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INTRODUcTIONsince 2013 utrecht has had a new international festival, a continuation of springdance and festival a/d Werf: sPriNg. We are not looking back at our roots in nostalgia but we are proudly taking our history with us as we journey towards the future. We are inviting you to join us on this journey!

The future is an unknown entity by its very nature, but it is not something we should fear. Abraham Lincoln said: ‘The best way to predict your future is to create it’. This is what our choreographers and theatre makers are doing, and it is what we as a festival are doing. We are creating MORE FuTuRE. Every show at sPRING is an adventure, a journey into the future of theatre and dance, and that of society.

SPRING is off ering you a French Focus programme; several international co-productions featuring young artists from the Netherlands and elsewhere; a range of new performances by artists from utrecht; sPRING Academy for young artists and students, and plenty of opportunities to meet the makers and each other in our festival heart. I hope you will be able to choose from all of the above, and that you will come up with some exciting combinations. These will allow you to experience the future of performing arts the way we envisage it, they are the true sPRING experience. The #hashtags in this brochure can help you choose, or you can use the Guide Me on our website.

On behalf of the entire sPRING team I would like to welcome you to sPRING. Welcome to the future, MORE FUTURE!

rainer HofmannArtistic director

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HashtagsLooking for shared characteristics in our shows? use these #hashtags. Of course you are welcome to use them on Twitter and Facebook as well!

#frENchfocus innovative French theatre and dance #NEWYouNg the artists of the future#urBaNsPacE sPRING in the city#utrEchtcoNNEctioN home made in utrecht#EdgYdaNcE from the rougher side of the dance world#tENdErdaNcE from the more sensitive side of the dance world#toughthEatrE challeging theatre beyond the mainstream#MorEMusic show contains live music#Norisk sPRING for free!#NakEdtruth expect naked bodies#sPriNg(co)ProductioN we are so proud of these

FINDING YOUR WAYten days. twenty productions. More than a hundred things to do. SPRING has devised three ways of helping you fi nd your way through the programme. You’re welcome!

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SPRING Double BillsThe way to experience the diversity of sPRING in a single evening. You will see a combination of two shows, from two diff erent worlds, yet experience one festival. Ps: the price is right! Find out more on p. 40

Guide MeIf you’re still unsure which shows to visit after browsing the brochure, consult sPRING’s Guide Me. In no time this online tool will tell you which shows are right for you, based on a few simple questions. Easy! You tell us what you like, we tell you where to go!springutrecht.nl/guideme

IndexProgramme 18sPRING double Bills 40service & Info 55

Tickets 56Locations 58Programme per day 59

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Pascal Rambert & Yves Godin fr Memento Mori

thu 15 & fri 16 MaY: 21.00 (50 MiN) stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // € 20 (ONLINE)

In the beginning there is darkness, complete darkness. This is how Memento Mori starts. You can’t see your hand in front of your face, literally. No space, no theatre, no world. What was familiar seconds ago, is now without shape or contour. Is there someone sitting next to you? Then, ‘something’ appears. Or does it? Perhaps you’re fooling yourself, perhaps you just want to see something of ‘the world’ again. But there are sounds, too. Then yes, a movement. A world seems to be unfolding, with people, naked people. And, is this fruit?! Pascal Rambert is one of the most radical artists in French theatre and dance. The ingenious lighting was designed by Yves Godin. Memento Mori is about the moment just before the next movement, but it is also about death and the birth of a new world. It is a visual and visceral experience, dark, yet with a light sense of humour.

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Ant Hampton gB Lest We see Where We Are

Lest We See Where We Are is a journey into the past as well as into the future. In a café on domplein you’re sitting at the window with a photo album in front of you. A voice inside your head(phones) is drawing you into the past. Because, what do we know about a hundred, two hundred, or even five hundred years ago? What did our surroundings look like? how would the people living then see us? And then you are asked to get up and walk towards the Dom. A different voice starts talking to you. One from the future?! Or is it someone who can see you now? And what is this voice telling you about the future? do you believe what you are hearing? What do you want to believe? By making clever use of ingenious stereo recordings and a simple boombox, Ant hampton creates a stunningly visceral experience inspired by the city of utrecht.

A SPRING co-production as part of the European network Second Cities – Performing Cities

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #urBaNsPacE dutch PrEMiErE dutch sPokEN

tuE 6 to sat 24 MaY: dailY froM 15.00 – 20.40 (EvErY 20 MiNutEs) (60 MiN) utrEchts cENtruM voor dE kuNstEN (startiNg PoiNt) // € 10 (ONLINE)

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Julian Hetzel Nl / dE still (The Economy of Waiting)

have you ever considered making money by doing nothing? It’s what some people seem to do; night porters, security people, even beggars. Of course they are ‘doing something’, but they are not visibly being active or productive. What they are really doing, is waiting. Waiting is a provocation in our society today, in which hard graft, high productivity and unbridled ambition have been elevated to the highest level of virtue. Waiting means wasting time; it’s a no-man’s land between thought and action. A visit to performance installation Still (The Economy of Waiting) is no such thing! In a series of cargo containers in and around Janskerkhof you will have a personal encounter in a fictional parallel universe. Surrounded by the bustling city you will find peace. SPRING believes that the festival DNA is made up of more than just putting talent on the bill; it’s also about encouraging and facilitating talent development. Like choreographer Jan Martens, Julian Hetzel is working on a two-year development programme with SPRING.

A SPRING-production as part of the European network Global City – Local City

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #NEWYouNg #urBaNsPacE PrEMiErE

thu 15 to sat 24 MaY: 14.00 – 21.00 (6 PEoPlE PEr hour) (60 MiN)JaNskErkhof // € 5 (ONLINE)

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Dries Verhoeven Nl de uitvaart

come and pay your respects in utrecht’s most beautiful church, say goodbye to something we may have lost. Because, if we are to believe those who despair of our civilization, and some of our politicians, whole areas in our society are about to collapse. dries Verhoeven is making the bad tidings tangible by dedicating ten dramatized funeral masses to ideas, values, or parts of our society that have been lost. Each day of the festival you can come to the st. Willibrord church to commemorate the ‘deceased’ and say goodbye. When the funeral bells stop tolling, Verhoeven will remember the deceased in a funeral mass, and reflect on the role the dearly departed performed in our lives. he asks us: did we unwittingly let something slip? could we have prevented this loss? Or is our loss a mercy of sorts? After mass you will leave the church to accompany the ‘dead’ to his final resting place. After De uitvaart (The Funeral) coffee and cake will be served and visitors can offer their condolences.

