Robin Steegman trained at Guildhall School of Music and Drama. With Dutch and Turkish roots and a classical British training, she is a truly international and multi-faceted performer and theatre maker. She co-founded her own theatre “The Nursery” in London in 2010, creating a theatre in a caravan with which she toured European festivals, including Vault…
Arvand Dashtaray is a well-known Iranian theatre professional who has influenced the development of independent theatre in Iran. In 2002 he established Virgule TC and built his own theatre, the Hafez theatre, which is now one of the most vibrant theatres in Teheran. In his most recent work issues like identity, cultural diversity and migration…
Sons of Abraham Spotlight talk Sham Ahmed is a 24 year old teacher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam. Arriving in the Netherlands as a child refugee from Iraqi Kurdistan, Sham has personal experience with the challenges and opportunities that come along with life in a new country. Sham entered the…
Sons of Abraham Spotlight talk Sham Ahmed is a 24 year old teacher in the Faculty of Law at the University of Amsterdam. Arriving in the Netherlands as a child refugee from Iraqi Kurdistan, Sham has personal experience with the challenges and opportunities that come along with life in a new country. Sham entered the…
William Sutton English-born son of Scottish parents was preceded by 5 sisters and followed by a brother in Rawtenstall, Lancashire on the gentle eastern slopes of the Pennines. But that’s not important right now. What is important is that after living in England, the United States and the Netherlands, and becoming the Shakespeare expert by…
SPOTLIGHT TALKS by STET the English Theatre During a performance, we have the chance to see the artist and the story, but what happens after the curtain call? With STET’s Spotlight Talks we aim to bring you a long-lasting experience of each of STET’s productions by shining a light on the production’s topic with an…
Daniëlle Zawadi performing spoken word Daniëlle Zawadi is mainly known for her spoken word performances, but above all else she is a prose writer. Her work is mostly about life in The Netherlands as someone from the ‘second generation’ as her family originally comes from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zawadi means Present, it is…
Annemarie de Bruijn performing Shakespeare Annemarie de Bruijn is an actress and director who works from the city of The Hague, The Netherlands. Besides acting and producing theatre shows (Lady M, The Impromptus, Cassandra, Lost in Denmark, De Dansende Madonna, Monet en de Blauwe Engel) within her own company ‘Het Vijfde Bedrijf’, she is an active…
Luana Ferreira storyteller Luana Ferreira’s fascination of stories has started even before she could read. She grew up curious about the tales passed in oral traditions through generations connected with the music, the nature and the diversity of her mixed Brazilian ancestry. The base of her research as a storyteller lays on Untold Women’s Stories,…