Program & Artists

Abigail Collins

The Abi Collins Experience

location: O

time scedule: 13.00 / 15.00

type: (street) theatre

For more than 3 decades Abi Collins has travelled the globe performing on street, stage, tv and film. From a cocktail served on her head to multiple hula hoops and a cavalcade of crazy characters, she is a one-woman entertainment roller-coaster. Best known for her highly interactive crowd work, punchy one liners and ability to pull the funniest of faces, she is a modern-day Lucille Ball. Now Abi has cherry picked her very best bits, including the bonkers ballet on traffic cones, and gives the audience a starring role in her show, because without you she's nothing. Stand-up comedy meets circus, you won't be sure what just happened but you'll be very glad it did!

Bakkie Bike Cinema

Bakkie Bike Cinema

location: U

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.30 / 15.15

type: (street) theatre - animation

The antique cargo bike is one of the smallest cinemas of the Netherlands. Two people can watch a movie at a time.
At the Bakkie Bike Cinema however, it's not just about what goes on in the cinema. The ouvreuses dance and play their own intermission program in front of the door and play the audience outside the cinema. Bakkie Bike Cinema is not just about watching a movie: it's about watching the queue.

Circus Factory

Catch and Throw Circus

location: E

time scedule: 12.00 - 17.00

type: family theatre 

A lightning-fast No Nonsense circus program where everyone can come and catch and throw! You will learn tricks very fast. Who says circus is old-fashioned? Not with us! Everyone has talent, young and old. Under the guidance of our professional teacher(s), you can learn to throw and catch with all kinds of circus equipment. Or how about learning to balance on a rope or a ball. Or hang upside down on the trapeze or learn to cycle on a unicycle.

And don't forget to ask the circus teachers if they want to show a trick themselves. The circus workshop takes place on the circus sail with contemporary circus music. We can expand the circus with a juggling show or with a circus tent.

Circus Theater Vladimir

Fish

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.30 / 16.15

type: (street) theatre

Accompanied by employees of Zeereiniging Neptunus B.V., this 5,5 meter long fish swims majestically above the heads of your audience. He regularly gets a burp and plastic balls escape from his stomach out of his mouth. This is a result of the plastic soup in which he lives. Bystanders can return these balls to the Neptunus Sea cleaners, so that they can be efficiently recycled. A performance with a current theme!

Cirque Frappé

Pandora

location: K

time scedule: 13.00 / 15.30

type: family theatre

One day everything is gone! The circus tent, the elephants and the beautiful trapeze girls, the popcorn car and the orchestra. There is nothing left!  Anton and Antonia, the directors couple are in a shock. How is this possible, only yesterday they performed a show in their big top circus tent together with all of the artists, props and animals? And now there is nothing left but one suitcase… Fortunately  this suitcase is anything but empty. Just like in Pandora’s Box there are some big surprises in this suitcase. And with help of the audience, the magic suitcase and lots of fantasy Circus Pandora comes back alive. And in front of a cheering audience Anton and Antonia create a spectacular circus show. Circus Pandora is a beautiful show that reminds us of the time of the nostalgic, traveling circus in the early 20th century. Circus Pandora brings back the hopes and dreams of the traveling circus artists in this most colorful circus period in history. Circus Pandora is a show with exciting circus tricks, touching moments and lots of humour. The show tells the story about the history of circus, from the first horses in the piste, the raw circus acts in the streets of Italy to the modern circus of today. 

Compagnie with Balls

Pedro and Jitske

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.35 / 15.35

type: (street) theatre – animation

This young giant couple will welcome the guests at your event with grandeur! Two giant figures entertain the audience immensely! The encounter with the lovely giants is sometimes poetic, sometimes hilarious and always unforgettable. They dance lightly through life, an unmissable eye-catcher for every event. The giant puppets are 3 meters 70 high and over 1 meter wide.

The Red Lantern

The Red Lantern

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.30 / 15.30

type: music - animation

The old-fashioned minstrel is back.
He scours the streets and brings music and fun for young and old. A nostalgic appearance with a surprisingly modern sound! His wonder accordion sounds full and big like a one-man orchestra. Complete with bass and drums.
And in the big drum there is a powerful speaker through which everything can be heard from afar. Yet he plays and sings life so that the repertoire can constantly adapt. From old folk songs to modern sing-alongs. This enhances the interaction with the audience. De Roode Lantaern - The Red Lantern combines the best of both worlds: the craftsmanship of an old-fashioned troubadour with the modern technology of today. In short, a fully mobile music act with a large reach! 

De Vliegende Koffer

Babble Pie

location: V

time scedule: 12.45 / 14.15 / 15.00 / 16.00

type: puppets theatre

Charlotte tours around with the mobile bike cart puppet theatre act Babble Pie. A retro pastie stall loaded with fresh felt pies that will keep the audience talking.