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #urBaNsPacE #utrEchtcoNNEctioN PrEMiErE dutch sPokEN

thu 15 MaY: 18.45 farEWEll, fuNEral sErvicE 19.00 (60 MiN) // fri 16 to sat 24 MaY: 19.15 farEWEll, fuNEral sErvicE 19.30 (60 MiN)st. WilliBrordkErk // € 10 (ONLINE) (oNE tickEt is valid for all thE sErvicEs)

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Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek Nl / at Wellness

The perfect symbiosis of a healthy body and a healthy mind: it is the ultimate aim of these five performers. They are trying to achieve nothing short of their own versions of Miss or Mister universe. Their training schedule: militaristic cross-fitness sessions to develop the perfect muscle tone all over, alternated with in-depth psychotherapy and meditation sessions. Florentina holzinger and Vincent Riebeek have become known for their radical physicality and explicit performances. For Wellness they have drawn inspiration from glossy magazines, beauty contests and the world of transvestism. They have invited three performers to join them for this show, including Renée copraij who danced with Jan Fabre for many years. In Wellness she plays the great yoga mistress who takes the others on a path to leave their fears behind. The path that will lead them to the ultimate balance and happiness.Love it, or hate it!

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #EdgYdaNcE #NEWYouNg #NakEdtruth dutch PrEMiErE

thu 15 MaY: 21.00 (75 MiN) // fri 16 & sat 17 MaY: 19.30 (75 MiN)thEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

“Unsettling and shocking, but always provocative enough to make you want to find out where it will lead” Het Nieuwsblad

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Utrecht Connection Nl Expodium & dutch Game Garden and more

sPRING is bringing the world to utrecht and presenting utrecht to the world. Alongside the many international shows, the festival will also present a substantial number of shows made in utrecht. The city is a rich breeding ground. It is teeming with diverse and refreshing initiatives by young creatives involved in other forms of art besides the performing arts. sPRING has asked two incubator spaces from utrecht to rise to the challenge of connecting their own disciplines with those in the performing arts.

On Saturday 17 May the urban think tank Expodium is curating a programme of lectures, performances and music based on urban research in utrecht. The programme will be centred on the theme of sPRING, More Future!

On Sunday 18 May a number of businesses which operate under the roof of dutch Game Garden will demonstrate their latest developments in gaming. Game Oven studios, for instance, will be launching a dance app developed in collaboration with het Nationale Ballet.

#utrEchtcoNNEctioN #NEWYouNg #MorEMusic #Norisk #urBaNsPacE

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Kviss búmm bang is A walk on the lost highway

Who are you? The Icelandic collective Kviss búmm bang is sending you on an ethnic self-research. Fitted out with a small kit, a map of the city centre and a few Euros you will set out alone. crossing the centre of utrecht you will stumble upon pieces of yourself in all kinds of unexpected corners and meeting places. A walk on the lost highway is a personal journey during which you may find out that you belong to some minority you had never even heard of, let alone considered. And who decides what a minority is? Kviss búmm bang asks who falls within the norm and who ends up being an outsider. Lose yourself!

A SPRING production as part of the European network Global City – Local City

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fri 16 & fri 23 MaY: 16.00 - 21.00 // MoN 19 to thu 22 MaY: 16.00 - 20.30 // sat 17 & sat 24 MaY: 14.00 - 21.00 // suN 18 MaY: 14.00 - 20.30 (starts EvErY 30 MiNutEs) (90 MiN) // fEstival hEart / cENtral Box officE (startiNg PoiNt) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Lotte van den Berg Nl cinema Imaginaire

Looking, directing your gaze, seeing what has gone unnoticed and scrutinizing your own way of seeing things. This is what’s at stake in Cinema Imaginaire. The spectators create their own show. Lotte van den Berg will guide them through the city of utrecht and their own imagination. Reality becomes fiction, without anyone noticing. ugly little details come into view through the dramatic framework, but also relationships between people. Whether you have lived in utrecht for 22 years or whether you have just arrived, Cinema Imaginaire will give you a lasting new perspective on your presence in the city – surrounded by others. Lotte van den Berg was a guest at Festival a/d Werf in the past, and she has enjoyed great successes with her previous work. Agoraphobia, for instance, was selected for the Theaterfestival, and many of her shows have travelled to international festivals. she has worked from dordrecht to Kinshasa, and since a few years utrecht has been her home base.

#utrEchtcoNNEctioN #urBaNsPacE PrEMiErE dutch sPokEN

fri 16, thu 22 & fri 23 MaY: 19.30 (165 MiN) //sat 17, suN 18 & sat 24 MaY: 15.00 & 19.30 (165 MiN)fEstival hEart (startiNg PoiNt) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. Br suddenly everywhere is black with people

In Suddenly everywhere is black with people a group of performers painted pitch-black infiltrates the audience, coming terrifyingly and thrillingly close. The dancers move across the space like one big body lumped together, forcing the spectators to choose a new position all the time. Is it a war dance? Or a crowd on the run? An exodus? Marcelo Evelin has taken inspiration from the book Crowds and Power by Elias canetti, in which this winner of the Nobel prize tries to unravel the sinister phenomenon of the crowd. Suddenly everywhere is black with people deals with our fear of the unknown, but also with our fascination with it. The show was the ultimate festival hit at Noorderzon and during de Internationale Keuze (Rotterdamse schouwburg), greatly impressing both the press and audiences. do not miss this opportunity to see Suddenly everywhere is black with people in utrecht!

#EdgYdaNcE #NakEdtruth

fri 16 MaY: 21.00 (60 MiN) // sat 17 MaY: 17.00 & 22.30 (60 MiN)akadEMiEthEatEr // € 15 (ONLINE)

“The moment Evelin lets his people wander around as individuals, an incredible vulnerability immediately becomes apparent, and you are struck with a curiosity for the person behind the blackness, the unknown.” De Volkskrant

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Jonathan Capdevielle fr Adishatz/Adieu

Like a Virgin, Papa Don’t Preach, Bad Romance… hits by Madonna and Lady Gaga; who doesn’t know them? using these universal pop songs the French performer Jonathan capdevielle conjures up the recognisable vulnerability and authenticity of his childhood. he entertains us and imitates voices, all the while showing us glimpses of himself and of the world around him: contemporary pop culture, night clubs, the international art world... he combines it with a traditional all-male choir from Tarbes, the region in the south of France where he is from. Adishatz/Adieu is a ‘one-man show’ in which capdevielle reveals himself: man and woman, child and adult, funny and sad, strong and vulnerable. In drag he veers from elegance to coarseness, loneliness to sensitivity, glamour to tristesse. capdevielle has had a string of successes over the years as an actor and performer in the French theatre scene. In his autobiographical Adishatz/Adieu he brings together his stage life with international pop culture and some very local traditions.

