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2/8/2001

Boulevard Theatre Festival

St. Jan Cathedral, Hertogenbosch

The XVIIth Boulevard Theatre Festival, comprising theatre, music, dance, visual arts and animations, will be held in the city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch from Friday, 3 August to Sunday, 12 August. The Boulevard takes place in tents at the foot of the St. Jan Cathedral and also in theatre venues and unorthodox locations. The XVIIth Boulevard Theatre Festival, comprising theatre, music, dance, visual arts and animations, will be held in the city centre of 's-Hertogenbosch from Friday, 3 August to Sunday, 12 August. The Boulevard takes place in tents at the foot of the St. Jan Cathedral and also in theatre venues and unorthodox locations.

POINTS OF DEPARTURE

In the coming years, the Boulevard wishes to raise the bar in an artistic sense. The blueprint for the period 2001-2004 has three main features: New, Renowned and Encounters. The Boulevard defines 'New' as striking producers who have only been in the field for a short time, many of whom are still on the road to success and haven't fully 'arrived' yet. The definition also includes new art forms and idioms. 'Renowned' means the established companies that don't rest between newspaper cuttings full of rave reviews. Finally, Encounters. Or in other words: the dialogue between the producers and the audience, between the producers themselves and between the different genres - although the latter word is well on its way to becoming an archaic expression.

FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 2001 IN A NUTSHELL

Within the framework of the Jeroen Bosch Year 2001, the Boulevard is paying attention to the late medieval painter Bosch who lived and worked in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Flairck and Corpus - 'Circus Jeroen Bosch'
Mixture of contemporary circus, blacklight theatre and shadow show in which Flairck and Corpus bring the peculiar characters from Jeroen Bosch's triptychs to life. Directed by: Christiaan Taguet
Viermaal Jeroen Bosch [Jeroen Bosch Four Times]
Visual arts projects by Arlette Boerlage [De 'Carrousel van Arletti' [Arletti's Carrousel], Hester Pilz ['De Tuin der Lusten' [Garden of Earthly Delights] Lisette Slegers [video animations about the sinful body], Jeroen de Leijer & Co. [The Lonely Peoples Poncho Club].

Other highlights:

La Fura dels Baus - 'ØBS'
Multimedia production about successors to the throne who crave power, sex and violence. Raw theatre, music and three-dimensional live video images, in which the Catalonian company gives a wink to Macbeth.
Carles Santos - 'Ricardo i Elena'
Spanish composer and musician Carles Santos tickles the senses with his unorthodox and surrealistic operas. A storm of new music, film, dance, play and design. Theater Tol - 'Corazon d'Oro'
Game of music, theatre and dance in which Flemish athletes prepare for the Olympics.

Laika [formerly Blauw Vier], Speeltheater Holland and DOX - 'Floris en Blancefloer'
Contemporary version of the courtly love story 'Floris en Blancefloer'. Pact between actors, musicians, dancers and puppets. Age 6 and up.
Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel - 'Waterlanders' [Waterworks]
At a former shooting range in Vught, ten dancers join the battle with water cylinders, film projections of floods and wind machines. Strong physical choreography in the open air.
Golden Palace - 'Feest' [Party]
The winners of the VSCD Mime Award 2000 invite the audience to their party tent where a wedding party gets completely out of hand.
Orkater - 'Het Bankstel' [The Lounge Suite]
Ria Marks and Titus Tiel Groenestege in a triangle with the remote control for the TV. Theater Artemis - 'Mijn eerste Zweedse kast' [My First Swedish Cupboard]
Moroccan man and Dutch woman rack their brains over the instructions for flat-pack furniture. Daredevil feats and a Babel-like confusion of tongues. Age 7 and up. Directed by: Matthijs Rümke.
Bart Voet and Esmé Bos - 'Duveltjeskermis' [Little Devil's Fair] Melancholic concert with songs from the 1930s and 1940s.

OTHERS

Theatre, dance and cabaret: Productiehuis Brabant, Warner & Consorten, Alex d'Electrique in collaboration with Carver, TamTam Objectentheater, Kassys, Theatergroep Hartenkoning, Kris Niklison Theatre Company, Theo Maassen [tryouts for 'Functioneel Naakt' [Functional Naked]

Visual arts: De Berenbijt - ten days and nights of new media by Pé Okx , Esther van Waalwijk, Alexandra Crouwers and Kim Boekhout van Solinge. K-café - ten evenings of live performances, video and film by graduating students from the Academies in Den Bosch and Breda and renowned visual artists.

Music: amongst others, DAAU, Di Naye Kapelye, Zapp quartet and Boris Kovac in collaboration with November Music, Olla Vogola, Frédérique Spigt, Ifang Bondi, Lincan Romanian Gypsy Ensemble, Van Maasakkers and J.W. Roy, Pee Bee & The Night Train and Miss Bee, Margriet van Reisen & Co. in collaboration with IVC, Thé Lau

PUBLIC INFO AND TICKET SALES

Central information number: 0031- 73 - 6 13 76 71
Website: www.festivalboulevard.nl
Also see www.theater.nl or SBS Teletext page 699

Boulevard magazine [including order form] can be requested free of charge by calling 0031-73-613 76 71 [day and night]

Tickets:
Order by telephone from the Boulevard box office [tel. 0031-73 - 6125125], by credit card only.

Tickets can also be ordered through Ticket Service(r) [0031 - 900 - 3001250 at NLG 0.99 p/m], at www.theater.nl, at the 150 major post offices, the 33 GWK Station offices and the usual advance booking addresses in the Netherlands for the following Boulevard shows: Flairck and Corpus; La Fura dels Baus; Dansgroep Krisztina de Châtel; Theater Tol; Theater Artemis - only for the 14.30 show; Carles Santos; Ifang Bondi and Theo Maassen.

NOTE TO EDITOR
For further information, please contact Maaike van den Brule [media contacts; maaike.vandenbrule@bossenova.nl] Lies Frankhuyzen [marketing & communication; lies.frankhuyzen@bossenova.nl], Tel: 073-6124505

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