The world is tilting. Every day new issues present themselves that challenge us as humanity while at the same time a lightning-fast evolutie of artificial intelligence radically influences our way of life. What does this mean for our future? And how do we form a picture of something that is changing so rapidly?
Artists play a crucial role in this. Where science and politics confront us with facts and figures, they translate these into experiences that touch. They make it tangible, bring complex issues back to a human scale and encourage reflection and even action.
During the Nieuwe Maan Festival we offer a glimpse into the future. Besides theater and knowledge lectures, you will discover installations and hybrid forms of storytelling that don't just let you look, but let you experience. Instead of longing for what was, we focus on what is to come: with an open mind, curious and hopeful. And maybe a tad activist, too.
Program
Nieuwe Maan Festival is an invitation. To stand still. To challenge yourself. To think together about the future of humanity. Not as something abstract, but as something we are already in the middle of today. Take a look at the program below and find out which performances will color the new season.
Agenda
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Welcome to the Gaybourhood
Studio MarbleIn a physical dollhouse, stories come to life through Extended Reality.Nieuwe maanFri, Jan. 8, ’27-Sat, Jan. 9, ’27“Welcome to the Gaybourhood” is an interactive XR performance about living and feeling at home, told from queer perspectives in Dutch and international history. In a physical dollhouse, stories come to life through Extended Reality. The digital avatar Alistair engages the audience in a conversation about what living and “being a good citizen” mean to them, and about who was—or wasn’t—allowed to participate in that in the past.
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Fri 8 Jan '27 18:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 12:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 13:00Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 18:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 19:00Last Tickets
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Fri 8 Jan '27 18:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 12:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 13:00Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 18:30Last Tickets
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Sat 9 Jan '27 19:00Last Tickets
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BEGIN AGAIN
BrotherTill & Lisa WeedaA compelling performance about a world without egoNieuwe MaanTue 12 Jan '27A mother wants to reinvent man, a son refuses to surrender. BEGIN AGAIN is a sensory, musical experience in which the audience literally becomes part of a new world.
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Tue 12 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Tue 12 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Nowhere
Schippers & Van GuchtSometimes sharing is impossibleNIEUWE MAANWed 13 Jan '27What happens when words fail and connection is lost? In NOWHERE, you step into the heart of a fascinating 360° world in which four personages each seek connection in their own way. A compelling VR experience that makes you reflect on what brings us together and what we feel when that connection is lost.
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Wed 13 Jan '27 14:00Tickets
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Wed 13 Jan '27 14:00Tickets
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Mission Moon
Space Academy - André Kuipers and Sander KoenenA spectacular moon journey for the whole familyNieuwe maanSun 17 Jan '27Space Academy is back in the theater. Astronaut André Kuipers and writer Sander Koenen take you on the trip of a lifetime: a mission ... to the moon!
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Sun 17 Jan '27 13:30 - 14:50Tickets
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Sun 17 Jan '27 13:30 - 14:50Tickets
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The Little Prince
DG TheaterA magical family musical about love and friendshipSun 17 Jan '27Join us on an enchanting journey along distant planets and diep human encounters. The Little Prince comes to life in a moving family musical full of magical projections, compelling acting and beautiful music. A timeless story that hits young and old right in the heart.
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Sun 17 Jan '27 15:00 - 16:25Tickets
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Sun 17 Jan '27 15:00 - 16:25Tickets
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To Do
WunderbaumLove in times of control compulsion: life as a checklistNieuwe maanWed, 20 Jan '27A stimulating and personal performance about how we try to keep a grip on our lives in a world full of expectations, desires and constant choices.
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Wed 20 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Wed 20 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Ground Tones
Het Houten Huis | Nordlan visual | Tryater | Club Guy & RoniMusic from the depths of a vanishing forestNieuwe maanFri 22 Jan '27A house slowly turns into a forest. Roots crawl up, furniture disappears and the ground underfoot becomes softer and softer. In this poetic and musical performance, a family gets lost among trees, memories and emotions, while from the depths sounds a mysterious melody.
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Fri 22 Jan '27 19:00 - 20:15Tickets
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Fri 22 Jan '27 19:00 - 20:15Tickets
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The Pale Blue Dot
Heintz & Kop | PLAN BrabantA great little space journeyNieuwe maanSat 23 Jan '27The gears turn and you zoom out. A gabled roof with attic window and chimney appears. You zoom out continue. The house becomes a street. The street becomes a city, a country. Farther and farther, until the solar system. Until confusion gives way to wonder: that little blue dot ... that's home.
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Sat 23 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Sat 23 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Nothing Left on Blue
Company TiuriTragicomic dance about power, war and humanityNieuwe maanWed Jan '27With *Nothing Left on Blue*, Compagnie Tiuri holds up a piercing mirror. The performance exposes the grotesque logic of power and the tragic repetition of war that continues to haunt our world.
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Wed, 27 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Wed, 27 Jan '27 20:30Tickets
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Why the moon? Why this festival
In this festival, the moon is the symbol for transformation and connection. In the last century, the journey to the moon gave us a common purpose that made the impossible possible. That connection sometimes seems remote these days. Climate change, overpopulation, pandemics. Humanity today faces great challenges and a task of transformation.
Playwrights and forward thinkers present their perspectives on the future during Nieuwe Maan in order to inspire, activate and offer guidance to visitors. What systemic changes are needed to achieve our great fundamental ambitions for the future and those of the next generation? What role can you play in this?