#frENchfocus #NEWYouNg #MorEMusic #toughthEatrE

dutch PrEMiErE sPokEN iN frENch With surtitlEs

sat 17 MaY: 21.00 (50 MiN) // suN 18 MaY: 20.30 (50 MiN)stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // € 20 (ONLINE)

“Capdevielle’s mastery of the stage, his body, and his voice are phenomenal” Le Devoir (Canada)

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De Dansers & Theater Strahl Nl / dE ROsEs

A handful of people is crossing an invisible line. They no longer want to keep silent, be sycophants, be henchmen. They are following their ideals of humanity. They represent the right to independent thought and accept the consequences of their personal actions. They are fast. They are together. They are brave. Or are they crazy?The seven performers in ROSES are presenting an ode to the Weisse Rose, the student resistance group against the Nazi’s regime of terror set up by brother and sister hans and sophie scholl. With their visuals, movement, music and words they portray a group in which people’s lives depend on brotherhood and trust. This is not a story about the 1940s. This is a story about a group of young people who, against all the odds, have complete faith in each other.ROSES is the first collaboration between the dancers and musicians of de dansers, utrecht, and the actors of Theater strahl, Berlin’s foremost creators of adventurous drama for young audiences.

#utrEchtcoNNEctioN #NEWYouNg #MorEMusic

dutch PrEMiErE aPProPriatE for MiNors (12+)

suN 18 MaY: 19.00 (70 MiN) // MoN 19 MaY: 11.00 (school PErforMaNcE) & 20.30 (70 MiN) // sat 24 MaY: 13.00 & 15.00 (20 MiN)akadEMiEthEatEr // € 15 (ONLINE)

“A highly entertaining masterpiece of modern dance theatre” Kulturtipp (Germany)

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Christophe Meierhans BE some use For Your Broken claypots

What would our democracy look like under a different a law system? christophe Meierhans has his own ideas about the subject... In Some Use For Your Broken Claypots he is an impassioned election candidate campaigning, in a lecture-hall, for a radical overhaul of the democratic system as we know it today. Meierhans is promoting a new constitution and a new voting system. he intends to discontinue the election system in which we vote people into power – and wants to use elections to vote people out of power instead. Just like the citizens in ancient Athens did. during their public meetings they would take a shard of clay pottery and inscribe on it the name of the person they believed should leave the city. Meierhans is departing from this classical system, he lays the foundations for a future democracy. Would you vote for Meierhans?

After both performances there will be a short after lecture by professors of the Utrecht University in the lecture hall in collaboration with Utrecht School of Governance

#toughthEatrE #NEWYouNg

MoN 19 & WEd 21 MaY: 19.00 (90 MiN)utrEcht uNivErsitY school of govErNaNcE // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Jan Martens Nl / BE The dog days Are Over

Eight dancers. They jump. They move at great speed. They sweat profusely. sometimes they fail. The Dog Days Are Over presents a group of dancers who surrender to a single act of physicality: the jump. A mathematic choreography and a repetitive bruising battle to prove that the dancers are only the performers, in the service of… what, exactly? The dancer as a gladiator in an arena with only a very thin line between art and entertainment. having staged a number of captivating and compelling solos, Jan Martens is creating a group piece this time, inspired by the famous American photographer Philippe halsman. he has stated that his pictures of countless celebrities jumping showed ‘the true face’ of mankind. Martens is doing the same with his dancers in The Dog Days Are Over. sPRING believes in the talent of the up-and-coming Martens; the previous edition included his Dialogue, and, as part of a two-year collaboration, his first show for the big stage will premiere during the 2015 festival.

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #EdgYdaNcE #NEWYouNg

tuE 20 & WEd 21 MaY: 21.00 (60 MiN)thEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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De Utrechtse Spelen icw Rosa Ensemble Nl crave

Crave is the first show since the rebirth of De Utrechtse Spelen, utrecht’s own theatre company, under its new artistic director Thibaud delpeut. having successfully presented Blasted and 4.48 Psychosis, Crave is delpeut’s third staging of a play by sarah Kane, the British playwright who is so important to him. delpeut sees Crave as a score for two male and two female voices, trying to belong and looking for meaning in their metropolitan lives, and craving the purification of love. In a layered web of questions and answers, monologue and dialogue, the production creates a world fraught with desire, suppression, redemption and power. Especially for sPRING two utrecht-based companies are joining forces to create this show. Crave is the first co-production by de utrechtse spelen and the Rosa Ensemble. composer Wilbert Bulsink is developing an exclusive original composition for four musicians, who will be shadowing the actors on the stage.

#utrEchtcoNNEctioN #toughthEatrE #MorEMusic

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tuE 20 to suN 25 MaY: 21.00 (75 MiN)dE PaardENkathEdraal // € 17,50 (ONLINE)

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Radhouane El Meddeb, Alexandre Fournier & Matias Pilet fr Nos Limites

With Nos Limites the French choreographer Radhouane El Meddeb has created a restrained love duet in which two men place their bodies in each other’s hands and explore the different aspects of their relationship. One of them appears to be paralysed. With his handicap he shows us how we, as human beings, have the instinctive ability to be resilient, to gather our will and pick up our bodies. El Meddeb has created the show with Matias Pilet and Alexandre Fournier, two circus artists. It has resulted in a mix between the acrobatics of the two circus artists and El Meddeb’s choreographer’s eye. Nos Limites is a tender dance piece, one that possesses great beauty and humanity, and is a reflection on human limitations and the ability to rise above them.

#frENchfocus #tENdErdaNcE dutch PrEMiErE

WEd 21 & thu 22 MaY: 19.30 (50 MiN)stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Alexandra Bachzetsis ch / gr The stages of staging

‘It’s a romance. It’s a romantic comedy. It’s an action movie. It’s a cover version.’ It’s all of these. Or is it a rehearsal? A webcam-audition on YouTube? With Alexandra Bachzetsis you never know… With great virtuosity, eleven performers, and a gym for a set, The Stages of Staging questions the way we shape our personalities in today’s world, through social media, sports, sexy songs, personal confessions and private films. Ready to be discovered as the next top model or the best dancer in the Netherlands. Life as a selfie. Because one thing is clear: all the world’s a ‘stage’, and we may be watched 24-7. so we’d better start working out and whip our bodies and faces into maximum shape. The Stages of Staging is a reflection on today’s mediatised society.

