On Wednesday 14th January, three of our Amsterdam youngsters travelled to Brussels to participate in the annual Holocaust Remembrance Conference: Remembering the Past. Shaping the Future. The youngsters performed an excerpt from Like Underwater which was originally staged at the National Holocaust Museum as part of the 2025 edition of Theatre of Remembrance. During this […]

Theatre of Remembrance 2026 is here! Our full programme of shows created by our 10 European partner theatres has been announced and we could not be more excited to present this new edition. Now more than ever, this work feels vital and of existential importance, in particular having the opportunity to work collaboratively with our […]

Listening to the Past, Leading for the Future In the coming months, Theatre of Remembrance will launch a new programme for our 2026 edition. The programme will be shaped by a conviction that memory is not only a matter of the past, it is also a tool for shaping our present and future. At a […]

Niamh is the newest member of the Theater Na de Dam team, joining as the Project Management Assistant and Marketing & Communications Coordinator for Theatre of Remembrance.

Read on to learn more about Niamh and her plans for the role.

How do audiences in your country respond to WWII narratives today? We asked our partners to consider the relevance of their local history in WWII remembrance, here’s what they had to say.

Register now for Theater Na de Dam’s European Conference on Theatre as a Tool for Historical Awareness in 2026.

Why is it important to commemorate the history of the Second World War through theatre in your specific location? We asked our partners to consider the relevance of their local history in WWII remembrance, here’s what they had to say.

Working methods of Theatre of Remembrance and working with elderly WWII witnesses.

We’ve gathered a selection of photos that capture special moments from these plays — moments of silence, of emotion, of connection. Scroll through to see the diverse venues, the talented young casts, and the spirit of remembrance that united them all.

With Theatre of Remembrance 2025 behind us, we are already getting ready for Theatre of Remembrance 2026. We were very fortunate to be featured this year by well-known Dutch media sources such as Theaterkrant, Parool, and BNR among others. Keep reading to see what they had to say about Theatre of Remembrance 2025.

The 8th edition of Theatre of Remembrance is a fact. On January 27th, as the world marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, people across Europe paused to honour the past, each in their own way. For this date, Theatre of Remembrance created 10 theatre productions across Europe. Experience it yourself through the after movie.

At Theatre of Remembrance, we work with partners from all over Europe. For our edition in 2025, we collaborated with organisations in Turin, Budapest, Berlin, Bratislava, Prague, Warsaw, Goleniów, Hooghalen, Helsingør, and Amsterdam. With such a diversity of perspectives, we wanted to highlight and learn more about their WWII histories.  We asked our partners: ‘Teach […]

We invite you to experience Theatre of Remembrance 2025 through this after movie edited by Huub Laurens.

Youngsters’ Day took place earlier this year, on January 11. We gathered all the kids taking part in Theatre of Remembrance in an online meeting to share about their process preparing for their performance taking place January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We produced a short animated film to capture and represent the conversation that took place that day.

Impressions from the performances in Italy, Czech Republic, and Germany.

Why is a project like Theatre of Remembrance important at a European level? We asked our partners in 9 different countries, here’s what they had to say.

Read here about the concept behind our campaign photo for 2025, as well as all the details of who was involved in the production.

Rinke Brans is the project officer for Theatre of Remembrance and the Dutch youth projects of Theatre Na de Dam. In this interview she discussed why she does this work and what she finds important in the programme.

Why is a project like the Theatre of Remembrance important? We asked our partners in 9 different countries why it matters.

Column by Andrada Maria Şimo-Mosk, artistic producer of youth projects from the parent organisation of the Theatre of Remembrance, Theater Na de Dam.

We like to introduce you to Maïté Moloney, our new coordinator marketing and communication for the international program Theatre of Remembrance.

We look back on a great edition of the seventh edition of Theatre of Remembrance, an international theatre event in the context of 27 January.

Friday 27 January 2023 marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the sixth edition of Theatre of Remembrance.

On Thursday 27 January 2022, eight theatre projects by young people will be performed in seven European countries at the initiative of Theatre After Dam. In this fifth edition, over 100 European young people and their audiences are one at the same time.