Archive

18 January 2013 22:00 - 23:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Film: Looking for Sugar Man

American singer-songwriter Rodriguez was a huge celebrity in South Africa. His music provided the soundtrack for a protest generation in the 1970s and 1980s. In 2012 a record dealer and a music journalist decide to unravel the mysteries surrounding this tragic hero. A poignant film by Malek Benjelloul about hope and the inspirational power of music. In English.

18 January 2013 21:55 - 22:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Shameless

How shameless or how intimate do writers dare to be? Do they feel embarrassed by their own divulgences or do they enjoy their shamelessness? Kristien Hemmerechts, Ted van Lieshout and Yasmine Allas give themselves away. Host: Elsbeth Etty. In Dutch.

18 January 2013 21:45 - 22:35 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Around the World with Umar - LOL

Are writers present-day jesters and do they get away with mockery, as long as what they say is meant in jest? Three Pakistani writers, Wajahat Ali, Mohammed Hanif and Umar Mirza, cross swords, or rather: words, on this topic. With a humorous performance by Rodaan Al Galidi and music by the Iranian percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. English spoken.

18 January 2013 21:40 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - De Kas

VPRO De Avonden Live: Amos Oz

Interview with the famous Israeli writer for live radio. In English.

18 January 2013 21:40 - 22:05 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Wintercafé

DJ Socrates plays his music while host Francis Broekhuijsen keeps us informed on what goes on in the various halls in the theatre. Meanwhile: snacks, drinks, and book selling and writers signing their books at Paagman's.

18 January 2013 21:15 - 21:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - De Kas

VPRO De Avonden Live: Christine Otten and Manon Uphoff

Live radio interviews with writers. This part is in Dutch.

18 January 2013 21:00 - 21:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - De Kas

VPRO De Avonden Live: Mohammed Hanif and Wajahat Ali

Live radio. The whole evening Jeroen van Kan and Maarten Westerveen interview the writers of the festival. In English.

18 January 2013 21:00 - 21:50 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Hassnae Bouazza's film choice: Watching Arabs

Arabist Petra Stienen interviews writer and journalist Hassnae Bouazza. We look at film fragments Hassnae chose for us to watch, with a view to the publication of her latest book Watching Arabs, the Undistinguished Revolution. In Dutch.

18 January 2013 21:00 - 21:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

The Silence of the Dutch East Indies? - Forget it!

Bring an object representing your link with the Dutch East Indies and tell your story in front of the camera in the cupboard! Apply now!

18 January 2013 20:55 - 21:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Forget it!

Writers commenting on the black pages in their country’s history. Hanaan as-Sjaykh wrote about the civil war in Lebanon, Alberto Manguel did the same about the dirty war in Argentina while Hans Goedkoop shed a new light on the Dutch East Indies of the police actions in the late 1940s. David Van Reybrouck talks to them. Musical intermezzo: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo accompanied by Serigne Gueye and Mark Tuinstra. In English

18 January 2013 20:50 - 21:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Around the World with Umar - Among the Believers

In countries like Indonesia and Turkey religion gets a hold over politics. Is religion taking over or is there still a future for a country separating religion and state. Umar Mirza talks to Ece Temelkuran (Turkey) and Ahmad Tohari (Indonesia) on the influence of state-imposed ideals. With music by the Iranian master of percussion Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. In English.

18 January 2013 20:30 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dance the Bachata

Glen and Khristy of dance school Salsaventura teach us the Bachata in thirty minutes. Dance along!

18 January 2013 20:00 - 20:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - De Kas

We'll meet again - uprooted stories

What if everything is taken away from you, and nothing is certain anymore? Stories about uprootedness, told by students of The Hague University. With Nina Malan, Erwin Smit and Jochem van de Graaf, presented by Martine Zeeman. In Dutch.

18 January 2013 20:00 - 20:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Amos Oz and Adriaan van Dis on Ideals

Amos Oz and Adriaan van Dis talk about the collective ideals their generation cherished. How do they look back on the 1960s and 1970st and what is left of those ideals? A conversation between two inspired writers, hosted by writer and essayist Bas Heijne. In English

18 January 2013 20:00 - 01:00 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Winternacht 1 - writers, music and film on five stages

18 January 2013 20:00 - 20:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Wintercafé

18 January 2013 20:00 - 20:55 uur Filmhuis - zaal 1

Who's Afraid of Youth

Pupils from schools in The Hague present their own best poems. They've had over ten hours of poety lessons behind them. Tonight poet Rodaan Al Galidi performs with them. Programme in cooperation with Huis van Gedichten. In Dutch.

18 January 2013 20:00 - 20:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Around the World with Umar - Stories from Home

Umar Mirza (My Mosque is just it) talks to writers about migration. The barren cold, the great getting-used-to, we know about those aspects of migration by now. But what goes on beneath the surface? Reggie Baay, Nadia Bouras and Fidan Ekiz offer a rare view of the inside of uprooted lives. With music by the Iranian master percussionist Mohammad Reza Mortazawi. In Dutch.

17 January 2013 20:00 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

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