#EdgYdaNcE #tENdErdaNcE dutch PrEMiErE of thE thEatrE vErsioN

thu 22 MaY: 21.00 (70 MiN) // fri 23 MaY: 19.15 (70 MiN)hEt huis utrEcht (thEatErZaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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“From the beginning Alexandra Bachzetsis grabs the audience and takes them into her irresistible new work The Stages of Staging” Basellandschaftliche Zeitung (Germany)

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Maija Hirvanen fi For Those Who have Time

For Those Who Have Time is for those who have time. You really don’t need a lot of it, only 45 minutes will do. Which can be quite something in these hectic times in which we are all busy doing so many things at the same time, moving faster and faster, never having time for anything... The latest piece by the Finnish choreographer Maija hirvanen scrutinizes these manic times and asks what is really important. For Those Who Have Time is a highly precise choreography of overly physical, crazy and reduced forms of dance full of delicate emotion. The work examines the habits formed the rhythm of our contemporary lives. Maija hirvanen mocks our self-induced hustle and bustle. Make some time for For Those Who Have Time!

#tENdErdaNcE #NEWYouNg dutch PrEMiErE

fri 23 MaY: 19.30 (45 MiN) // sat 24 MaY: 21.00 (45 MiN)thEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

“Somehow the performances’ control over the form gets close, in its purposefully guarded minimalism, even to perfection” Teatterija Tanssi (Finland)

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Mathilde Monnier & Dominique Figarella fr soapéra

The lights come on. A mountain of foam fills the stage. It looks like a piece of sculpture, but it moves, it vibrates and floats. And then, the dancers appear. Playing with the foam, kneading it into shape, creating new spaces, pulling it loose. The foam is like an unidentified dancing object with a life of its own; a half-liquidised set piece that changes all the time. Mathilde Monnier, who was recently appointed the artistic director of the prestigious centre National de danse in Paris, is known for the dialogue she maintains with other forms of art. For Soapéra she worked with visual artist dominique Figarella. Together they have created a playful choreography with a set like a painting, a canvas for the dancers to walk around in. dance and painting come together in new ways thanks to their dancing paint and painting dancers.

#frENchfocus #tENdErdaNcE dutch PrEMiErE

fri 23 MaY: 21.00 (50 MiN) // sat 24 MaY: 19.30 (50 MiN)stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // € 20 (ONLINE)

“Visual effects of outstanding beauty” La Terrasse (France)

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Ula Sickle BE / ca Kinshasa Electric

hip hop and streetdance from Kinshasa, contemporary dance from Brussels, and a German-Israeli dJ mixing international rhythms and local beats. choreographer ula sickle prefers to use these elements to find similarities and connections, rather than to gauge the distance between Africa and Europe. In Kinshasa Electric, choreography is the starting point from which sickle shows us how the lines between pop culture and high culture, here and there, art and commerce, authenticity and selling out become blurred in a globalised world such as ours.Like in earlier projects, for Kinshasa Electric ula sickle has worked with young congolese dancers. sickle focuses on her dancers’ individual backgrounds, the influence of the dance styles from African night life, and on the way their movements are culturally and politically encoded. Kinshasa Electric turns an utrecht theatre auditorium into an African nightclub.

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #EdgYdaNcE #NEWYouNg #MorEMusic dutch PrEMiErE

fri 23 MaY: 22.30 (70 MiN) // sat 24 MaY: 21.00 (70 MiN)stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Alma Söderberg & Hendrik Willekens Nl / sE / BE Idioter

Idioter is a concert, a performance, and a live drawing. The swedish Alma söderberg dances and ‘voices’ a choreography for voice and movement, while hendrik Willekens, from Flanders, draws. stubbornly and consistently the two young makers stick to their own methods and combine them. Willekens drawing his geometric landscapes, Söderberg playing with syllables, inflections and cadence. And then there’s the insanely loud electro music, performed live. The flow of the dream language thus created and the intensely rhythmic performance inexorably draw in the audience.What about the title? In dutch, ‘idioter’ is the comparative form of idiot; in swedish, it is the plural. söderberg and Willekens initially chose their title because they loved the sound of it. Later the word acquired significance in their rehearsal process: the endless repetition and the continuous discovery of what their minds and hands were making. Enough to drive them to idiocy…

#sPriNg(co)ProductioN #NEWYouNg #MorEMusic

dutch PrEMiErE

fri 23 MaY: 22.30 (60 MiN) // sat 24 MaY: 19.30 & 22.30 (60 MiN)kaPitaal // € 15 (ONLINE)

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Pentatones & special guests (live), DJs and more dE / Nl sPRING party at stadsschouwburg utrecht

Let’s party like it’s 2013! Because last year sPRING ended with a fantastic closing party on the stage of the stadsschouwburg utrecht. We ourselves have heard people qualify that night as ‘legendary’, ‘awesome’ and ‘party of the year’. And well, 600 party people can’t be wrong. so let’s make this party one to make last year’s look pale by comparison! With the stadsschouwburg utrecht and the club zindering we will be turning the entire building into a temporary nightclub. Onstage in the main auditorium you will find the hot German electro act Pentatones (freaky pop meets Berlin beats) who are bringing some very special guests for this final night of SPRING. The auditorium, as well as other places in the theatre, will also be home to a number of dJs from the Netherlands and abroad. Electro, indie, hip hop, funk, house… Better be there!

Like last year, admission will be free during the first hour (23.00 until midnight), but you will have to download a ticket online to get in (please note: limited availability!). After midnight, or if you don’t have an online ticket, you can buy your tickets at the door for €7.50.

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SPRING DOUBLE BILLS SPRING is a journey across different worlds, an adventure that offers you the best experience and the greatest enjoyment if you see more than one show. and no, this is not some crass marketing ploy. sPriNg presents theatre and dance, with quiet and vulnerable performances, but also with expressive and explicit work. Ten days of SPRING, a different Double Bill each day. and at a very attractive rate. More is less!

