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Toneelgroep Amsterdam ( [toːˈneːlɣrup ˌɑmstərˈdɑm]; abbreviated: TA) is the Netherlands' largest repertory company. Its home base is the Amsterdam Stadsschouwburg, a classical 19th century theatre building in the heart of Amsterdam.
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History
The Dutch Company Toneelgroep Amsterdam started in 1987 with Gerardjan Rijnders as its artistic director. His montage-method of creating plays and his avant-garde stagings of classic plays were very influential in the Netherlands, as well as abroad. Since 2000 the company is led by Flemish director Ivo van Hove. He and his long-time designer Jan Versweyveld broke through the confinements of the classical stage to rediscover the stage as a "location." For their production Faces (an adaptation of John Cassavetes's film) the audience watched the show lying in beds.
International
Many of Toneelgroep Amsterdam's productions travel abroad. For instance, van Hove's adaptation of several of Shakespeare's plays, presented under the title Roman Tragedies, was shown at the major European theatre festivals (Wiener Festwochen, Festival d'Avignon, Theaterformen). Opening Night, another adaptation of a Cassavetes film, was shown at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in New York in December 2008, and at Melbourne Festival in Australia in October 2010, which was van Hove's Australian debut. “Ivo van Hove's work has been groundbreaking in opening up audiences' understanding of classic texts and films. His work is unique, raw, shocking, surprising, hilarious – everything you want theatre to be – and he doesn't shy away from the ugly or the profane. In a word, stunning, with a capital ‘S’. ” Cate Blanchett
Company
Director: Ivo van Hove. Ensemble: Kitty Courbois, Hélène Devos, Jip van den Dool, Roeland Fernhout, Fred Goessens, Janni Goslinga, Aus Greidanus jr, Marieke Heebink, Robert de Hoog, Gaite Jansen, Hans Kesting, Hugo Koolschijn, Ramsey Nasr, Chris Nietvelt, Celia Nufaar, Frieda Pittoors, Alwin Pulinckx, Halina Reijn, Vanja Rukavina, Gijs Scholten van Aschat, Bart Slegers en Eelco Smits.