This week we have another short story by ATA BURCHARDT called THE MOUSE COAT preceded by a short interview with the author who lives in Delft. The story is read by National Theatre actress Cait Davis. 
Two young sisters are growing up in poverty in the ruins of post WW2 Europe. They only have their ingenuity and resourcefulness with which to amuse themselves. The willful elder of the two has a special project involving the mice which overrun their house . . .

SOUWIE BUIS (@ 14mins) talks to WENDY FOSSEN of Casa dell’Arte about the KUNSTMUSEUM in The Hague.

THE MOUSE COAT, a short story by ATA BURCHARDT and WENDY FOSSEN on the KUNSTMUSEUM in The Hague

Amsterdam based American comedian GREG SHAPIRO is a familiar figure on the Dutch comedy circuit. His third book, THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER, 25 YEARS OF EXPAT TALES was written during the months of Corona lock-down when all live performance venues were closed. Greg has been reading extracts from the book exclusively for ArtsTalk Radio. Also, (@ 12.30 mins)SOUWIE BUIS talks to art historian WENDY FOSSEN of Casa Dell'Arte about female artists in general and  those at the Rijksmuseum in particular.

GREG SHAPIRO reads from his book THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER & WENDY FOSSEN on FEMALE ARTISTS

Souwie Buis is at BEELDEN AAN ZEE museum in Scheveningen talking to curator LEANA JULIAN about the exhibition ITALIAN SUMMER in particular and about the museum in general. We also talk (@11mins15secs) to Portuguese singer/songwriter MAGDA MENDES, who lives in Rotterdam, and listen to some of the music from her current album OLIVEIRAS.

We are at BEELDEN AAN ZEE talking to curator LEANA JULIAN and we meet singer/songwriter MAGDA MENDES

Michael Hasted talks to violinist LIZA FERSCHTMAN outgoing director of the Delft Chamber Music Festival and to Delft's Deputy Mayor BAS VOLLEBREGT (at 14 mins 10) on the planned developments at Prinsenhof. There is also a song (at 22mins)from Canadian artist RONLEY TEPER.  Photo by and(c) Ronald Knapp

In Delft we talk to LIZA FERSCHTMAN about the Chamber Music Festival & BAS VOLLEBREGT on Prinsenhof

Michael Hasted meets BERRY VISSER the man who brought Rock 'n' Roll to Holland when he organized the HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970 in Kralingen in Rotterdam. Plus (at 13 mins) we meet Dutch baritone THOMAS OLIEMANS who talks about his work in the world's great opera houses and on the concert stage.

BERRY VISSER on the HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970 plus Dutch baritoneTHOMAS OLIEMANS

We are at the opening of THE POTATO EATERS - MISTAKE OR MASTERPIECE at the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. We talk to the show's curator Bregje Gerritse and to the museum's director Emilie Gordenker. We also (@9.30} have a song from Toronto based artist RONLEY TEPER, who we saw in The Hague a couple of years ago, from her new album EVERYONE LOVES A GOOD STORY.

We visit THE POTATO EATERS exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum and have a song from RONLEY TEPER

All about English language theatre in The Netherlands this week. We talk to MARK WINSTANLEY of the QUEENS ENGLISH THEATRE COMPANY and (at 7.20 mins) to RALPH REMERS and EMILIA MOSCOVICH of the new STRIKE ME PINK company about their first production. We also (at 14.30 mins)talk to MIEL VAN TEILINGEN of the Dutch NATIONAL THEATRE about English language theatre in Holland.

We talk to English language theatre companies QE2 and STRIKE ME PINK and to Dutch NATIONAL THEATRE

Souwie Buis talks to Wendy Fossen about the major PAULA REGO exhibition at Kunstmuseum in The Hague and GREG SHAPIRO reads from his book THE AMERICAN NETHERLANDER

We visit the PAULA REGO exhibition at Kunstmuseum in The Hague and GREG SHAPIRO reads from his book

We are at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam for the opening of the JOB, JORIS & MARIEKE  animation exhibition and talk to JOB ROGGEVEEN. Brazilian dancer and choreographer SAMIR CALIXTO talks (at 6.30 mins)about his new work DIDO AENEAS US AND ALL which is currently on tour and (at 13.50 mins) SOUWIE BUIS talks to WENDY FOSSEN about the MUCHA exhibition at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague.