SPrING double Bills combine well with: the one-on-one performances Lest We See Where We Are and/or

A walk on the lost highway the performance-installation The Economy of Waiting one of the festival restaurant’s specials live music in the festival heart every night at 21.30

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Ritual + Radical DOUBLE BILL #1 THU 15 MAY

Dries Verhoeven De uitvaart P22 Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek Wellness P23

Explicit + Philosophical DOUBLE BILL #2 FRI 16 MAY

Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek Wellness P23 Pascal Rambert & Yves Godin Memento Mori P19

€20 ONLINE

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Brazilian dance + French onemanshow DOUBLE BILL #3 SAT 17 MAY

Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. Suddenly everywhere is black with people P27 Jonathan Capdevielle Adishatz/Adieu P28

Youth: Resistance + Stardom DOUBLE BILL #4 SUN 18 MAY

De Dansers & Theater Strahl ROSES P29 Jonathan Capdevielle Adishatz/Adieu P28

€30 ONLINE

€30 ONLINE

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The art of waiting + Political activism DOUBLE BILL #5 MON 19 MAY

Julian Hetzel Still (The Economy of Waiting) P21 Christophe Meierhans Some Use For Your Broken Claypots P30

Church + Gym DOUBLE BILL #6 TUE 20 MAY

Dries Verhoeven De uitvaart P22 Jan Martens The Dog Days Are Over P31

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Talent + Master DOUBLE BILL #9 FRI 23 MAY

Maija Hirvanen For Those Who Have Time P35 Mathilde Monnier & Dominique Figarella Soapéra P36

Visual dance + Congo Beats DOUBLE BILL #10 SAT 24 MAY

Mathilde Monnier & Dominique Figarella Soapéra P36 Ula Sickle Kinshasa Electric P37

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Real dance + Real theatre DOUBLE BILL #7 WED 21 MAY

Radhouane El Meddeb, Alexandre Fournier & Matias Pilet Nos Limites P33 De Utrechtse Spelen icw Rosa Ensemble Crave P32

Beauty + Deconstruction DOUBLE BILL #8 THU 22 MAY

Radhouane El Meddeb, Alexandre Fournier & Matias Pilet Nos Limites P33 Alexandra Bachzetsis The Stages of Staging P34

€27.50 ONLINE

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Op stap met…a night on the town with rainer hofmann (sPriNg), karlien vanhoonacker (sPriNg) or steven Peters (stadsschouwburg utrecht)

Op stap met… (A Night on the Town With...) offers visitors an opportunity to experience sPRING as if you were, and in the company of, a theatre programmer. how do they see a performance? how do they select artists? do they visit the theatre in their spare time? With Op Stap Met… you will have the best seats in the house, gain access to all areas, discuss the show afterward, and meet the director or choreographer backstage or at the bar. Op stap met… is an exclusive event which includes dinner and a drink after the show.

sat 17 MaY Rainer Hofmann (SPRING) 16.30 - 22.00 // suddENlY EvErYWhErE is Black With PEoPlE // diNEr // dE uitvaart // adishatZ/adiEu

suN 18 MaY Karlien Vanhoonacker (SPRING) 16.30 - 21.30 // still (thE EcoNoMY of WaitiNg) // diNEr // rosEs // adishatZ/adiEu

fri 23 MaY Steven Peters (Stads schouwburg Utrecht) 18.00 - 23.30 // still (thE EcoNoMY of WaitiNg) // diNEr // soaPéra // kiNshasa ElEctric

sat 24 MaY Rainer Hofmann (SPRING) 17.00 - 21.45 // still (thE EcoNoMY of WaitiNg) // diNEr // soaPéra // for thosE Who havE tiME

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The Future of Foodfrom the makers of food central

What will we eat in the future? how will we prepare our meals? According to chef Remco Vellinga of restaurant zindering we will go back to the future. Antique methods of preparation like fermenting, brining and pickling will be coming back in style. In this ‘culinary presentation’ chef Vellinga will present his vision on cuisine and give you a taste of the future in the form of a three-course dinner. More info at springutrecht.nl

fri 23 MaY 17.30 - 21.50 // €55 (iNcl. soaPéra) sat 24 MaY 17.30 - 22.10 // €50 (iNcl. kiNshasa ElEctric) suN 25 Mat 17.00 - 20.00 // € 35 (Without PErforMaNcE)

SPRING Academyin collaboration with utrecht university, this year will see the second edition of the sPriNg academy. sPriNg academy is an intensive programme of workshops, lectures and presentations, developed specifically for art students, academics and young professionals from the performing arts internationally.

SPRING Academy offers them a unique learning experience and opportunities for encounters, exchange, and expanding their networks. A number of theatre makers who are presented at the festival will contribute to sPRING Academy, including Ant hampton, Jan Martens and Alexandra Bachzetsis. The participants will keep you posted through springutrecht.nl, where you can read their blogs and see their films.

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FESTIVAL HEART for ten whole days the sPriNg festival heart in the park outside the stadsschouwburg utrecht will be the place where festival visitors, and spontaneous guests, can enjoy a lovely meal, a refreshing beer in the spring sun or a rendez-vous with the festival’s theatre makers, choreographers, dancers, actors and performers (they will be roaming free!).

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Picnics, coffee breaks, music and Wi-Fi! sPRING invites you to the festival hear; come and enjoy the spring sun, have a seat in one of our bean bags on the stands or spread out your picnic blanket in the park. Get your tickets early from the central box office and enjoy a good coffee, or let yourself be persuaded ‘on the spot’ by our lovely festival guides to buy a ticket to one of the festival hits. Every night at 21.30 you can check out the latest bands and acts live on our stage – completely free of charge. And there will be Wi-Fi!

Sustainable specials, summery barbecues, and more tasty goodiesInside the festival heart, the kitchen staff at restaurant Zindering will prepare daily lunches, dinners and everything in between, using pure and sustainable ingredients. And if the weather’s nice, the chefs will be firing up the barbecues! sPRING and zindering are also offering picnic hampers containing a bottle of wine and some bread and cheese; ideal for a day in the park.

Le Bazarre On Saturday 24 May Le Bazarre will be our guest in and around the sPRING festival heart, just like last year. Each edition of Le Bazarre, an initiative by Le Guess Who? music festival, features a different line-up of retailers: you will find young creatives, sustainability gurus, local farmers and innovative thinkers. Quality vintage, design, second-hand clothing, vinyl, books, graphics, home-made and local produce, you are guaranteed to find something special to take home with you. during Le Bazarre several dJs will provide the ideal saturday afternoon music.

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SPRING & EKKO The festival heart as an indie-electro-brass- singersongwriter-rock-folk-pop stageduring the ten days of sPriNg, utrecht will be immersed in exciting dance and theatre from the Netherlands and abroad. and in music as well! in collaboration with Ekko, sPriNg will be welcoming a band or artist to the stage every night. from up-and-coming acts and new talents to local heroes. With a special focus on france, because like in the french dance and theatre scene, lots of exciting things are happening in french music. oui, oui!

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Bandsthu 15 MaY frConcordeMelancholic post-punk indie with a hint of electronics.

fri 16 MaYBewilder A new band founded by Maurits Westerik (GEM): swinging but subdued; exuberant and dynamic.

sat 17 MaYGallowstreet Brass BandA ten-piece brass band plays hip hop, house and New Orleans-style brass music.

suN 18 MaYCrying Boys Cafe Genre-defying pop with a theatrical stage performance.

