Archive

22 January 2011 23:50 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dancing into the night: Mdungu

Mdungu is a nine piece band based in Amsterdam. The musicians from Holland, Luxembourg, Spain and Gambia bring their African based music with skill, flair and energy irresistible to any audience.

22 January 2011 23:05 - 23:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Caraibean Film Programme: The Legend of Buchi Fil

(German Gruber, 2008) An Antillean legend from the times of slavery. Based on the poem “Balada di Buchi Fil” by Pierre Lauffer, about the strongest slave that ever lived. Only when they sold his beloved wife Mosa Nena, did his heart break. In Papiamentu, Dutch subtitles.

22 January 2011 23:05 - 23:50 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafe 4: The Cloud / TG Space Audiotour

In The Cloud theatre group Space takes the audience to the year 2060 in order to look back to the past from there. Theatre makers Petra Ardai and Luc van Loo guide you through an open air exhibition in your own town where nothing is what it seems. In Dutch. Attention: first pick up your coat at the wardrobe, since you will be going out in the cold.

22 January 2011 23:05 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Happy Poetry

Poetry makes you happy! Allow yourself to be inspired tonight and get carried along by poets and performers Kees van Kooten, Rodaan Al Galidi (Iraq) and Marjolijn Heemstra, who get happy from poetry and want to share that happiness with others. Presented by Trio Lang & Gelukkig. In Dutch.

22 January 2011 23:05 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

The comfort of the bedside table

Elif Batuman (US/Turkey) reveals in The Possessedhow to bring literature as close to your life as possible. Manon Uphofftells us in Hoe te lezen (How to read) what the writer tries to get across. Marja Pruis questions them about the comfort literature can offer. In English.

22 January 2011 22:30 - 22:45 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Caribbean Film Programme: Q&A Faces of a City

Ida Does will meet the director of Faces of A City, Alexandra Jansse, in a Q&A. In Dutch.

22 January 2011 22:05 - 23:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafe 3: VPRO De Avonden

The search of VPRO's De Avonden for Utopia continues, with readings by Ernest van der Kwast and Hector Abad. Philosophers Menno van der Veen and Hans Achterhuis examine the possibilities of novel Utopias. Music: Amarins & Le Gatte Negre Collective. Hosts: Jeroen van Kan and Lotje IJzermans. In Dutch and English.

22 January 2011 22:05 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

The Writer and his Body

Books are brainchildren. Until the body claims its place and thus disrupts the equilibrium between spiritual labour and physical readiness. Abdelkader Benali talks to the writers Tim Parks (UK) and Gerbrand Bakker on the relationship between the writer and his body. In English.

22 January 2011 22:05 - 23:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Julian Coco and Curaçao: Randal Corsen meets Marlon Titre

Randal Corsen (piano) and Marlon Titre (classical guitar) with their band and the New European Ensemble chamber orchestra pay tribute to Julian Coco, the Curaçao guitarist/double bass player, who merged European and African music into new Caribbean music.

22 January 2011 21:05 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Literature: The Great Whitewasher

Family plays an important part in Nazmiye Oral's columns, Ernest van der Kwast's novel and Ger Beukenkamp's scripts. Asis Aynan talks to them about literature as a way of whitewashing (family) histories. In Dutch.

22 January 2011 21:05 - 22:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

The Promised Land

For emigrants the shocking contrast between dream and reality is apparently not only a painful but also a rich source of inspiration. Hassnae Bouazza talks to Jean Kwok, originally of China, and Youssouf Amine Elalamy (Morocco) on the everlasting enchantment of the Promised Land. In English.

22 January 2011 21:05 - 22:01 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Caribean Film Programme: Faces of a City, Willemstad Curacao

(Alexandra Jansse, 2010) This documentary is a tribute to the capital of Curaçao: Willemstad. A tribute to the multicultural society and its unique architecture. In Dutch and Papiamentu.

22 January 2011 21:05 - 22:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafe 2: VPRO De Avonden

In VPRO’s De Avonden poets, musicians and writers give the audience a glimpse of their own Utopia.  Gustaaf Peek, Hisham Matar and Elif Batuman will talk about writer's luck. Hosts: Jeroen van Kan and Lotje IJzermans. Music: Amarins & Le Gatte Negre Collective. In Dutch and English.

22 January 2011 20:00 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

Great Expectations for Suriname?

Tessa Leuwsha and Rihana Jamaludin in some sense share a mirrored life: the one grew up in the Netherlands and went to Suriname, the other grew up in Suriname and left for the Netherlands. Noraly Beyer talks to the writers about Suriname, the Netherlands and literature. In Dutch.

22 January 2011 20:00 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafe 1: Who's afraid of youth?

Pupils of two secondary schools in The Hague climb the stage to read poems they wrote themselves. With poet Delphine Lecompte. Host: Francis Broekhuijsen. In Dutch.

22 January 2011 20:00 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Foyer Programme

DJ Erik likes to play a mix of various Caribbean styles such as Salsa, Zouk, Soca, Merengue, Compas, Pambiche, Kaseko.

PAAGMAN BOOKSHOP
Bookselling and booksigning sessions in the Paagman Bookshop.





BOOKSIGNING

21.00-21.20
Adriaan van Dis
Delphine Lecompte

22.00-22.20
Gustaaf Peek
Hisham Matar

23.00-23.20
Tim Parks
Elif Batuman

00.00-00.15
Kees van Kooten
Marja Pruis

22 January 2011 20:00 - 21:00 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Caribean Film Programme: Curaçao su Playanan

(Sharelly Emanuelson, 2010) Documentary on the various beaches of Curaçao. We get to know the area and the locals, who tell us what it is like to live on the island, sharing their hopes and worries.
 Papiamentu/Dutch.

22 January 2011 20:00 - 21:00 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

Old Ideals

Adriaan Van Dis, Maaza Mengiste and Abeer Soliman wrote books about ideals. About old anti-apartheid activists and about old revolutionaries from Egypt and Ethiopia. Joris Luyendijk talks to them on the loss, rebirth and clash of old and new ideals. In English.

22 January 2011 20:00 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag

Winternacht 2

22 January 2011 14:00 - 16:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - grote zaal

NRC Reading Club Live

21 January 2011 23:50 - 01:30 uur Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Dancing into the Night: OMFO

OMFO is the Russian jack-of-all-trades German Popov. The first electronic music Popov made with the band 'Sputnik'. Then he discovered the beauty of Siberian and Central Asian folk music. With his extended band expect a good size of Kraftwerk!

21 January 2011 23:05 - 23:50 uur Theater aan het Spui - kleine zaal

How Literature Changes the World

Paul van der Gaag talks to Lily Yulianti Farid (Indonesia) and Abeer Soliman (Egypt) on the question whether literature and art can change society and how high our hopes may be. In English.

21 January 2011 23:05 - 23:50 uur Filmhuis - zaal 7

Wintercafé 4: Late Night Utopia

Jeroen van Kan talks to Marja Pruis about her collected essays on literature. The Congolese/American spoken word artist Omékongo Dibinga enters into a poetic battle with Martijn Knol and Hagar Peeters on the feasibility of a better world. In Dutch and English.

21 January 2011 23:05 - 00:10 uur Filmhuis - zaal 6

Film: Osadné

The Slovakian hamlet of Osadné is dying out. Time for desperate measures. What about start stimulating tourism? The mayor, the priest, and a local journalist undertake a trip to Brussels where their great expectations are put to the test... English subtitles.