Duration: 120 min
Start: 23:00
End: 1:00
Price: FREE
Language: EN
Location: Foyer
The flicker of candle lights, gentle songs, improvised surprises and of course, short stories, told from heart to heart, all in the late hours of the night.
Come join us in this midnight adventure, while people are dreaming in their beds and the streets are empty, we will transform the lobby of Podium Mozaïek into a midnight saloon.
Duration: 55 min
Sunday, 10 november
Start: 13:15
End: 14:15
Price: €15
Language: EN
Location: Big Theatre
February 2019. Arjen’s husband is diagnosed with cancer and not much later it turns out he has metastases. After believing that it is curable for a while, that hope fades after six months. On 18 March 2021, he dies.
What is it like to live with someone you have to say goodbye to? How do you deal with the fact that everything you thought was certain is suddenly uncertain? How do you live on after that?
Based on how he experienced this period of saying goodbye, mourning, fleeing and getting up again to carry on, Arjen Barel shares his own story. In all honesty and vulnerability.
Arjen Barel (1973) spends much of his professional life listening to stories and training people in the art of storytelling and using story sharing for transformation. Until 2017, he was responsible for the programme of the International Storytelling Festival Amsterdam. He regularly coaches and directs storytellers, both amateurs and professionals.
Arjen teaches storytelling and he also provides training for professionals in the use of storytelling in social social work in different places around the world. He studied Darama Studies and Cultural Studies at the University of Amsterdam.
Narrated by Arjen Barel
Directed by Marjolein Frijling
Production by Joris Buis
Duration: 60 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 22:00
End: 23:00
Price: € 15
Language: language no problem
Location: Big Theatre
This is a one-man, non-verbal (silent) comedy show – absurd, surreal, and totally ridiculous.
‘A darkly comic masterpiece.’ – Sunday Times (UK)
‘Thrillingly unpredictable and gloriously funny.’ – Time Out (UK)
‘Part mime artist, part lord of misrule.’ – The Guardian (UK)
‘Superbly constructed, slow-burning routines, and a killer finale’ – Time Out (UK)
‘A stunning mix of anarchy and symmetry’ – The Times (UK)
Dr. Brown (aka Philip Burgers) can be seen in Netflix’s ‘The Characters’ and ‘Feel Good’ and in UK Channel 4’s ‘Dr Brown Comedy Blaps’ and ‘4funnies’. He wrote and starred in the award-winning short film ‘The Passage’. He also directed the Netflix Comedy Special, ‘Nate’.
His 2012 live solo show ‘Befrdgth’, won The Edinburgh Comedy Award and The Barry Award for Best Comedy at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Burgers learned about comedy and silliness at the Ecole Philippe Gaulier. He then travelled and toured solo and kids shows around the world and has worked in TV and film as a director, writer and actor. He has been teaching clown workshops all over the world since 2009.
Dr. Brown – writer, performer, director.
Duration: 60 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 20:50
End: 21:50
Price: € 15
Language: Dutch
Location: Studio
Speciaal voor het Storytelling Festival maakt Laura een eclectische mix van haar werk, met de voorstelling De Uitnodiging als basis en Moed als thema. Het genre stand-up philosophy, dat Laura zelf creëerde, leent zich er perfect voor om de voorstelling zo aan te passen dat hij helemaal klopt bij de omgeving en de context.
Duration: 70 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 19:30
End: 20:40
Price: €15
Language: EN
Location: Big Theatre
Long ago, though very much in the here and now, was a man who mistakenly believed himself to be superior to others. The Wise Ones up in the Great Beyond were irritated by this attitude and chose to ‘educate’ the man by casting him out of his village and ordering him to wander the Earth until he (re)discovered his humility. ‘We Are Who We Are’ covers the segment of his journey where he crosses paths, and spends time with Hungarian Roma. Through song and the exchange of stories the man is able to reassess his place in the world and also discover a simple yet often hidden truth: in the great scheme of life, no one human being is ever truly above or below any other human being.
Chidi Ebere and Ham Ko Ham bring this tale to life through the interplay of words and music.