MoN 19 MaYT.S. Eliot Appreciation Society + Casper AdrienVulnerable folk and pop by two promising utrecht artists.

tuE 20 MaYKlarälvenhaunting electro indie pop by members of Moss, Most unpleasant Men and Novack.

WEd 21 MaY frWe Were EvergreenInventive folky pop with ukelele, banjo, toy piano and glockenspiel.

thu 22 MaYMTT (Minus The Tiger)A precise combination of deep bass, minimal beats and disorienting sounds.

fri 23 MaYLosse Schroeven invites! Lazarus Revival and DJscreative utrecht collective wreaks havoc in the festival heart.

sat 24 MaYNaive Set Top notch feel-good indie pop.

suN 25 MaY BEBlackie & The OohoosMesmerising introvert nocturnal music from Flanders.

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Flash IntrosWho are the makers? What can you expect? and why is the show part of the festival?

Minutes before a show, programmers Rainer hofmann and Karlien Vanhoonacker will give a brief introduction on the show that follows. No, it won’t be an introductory speech; it will be a personal welcome. The flash intros will not take place with every show, they will come as a surprise.

Backstage ToursWhat are things like behind the scenes at sPriNg? This backstage tour will let you find out.

With stadsschouwburg utrecht, sPRING is organising a backstage tour that will tell visitors more about the way a festival is run and the extraordinary technology behind the shows Memento Mori (Fri 16 May), Adishatz /Adieu (sun 18 May) or Soapéra (sat 24 May). In addition the tour will also guide you through the stadsschouwburg utrecht’s listed building, taking you to places where you would not normally gain access without a ‘crew’ pass. The tour will last 50 minutes and can be ordered separately or as a package which includes the show(s). Please note: limited availability! fri 16 MaY 22.00 // MEMENto Mori suN 18 MaY 17.00 // adishatZ/adiEu sat 24 MaY 17.00 // soaPéra Order your free tickets through springutrecht.nl

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10 Minutes, 10 Questions + Bar Talksthe performers have received their applause, the house lights have come on, and then…? sPriNg will not let you leave just like that!

10 Minutes, 10 Questions is an after-show talk in the shape of a quiz, for which the audience comes up with the questions and the presenter asks them. Jot down the first question that comes to mind on one of our cards, and hand it in. The presenter will then fire ten of these questions in as many minutes at the performers, who will be mopping their brows because their shower will have to wait. An energetic after-show event that will only take ten minutes of your time. Bar talks. discussing the show at the bar, voicing their opinions and (dis)agreeing with each other. After a show a mixed group of guests will discuss what they have just seen, in the foyer of the stadsschouwburg utrecht. how did the theatre expert experience the show, what did the sociologist think of it, and what did the supermarket manager make of it? And what did you think? Join the debate, just like in the pub, with a drink to hand and beer nuts within easy reach.

De Vuurlinie – Kunstkritiek Nu de vuurlinie is an initiative of domein voor kunstkritiek, literary magazine de gids and eight cultural institutions including sPriNg Into the framework of this cooperation, Friday 23rd of May an after talk is organised with journalist simon van den Berg (Parool). More info at springutrecht.nl

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SPRING & Culturale ZondagDuring the final Sunday of the festival, SPRING will host a number of activities as part of culturele Zondagen.

With its theme ‘The city of the Future’ this edition of the culturele zondagen (cultural sundays) ties in perfectly with the sPRING programme, focused as it is on the future of theatre and dance. On saturday 24 May de dansers will present a special version of ROSES. On sunday 25 May the promising band Blackie & the Oohoos will play in the festival heart, and you will have an opportunity to come onstage at the stadsschouwburg and become a ballet dancer by gaming with Game Oven studios in collaboration with het National Ballet. And The Future of Food will give you a taste of the future. Want to find out more? Go to springutrecht.nl

SPRING & Orde van de Dag Every last sunday of the month the stadsschouwburg utrecht hosts the satirical news show orde van de dag.

Taking their cues from Oscar Kocken and Greg Nottrot, a revolving group of actors, musicians, comedians and writers shed their light on the latest news events in impromptu sketches, songs, columns, theatre scenes and poems in Orde van de dag (Order of the day). For this edition the members of the Order will make some sense of the (festival)days lying behind us.

VSCD Congres In association with Vereniging voor schouwburg- en concertgebouwdirecties sPRING will host a conference on the status of festivals in the Netherlands. Various festival organizations, theatre professionals as well as public is invited. More info at springutrecht.nl

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Tickets

onlinesPRING uses e-ticketing: print your tickets at home or have your tickets scanned from your tablet or mobile at the doors. Online tickets can be bought until one hour before the show (tip: use your smartphone when you’re in the festival heart!). For each online order sPRING will charge a one-off fee of €1.50 so if you order more than one ticket the fee remains the same.

central box officeThe central box office in the festival heart will be open daily from 11.00. here you can buy your tickets until one hour before the show.

on-site box officeFrom one hour before the show the final tickets will go on sale at the on-site box-office. An additional fee of €2.50 applies to tickets bought at the door.

Ticket Prices all shows in the stadsschouwburg utrecht (dE-Zaal)

oNliNE €20 / oN-sitE Box officE €22.50

Crave (de utrechtse spelen) at the Paardenkathedraal oNliNE €17.50 / oN-sitE Box officE €20

all shows in the stadsschouwburg utrecht (Blauwe Zaal) (except Utrecht Connection), theater kikker, kapitaal, utrecht university school of governance, akademietheater and the shows that depart from the festival heart (Cinema Imaginaire and A Walk on the Lost Highway).

oNliNE €15 / oN-sitE Box officE €17.50

Lest We See Where We Are (ant hampton) and De uitvaart (dries verhoeven) oNliNE + oN-sitE Box officE €10

Still (The Economy of Waiting) (Julian hetzel) oNliNE + oN-sitE Box officE €5

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Prices for SPrING Specials Op stap met... €45 / u-Pas: €40 // cJP/uNdEr 18/studENts: €35

The Future of Food fri 23 MaY: €55 // sat 24 MaY: € 50 // suN 25 MaY: €35

double Bills thu 15 & tuE 20 MaY: €20 (discouNt PricE* €17.50) // fri 16, sat 17, suN 18, fri 23 & sat 24 MaY: €30 (discouNt PricE* €17.50) // MoN 19 MaY: €20 (discouNt PricE* €15) // WEd 21 MaY: €27.50 (discouNt PricE* €17.50) // thu 22 MaY: €25 (discouNt PricE* €17.50) * u-Pas/cJP/uNdEr 18/studENts

Concessions

U-pas all shows except Still (The Economy of Waiting) (Julian hetzel) and Pentatones & Special Guests (the party on saturday 24 May).

