Striking mix of disciplines with many top international companies
From Friday 26 August to Sunday 4 September, Heerlen will host the 31st edition of the summer festival Cultura Nova. The programme is once again packed with activities both in the theatre and on the festival square and at various locations in Heerlen and in Parkstad. With 300 performances, concerts and other presentations in a mix of disciplines ranging from music, theatre, dance, circus and acrobatics to film and visual art, the festival is promising. The full programme will be announced in June. Pre-sales for seven performances start on Friday, 6 May at 11 am. So that everyone has a chance to order tickets in time.
It is a striking mix of disciplines with international top companies: Machine de Cirque from Canada presents a crazy, cheerful circus show for young and old with lots of music and comical stunts. Gravity & other Myths from Australia goes beyond the boundaries of circus with their impressive show ‘Backbone’. Yoann Bourgeois and his French company present a circus dance performance on an enormous swing with which they perform dangerous and almost impossible tricks. The enchanting dance company Aracaladanza, from Spain, has its Dutch premiere with the family performance LOOP.
The Belgian pop group K’s Choice makes a new start with live performances and is the only concert in the Netherlands at Cultura Nova, while Willem de Bruin (known from the Opposites) presents his theatre show ‘Spuug van God’ (God’s spit) in the open air at the Aambos, in which he goes in search of who he is. With a father born on Curaçao and a mother from Amsterdam, he never felt quite Dutch and never quite Antillean either. But… who is he then?
During Cultura Nova, Poppodium De Nieuwe Nor presents a double concert by Die Krupps from Germany and Front Line Assembly from Canada. Die Krupps give a concert with a lot of Industrial Music, by using a lot of electric guitars and other elements from heavy metal. By experimenting with live and sampled metal guitar riffs, Front Line Assembly stepped outside the barriers of Industrial Music prevalent at the time.
Many Cultura Nova 2022 performances are still in preparation. Young and experienced theatre makers are currently producing their new performances. Many premieres and co-productions await the festival audience.
Tickets for the first seven performances are available from Friday 6 May at 11 a.m. via www.culturanova.nl, via the box office of Parkstad Limburg Theatres www.plt.nl and via www.nieuwenor.nl.