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Friday Night Unlimited

Grand, varied festival evening with 20- to 60-minute programmes on five stages featuring readings, books, films, stories, poems and current issues. You choose your own route! - Dutch and English spoken, English route available.

Theater aan het Spui & Filmhuis Den Haag
Vroegboekprijs t/m 26 december 25,- | jongeren t/m 30 jr 15,- | regulier 35,- | Ooievaarspas 15,- | DenHaagPas 32,50.

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Timetable

20:00
21:00
22:00
23:00
00:00
01:00

Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 1

The Tale of Two Continents (world premiere)

20:00 - 21:05

Met:

  • Bernadeta Astari
  • Emir
  • Georgi Sztojanov
  • Marjolijn van Heemstra
  • Orkest De Ereprijs
  • Robin Block

Language sparks - inspiring duos with poetry, music, dance and images

22:30 - 23:30

Met:

  • Benzokarim
  • Mirte Hartland
  • Rosabelle Illes
  • Saartje van Camp
  • Shaquille George
  • Zaïre Krieger

Elif Shafak - There are rivers in the sky

21:20 - 22:15

Met:

  • Elif Shafak
  • Naaz
  • Sophie Derkzen

Theater aan het Spui - Zaal 2

Speakers, Silence

20:20 - 21:10

Met:

  • Asta Olivia Nordenhof
  • George Abraham
  • Maureen Ghazal
  • Pelumi Adejumo
  • Rešoketšwe Manenzhe
  • Yasmin Namavar

Money to Burn

21:30 - 22:20

Met:

  • Asta Olivia Nordenhof
  • Dario Goldbach
  • Marjolijn van Heemstra
  • Roos van Rijswijk

Literary Heat - The Female Gaze

22:35 - 23:25

Met:

  • Jennifer Muntslag
  • Leonie Dams
  • Mikaella Clements
  • Onjuli Datta
  • Yael van der Wouden

Theater aan het Spui - foyer

Festival Cafe with Silent Disco

23:15 - 00:30

Met:

  • DJ Socrates
  • Francis Broekhuijsen

Writers Unlimited Festival Cafe

21:15 - 23:15

Met:

  • Dorien Dijkhuis
  • Francis Broekhuijsen
  • Sjaak Kroes

The Voice of the City - Very Short Stories

20:15 - 21:15

Met:

  • Diann van Faassen
  • Matthijs Sluiter

Filmhuis - zaal 2

Movies that Matter x Writers Unlimited Festival Special: 'Our Daily War'

20:30 - 21:30

Met:

  • Andrej Koerkov
  • Bahram Sadeghi
  • Mariia Ponomarova

Films of My Life: Alejandra Ortiz presents her favorite film fragments

21:45 - 22:55

Met:

  • Alejandra Ortiz
  • Gerlinda Heywegen

Filmhuis - Studio A

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Maureen Ghazal

22:05 - 22:25

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Maureen Ghazal

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Tommy Wieringa

20:05 - 20:25

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Tommy Wieringa

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Andrei Kurkov

22:35 - 22:55

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Andrej Koerkov

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Yasmin Namavar

21:35 - 21:55

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Yasmin Namavar

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Viv Groskop

23:05 - 23:25

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Viv Groskop

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Benzokarim

20:35 - 20:55

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Benzokarim

Book of My Life: Abdelkader Benali in conversation with Yael van der Wouden

21:05 - 21:25

Met:

  • Abdelkader Benali
  • Yael van der Wouden

Get inspired by writer interviews, discussions on topical subjects and the festival theme Human Voices, stories, poems, spoken word, films and music! During Friday Night Unlimited you can choose from some 20 events on five stages at Theater aan het Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag. You're welcome in the foyer for drinks and at the in-house De Vries Van Stockum bookstore. Events lasts between 20 and 60 minutes and are in English or Dutch.

Tickets for Friday Night Unlimited
A Friday Night Unlimited ticket gives you access on Friday evening 25 January 2025 from 19:00 hours to all Writers Unlimited festival programming in Theater aan het Spui and Filmhuis Den Haag.

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