Production houses drama
Production houses drama
Young and adventurous theatre
Alongside the companies, the Netherlands also boasts other places where theatre makers are supervised in their first steps on the national and international theatre market, and which provide room for experimentation. The role of these so-called production houses has become indispensable in the development of drama talent.
Frascati Productions
Contact
Artistic director: Mark Timmer
T + 31 (0)20 – 751 64 00
E info@theaterfrascati.nl
I www.theaterfrascati.nl
Frascati Productions is the biggest production house in the Netherlands. Every year, it initiates and produces some fourteen productions by the most talented directors from the Netherlands and further afield. Productions range from the small and experimental in Frascati WG, to entire touring productions that premier in Frascati on de Nes. Frascati’s directors often make inventive use of several disciplines for their productions, combining text, new media, mime and dance for example. They draw their inspiration from everyday life; society; Dutch and foreign politics; science and philosophy.
Frascati directors are highly diverse and characterised by their urge to stray from the beaten track. They are supported in their artistic, marketing, production and commercial endeavours and frascati has stimulated the early careers of successful directors such as Jetse Batelaan (Ro Theater), Sabri Saad El Hamus and Ivana Müller. It is currently producing work by, amongst others, Laura van Dolron, Lucas De Man, Andrea Božić, Sarah Vanhee, Julie Van den Berghe and Melih Gençboyacı.
A number of these directors also tour international theatres and festivals. Frascati is also a member of various international networks including other European theatres, festivals and producers such as Brut (Vienna), Mousonturm (Frankfurt), Les Laboratoires dÁubervilliers (Pairs) and Dampfcentrale (Bern).
Grand Theatre Groningen
Contact
Artistic director: Jan Stelma
T +31 (0)50 – 31 44 644
E info@grandtheatregroningen.nl
I www.grandtheatregroningen.nl
Grand Theatre Groningen is one of the larger production houses in the Netherlands producing about twenty dance, theatre, new media and music productions a year.
Grand Theatre Groningen is intensively involved with directors and choreographers as a producer at the beginning of their careers; the production house guides them in their growth towards independence. A recent example is Club Guy & Roni. In recent years, there have also been international co-productions with Matanicola, The Nature Theatre of Oklahoma and Ea Sola. Keren Levi, Pieter de Ruiter and Beppie Blankert are just some of the directors established in the Netherlands who have worked at Grand Theatre.
Grand Theatre Groningen works in ‘splendid isolation’ in the Netherlands. The nearest institutions of education for theatre and dance are at least 200 kilometres away which means that professional directors do not just start working at the production house by chance. Directors who nevertheless choose Grand Theatre Groningen do so with good reason: to work in a relatively protected situation, in a professional but informal atmosphere and, because of the combination of production house and venue, to work in a fertile meeting place.
Huis and Festival a/d de Werf
Contact
Artistic director: Rainer Hofmann
T +31 (0)30 – 231 58 44
Festival a/d Werf is a theatre, music and visual arts festival. Every year in May, the city of Utrecht is transformed into one enormous podium for ten days presenting exciting, new productions at surprising locations, indoors and in the open air. As well as presenting Huis a/d Werf’s own productions from exceptional young theatre makers, the Festival also programmes work from all over the world as well as elsewhere in the Netherlands.
The production-house and the festival are inseparable, but the production-house is increasingly becoming the heart of the organisation. Huis a/d Werf offers theatre makers a course of supervision and guidance in their artistic and business development for one to five years. At the end of that journey, theatre makers know their own style, their position in the field and the conditions under which they want to create/work. For a select group of them there is an international course. Performances are co-produced internationally and makers find their way onto podia abroad. During the year, short presentations, productions, research work, etc. are presented in Huis a/d Werf. High point of the year is Festival a/d Werf and the productions that they develop especially for the festival.
Korzo producties
Contact
Artistic director: Leo Spreksel
T +31 (0)70 – 363 75 40
Korzo producties is the Netherlands’ largest production house for dance. Based in The Hague for more than twenty years, it now has an important national role and a growing international reputation. Korzo producties has set itself the task of signalling, mobilizing and supervising choreographic talent. Alongside this, Korzo producties is the driving force behind events such as the bi-annual CaDance festival and various initiatives designed to give new impetus to the Dutch dance sector, including DansClick.
Korzo producties introduces new choreographers with the talent and individuality needed to elevate the future of Dutch dance. The production house also produces new shows by choreographers who have already been winning national (and increasingly international) favour for some time. Choreographers including André Gingras, Dylan Newcomb, Bruno Listopad, Ann Van den Broek, Sjoerd Vreugdenhil and Kenzo Kusuda all embarked on successful careers thanks to Korzo producties.
Productiehuis Rotterdam (Rotterdamse Schouwburg)
Contact
Artistic director: Annemie Vanackere
T +31 (0)10 – 40 44 111
E info@productiehuisrotterdam.nl
I www.rotterdamseschouwburg.nl
Productiehuis Rotterdam is affiliated with the Rotterdamse Schouwburg, the city theatre of Rotterdam. Its artistic directors are Annemie Vanackere and Jan Zoet. Productiehuis Rotterdam focuses on producing interdisciplinary and international productions and offers space for researching and developing forms of theatre which are influenced by other art disciplines and forms of presentation. It is an environment where advanced theatre makers/creators can work and develop new forms of theatre in close collaboration with – and nourished by – other disciplines. Productiehuis Rotterdam can therefore be seen as a theatre laboratory, an open space for new, creative development within the interdisciplinary (international) theatre arena, and is the ‘research and development’ department of the Rotterdamse Schouwburg. Theatre makers explore and transcend borders and consolidate their practice, taking an interdisciplinary theme as their main focus.
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