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New musical company brings the rock musical Rent on stage
The new Utrecht musical company Superbia will soon be on stage with the rock musical Rent. Bingo FM presenter Mattijs Franken is one of the founders of Superbia. They no…
New musical company decides what they do: ‘It is also nice to give people a little more room themselves’
Mattijs: “They are many different people in that group without it very much on top. I like that. There is a drag queen in it, there are people in it…
Persian blues and Turkish grooves come together with ancient animation film
It must have been a monk work, the silent animation film by the German director Lotte cleaner. It is not signed, but all figures and objects are cut from black…
Refugee Harrison Omoyater makes art from toothpicks to cope with his traumas
The basic materials are simple and cheap, toothpicks, skewers, some paint and a board. Harrison doesn’t need much more than that to spend hours working. A colorful work of art…
Harrison lived on the street and was in prison, now he is making art from skewers
The basic material is simple and cheap, toothpicks, skewers, some paint and a shelf. Harrison does not need much more to work for hours. A colorful artwork is created under…
Anne-Maartje Lemereis is Composer Laureate: ‘It is an enormous honor to be able to bear the title’
She composes chamber music, works for orchestra, piano and children’s choirs, operas and much more. Due to this waterfall of compositions and her commitment to the music world, Anne-Maartje is…
Paper flowers keep Jessica’s brain healthy: ‘I have also fallen a bit in love with paper’
Jessica pricks a stem one leaf at a time to create an increasingly full flower. She first applied some paint to the pink paper leaves with a stamp, so that…
Unfulfilled desire to have children inspires queer theater maker to write a play
Daan has wanted to have children for a long time. “That is difficult, that is sadness, that is mourning. As a gay man it is very difficult to find a…
How do you deal with the decline of a loved one? Comedian Ruud Smulders seeks the answer with humor
Utrecht – “I have known for ten years what the first two words will be at my mother’s cremation.” Due to his mother’s condition, comedian, columnist, rapper and actor Ruud…
Aristakes 50 years in the business: ‘As soon as I touch those black and white keys, I am the happiest and richest man on earth’
Amersfoort – Anyone who grew up in the 70s and 80s will know him, from the pop program Toppop, for example. The Amersfoort singer, pianist, composer and entertainer Aristakes Jessayan…