Noord Nederlands Toneel
Noord Nederlands Toneel
From radical adaptations to new work
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The Noord Nederlands Toneel (NNT) is a professional theatre company based in Groningen, the Netherlands. The company produces an average of 13 productions a year, ranging from radical adaptations of classical world theatre to contemporary new work, staged on location or in a theatre.
New productions can take any shape or form. Each year, two productions will go on tour to the larger city theatres of the Netherlands and Belgium; other productions are performed in the company theatre in Groningen, Theater de Machinefabriek.
In January 2009, the internationally acclaimed director Ola Mafaalani has taken over as the company’s new artistic director. Mafaalani is a talented and committed artist. In her work she charts the outer limits of the dramatic arts and integrates other forms like dance and music into her performances. She is renowned for her expressive and emotionally explosive style.
International:
The Noord Nederlands Toneel gained huge success with its radical adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The tragedy was staged as a puppet theatre show and has been performed in the Netherlands, Germany and Romania. The play was nominated for the Audience Favourite Prize in the Netherlands and won the Star of the Year award in Germany.
The new artistic director Ola Mafaalani has a lot of experience working abroad. She has worked in Germany, Switzerland and the USA. As artistic director, Mafaalani will strive to develop the company’s international profile. Long term relationships with theatres, festivals and individual artists abroad are crucial. The company has already set up contacts with Winterthur, Strasbourg, Los Angeles, Boston, Brussels, Vienna and Oldenburg and plans to gradually expand this number over the coming years.
Macbeth, photo: Karel Zwaneveld
Drama