JOB, JORIS & MARIEKE at Kunsthal Rotterdam + SAMIR CALIXTO on tour and MUCHA at Kunstmuseum Den Haag

We talk to Ralph Remers and Emilia Moscovich of the new Amsterdam based English language theatre company Strike Me Pink and then (at 7.50 mins) to Brazilian dancer and choreographer SAMIR CALIXTO about his new company. Finally (at 17.40 mins)we are in Delft to talk to HELEEN VAN HAAFTEN about her new contemporary art gallery Artline.

STRIKE ME PINK about their new play, SAMIR CALIXTO on his new company and ARTLINE GALLERY in Delft

The DELFT FRINGE FESTIVAL  2022 opens on 2nd June. We speak to the organizer Roel Funcken and (at 6.20 mins) to Robin Lie and Doortje Peters of the Tappin-It Collective about their show Doemsdee. We also (at 15.00 mins)talk to bass player, poet and performance artist Jonathan Nagel about his show Eventually and hear one of his tracks.

The DELFT FRINGE FESTIVAL 2022 opens on 2nd June. We speak to the organizer and some performers.

We are at the CC Amstel Theater in Amsterdam to see QETC's production of hit musical CABARET and talking (at 11.00 mins) to its director MARK WINSTANLEY. We also have an interview with world-wide, best-selling author NICCI FRENCH and we finish (at 16,00 mins)with a song from Canadian singer/songwriter and performance artist RONLEY TEPER.

MARK WINSTANLEY of QETC on CABARET. We also meet author NICCI FRENCH, plus a song by RONLEY TEPER

We are concentrating on the numerous Vermeer exhibitions taking place at the moment. We have interviews with art historian Wendy Fossen summarizing the different events and with the curator of the exhibition Vermeer’s Delft which is at the Museum Prinsenhof. We are also at the Vermeer Centre in Delft having a guided tour and also talking to René Jacobs, a local artist who takes much of his inspiration from Vermeer. Finally we talk to Emlyn Stam, Artistic Director of the New European Ensemble about Metamorfosen, a multi-media concert at The Hague’s Kunstmuseum inspired by the work of M C Escher

Interviews relating to the various Vermeer exhibitions + a piece on the Escher event in The Hague

As Vermeer is all over the news at the moment we are back in Delft – but not discussing the old master. We visit the contemporary art galleries in the city and talk to the owners. We are at Artline, Galerie Ruimte Remmelink (at 5mins), Art Jacobs(at 8.40 mins),  Kunstkamer (at 13 mins) and Galerie de Zaal (at 17 mins). All of them are right in the centre of town and all show an eclectic mix of high quality art.

In Delft again but not about Vermeer. We visit the city’s contemporary art galleries and meet owners

Something for almost everyone in this programme. We talk to dancer Mischa van Leeuwen of Scapino Ballet about the show he is currently on tour with, DE SPRONG VAN NIJINSKY. We also pay a visit (@ 8mins40)to The Dome at the Meseon-Omniversum in The Hague to see the amazing RECOMBINATION -THE FULLDOME JOURNEY and talk to its creator Julius Horsthuis. And (@ 13mins30)we talk to two members of the Amsterdam-based English language theatre company Strike Me Pink about their new production CALAMUS.

Mischa van Leeuwen on NIJINSKY. We see RECOMBINATION in The Hague plus CALAMUS by Strike Me Pink

We are at THEATER PEPIJN in The Hague for an ENGLISH COMEDY NIGHT and talk to comedians Greg Shapiro, Mohna Joshi, Luana Elena Matei, Weina Ma and to the show’s producer from the Diligentia, Vera Papilaja.  We meet author NICCI FRENCH (at 10mins)whose new book, "Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?"  has just been published in The Netherlands. We finish (at 20.30 mins)with Delft based Trio Beijersbergen playing the Miles Davis classic "Four".