€5 discouNt oN (oNliNE) tickEts

CJP / under 18 / students all tickets oNliNE + oN-sitE Box officE € 10 De uitvaart (dries verhoeven) oNliNE € 5

Group Concessions SPRING offers a €5 discount on tickets for groups starting from 8 people. contact sPriNg through [email protected]

Unsure which shows to see? springutrecht.nl/guideme

Buy your tickets easy and at the best prices online: springutrecht.nl

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A Stadsschouwburg Utrecht & festival heart Lucasbolwerk 24 B Theater Kikker Ganzenmarkt 14C Akademietheater Janskerkhof 18D De Paardenkathedraal Veeartsenijstraat 155 E St. Willibrordkerk Minrebroederstraat 21 F Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten Domplein 4G Utrecht University School of Governance Bijlhouwerstraat 6H Kapitaal Plompetorengracht 4I Het Huis Utrecht Boorstraat 107J Janskerkhof

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Programme / Thursday 15 Maycontinuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel Still (The Economy of Waiting)JANSKERKHOF // 60 MIN // STARTS EVERY 60 MIN

15.00 – 20.40 Ant Hampton Lest We See Where We AreUTRECHTS CENTRUM VOOR DE KUNSTEN // 60 MIN // STARTS EVERY 20 MIN

programme18.45 Dries Verhoeven De uitvaartST. WILLIBRORDKERK // 60 MIN // 18.45 FAREWELL, 19.00 FUNERAL SERVICE

21.00 Pascal Rambert & Yves Godin Memento MoriSTADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT (DE-ZAAL) // 50 MIN

21.00 Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek WellnessTHEATER KIKKER (GROTE ZAAL) // 75 MIN

festival heart11.00 – 23.30 Welcome to the festival heart!BOX OFFICE // BAR & RESTAURANT // DJ 17.00 – 21.30

21.30 ConcordeFESTIVAL HEART // MUSIC // 60 MIN

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Programme / Friday 16 Maycontinuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel still (the Economy of Waiting)JaNskErkhof // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 60 MiN

15.00 – 20.40 Ant Hampton lest We see Where We areutrEchts cENtruM voor dE kuNstEN // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 20 MiN

16.00 – 21.00 Kviss búmm bang a walk on the lost highway fEstival hEart // 90 MiN // starts EvErY 30 MiN

Utrecht Connection stadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal)

programme19.15 Dries Verhoeven de uitvaartst. WilliBrordkErk // 60 MiN // 19.15 farEWEll, 19.30 fuNEral sErvicE

19.30 Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek WellnessthEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // 75 MiN

19.30 Lotte van den Berg cinema imaginairestartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 165 MiN

21.00 Pascal Rambert & Yves Godin Memento MoristadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 50 MiN // BAR TALK (FOYER)

21.00 Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. suddenly everywhere is black with peopleakadEMiEthEatEr // 60 MiN // 10 MINUTES, 10 QUESTIONS

festival heart11.00 – 01.30 Welcome to the festival heart!Box officE // Bar & rEstauraNt // dJ 17.00 – 21.30 aNd 22.30 – 01.00

21.30 BewilderfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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Utrecht ConnectionstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal)

programme15.00 Lotte van den Berg cinema imaginairestartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 165 MiN

16.30 Op stap met... rainer hofmannstartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 330 MiN

17.00 Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. suddenly everywhere is black with peopleakadEMiEthEatEr // 60 MiN

19.15 Dries Verhoeven de uitvaartst. WilliBrordkErk // 60 MiN // 19.15 farEWEll, 19.30 fuNEral sErvicE

19.30 Florentina Holzinger & Vincent Riebeek WellnessthEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // 75 MiN // 10 MINUTES, 10 QUESTIONS


21.00 Jonathan Capdevielle adishatz / adieustadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 50 MiN // BAR TALK (FOYER)

22.30 Marcelo Evelin / Demolition Inc. suddenly everywhere is black with peopleakadEMiEthEatEr // 60 MiN


21.30 Gallowstreet Brass BandfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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Programme / Sunday 18 Maycontinuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel still (the Economy of Waiting)JaNskErkhof // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 60 MiN




programme15.00 Lotte van den Berg cinema imaginairestartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 165 MiN

16.30 Op stap met... karlien vanhoonackerstartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 300 MiN

19.00 De Dansers & Theater Strahl rosEsakadEMiEthEatEr // 70 MiN



20.30 Jonathan Capdevielle adishatz / adieustadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 50 MiN

festival heart11.00 – 23.30 Welcome to the festival heart!Box officE // Bar & rEstauraNt // dJ 17.00 – 21.30

21.30 Crying Boys CafefEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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Programme / Monday 19 Maycontinuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel still (the Economy of Waiting)JaNskErkhof // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 60 MiN




programme19.00 Christophe Meierhans some use for Your Broken claypotsuu school of govErNaNcE // 90 MiN // AFTER LECTURE


20.30 De Dansers & Theater Strahl rosEsakadEMiEthEatEr // 70 MiN // 10 MINUTES, 10 QUESTIONS


21.30 The T.S. Eliot Appreciation Society + Casper AdrienfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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Programme / Tuesday 20 Maycontinuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel still (the Economy of Waiting)JaNskErkhof // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 60 MiN





21.00 Jan Martens the dog days are overthEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // 60 MiN // 10 MIN, 10 QUESTIONS

21.00 De Utrechtse Spelen icw Rosa Ensemble cravedE PaardENkathEdraal // 75 MiN


21.30 KlarälvenfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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continuous programme14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel still (the Economy of Waiting)JaNskErkhof // 60 MiN // starts EvErY 60 MiN



programme19.00 Christophe Meierhans some use for Your Broken claypotsuu school of govErNaNcE // 90 MiN // AFTER LECTURE


19.30 Radhouane El Meddeb, Alexandre Fournier & Matias Pilet Nos limitesstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // 50 MiN //10 MIN, 10 QUESTIONS

21.00 Jan Martens the dog days are overthEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // 60 MiN



21.30 We Were EvergreenfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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19.30 Radhouane El Meddeb, Alexandre Fournier & Matias Pilet Nos limitesstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // 50 MiN


21.00 Alexandra Bachzetsis the stages of staginghEt huis utrEcht (thEatErZaal) // 70 MiN // 10 MIN, 10 QUESTIONS



21.30 MTT (Minus The Tiger)fEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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programme17.30 The Future of FoodstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (ZiNdEriNg) // 230 MiN

