Stage Entertainment is a leading global producer and theatre operator focused on producing musicals in Europe and attracting seven million people to its musicals each year. The company owns and operates sixteen significant venues in its home markets of the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France and Italy. It also has offices in these countries and in the United Kingdom. Here it produces some of the best-known musical titles developed by international partners and their creative teams, such as Disney's The Lion King, Disney's ALADDIN and Moulin Rouge! The Musical. Stage Entertainment also creates its own original premium content, such as Anastasia and TINA - The Tina Turner Musical. The company acts as a worldwide licensor for these musicals, or produces its own theater tours in the United Kingdom, the United States, Latin America, Australia and Japan, among others. The company employs about 2,000 people. Today, the Stage Entertainment brand is widely known for the exceptional quality of its shows and its warm hospitality to audiences in its theaters.
The purpose of Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT) is to offer unique experiences and perspectives in dance that engage conversation and promote diversity. NDT is a leading contemporary dance company dedicated to creation, research, and talent development. The company is led by artistic director Emily Molnar and managing director Marc Pil. In its commitment to innovation throughout all aspects of the company, NDT collaborates with international choreographers and artists and connects with audiences and communities in The Hague, the Netherlands, and all over the world.
At the heart of NDT is a commitment to collaboration, curiosity, innovation and community. Like all art, dance creates, provokes and inspires an open space for dialogue towards an inclusive society. We believe every human being deserves to experience the pleasure of art and that today, more than ever, we need channels of expression to help us examine the world.
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA) is one of the figureheads of Dutch performing arts. Our theatre in the heart of Amsterdam is home to our own international ensemble of actors, as well as many other performing artists from the Netherlands and abroad. Together, theatre and ensemble form a unique institution that programmes, produces and inspires from a contemporary vision. Driven by meaning, together we keep our finger on the pulse of the times.
ITA is the location of major festivals such as Brandhaarden, Julidans, Holland Festival and the Dutch Theatre Festival. The monumental theatre on Leidseplein is also home to ITA Academy, which focuses on talent development, education and cooperation. The building is a unique meeting place with its own ITA Brasserie, where front and back of theatre become one, with no boundary between makers and audience.