DE BETOVERING = THE ENCHANTMENT
INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN'S ARTS FESTIVAL
FOR AN INTERNATIONAL AUDIENCE!
Each year during the Autumn Break the international children’s arts festival ‘De Betovering’ (The Enchantment) takes place in The Hague. From the 14th to the 23rd of October 2011, children between the ages of 2 and 14 years will be treated to some 200 performances and workshops at 40 different locations.
PERFORMANCES AND WORKSHOPS
The most enchanting children’s dance and theatre performances of both Dutch and international origin, will be brought to The Hague for ten days of dazzling culture. Performances include puppet shows as well as dance, music and film. Professional artists will give workshops where children can try their hand at dance, music, filmmaking, painting, architecture, theatre and much more. As part of a number of these workshops participants will visit a museum or gallery, such as the Gemeentemuseum, to look at the artwork there. Festival De Betovering is the result of a unique cooperation between a number of cultural organisations in The Hague. The ticket price for the majority of the performances and workshops is €6. Many performances sell out quickly so you need to be fast with your booking.
FESTIVAL CENTRE AT THEATER AAN HET SPUI
From monday till friday Theater aan het Spui will provide refreshments and is transformed into a huge Green Children’s City with between 12.00 and 17.00 pm a rolling programme of workshops and installations. Buy building-blocks for your own home, shop or garden. Earn coins by helping to create a park or cleaning the city. Or learn how to make a working light out of ping-pong balls. Curious? Come build this city!
A NUMBER OF PERFORMANCES IS SUITABLE FOR A NON-DUTCH SPEAKING AUDIENCE:
Kindur (Sheep)
Compagnia TPO (IT)
6 - 12 years
FRI 14th OCT. 19.30 pm
SAT 15th OCT. 13.00 & 15.00 pm
SUN 16th OCT. 11.00 am
Theater aan het Spui - Spui 187 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3465272 / € 6,00
DUTCH PREMIERE
Kindur means ‘sheep’ in Icelandic. Indeed this dance performance is about the adventurous life of sheep in Iceland. What makes the show special is that all the audience is invited to be part of the flock. At the entrance every child is given a special heart. If your heart lights up, your turn has come to join the group of sheep travelling through the mysterious and cold lands of Iceland.
Spel van krachten (Play of forces)
Helios Theater (DE)
6 - 12 years
FRI 14th OCT. 19.30 pm
Theater aan het Spui - Spui 187 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3465272 / € 6,00
Who hasn’t had that dream? Flying! Like a bird! And who hasn’t had the painful experience of gravity when falling down. Sometimes it’s not easy to find a balance between these two extremes. In Play of Forces a puppeteer, an actress and a musician take a look at the physical principles of gravity as well as the struggle of a man to find his place between ground and sky.
Blauw (Blue)
Project Sally (NL)
4 - 12 years
SAT 15th OCT. 11.00 am
Korzo Theater- Prinsestraat 42 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3637540 / € 6,00
In the dance performance Blauw, two daredevils and a coward are on an adventure. On the way they get further and further into trouble. The tide turns when the coward takes command. He uses his imagination to drive away his fears, and, like a real daredevil, he draws the other two along towards the passage out of their adventure. Our coward becomes a hero!
Theatre –installation: Volwassen kinderen (Adult kids)
Mariëtte van Duin (NL)
10 - 99 years
SAT 15th OCT. - SAT 22nd OCT. every day 15.30 & 19.30 pm
Wooden house - Spuiplein Den Haag
Volwassen Kinderen is a visual, theatrical installation, in which young children take on the role of grown-ups. At first sight we see the house of an adult but a closer look shows us that the entire collection of furniture and household appliances is made of toys. Everything is small; exactly the right size for the children that run this household.
Drums on air
Uzume Taiko (CA/JP)
8 - 99 years
SUN 16th OCT. 15.00 pm
Theater De Regentes - Weimarstraat 63 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3637798 or www.deregentes.nl / € 10,00
Taiko means “drum” in Japanese and “Uzume” is the Japanese Goddess of Laughter. Uzume Taiko is known around the world for its bold musical collaborations, humour and theatrical stage presence. They have hand-crafted a unique brand of West Coast Canadian taiko drumming that offers a visual, sonic and sensual experience to their audience.
One little word
M6 Theatre Company (UK)
2 - 6 years
MON 17th OCT. 11.00 am & 15.00 pm / Diamant Theater - Diamanthorst 183 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3004810 or info@diamanttheater.nl / € 6,00
TUE 18th OCT. 11.00 am & 15.00 pm / VTV Parkoers - Marie Heinenweg 3 Den Haag
070-3265509 or info@theaterdakota.nl or www.theaterdakota.nl
WED 19th OCT. 11.00 am & 15.00 pm / Laaktheater - Ferrandweg 4t Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3933348 or www.laaktheater.nl / € 6,00
DUTCH PREMIERE
One Little Word contains only ONE spoken word. We meet two characters who play together – exploring a new space, new objects, dressing up and taking turns - but struggles arise when one of them wants to be the ONLY Captain of the ship! A beautiful and gentle story of friendship, power struggles and the rich world of creative play.
Achter je! (Behind you!)