Performance on bike trailer, it can be in one place or in (up to) four different places.

Duo LollyPop

Vintash!

location: O

time scedule: 14.00 / 16.00

type: (street) theatre

Lolly & Pop, two unique characters invite us to celebrate the small moments of their daily lives. Vinyls, glasses, bottles and corks will be essential to take the audience on a journey through magic, physical comedy, 50’s music and the most absurd feats. Surprising us with a high-risk finale, which will make the… Vintash! A great tribute to human idiocy.

Epic Impact

E1 Re-bot

location: walk act

time scedule: 14.00 / 15.30

type: (street) theatre - animation

An impressive, unique creation that brings together technology, art and sustainability. A fully self-sufficient robot with a maximum height of 8 meters! The electrically powered Re-bot is built from recycled materials and offers a spectacular experience with 2 actors and sound and light effects. Multi-deployable for festivals, corporate events and parades. E1 Re-bot is more than a show, it is an unforgettable experience.

Fabuloka

Contra

location: M

time scedule: 13.30 / 16.15

type: acrobatics - variety

A white lady walks in with a suitcase. From the suitcase, a black hand arises. It grows bigger until it becomes a human figure. The lady is given a shadow. In an acrobatic duet the lady looses her white garments under which she is black too…

The performance is alienated, visual and physical.

Family Vestdijk

Family Vestdijk

location: walk act

time scedule: 13.00 / 15.30

type: stilts theatre

A bourgeois family from the fifties: two stilt walking stiff parents, a crying baby in an oversized pram and a small boy, six year old Bartje, who makes life pretty difficult for his parents. All in all, the family Vestdijk is a lovely picture to look at, listen to and enjoy. Street theatre at it’s best!

Flying Street Art

Hoopla - aerial walk about

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.00 / 16.00

type: (street) theatre - animation

Hoopla redefines aerial acrobatics as an innovative walking act. Regardless of the location, Hoopla is not only mobile but also brings all the necessary equipment itself: the suspension point, the stage, the lights and even the sound.

Adapting to the seasons, Hoopla transforms: radiant in summer, hauntingly spectacular for Halloween, enchanting in winter and festive for Christmas. Hoopla is not just a performance: it’s an unforgettable experience that lingers in memory.   

Frans Custers

The Bald Baroness

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.00 / 15.30

type: (street) theatre - animation

“We, the Bald Baroness, think it is high time to leave Our noble palace to get to know the humble people among Us” ….and one day she decides (oh sorry, She decides) to mingle with the people on Her Horse, Lady Luna Artemis IV. “In principle We think that We and you of the common people are equal.” What will She think of it. In any case, She is safe on Her Horse. With this act Frans Custers wants to create a visual spectacle, which takes shape both verbally and non-verbally. He complements his quality as a street artist with influences from dance and performance. Absurdity and aesthetics predominate. 

Harold Hugenholtz Karikaturist

Digital Caricatures

location: I

time scedule: 12.00 / 14.00 / 16.00

type: (street) theatre

Cartoonist, travelling through Europe.looking for new people, characteristic minds, inspiration and challenge. Harold brings  his decades as a cartoonist with him as luggage in his unusual camping vehicle. He feels at home at parties and festivals, beaches and boulevards, squares and parks. Previously with pen and paper, but in this modern times with a trunk full of humour and gadgets. All he needs is a few minutes of your time to be recognizable capture qualities in an amusing portrait. Reality as a starting point, creativity as an asset and today's digital techniques as an extra. The result is often confrontational, sometimes shocking, but always hilarious! On the screen you see yourself emerging, like you have never seen before. That alone is a joyful experience. You can then download your unique portrait, to show family, friends or colleagues to put tyhe same smile on their faces. Harold comes to you. Sharper, more fun and more complete than ever!

King of Disco

King of Disco

location: walk act

time scedule: 13.30 / 15.00 / 16.00

type: music - animation

With much wistfulness and nostalgia, he just can't swallow that those days are long behind us. In his mega flexible DJ booth he roams the streets looking for an audience that wants to share his disco sounds with him one more time.

While singing and spinning he brings the greatest disco hits of the past and present. So put your hands together and start clapping for the one and only.....

Luc Vaesen

The Charlatan

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 14.30 / 16.30

type: music - animation

This wandering musician lives up to his name. Of course, with pleasant well-known Dutch and English songs. But he can also come up with a witticism, an observation, a remark or a joke. This bon vivant plays with the circumstances and with his audience. Always with appropriate interaction. With the built-in sound system, he can walk an entire route whilst playing and singing. But he can just as easily entertain a whole terrace or square from a fixed spot. On the spot, he creates his own playground, his own atmosphere. With many smiling faces as a result.

Lukasz Puczko Marionettes

Burek - The Dog Marionette

location: walk act

time scedule: 15.00 / 16.15

type: (street) theatre - animation

Burek – The Dog Marionette is a fully improvised show.

