Chewing together toward a grand work of art. During De Betovering everyone chews along at GUMLAB, an alienatingly cheerful installation that can be found at Theater aan het Spui throughout the entire festival week. It starts simply: you trade some information about yourself for a shiny ball of chewing gum. Good deal, right? M...
Six days of Outdoor Enchantment with its first appearance in Wateringse Veld. During the festival week of De Betovering the pop-up mini-festival moves into a different neighborhood every day. This way, children scattered throughout the city in gardens, squares, and parks get to know the festival, art, and... in a super fun way.
In the upcoming edition of Festival de Betovering there are more art activities for children aged 0 to 12 to discover. In addition to a rich selection of the finest family performances from home and abroad, the workshop program is live starting today. Through collaborations with new providers and...
The first program items are now online! More will follow soon. What do you see when you look through a different lens? What stories do you discover behind a door, through a window, or beyond the horizon? Come to Festival de... with the whole family from Saturday, October 17 to Sunday, October 25, 2026.
This autumn holiday, Festival de Betovering is entirely dedicated to the theme 'looking through'. What do you see when you look through a different lens? What stories do you discover behind a door, through a window, or beyond the horizon? During Festival de Betovering , you will experience nine days of... this autumn holiday.
Good news! The new dates for Festival de Betovering have been announced! From October 17 to 25, 2026, The Hague will once again transform into one big stage during the most fun autumn break in the Netherlands. During Festival de Betovering you can enjoy an extensive program full of performances, workshops, and...
Join Izaline Calister & Thijs Borsten on an adventure during De Betovering and afterwards throughout the country. Theater De Vaillant, Festival De Betovering , and Stichting Parea jointly present her newest co-production on Monday, October 20. Following the successful tour of Doe Normaal! by Andy Ninvalle, h...
The Hague, October 2025 – Young performing actors from across the city are opening Festival De Betovering this year with the performance Bigger Than Life, a poetic and visual theatre piece that comes straight from their own experiences. Together with professional theatre maker Anna Boelens from youth theatre school...
There is plenty to experience during De Betovering , not only in theaters and museums but also outdoors. For five days, the youth theater festival tours the city with a free 'pop-up' program: from Loosduinen to Mariahoeve. In addition, the enchanting street theater returns to the city center and to...
Cultural boycott of Israeli institutions and companies De Betovering is one of the signatories of the cultural boycott of Israel. We, as one of the members of the Dutch and Belgian cultural sector, refuse to stand on the sidelines any longer regarding war crimes, crimes against the...