Veenfabriek
Veenfabriek
Progressive music theatre ensemble
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Veenfabriek is a music theatre ensemble founded in 2004 by composer and director Paul Koek. Music and sound are among the core issues of the Veenfabriek’s artistic vision, which is why the ensemble includes as many professional musicians as trained actors. Working within an interdisciplinary framework, the Veenfabriek performs in theatres and museums, at festivals and on specific locations. The company does not only produce high-quality musical productions, but is also engaged in research into the use of music (more specifically pop music aesthetics) and non-conventional instruments in a theatrical setting. For instance, the Veenfabriek has joined forces with Leiden University to form and set up a new orchestra consisting exclusively of sirens.
The Veenfabriek is a place where reality is tangible and wilfulness rules. A place where artists, scientists, new talent, students and professionals work together to convey their reflections on society in an aesthetic form that will inevitably touch the audience.
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The Veenfabriek has performed in Spain, France, Germany, Belgium and Greece. Euripides’ tragedy Suppliants was co-produced with the Greek Theseum Ensemble. It went on an extended Dutch tour and two performances of the show in the antique theatre of Epidauros (GR) were attended by 3,000 spectators. The Veenfabriek also maintains a close relationship with the Belgian company Theater Antigone. Dédé le Taxi, a collaboration between the Veenfabriek, Theater Antigone (BE) and Compagnie du Tire-Laine (FR), attracted crowds of over 15,000 spectators in the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Further, Track Poetry, an accessible, poetic concert that does not shun the confrontation between word and music, was performed at the Palabras y Musica Festival in Spain in 2008. Finally, Sharing the Same Shade, musical theatre based on a survey of juvenile delinquents and inspired by pop music aesthetics, appeared at the Holland Festival 2007.
Sharing the Same Shade, photo: Jochem Jurgens
Drama