18.00 Op stap met... steven PetersstartiNg PoiNt fEstival hEart // 270 MiN

19.15 Alexandra Bachzetsis the stages of staginghEt huis utrEcht (thEatErZaal) // 70 MiN


19.30 Maija Hirvanen for those Who have timethEatEr kikkEr (grotE Zaal) // 45 MiN // 10 MIN, 10 QUESTIONS

19.30 Lotte van den Berg cinema imaginairefEstival hEart // 165 MiN

21.00 Mathilde Monnier & Dominique Figarella soapérastadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 50 MiN // BAR TALK (FOYER)


22.30 Alma Söderberg & Hendrik Willekens idioterkaPitaal // 60 MiN

22.30 Ula Sickle kinshasa ElectricstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // 70 MiN


21.30 Losse schroeven invites! Lazarus Revival & DJsfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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Programme / Saturday 24 Maycontinuous programme12.00 – 17.00 Le BazarreFESTIVAL HEART

14.00 – 21.00 Julian Hetzel Still (The Economy of Waiting)JANSKERKHOF // 60 MIN // STARTS EVERY 60 MIN

14.00 – 21.00 Kviss búmm bang A walk on the lost highway FESTIVAL HEART // 90 MIN // STARTS EVERY 30 MIN

15.00 – 20.40 Ant Hampton Lest We See Where We AreUTRECHTS CENTRUM VOOR DE KUNSTEN // 60 MIN // STARTS EVERY 20 MIN

programme15.00 Lotte van den Berg Cinema ImaginaireSTARTING POINT FESTIVAL HEART // 165 MIN

17.00 Op stap met... Rainer HofmannSTARTING POINT FESTIVAL HEART // 285 MIN

17.30 The Future of FoodSTADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT (ZINDERING) // 250 MIN

19.15 Dries Verhoeven De uitvaartST. WILLIBRORDKERK // 60 MIN // 19.15 FAREWELL, 19.30 FUNERAL SERVICE

19.30 Mathilde Monnier & Dominique Figarella SoapéraSTADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT (DE-ZAAL) // 50 MIN

19.30 Alma Söderberg & Hendrik Willekens IdioterKAPITAAL // 60 MIN

19.30 Lotte van den Berg Cinema ImaginaireSTARTING POINT FESTIVAL HEART // 165 MIN

21.00 Maija Hirvanen For Those Who Have TimeTHEATER KIKKER (GROTE ZAAL) // 45 MIN

21.00 Ula Sickle Kinshasa Electric // 10 MIN, 10 QUESTIONSSTADSSCHOUWBURG UTRECHT (BLAUWE ZAAL) // 70 MIN

21.00 De Utrechtse Spelen icw Rosa Ensemble CraveDE PAARDENKATHEDRAAL // 75 MIN

22.30 Alma Söderberg & Hendrik Willekens IdioterKAPITAAL // 60 MIN

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Programme / Sunday 25 Maycontinuous programme14.00 Culturele Zondag game ovenstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 90 MiN

14.00 Utrecht Connection game ovenstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal)

programme15.30 Culturele Zondag Workshop de dansersstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (dE-Zaal) // 90 MiN

17.00 The Future of FoodstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (ZiNdEriNg) // 180 MiN

20.30 Orde van de DagstadsschouWBurg utrEcht (BlauWE Zaal) // 90 MiN


festival heart11.00 – 20.30 Welcome to the festival heart!Box officE // Bar & rEstauraNt // dJ 11.00 – 17.00 & 18.00 – 20.30

17.00 Blackie & The OohoosfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN


programme (Saturday 24 mei)23.00 Party: Pentatones & Special guest + DJs and morestadsschouWBurg utrEcht

festival heart 11.00 – 23.00 Welcome to the festival heart!Box officE // Bar & rEstauraNt // dJ 12.00 – 21.30

21.30 Naive SetfEstival hEart // Music // 60 MiN

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SPRING goes sustainablesPRING is one of the events to have signed the sustainable Events covenant with the city of utrecht. As the parties in the covenant aim for utrecht to become carbon neutral by 2030, sPRING is sharing knowledge and experience with fellow festivals and events such as Bevrijdingsfestival, Nederlands Film Festival and Tweetakt/Kaap. With each edition we strive to make sPRING a little more sustainable. This year the festivals’ priorities are print, energy and catering. For instance, sPRING uses mostly local suppliers, all drinks glasses are recycled, and the chefs in our (festival) restaurant prepare their meals using sustainable ingredients wherever they can. And did you know that our international guests will be crossing the city on bicycles, and sleeping in hotels with a Green Key or even a Green Key Gold hallmark?

ManagementRainer hofmann (general + artistic director), René Vlemmix (business director)Artistic AdviserKarlien VanhoonackerFestival Coordinator Anne van der WegCoordinator Marketing and CommunicationsMatthijs van BurgSPrING AcademyAukje VerhoogProduction Coordinator Nanouk hildebrandTechnical CoordinatorRichard BronFestival Heart Coordinator Kim VijfhuizeVolunteers Coordinator Judith Oostrom Box Office CoordinatorAndrée van den BergTechnical Coordinator Musical ProgrammeArthur duijzers

Marketing and Communications Staffdaniëlle hielckert, Benjamin van Vliet, Gillian Engel, harmen van Twillert, Frédérique schokking, Patricia Liplijn Production StaffYola Parie, Anna de Vries, Bas van Gelderen, Lyndsey housdenSPrING Academy AssistantGuido JansenAssistant Coordinator VolunteersLian schoutenFestival Heart Location Managers Rob van Wegen, Ellen van Bunnik, Marije van Kapel, Pieter LustigHospitalityEvelien van de sandenCarpenters and ConstructionMaarten steen and Bregje Pels RijckenFestival Heart designVOId interieurarchitectuur Festival Heart Cateringstadsschouwburg utrecht / restaurant zindering

Campaign and Identity designTOMIs visuele communicatieWebsiteWecrossBrochureMatthijs van Burg, Rainer hofmann,Karlien VanhoonackerTranslationsWendy Lubberding Advisory PanelBas haring, Julian Wassenaar, Femke LutgerinkBoard Max Merkx, Mathieu smeets, Gabriel smeets, Barbara van Lindt, hiske ArtsAcknowledgementssPRING would like to thank Poppodium Ekko, the technician interns from IAB Opleidingen, all technical staff, Sterre van Wijk, Bodine van Lingen, Anne swinkels (graduation research cMV), Rob Ravensbergen, coreworks, our audience panel and of course all our volunteers!

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