Voorstraat 13A 2611JJ DELFT Tel. 0621217611 This cannot be true . . . at the speed of light and with headphones on, you travel into the infinite universe.One moment you are sitting next to eleven pink flamingos, sergeant Pepper, Baron Munchausen, and Stolichnaya; the next moment you are face to face with Coincidence and wonder…
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NEW ART INITIATIVE IN THE HAGUE
For many years Achim and Dorothee Künsebeck have been travelling the world in the diplomatic service and in 2010 they decided to launch or Goldrotschwartz German Arthouse as an art and event agency in Hong Kong. They are now establishing Goldrotschwartz in The Hague where they are currently resident.
BILDHALLE, Amsterdam
Bildhalle Singel 272 AMSTERDAM Tel. +31 20 241 47 48 Opening hours: Wednesday – Saturday: 12 – 18 or by appointment. GALLERY FOR CLASSIC AND CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY Bildhalle, founded by Mirjam Cavegn in 2013 and one of today’s most respected galleries for photography in Switzerland, deliberately takes on the responsibility of a long-standing Swiss…
Opera Melancholica by Opera2Day on tour
Director Serge van Veggel has set his production, not in the House of Usher, but in psychiatric operating/lecture theatre dominated by a giant three meter high skull surrounded by tiered seating. After the skull has been lifted away, but remaining a menacing hovering presence, most of the action takes place on a small book-littered island in the middle of the stage . . .
The TAPE FACE SHOW at Theater de Veste in Delft and on tour
The guy comes on wearing an ordinary jacket, jeans and striped t-shirt. Slung around his neck is a leather shoulder bag. But what makes you remember, what makes him stand out is that he has greased spikey hair, a lot of heavy black eye make-up and, rather conspicuously, a strip of black gaffer tape across his mouth. Hence the name – Tape Face.
THE 39 STEPS at Amsterdam’s CC Amstel Theater
The 39 Steps is more like an enhanced radio play. The difference is that a vast amount of imagination has already gone into it, so much so that it is easy to envisage the dashing hero leaping along the lofty girders of the Forth Bridge or running across the moors with the wind blowing through his hair. It’s like a radio play that provides you with a visual aids kit
Samir Calixto’s SUMMA at the Korzo in The Hague and on tour
First seen in the Holland Dance Festival last year, this reprise of Summa fuses the unique talents of the Amsterdam Cello Octet and Brazilian choreographer Samir Calixto to the sublime music of Estonian composer Arvo Pärt. The all-white stage, set and costumes were offset by the seductive brown patina of the eight cellos as the musicians sat in an arc . . .
The Importance of Being Earnest at the CC Amstel Theatre, Amsterdam
The first act opened in a sauna – Q. Cumbers Sauna to be precise. Bright lights, thumping disco beats and tiny towels are memorably (and fondly) imprinted on my memory; the barely dressed male cast were – to be totally honest – dancing ridiculously. . . .
