Category: Interview

We all have some Orpheus inside us

claims MONIQUE WAGEMAKERS, director of Nederlandse Reisopera’s new production L’ORFEO which is currently on tour throughout The Netherlands. In this interview she talks to Ingrid Bosman . . .

is perhaps a name that not everyone is familiar with. He was responsible for the creation of London’s second longest running show, THE WOMAN IN BLACK, over thirty years ago and has directed all subsequent productions.

Welcome to ArtsTalk Magazine Holland

Launched in June 2017, we provide previews, reviews and information, in English, for theatres, art exhibitions, concerts, opera etc, concentrating on cities in south west Netherlands. We cover Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and everything in between and nearby – an area known as Randstad. Each venue, museum or gallery has its own page with information and a link to its website. The site is updated on a daily basis.

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NOT ONLY, BUT ALSO . . . some dates for your diary

Here’s a run down of some other events coming up in the next few weeks in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and places nearby and in between. . .

There is so much going on in Amsterdam, Rotterdam, The Hague and nearby there are hardly enough days in the week to see or do everything. Luckily a lot of the exhibitions, events and tours run for quite a long time so if you have missed anything, don’t worry, it may still be running.

REGULAR EVENTS . . .

There are lots of events taking place on a weekly, monthly or occasional basis. There are literary events, musical events and, of course, stand-up comedy. Here is a list of venues or events in Amsterdam, The Hague, Rotterdam and everywhere nearby or in between with a link to their websites.

The Priceless Hidden Antiquities in the Netherlands

This is the story of how a 2,800 year-old Cypriot oinochoe, or wine jug, ended up in a small apartment in Eindhoven. Its journey from ancient Cyprus to a Dutch domestic environment is as intriguing as the archaeological importance of the vessel itself. The saga begins nearly a century ago, far from both Cyprus and the Netherlands, in Sweden.

Although we concentrate on Amsterdam, The Hague and Rotterdam and everything else in between and nearby there are lots of other interesting events happening elsewhere

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MICHAEL RAEDECKER is a Dutch artist who has lived and worked in London for the past 25 year. A major retrospective of his work has just opened at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague and we have an exclusive interview with him. We also visit the VERMEER CENTRE in Delft and have a guided tour from Louk van Riet. To play us out there is a track from the excellent AMSTERDAM KLEZMER BAND

Abdulrazak Gurnah at Border Kitchen in The Hague

The Tanzanian-born novelist won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2021 for his ‘uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents.’ A hush fell among the guests as Abdulrazak Gurnah quietly made his way on stage towards a bright red chair . . .