Aafke Romeijn Writes and Sings

Heavy beats, razor-sharp texts and analogue synthesizers: Aafke Romeijn (1986) is the uncrowed queen of Dutch-language electro-pop. Think Spinvis meets Daft Punk meets Peaches and you're starting to …

Imagine Africa is the Future - International Storytelling Symposium

Writers, poets, academics and politicians share their stories and ideas about the future

Africa is often in the news with regard to wars, drought, famine, poverty and migration to Europe, as we see in the images of boating tragedies in the Mediterranean. But even though many problems …

Words Become Meaning - Winternachten Edition

Performers, poetry, punchlines, music, exhibits, beer & bites

During this special Winternachten edition of Woorden Worden Zinnen at Paard we enjoyed performers, poetry, punchlines, music, exhibits, beer & bites in a feel-good setting. The lineup included …

Opening Night - Free the Word!

Festive opening with Free the Word! speech and Oxfam Novib PEN Awards

Opening NIght of the Winternachten festival is dedicated to freedom of expression, featuring poetry, music, the Free the Word! speech, and the Oxfam Novib PEN Awards ceremony. Robert van Asten, The …

Friday Night Unlimited

Literature, music and film on six stages

Getting inspired by interviews about books, discussions on the festival theme and the big questions of our time, readings of newly written essays or poetry, film screenings and music! During Friday …

Rodaan al Galidi in the Nieuw Waldeck Library

An evening of stories, poems and music

Writer-poet Rodaan al Galidi and musician Monir Goran performed together in this musical-literary programme. Al Galidi talked about and read from his novel Hoe ik talent voor het leven kreeg ( How …

Dakota's Winternachten Story Festival: Saturday Matinee

An afternoon of stories, film and theater

This year's Dakota Story Festival took place under the umbrella of Winternachten and the theme "Who Wants to Live Forever?" This Saturday afternoon featured a festive programme for young and old. We …

Re-inventing Europe with Adam Zagajewski, Luuk van Middelaar and David Van Reybrouck

How can the EU win (back) the hearts and minds of its citizens?

Adam Zagajewski, one of the greatest Polish poets of our time, and Luuk van Middelaar, an idiosyncratic political philosopher with close intellectual ties to Brussels, discussed how we can provide …

Rap & Spoken Word with HemelBesem, Raj Mohan and Djani

Spoken word, rap, beats en songs from South Africa to The Hague

Telling their stories via spoken word, rap, beats and songs -- this is what HemelBesem, Raj Mohan and Djani do better than anyone. For young and old, Winternachten and the Schilderswijk Library …

Ian Buruma's Choice

World-class author and critic discusses his favorite books

Ian Buruma is without doubt one of the most well-known writers and thinkers of our time. You had the unique chance to get to know him better on the basis of his literary taste. We asked him to speak …

Winternachten Story Festival at the Dakota: Oma Greet Leet

Popular talkshow with special guest the writer and poet Rodaan al Galidi

The Dakota Theatre's honorary grandmother dived into the local news and invited people behind the Hague headlines. She asked them any and all kinds of questions. This edition of her talk show in …

Saturday Night Unlimited

Literature, music and film on six stages

Getting inspired by interviews about books, discussions on the festival theme and the big questions of our time, readings of newly written essays or poetry, film screenings and music! During Friday …

VPRO O.V.T. Live

Live radio broadcast on the topicality of history

THIS PROGRAMME WAS SOLD OUT - Every Sunday morning, the topicality of history is the focus of one of the most popular radio programs in the Netherlands. Sunday morning 20 January 2019 OVT was …

Feast of Writers

With a.o. Nelleke Noordervliet, Mathilde Santing, Jenny Arean, Douwe Draaisma, Maartje Meijer, and Hans Aarsman and the literary awards of the City of The Hague.

Appearances by singer, cabaret artist and actress Jenny Arean (accompanied on piano by Peter van der Zwaag), singer Mathilde Santing (accompanied by musicians Bastiaan Mulder and Guus Bakker), memory …

Dakota's Winternachten Story Festival: Stories from Afar

Stories, music and dance from and about India, Turkey and the Dutch Indies

The Winternachten Story Festival at Theater Dakota came to its festive conclusion on Sunday afternoon. 'Stories from Afar' was a large and varied programme with stories, music and dance from and …