Archive

20 January 2012 22:45 - 23:40 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Extaze - debutants from The Hague

Cor Gout of the The Hague literary magazine Extaze selected six debutants, who read from their own work: Ronnie Krepel, Gertrude Kunze, Nina Roos, Murat Tuncel, Theo van der Wacht and Hugo Wapperom. Host: Paul van der Gaag. In Dutch.

20 January 2012 22:20 - 22:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Ghalia Benali sings Oum Khaltoum

A tribute to the great Egyptian diva Oum Khaltoum. Ghalia Benali is accompanied by Moufadhel Adhoum (üd), Vincent Noiret (double bass) and Azzedine Jazouli (Arabic percussion).

20 January 2012 22:01 - 00:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: The Glass House

Director Hamid Rahmanian sketches an intimate image of teen girls from the Teheran subclass in a unique rehab centre. By creative writing and rap musiec they try to break away from abuse, domestic violence, addiction and poverty. English subtitles.

20 January 2012 22:01 - 22:45 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Writers reading

Bejan Matur and Dinaw Mengestu read their work, introduced by Nicole Terborg. In English.

20 January 2012 22:00 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Mad as Hell - part 3

Özcan Akyol and Joumana Haddad in an eloquent, passionate ranting. English and Dutch.

20 January 2012 22:00 - 22:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Workshop Danser a Deux: Cuban Salsa

Seize the opportunity to learn Cuban Salsa under the inspiring leadership of Morry Klein of dancing school Salsaventura. With music by DJ Jairzinho.

20 January 2012 21:50 - 22:40 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Family Ties

A discussion between Bernice Chauly (Malaysia) and Edney Silvestre (Brazil) about choking family ties and how religious and cultural pressure destroy dreams and frustrate loves. Host: Nicole Lefever. In English.
Edney Silvestre replaces Mansoura ez Eldin, who had to cancel for family reasons.

20 January 2012 21:45 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Poetry Jam

Najiba Abdellaoui and Trio Koenijn.

20 January 2012 21:30 - 22:20 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Nigeria and Oil: The Book and the Movie

Helon Habila wrote an acclaimed novel on the effects of oil-drilling in Nigeria. For Dutch tv Thomas Blom made a high-profile documentary on the same subject. A conversation, with film and reading, on the choices the writer and documentary filmmaker had to make. In English.

20 January 2012 21:15 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

DJ Jairzinho

In between dance workshops DJ Jairzinho plays his music. Host Francis Broekhuijsen keeps us abreast of what's going on in the halls of the theatre and the filmhuis. Meanwhile: a snack, a drink, and the sale of books at Paagman's.

20 January 2012 21:15 - 21:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Mad as Hell - part 1

In introduction to ranting by Khadija Massaoudi. In Dutch.

20 January 2012 21:01 - 21:45 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Mad as Hell - part 2

Hadjar Benmiloud, Massih Hutak and Nii Ayikwei Parkes ranting in English and Dutch.

20 January 2012 21:01 - 22:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Should we love one another?

Writer Bas Heijne and the British philosopher John Gray take a close look at the notion of freedom and try to find an answer to the question how people with different desires and opinions must live together. Do we have to love one another? In English.

20 January 2012 21:00 - 21:45 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Music: Batiband

The Batiband brings a sparkling mix of modern and traditional Ethiopian music. With Afework Nigussie (vocals, masenqo), Jasper de Beer (bass), Natalio Sued (tenor sax), Mark Tuinstra (guitar) and Mark de Jong (drums, percussion).

20 January 2012 21:00 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - De Kas

VPRO De Avonden

In the square in front of the theatre there is De Kas. The whole evening Jeroen van Kan talks with writers at the festival for the VPRO radio programme De Avonden Live. Visitors are allowed to peek freely and listen in. In Dutch and English.

21.17: Bernice Chauly
21.35: Ghalia Benali
22.05: Bejan Matur
22.15: Rodaan Al Galidi and Chika Unigwe
22.35: Nazmiye Oral and Kader Abdolah

20 January 2012 21:00 - 21:15 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Trio Koenijn

Wilko Sterke (piano and sax), Frank van Kasteren (guitar) and philosopher Koenijn sing melancholic songs.

20 January 2012 20:30 - 21:15 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Workshop Danser a Deux: Cuban Son Dance

Seize the opportunity to learn this dance under leadership of Morry Krispijn of dancing school Salsaventura. Music by DJ Jairzinho.

20 January 2012 20:30 - 21:20 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

The Dutch Spring

The Arab Spring created a stir in the Netherlands. Perhabs secretly we long for a Dutch Spring too. What would our country look like after such a spring? Kader Abdolah, Nazmiye Oral and Tommy Wieringa will tell us. Host: Naima Azough. In Dutch.

20 January 2012 20:00 - 20:55 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

How to be a Dictator in Africa

Writers David van Reybrouck, Helon Habila and Dinaw Mengestu take us with them in the spirit of of the once so optimistic leaders who, after the independence of their countries, turned into dictators one by one. Andrew Makkinga chairs the discussion. In English.

20 January 2012 20:00 - 21:20 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

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