal is political,” the makers will enter into conversation with various groups of Amsterdam residents about their dreams. Welcome to this session, where dreams are shared with each other (a small group of up to 15 people), according to the conversation method of 'social dreaming'. In this method it is not the dreamer, but the dream that is at the forefront; that is, it is not a personal psychoanalysis, but an associative search for shared images. A warm lunch and a welcoming reception will be provided.
Creators
Zephyr Brüggen
“We are a temporary confluence of theater makers and artists. We believe in the power of collective imagination, and the connection between people through art. In our work, we want to make the audience participant and co-artist, and we look for connections between the tangible and the magical, between reality and fiction, between the personal and the collective.”
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.
Credits
Concept and direction Zephyr Brüggen
Co-direction Niels Kuiters
Scenography Han Ruiz Buhrs
Scenography miniature sets and graphic design Eos Brüggen
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Video Kiriko Mechanicus
Dream facilitator Bambí Benkö
Dramaturgy Florian Hellwig
Advice marketing Dorendel Overmars
