Weekend Special (1- 3 September 2017)

Posted on by Renee

Here’s a summary of highlighted events for the upcoming   weekend in The Hague and surrounds.  Click on the links for more details. Please check the websites of the organisers for the most up to date information and any last minute changes. Have a great weekend.

Open Air Theatre – The Comedy of Errors (31 August & 1 September) &  Open Air Theatre – The Emperor’s New Clothes  (2-3 September)

YESS it is that time of the year again! British open-air touring theatre company Illyria returns to the Netherlands with Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors and The Emperor’s New Clothes.

“The comedy of errors”  is  the bard’s shortest, funniest and most rumbustious comedy two sets of identical twins, separated at birth, unknowingly end up in the same city, and through a series of chance meetings their lives and sanity begin to unravel.

To cap it all, this year Illyria’s Shakespeare production is re-located to the town of Ephesus, Mexico, and is performed by their very own 5-piece Mariachi band, resplendent in ponchos and sombreros. Ay caramba!

“The Emperor’s new clothes”,  which  is suitable for children of 5 and above,  is based on the timeless Hans Christian Andersen story, Illyria first performed this show in 2000 when it was Critic’s choice at the Edinburgh

Embassy Festival 2017 (1 – 2 September)


The Embassy Festival will, for the fifth year running, transform  the Lange Voorhout into a sea of culture.

On the evening of  Friday 1st, the festival will kick-off at 17:00 with one stage offering a diverse and colourful programme. The festivities  will recommence on Saturday 2nd  at 12.00  centered around four stages with also a Kids Compound and an International Market.

Foodies  will enjoy   the INTERNATIONAL MARKET, with the best wines, sausages, cakes, sandwiches and lots of different traditional bites that have been ‘flown in’ from across the globe.

UIT FESTIVAL – 3-DAY CULTURAL WEEKEND (1 – 3  September)

This weekend is the 45th anniversary  of  the  UIT festival,  the traditional curtain raiser to the start of the cultural season in The Hague. This year the  festival will take place over 3 days.

It will kick-off  on Friday night  with the  8 Cultuurankers (a theatre in each city district)  hosting an open house with performances from national artists such as Tim Akkerman  and Lilian Vieira.

The UIT festival  continues on Saturday  directly after  the Embassy Festival at 20:00  on the Lange Voorhout and in others locations in the city centre. To round off the day there is UIT Nacht, an afterparty  in the  Koninklijke Schouwburg.

On Sunday the UIT Festival will continue on the Lange Voorhout with a Culture Market, where 100 cultural institutions will present themselves.

World Port Days Rotterdam 2017  (1-3  September)

This weekend, the World Port Days, Rotterdam will celebrate its fortieth anniversary with a party of global proportions!

What once started as the one-day event Maritiem ’78 has since grown into the Netherlands’ largest annual maritime festival, which welcomes hundreds of thousands of visitors over the course of three full days.

This year’s theme is ‘Worldwide!’ (Werelds!)

Highlights of the festival include marine demonstrations, helicopter shows, diving demonstrations, a water canon show and boat races.

Live music will drift across the city’s waterways and the festivities will conclude with an impressive fireworks display.

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