Backstage
Here you will find news, background articles and interviews with artists and news from the cultural field.
New narratives in the work of Ulrike Quade Company
During the rehearsals for Womb m/f/x (which will premiere at SPRING in Autumn XXXL), director Ulrike Quade has found the time to discuss her latest work with us from her rehearsal studio.
The different perspectives of Benjamin Kahn
In this interview dancer, choreographer and theatre maker Benjamin Kahn talks about his performance “Sorry, But I Feel Slightly Disidentified…”, representation and power relations.
“Is this body out of date?” An interview with Doris Uhlich and Boris Kopeinig
Choreographer Doris Uhlich and media-artist Boris Kopeinig talk about their durational performance TANK, and the themes related to technology and the human body that it contains.
Hope and collective experiences in the work of Marc von Henning
In a Thursday-afternoon conversation with German/British theatre-director, writer and artist Marc von Henning, he talked about his video-installation/moving poem this is for everyone, which will be presented at SPRING in Autumn XXXL at the renewed library in Utrecht.
“Het einde van de mensheid nadert en dat is oke”
This article is only available in Dutch. Mr Motley ging in gesprek met Kris Verdonck.
Chombotrope: opening questions on power, ownership and the future
An interview with Stephanie Thiersch and Kefa Oiro about the fashionconcert Chombotrope.
Can a city die?
Can a city die? And with it the values, ideals, principles, history, and culture that embodied it? Would it be possible to revive its presence? This performance is an act of resistance against the demolition and destruction of one of the oldest cities in the World.
What comes after the catastrophe?
Dramaturg of Crash Park, Camille Louis, reflects on the performance. Is the crash in Crash Park the end or a new beginning?
Spinning, Turning, Swirling
A converstation with Miet Warlop about Ghost Writer and the Broken Hand Break, "it is in fact like a whirlabout that is thrown out of my work and takes its course", according to Miet Warlop.