The character of the marionette has been creating and changing with every show for the last years. This marionette is breaking most of the rules of standard marionettes, he is a very dynamic puppet and before you know it he will find what he needs, he will be already in another place fighting with a real dog, or playing with kids. It’s an amazing opportunity for people who are afraid of dogs as it might be good therapy for them because of his realism. Great fun for kids and adults on same level.

Lukasz Puczko Marionettes

Marysia

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.40

type: (street) theatre - animation

Marysia - The Giant Hen - is a fully improvised walking act.
The hen is an original biomechanical puppet based on biomimic movement, which makes it feel real and provides a high level of entertainment. Marysia is equipped with facial mimic (the beak and eye lids are mechanical) and fully functional wings. It feels extra genuine in touch thanks to 13.000 real feathers. Marysia is inquisitive, cuddly, funny and she can easily surprise you with her humour. The caregiver watches over Marysia’s discipline. When she is happy, she flaps her wings and stretches herself up to 3.2m height.
Marysia is the freest range hen in the World! 

Marini Mendozi

The Fiery Glutton duo show

location: T

time scedule: 13.00 / 14.30 / 16.30

type: fire theatre

Experience a fiery excitement when The Fiery Glutton takes the stage with a mesmerizing show of pyrotechnics. The Fiery Glutton likes fire raw. He doesn't care about a few bites more or less. And spits with it. With flames up to 5 meters high!
Sparks! It certainly does, when he takes up juggling fireworks. There is so much more: The flamethrower throws fire, Steel fired drums produce fiery hits, The burning star rises crackling to a climax. In short: A fiery spectacle: fun and exciting at the same time.
Supported by powerful music. In this duo show the contrasts father/son, young/old, big/small and stupid/smart play a humorous role.

Martin Forget

On Tour with Broer

location: L

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.00 / 16.00

type: (street) theatre

Get ready for a unique theatre show in which mime, clowning, absurdity and slapstick come together in a captivating and hilarious show! Broertje and Broer have created a breathtaking spectacle in which the invisible becomes tangible and the impossible becomes reality.

With improvisation and interaction they invite the audience to participate. But there is an unexpected twist: Broer suddenly doesn't like it anymore. He still goes on tour, but refuses to perform. He doesn't laugh anymore, he doesn't talk anymore. The show goes on, but now Broertje has to carry the performance on his own. Will he make it? And what does this mean for their special bond? Come and see this moving and funny theatre show. A unique experience that you don't want to miss!

Merkel & Vannix

Jøttnjøl

location: walk act

time scedule: 15.00 / 16.30

type: (street) theatre - animation

Jøttnjøl come from afar. Where they come from, or where they are heading no-one knows. But they are here now. Their curiosity is boundless, they gather the odours and colours of life and wonder about everything you carry with you or leave behind. Who still cherishes treasures found at the beach, long long ago? Who still has them? That very first marble, or maybe the last one? A paperclip, a dried flower, a lucky stone. Ordinary yet extraordinary things Personal treasures, that don’t fit in the life of a grownup. Jøttnjøl love to take care of your and their treasures, they have enough room to care for all of them. They roam the streets and alleyways looking for more treasures, searching for the ultimate sensation of warmth and safety, Jøttnjøl, a special encounter, will find a place in everyone’s heart.Jøttnjøl is a puppetry walkabout act. Two distinct creatures on their way, with enormous backpacks filled with gathered adventures and impressions. They’ve never finished collecting: after all, everything is of value. Street theatre with a poetic disposition. Unique and endearing.

Merkel & Vannix

Pêt-à-Porter

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.30

type: (street) theatre - animation

Max the Horned ape feels right at home in any environment. He is easy to handle, housebroken, colourproof and wrinkle free. The ideal house and garden pet. This unique animal travels from zoo to zoo with his loyal porter 'Porter', but will he find a place that would like to keep him? A mobile puppetry street act with one performer and one puppet(eer).

Mista Beatz

Mista Beatz

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.30  / 16.30

type: music - animation

This tough appearance goes cruising in his pimped Mercedes through the streets. He makes many hearts beat faster. And that is good... Because after every ballad the beat is increased again. With Dance evergreens such as Disco Inferno and This is what it feels like, is sit still is not an option!!! With evergreens such as your Song and the Pianoman Mista Beatz proves to have a golden throat!!! A stirring musical, theatrical mobile act with built-in sound. 

Ruut van Hooft

Gnome Douwe Knars

location: P

time scedule: 13.30 / 15.30

type: (street) theatre 

Nowadays everything is about the wolf, the badger or the beaver in the forest, but you don't hear anyone talking about gnomes anymore. Knars is fed up, the Corona period was the limit: we went for walks in the forests en masse, walked off the paths and just raced. Knars' Tiny house was shaking. The forest, your backyard has become a dumping ground and Douwe is more than fed up with that!

