2026

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Theatershows for schools

As a playwright I started writing long shows for theater. And I still do as I’m currently working on a story about two sisters. But for the past three years I have written some scripts for educational shows for schools in the Dutch language region. These are some examples.

In the footsteps of your ancestors

The young Hungarian Jew Klayn was deported to Auschwitz in August 1944. The 15-year-old had a knack for languages, which helped him escape the gas chamber. He translated documents and served as an interpreter for the nazi-administration.

Casual Friday

As the city bus passes, he steps off the curb and crosses just behind the huge vehicle. The bridge ahead glistens faintly under the streetlights, a thin mist rising from the canal below. Across the street, he turns left, and quickly paces into the city’s still sleeping heart.

A story about survival

What makes someone Dutch? Can you be Dutch if you weren’t born in the Netherlands? If not, what are you then, if your country of birth no longer exists? Free in Amsterdam Ksenia was born in Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, which was then part of the Soviet Union. Her father is Russian, from St.

The parades weren’t about votes

The German city of Nuremberg played a central role in the history of the Nazis. Before World War II, the NSDAP used the city to hold massive propaganda rallies (the Reich Party Rallies). After the war, Nuremberg became the very place where the Allies put a number of Nazi leaders on trial.

Android Paranoid

In “Theater het Kruispunt” in Barendrecht I experienced a fantastic tribute to Radiohead by Chicago-based formation Android Paranoid. The group of five played two intense and packed sets of each apx 75 minutes.

For eternity

“There are too many signals that this is what I want, so I’m just going to do it.” That’s what you wrote when you announced going solo on May 9th 2024. In the pre-olympic year you chose to follow your heart and go your own way.

Allergic to peanuts

It’s the early 1990s when I meet Joey at a birthday party. He has a flashy job title and works at a large corporation. I, by contrast, am just starting out as a solo-entrepreneur. I’m young, inexperienced, but full of energy. I see endless of opportunities but also face many challenges.