28-09-14 11:22 h – Source: Reuters / buzze
A number of actors from the Werkteater in 2007 at the presentation of a DVD box 8 films and two documentaries. © anp
The cultural legacy of the illustrious Werkteater is preserved for posterity. The surviving actors to launch a website where free to see almost all the pieces, films and texts of the company and to download.
The Web site is funded through crowdfunding end of October. The theater was founded in 1970 Werkteater The group, which existed until the mid-80s, came from the dissatisfaction of actors about the lack of attention to experimental, small-scale theater.
Marga Klomp, the then Minister of Culture supported the company and offered to grant a unique way of working to develop. When Werkteater was plenty of room for improvisation, topical and controversial issues and interaction with the audience.
Alzheimer’s
The group had over the years many great actors connected, such as Joop Admiraal, Cas Enklaar, Peter Faber, René Groothof, Mary Cook, Gerard Thoolen, Helmert Woudenberg, Olga Zuiderhoek and Shireen Strooker. The idea for the website was created three years ago when the Theatre Institute, the archives of the Werkteater managed, was lifted. The launch of the website will take place on October 27 at the Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam.
The Werkteater is also interest at the Dutch Film Festival currently taking place in Utrecht. In the documentary Mar & amp; Sien looking actresses Marja Cook and Shireen Strooker, who suffers from Alzheimer’s, back on their careers and their lives. This film is Tuesday still be seen at the festival.
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