Backstage
Here you will find news, background articles and interviews with artists and news from the cultural field.
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SPRING joins ROOMS Performance Festival
ROOMS Performance Festival, initiated by Marres, has become an important point of reference for artists developing interdisciplinary practices, especially at the intersection of the performing arts and gallery spaces.
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Got some rope to spare? Join Home Bound!
We are collecting used or leftover rope material to create an immense collective knotwork at De Neude. During SPRING 2026, the ambitious art project Home Bound from Melbourne will come to Utrecht.
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Lights, Camera, Campaign!
We are excited to give you a behind-the-scenes look at our campaign shoot for the SPRING 2026 campaign image. Do you recognise the location?
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SPRING x Gaudeamus: Meet the Residents
Are you interested in how a performance comes about? On December 3, meet two interdisciplinary creators, Nahuel Cano and Annabel Schouten, who are developing new work for both SPRING Performing Arts Festival and Gaudeamus Festival in the 25/26 season.
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Come and do an internship at SPRING
We are looking for interns! This is the perfect opportunity to gain valuable experience with a festival organization in a short period of time and to work with a dynamic team on SPRING edition 2026!
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No business as usual, cultural boycott Israel
SPRING joins the cultural boycott of Israel www.cultureleboycotisrael.nu . Committing to a boycott is never something to be taken lightly. Perhaps especially in the arts sector, where we are constantly working to build bridges, foster connections, and deepen mutual understanding. But what we hold dear in the arts also includes honesty, justice, and freedom.
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Changes in Subvisory Board
This summer, a number of changes took place in SPRING's Supervisory Board. Franc Faaij has been appointed chair of the Supervisory Board. He succeeds Tanja Mlaker, who has held this position for the past seven years. We thank her for her commitment and excellent cooperation. We are delighted that Cécile de Vos joined the Supervisory Board this summer.
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Look back:Topic Talk War on Stage
How should artists deal with depicting war on stage? And what is the programmer's responsibility in this? Watch the Topic Talk about this subject now back!
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Reading Space during Centraal Laat
Following the performance of Good Mom/Bad Mom, we explored the topic of motherhood during Centraal Laat in the Reading Space. We compiled a booklet with texts and literature. Read along with us!
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SPRING x Centraal Museum Utrecht: Centraal Laat
Did you alreeady save the date of the 11the September in your agenda? Together with Centraal Museum Utrecht, SPRING will organise Centraal Laat! An evening with performances, art, music. talks, exchange and more.
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Gap Exchange Project: David McGovern & Amparo González Sola
SPRING joined Irish Theatre Institute again for Gap Exchange project.
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SPRING is looking for Head of Production (0.8 FTE)
Will you be organising SPRING next year? From 1 September, we are looking for a new Head of Production (0.8 fte year-round) for our core team who will be responsible for the planning and production of our festival and the activities we organise throughout the year. Are you a strong producer with extensive experience in the performing arts, preferably (also) at festivals? Can you translate production plans into content, work independently as well as lead a team, work in a planned and structured way with an eye for the short and long term and do you have excellent communication skills? Then respond before 20 June. Vacancy