The what, why and how of De Leesclub: a dialogue

16.11.2023

International selection 2024

Discover the 2024 International selection of Shakespeare is dead!

CARL ZUCKMAYER SCHOLARSHIP - Call

In 2023, the Ministry of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate will for the first time award the CARL ZUCKMAYER SCHOLARSHIP to promote contemporary European drama and the memory of the political German playwright Carl Zuckmayer.

The scholarship is addressed to playwrights living in Europe who have already written at least one theatre play that has been staged already. The working scholarship is intended to enable them to write a play on a socially relevant, European topic with financial security.

Download the call!

Femke Van der Steen get Vertaalprijs for Mater

Together with the Toneelschrijfprijs, the Translation Prize is also awarded, an initiative of the Fonds Podiumkunsten and Literatuur Vlaanderen. This year, the prize goes to 'Mater' by Femke Van der Steen. Her text will be fully translated into French, English or German and presented abroad during a staged reading thanks to the support of DeAuteurs.

Maarten Van Hinte receives Toneelschrijfprijs

With his stage script 'Queen of Disco', Maarten van Hinte has been named winner of the 35th edition of the Toneelschrijfprijs. The prize worth 10,000 euros was awarded this year on Friday 15 September at the Flemish TheaterFestival in Brussels.

Call Toneelschrijfprijs: deadline 31/3

Did your theatre text premiere between January 1 and December 31 2022? Submit from now on until March 31 your text for the Toneelschrijfprijs 2023, the award for the best originally Dutch-spoken theatre work.

Shakespeare is dead Amsterdamm

Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond and Theater Bellevue are joining forces to organize Shakespeare is Dead, the festival for the new theater text. What was instigated by Het nieuwstedelijk in Leuven, Belgium, now also ignites in Amsterdam on March 24 and 25

Open Calls Amsterdam ediciton

Participate in Shakesepeare is dead Amsterdam on March 24 and 25 at Theater Bellevue and Vlaams Cultuurhuis de Brakke Grond.

International call 2024

Shakespeare is dead is looking for contemporary playwrights and plays to introduce in the Dutch speaking world.

De staat van de jonge toneelschrijver

our generation is often seen as
a lost generation
we feel lost
or we have lost something
a kind of idealism or collectivity
but I have the feeling that we have
actually gained a lot
compared to previous generations
in insight
in consciousness and self-awareness
in modesty
and certainly in sensitivity

Read the State of the Young Playwright as delivered by Anouk Friedli on Friday 25 February at the first edition of Shakesepeare is dead.

‘The state of’ a playwright, Lot Vekemans

This is my state.
And that of no one else.
The state I am in
The state of Lot Vekemans.
Who is also a playwright.

Discover 'The state of' of Lot Vekemans as delivered on Friday 25 February 2022 at the first edition of Shakesepeare is dead.

recap staged readings

Schedule programme

PLAYWRITING SPA – masterclass with Maria Milisavljevic

LUCA school of arts organises workspace aiming at creating a safe and open space for each participating playwright to work on a (new) script, scene or text close to their hearts. The goal of this workspace is not to produce a polished, finished (and consumer-friendly) script or scene, but an exploration about and around the texts. Apply before February 4.