Chidi Ebere, author of award-winning novel Now I Am Here, believes stories are the reason humanity has developed this far. The imagination plucks pieces of the world around us and remixes them into new insights. His greatest joy comes when telling stories in Mezrab; face to face and surrounded by his sisters, brothers and everyone in between.
Ham Ko Ham, a youthful Roma band from eastern Hungary who capture many aspects of modern day living in their music.
Storyteller: Chidi Ebere
Ham Ko Ham (musicians): Herceg Sándor Balázs, Levente Balázs, Áron Rétháti
Boglárka Klitsie-Szabad & Raphael Rodan – cultural and narrative advisers
This performance is developed with the support of Muziekgebouw Productiehuis
Duration: 60 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 19:00
End: 20:00
Price: €15
Language: EN
Location: Studio Right
BEHOLD! Halim, the Hakawati – a storyteller for the ages!
SILENCE! Never mind you have never heard of him… HE is indeed the most famous Hakawati in the world… You’re just going to have to trust him on this!
SADNESS! Halim pities you should you miss this opportunity to witness his telling of tales from the legendary Kitab Al-Hikayat – The Book of Stories!
Attend other shows at your own PERIL!
Raffi Feghali (Halim) is a theater maker, peacebuilding consultant, and trainer working mostly in Europe, USA, and the Middle East while being based between Amsterdam and Beirut.
He draws on the meeting point of improvisational theater (improv) and storytelling (especially that rooted in the “hakawati” tradition) in order to inspire his performing, writing, directing/devising, radio dramas, sound design, and music making. He is a member of the Lincoln Theater Center Directors Lab 2018.
Jugal Bhinde (Saeed) is a storyteller with a background in journalism and human rights. Before moving to The Netherlands, Jugal worked as a conflict reporter in Kashmir, Jordan, and the West Bank. He believes there are several stories about people that get lost in mainstream media, and rather than listening to people in positions of power, it is the subjugated, discriminated against, and victims of violence who deserve a platform before anyone else. Jugal aims to bring these stories on stage, and act as a vessel for the voiceless.
Emanuele Pellegrini (Kareem) is an Italian pianist, composer, and improviser based in Amsterdam. After studying jazz piano and composition for film at the Conservatory of Amsterdam, He’s been working to blend these worlds to create instant film music through an improvisational approach. Over the past decade, Emanuele has performed at major venues across Amsterdam and contributed to numerous film projects. With a passion for connecting music and storytelling, He continues to push the boundaries of live composition and cinematic soundscapes.
Stephen Kearin began his career in 1987 with Bay Area Theatresports in San Francisco. He was a founding member of True Fiction Magazine and was a founder of San Francisco’s esteemed improvisational trio, 3 FOR ALL, for 27 years. Stephen is currently a member of the critically-acclaimed improv ensemble Impro Theatre in Los Angeles. Stephen is the co-creator of “Simlish” and was the principal male voice of The Sims, Sims 2 and Sims Medieval. Stephen portrays the role of Sergeant Geller on Amazon Prime’s hit show, WAYNE and appears in season 3 of The Mandalorian.
Raffi Feghali – Halim (Performer)
Emanuele Pellegrini – Kareem (Musician)
Jugal Bhinde – Saeed (Light Operator)
Stephen Kearin – Director
Duration: 60 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 17:00
End: 18:00
Price: 5,00
Language: EN
Location: Studio
Stories have highs and lows and so do our own lives. In this talk we will explore the lives of those who have experienced the highest highs and the lowest lows, and ask them: what gave them the courage to continue living?
Duration: 75 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 16:00
End: 17:15
Price: €15
Language: EN
Location: Big Theatre
I write on a blank document.
You read.
The soft rhythm of my typing connects us.
Letter follows letter as I navigate wide across the internet and deep into my memory in search of forgotten stories, lost voices and inventions.
A solo performance in a Google-Doc, amusedly and poignantly weaving an intricate web of relations between voice, identity, technology, memory and loss.
The departure point for this creation process was research into the invention of the telephone, and observations on its development history through different human-machine interaction systems in the neverending human quest to overcome distance.
Parallel to that, a subculture of phone-hackers arose, discovering loop-holes in what was now the biggest machine in the world. They found each other by “misusing” the telephone, thus creating alternative, virtual encounter spaces, motivated primarily by pure curiosity, playfulness, loneliness and deep listening.