We are at THEATER PEPIJN in The Hague for English Comedy Night plus we meet author NICCI FRENCH

We talk to Scapino Ballet dancer Misha van Leeuwen about the ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL DUET CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION (RIDCC) and (at 7.14 mins)Souwie Buis talks to Yke Prins of the PULCHRI STUDIOS in The Hague on the occasion of the current LANGE VERHOUT MONUMENTAL open-air sculpture exhibition. Plus (at 11.00 mins)a song from Ronley Teper.

ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL DUET CHOREOGRAPHY COMPETITION and PULCHRI STUDIOS in The Hague

We talk to CHLOE ROOKE, a young English conductor who lives and works in Holland who is conducting Mozart's LA FINTA GIARDINIERA at the AMARE concert hall in The Hague. We are at MUSEUM RIJSWIJK (at 8.00 mins) where their Textile Biennale has just opened and we speak to its curator. Rotterdam-based Portuguese singer-songwriter MAGDA MENDES is currently on tour and (at 14.20)we speak to her and hear a song that features in the show.

This week Chloe Rooke, a young English conductor; Textile Biennale in Rijswijk and Magda Mendes

We are in Delft, at the Museum Prinsenhof, where an exhibition has just opened pairing the work of local artist Jan Schoonhoven and German photographer Lothar Wolleh. We speak to the show’s curator, Antoon Melissen. English actress Claire Worland, lives in Rotterdam and she has just produced her first play, Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days at the Branoul Theatre in The Hague. Plus we have She’s Leaving Home from the Amsterdam Cello Octet’s Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Cello Band album.

An exhibition at Prinsenhof  in Delft + Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days in The Hague + the Cello Octet

We meet CHLOE ROOKE a young English lady who will soon be conducting a concert with the prestigious Residentie Orkest at the Amare in The Hague and we talk(at 7mins20) to video artist JIYAN DÜYÜ about her installation at the Lakeside Collection in The Depot in Rotterdam. We are at the Korzo Theater in The Hague (at 10mins25)to talk to MICHAEL ZANDL about his installation Pices of a Mind which is on during Cirque Mania. Finally (at 15mins40) we play a track from the MERAL POLAT TRIO.

English conductor CHLOE ROOKE + video artist JIYAN DÜYÜ + MICHAEL ZANDL at Korzo + MERAL POLAT TRIO

An American theme for this programme. We talk to Erwin Beijersbergen of the ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN TRIO about their tribute to the great American jazz pianist with their new album A TOUCH OF BILL EVANS. And we are in The Hague to meet CHRISTOPHER MULLEN whose newly open ACME STUDIOS specializes in old typewriters and anything to do with them.

ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN TRIO + we talk about typewriters to Christopher Mullen of ACME STUDIOS

We talk to Job Chajes of the excellent AMSTERDAM KLEZMER BAND and we play a track from one of their albums. QETC’s new production at the end of November is a double bill at the CC Amstel Theater in Amsterdam, (at 5mins30) we talk to director Mark Winstanley. Finally, (at 12.00)we meet Ali Keles whose LAKESIDE COLLECTION of fine art can be seen in THE DEPOT in Rotterdam. The music from The Klezmer band is at 21mins40. Photo of the Amsterdam Klezmer band by SUSANA MARTINS

AMSTERDAM KLEZMER BAND + QETC’s new production + Ali Keles’ LAKESIDE COLLECTION in THE DEPOT

We talk to Nicole Beutler of NICOLE BEUTLER PROJECTS about her new show, ATMEN, and to WENDY FOSSEN about THE HAGUE SCHOOL CHILDREN exhibition at the PANORAMA MESDAG MUSEUM in The Hague. Plus a tune from the AMSTERDAM CELLO OCTET

Nicole Beutler Projects' ATMEN + THE HAGUE SCHOOL CHILDREN + Amsterdam Cello Octet

We are live at Art Rotterdam at the iconic Van Nellefabriek. We talk to artists and galleries including A Modest Show gallery from Manchester and to Ali Keles of Lakeside Collection about art made entirely from bees. We meet artists Eric Mangen who was showing at Valerius Gallery from Luxembourg and to Daan Den Houter who shows at the Frank Taal Gallery in Rotterdam. We finish with a song from Rotterdam-based Portuguese singer-songwriter Magda Mendes.