Lejo (NL)
4 - 8 years
MON 17th OCT. 11.30 am & 13.30 pm
Theater Diligentia - Lange Voorhout 5 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070 – 3610540 or www.diligentia-pepijn.nl / € 7,50
Using only simple means, Lejo creates a unique type of puppet theatre. Lejo’s puppets are made of nothing more than his own bare hands and a pair of wooden eyes. Using these puppets and a few props, he makes magnificent shows and videos without words, suitable for all ages and cultures. In October 2011 Lejo yields a new play: Achter je! “If less is more, Lejo has it all!”
De glimlach en de bom (The smile and the bomb)
Arno Huibers (NL)
4 - 12 years
MON 17th OCT. 14.00 pm
Theater de Tobbe - Burgemeester Feithplein 95 Voorburg
Book tickets: 070-3871168 / € 6,00
The programme De glimlach en de bom is already regarded as a gem of clown's art. Arno Huibers, the clown who rarely speaks, but says so much, offers this programme as a family show. This performance includes elements from different styles of theatre and circus clownery woven together in a magical whole. Mix in masks, a marionette sequence, and the show can begin.
Pinocchio
Karine Guizzo (NL)
6 - 12 years
TUE 18th OCT. 14.00 & 19.30 pm
WED 19th OCT. 10.00 am
Lucent Danstheater - Spuiplein 150 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-8800333 or www.ldt.nl / € 10,00
PREMIERE
Karine Guizzo’s contemporary dance fairy tale Pinocchio is a surreal performance with dance, theatre, music and video projections. The public takes it’s place on the stage itself and steps therewith into the the magical and humorous world of Guizzo. After the performance the dancers invite you to use the stage as the playground of your own imagination.
Kalejdoskop (Kaleidoscope)
Carte Blanche (DK)
8 - 12 years
WED 19th OCT. 10.30 am & 13.00 pm
THU 20th OCT. 10.30 am & 13.00 pm
FRI 21st OCT. 10.30 am & 13.00 pm
Theater De Regentes - Weimarstraat 63 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3637798 or www.deregentes.nl / € 6,00
DUTCH PREMIERE
Kalejdoskop is an installation-performance; an art chamber where nature, science and poetry meet. The audience is sent on expedition in small groups into a labyrinth. A never-ending universe where questions arise and answers disappear. Through crooked doors and long tunnels, new questions arise while you search for the way in - or the way out. Michael Driebeek van der Ven (Noordvolk theatre & storytelling) is joining the performances in the Hague as the dutch-speaking-narrator.
Haa twee oohh (H20)
Helios Theater (DE)
2 - 6 years
THU 20th OCT. 11.00 am & 15.00 pm
FRI 21 st OCT. 11.00 am & 15.00 pm
Theater Dakota - Zuidlarenstraat 59 Den Haag
070-3265509 or info@theaterdakota.nl or www.theaterdakota.nl
It is dripping and flowing, bubbling and fizzling. It is one single drop; it is stormy rain and an endless ocean. Water surrounds us every day: shooting out of garden hoses, carrying us in the swimming pool or feeding us in soup. And the human body is composed of water up to 75%.
Haa twee oohh (H2O) invites the audience to experience water in its visual and acoustic quality.
Er was eens… (Once upon a time...)
Villanella, Laika & detheatermaker (BE)
1 - 4 years
THU 20th OCT. 13.00 & 15.00 pm
FRI 21st OCT. 11.00 am & 13.00 pm
Theater aan het Spui (kleine zaal) - Spui 187 Den Haag
Book tickets: 070-3465272 / € 6
DUTCH PREMIERE
A musical and visual dance-adventure. In a large green forest Dafne the nymph frolics around, and the divine adonis Apollo also saunters about. He’s bored, until he discovers the sprightly Dafne. Cupid aims his arrow and hits Apollo right in the heart. A performance full of discoveries customized for the youngest ‘hands on’ audience.
Island of Summer
Creative Association Nomadi (LV)
4 - 8 years
FRI 21st OCT. 13.00 & 15.15 pm
SAT 22nd OCT. 13.00 & 15.15 pm
SUN 23rd OCT. 13.00 pm
Koninklijke Schouwburg (Paradijs) - Korte Voorhout 3 Den Haag
Book tickets: 0900-3456789 or www.ks.nl / € 6,00
This object theatre performance, where words are replaced by sounds and atmosphere, tells the story of an island which is inhabited every summer by a little girl, her grandmother and her ever busy father. Island of Summer is dedicated to adults and children who like to notice the unusual in the world. It invites everyone to play with ordinary objects to create their own dream world.
Dancepresentation and workshop dance: 1-2tje (little one-two)
De Stilte (NL)
4 - 12 years
SAT 22nd OCT. 14.00 pm
Den Haag danst! Dome - Spuiplein Den Haag
Book tickets: www.denhaagdanst.nl/betovering
free entrance
1-2tje from dance company De Stilte is a location-based dance duet. A confrontation between two dancers unfolds right under your nose. You see every movement from close by and have the opportunity afterwards to turn the dancers inside out with questions and join them dancing.
It still takes a while, but in September 2012, the new programme of The Enchantment will be published on this website. If you want to te be the first one to choose, you can leave your name and email address in the yellow box in the upper right coner of this page. We will send you an email when the 2012 programme is online.