Theatre of Remembrance in the Dutch Media
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.
‘’From these dizzying facts, the players zoom-in on three stories, of the Heilbut, Krieg, and Birnbaum families. It is precisely this ‘zooming-in’ that gives the performance dramatic power and meaning.’’
This article in Theaterkrant discusses the performance, ‘Behind-the-Façade’ by Garage TDI in the Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre. Featuring photos by Jaspar Moulijn, the article details what what learnt about the history of Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre and how the youngsters from Garage TDI told this story with enthusiasm and care:
”This theatre group brings forgotten heroines of the resistance to life in the National Holocaust Museum”
This article by Parool reviews the performance ‘Like Underwater’ in the National Holocaust Museum. Based on research of surviving Amsterdam women who were part of the resistance during the Second World War. This performance looked at the position of women during that time:
On this episode of the BNR radio show, ‘The Friday Move with Wilfred Genee’, director of the play Hilde Tuinstra and Artistic Director of Theater Na de Dam, Jaïr Stranders were interviewed and discuss the significance of doing this project, Theatre of Remembrance and the upcoming performance at The National Holocaust Museum:
Click here to listen (from 1:39:40)
”Noa (17) from Garage TDI in Assen, gave a moving performance about Camp Westerbork; ‘I was genuinely crying”
The interview in Dagblad van het Noorden speaks with a youngster about their experience acting with Garage TDI in the performance, Behind-the-Façade in Camp Westerbork Memorial Centre:
NOS provided live coverage of the commemoration of the Auschwitz extermination camp in the Wertheimpark in Amsterdam. There are wreath-layings and speeches by, among others, mayor Halsema. They also interviewed three young actors from the performance ‘Like Underwater’ in the National Holocaust Museum:
Click here to watch (from 00:03:50)