Live from ART ROTTERDAM 2024 talking to artists and galleries + a song from Magda Mendes

MICHAEL RAEDECKER is a Dutch artist who has lived and worked in London for the past 25 year. A major retrospective of his work has just opened at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague and we have an exclusive interview with him. We also visit the VERMEER CENTRE in Delft and have a guided tour from Louk van Riet. To play us out there is a track from the excellent AMSTERDAM KLEZMER BAND

Artist MICHAEL RAEDECKER on his retrospective in The Hague plus we visit the VERMEER CENTRE in Delft

We talk to GREG SHAPIRO about his Saving the Climate one-man show and to TONY ADIGUN director of the English Avant Garde Dance Company who is one of the judges for the Rotterdam International Duet Choreography Competition – the RIDCC. And we have a tune from the ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN TRIO

GREG SHAPIRO’s Saving the Climate show + TONY ADIGUN a RIDCC judge + ERWIN BEIJERSBERGEN TRIO

Michael Hasted talking about the piece Jesus Blood Never Failed me yet which was performed at the 2018 Crossing Border Festival in The Hague in The Netherlands.

Gavin Bryars JESUS BLOOD NEVER FAILED ME YET

February 2019.  An interview with MIENKE SIMON THOMAS, curator of the NEDERLAND-BAUHAUS exhibition at Boijmans Van Beuningen Museum and with FRISO LAMMERTSE curator of Old Masters at Boijmans, prior to the museum's closure for refurbishment

MIENKE SIMON THOMAS on the NEDERLAND BAUHAUS exhibition at Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam

Michael Hasted talks to English actress PENELOPE KEITH about her life in the theatre and Souwie Buis talks to art historian WENDY FOSSEN about the BAROQUE IN ROME exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Plus a song from RONLEY TEPER

Michael Hasted talks to PENELOPE KEITH; Wendy Fossen on ROMAN BAROQUE and a song from RONLEY TEPER

Michael Hasted talks to English actor KENNETH CRANHAM about HAROLD PINTER. There is a preview of the curtailed CLASSICAL ENCOUNTERS FESTIVAL in The Hague and SOUWIE BUIS talks about three new books on the HONG KONG protest movement

KENNETH CRANHAM on HAROLD PINTER, a preview of CLASSICAL ENCOUNTERS and SOUWIE BUIS on HONG KONG

Michael Hasted paid a visit to the incredible HIDDEN HOUSE OF MADAME DE BERRY in Delft and was shown round by and talked at length to BERRY VISSER alias Madame de Berry about this very exotic secret gem.   17th June 2020

Michael Hasted talks to BERRY VISSER alias MADAME DE BERRY at The Hidden House of Madame de Berry

Michael Hasted talks to MAX DAX, curator of the exhibition BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam and (@ 10.00 mins), on its 50th Anniversary, we talk to to BERRY VISSER, founder of MOJO Concerts about the HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970 in Kralingen

Items on BLACK ALBUM WHITE CUBE at Kunsthal in Rotterdam and THE HOLLAND POP FESTIVAL of 1970

In an exclusive interview Michael Hasted talks to Amsterdam-based American comedian GREG SHAPIRO about his new tour, LEAVING TRUMPLAND, and (@15.40)Souwie Buis is at the Kunstmuseum in The Hague talking to WENDY FOSSEN about the exhibition  COLOUR IN FASHION.   15th October 2020

Michael Hasted talks to American comedian GREG SHAPIRO and Souwie Buis is at  COLOUR IN FASHION

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