In his works Ari constructs performative mechanisms that take place between the sensory, cognitive and emotional systems of the audience and the performer(s). Fascinated with distance, voice and the eternal struggle to communicate, his research-driven works invite for a world of sound, movement, action and object.
Ari, theatre and opera director, dancer and teacher, is Rosenblum Prize laureate 2022. He graduated from the School of Visual Theatre in Jerusalem in 2013 and recently obtained his master’s degree from Sandberg Instituut. Amsterdam, in the department Re:Master Opera.
His works have been touring internationally since 2010 – Untitled Document, And my Heart Almost Stood Still, Jonathan and the Blue Table.
He collaborated as artistic director, director and maker with FeelBeit (or ‘Mekudeshet’) in Jerusalem – an organization jointly directed by Palestinians and Jews focusing on art and culture from the perspective of a shared reality.
Created and performed by Ari Teperberg
Lighting design and scenography: Omer Sheizaf
Sound design: Lior Pinsky
Costume design: Dor Frank
Assistant director: Yael Sady
Producer: Dana Galanti
Artistic consultation: Moran Aviv Dvir, Tamar Kisch
International relations: as is presenting arts
Duration: 50 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 14:30
End: 15:20
Price: € 15
Language: EN
Location: Studio
Join us for an immersive journey of courage and community that celebrates Mediterranean heritage! In this journey we will combine music with bread making traditions from this area, as both have qualities to connect, to celebrate and to activate multiple senses. Bravery is found in practising these arts and crafts especially within the rhythm of modern society.
Step into the vibrancy of traditional music and storytelling, where our performers – two multi-instrumental percussionists/singers – become storytellers, musicians, and bakers. Experience enchanting tales, captivating rhythms, and the irresistible aroma of freshly baked bread.
Sounds, stories, and scents will take you on a sensory journey that reveals the origins and significance of bread and live music in human culture.
Connection
For centuries, bread and music has symbolized unity across the sun-kissed landscapes of the Mediterranean basin. Both elements represent essential needs for survival, fostering connection and therefore community, beyond differences.
Celebration
We celebrate and respect our unity by experiencing this journey together, across cultures and generations. We also honour artisanal and artistic beauty. For us, this defines abundance.
Multi-sensoriality
In this performance the audience will be immersed in a multisensory experience. Through live music, live bread baking and storytelling, our senses will be stimulated in multiple ways.
Vincenzo Castellana | AcquAria is an interdisciplinary artist from Sicily. Vincenzo’s musical journey began in his childhood by playing tamburello, the typical Sicilian framedrum, and since has evolved into a rich exploration in percussion and diverse cultural traditions. With collaborations that cover both the Italian and international music scene, he blends different musical influences and performing styles, using unconventional materials and instruments, which creates a captivating experience. Recently, Vincenzo has ventured into conceptual performances and theater, merging traditional rhythms with digital soundscapes, storytelling, poetry, and dance, inviting audiences into an environment where creativity knows no boundaries.
Paolo Rossetti Murittu is a percussionist and a music therapist originary from the Sibillini mountains in the Marche region. He grew up in a family of leather artisans and farmers, who were also singers and traditional folk music players. From a young age, he displayed a talent for singing and music. For the past twenty years, he has performed at international stages as an interpreter of Marche’s musical traditions and his own compositions. He collaborates with internationally renowned composing, recording, and live performance artists, and has worked with masters of contemporary music. In recent years he has developed himself as a baker, which he integrates in his performances.
Vincenzo Castellana | AcquAria – Musician/performer/conceptor;
Paolo R Murittu – Musician/performer;
Raphael Rodan – Artistic advisor
Duration: 180 min
Saturday, 9 november
Start: 11:00
End: 14:00
Price: € 50
Language: EN
Location: Studio
Wanna learn how to be stupid, fun and disarming at the same time? Then you should definitely join the 3 hour workshop of this International comedy sensation. Philip Burgers is willing to dive deep with you and will tell you more about the steps that you can make to be vulnerable on stage. Act like a pro and become a clown.