Shalton Theatre

Frogs

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.00 / 15.30

type: stilts theatre

These amphibians, an art colorful life like animals, is reminiscent of wonder and amazement, when jumping and croaking trying to find a place to enjoy. Especially their audiences will be kindly and familair enchanting.

Statues Vivantes

The Grumpy Old Man

location: D

time scedule: 12.30 / 15.00

type: living statue

What a terrible person, always cranky...

Yet there is humor behind his moodiness: his nasty character is very entertaining for the audience!

This living statue is unequalled: a hilarious one-man show!

Stephworx

Fruitylocious

location: walk act

time scedule: 13.00 / 14.30 / 16.30

type: stilts theatre

These frivolous ladies like to show off their sunny side. With their fresh and fruity presence, you are assured of an exciting fun and cozy atmosphere. They would like to invite you for a Caribbean dance with them, perhaps... at a high level.

Steven Luca

Schrott

location: P

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.45 / 16.15

type: (street) theatre

Street sweeper Schrott is friendly. Even climate-friendly.
He has an extraordinary interest in the residual waste from the passing public. He sees the remnants that the spectators deposit in his rubbish bin as a valuable collection of items that could perhaps be given a second life. Who knows, you might go home with something beautiful. At least with a warm memory of that friendly street sweaper Schrott. In this new act, which completely fits in with today's ecological zeitgeist, puppeteer Steven Luca approaches the public's residual waste with a large dose of poetry. This humble master of improvisation combines sadness with cheerful imagination.

Studio Surprise

Camera Nostalgica

location: J

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.15 / 15.45

type: (street) theatre

The photo guestbook is a giant, stylish, nostalgic camera in which festival-goers can immortalize their presence. A stylish photographer invites you to enter the camera. By squeezing the flash ball, you determine the moment at which the photo is taken and a few moments later the nostalgic picture is ready! Everyone can enjoy the costume party inside on a screen outside. Studio Surprise..... always surprising!

Sven Roelants

Professor Kazimir

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.00 / 15.00

type: stilts theatre

Professor Kazimir hails from the Old World and travels around on his fancy rolling chair equipped with the infamous Wheel of the Wise, a strange happiness barometer and a unique catapult that spreads little happiness. This entertaining professor insists on sharing his knowledge with everyone, whether they will listen or not. Kazimir has many talents and gifts, not least of all those of an omniscient seer. In his mystic orbs he sees things that remain hidden from us mere mortals...

Thijs Mikx Creator

The Winged

location: walk act

time scedule: 13.00 / 14.30 / 16.00

type: fire theatre - animation

Could have flown straight out of a Jules Verne book. A fantastic creation by a crazy artist. Who wants to fly in an environmentally friendly way. But will he succeed....

Tres Loco's

Acrobatic's Juggling Music

location: G

time scedule: 12.15 / 15.00

type: (street) theatre

Tres Loco’s is a theatrical band, a vocal and musical circus trio, consisting of Tobias Bader, Jeroen Regtien and Ed Schulte. The basis is formed by music: energetic and swinging songs. The vocal harmonies are accompanied by guitar, banjo, bucket bass, ukulele, saxophone, harmonica and percussion. Acrobatics and juggling happen just while playing and singing, and instruments are swapped light-heeled. The three men pull each other's leg constantly, but their main aim is putting up a highly energetic and exciting show.

T-rex Henk

T-rex Henk

location: walk act

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.30 / 16.00

type: (street) theatre - animation

Face to face with a dinosaur – Take the photo of a lifetime!

Millions of years ago, the T-rex ruled the earth and now he is back!

Meet Henk, the impressive and lifelike T-rex that will amaze you. This is the chance to come face to face with the king of the dinosaurs at your event. Henk is not only big and powerful, but also a real showman! Posing with Henk is the must-do of this season. Whether you want to take an exciting selfie with the mighty T-rex or just be impressed by his enormous power, Henk is ready for you! This is the perfect experience for anyone looking for an adventure. 

TukkersConnexion

The Couch

location: F

time scedule: 12.30 / 14.00

type: (street) theatre

Let's introduce...
This couch has the looks! It frowns, signs, whispers and keeps an eye on you. Left and right feel easily at home. They sure can speak words of wisdom, but a light informal conversation for social occasions can be arranged too. It is real French Baroque and that's no joke!

TukkersConnexion

Pumpkins

location: B

time scedule: 12.00 / 13.00 / 14.30

type: (street) theatre

Two giant orange Pumpkins, in each a dancer, will bring you into an autumn fairytale. The dancers will pop up, spy around and anticipate on their surroundings. Inspired by their music and the audience they create a mystical atmosphere and take young and old along in their fantasy without saying a word. A pleasant performance that will stay in place.