First day of auditions, with Koen and Kedves in the background.
Directors Ilon Lodewijks and Hanna Timmers observe the auditors.
Day 2 of the auditions. Nzinga (middle) does a breathing exercise next to director Ilon.
Day 3 of the auditions. Director Hanna demonstrates a walking exercise.
Assistant-director Adanma points out an actor she liked during the final selection of the actors.
Mats Hoogland, 17 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Mats during one of the first rehearsals.
Mats and Joshua practice simultaneous movements.
Demian and Rubin during a practice of simultaneous movements.
Demian Henkes, 16 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Relaxation exercise.
Kedves, Demian and Eveline listen to instructions for a practice in observation outside the theatre.
Junior ensemble observes the movements of passers-by on Leidseplein, near the Stadsschouwburg.
Kedves imitates a person he saw walking on Leidsplein earlier that day during an observation exercise.
Kedves van den Berg, 16 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Zoë-Dee listens to the rules of a tennis ball game, which tests the actors' alertness.
By throwing the ball and moving at breakneck speed, the actors become aware of the position of others on stage. They learn to stay 'in the moment', without being able to dream away.
Geertje sees the ball that she has to catch.
Geertje Clerkx, 14 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Azra interviews a resident of Amsterdam to get ideas for a performance.
Robert de Hoog, actor of the ITA ensemble, is interviewed by Zoë-Dee.
Nzinga places a pin on the spot where interviewee Valentijn den Hingh lives in Amsterdam.
Nzinga, 21 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Simultaneous steps of Juliette and Kedves during a rehearsal.
Matthew, Nzinga, Geertje, Zoë-Dee and Mats listen to the director's directions.
Mats and Dago hear how to portray cautious love.
Joshua rehearses a scene that ultimately won't make it to the performance.
Joshua Halman, 17 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Eveline, Chanou, Geertje and others check out passing boys.
Kira-Nerys, Sultan and other members of the ensemble listen to directions.
Eveline, Demian and Andrew during lunch break.
Director Hanna talks to Sultan and Juliette.
Sultan Aydogdu, 14 years. Member of the junior ensemble of ITA for the performance 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
Group hug before the first 'open rehearsal' - set designers, technicians, stylists and office workers watch the ensemble practice.
Mats practices his monologue in front of an audience for the first time.
Joshua during the 'open rehearsal'.
Matthew and others in a tight embrace.
The audience is asked to respond to the performance and to give advice to the actors.
Flyer 'Amsterdam XXX jr.'
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Amsterdam XXX Jr.
Client: ITA (International Theatre Amsterdam)
(2019)
In the junior production ‘Amsterdam XXX jr.’, twenty-two young people from Amsterdam investigate friendship in their city. How can you be lonely in a city with so many people around you? Is love also friendship and friendship also love? The young people scour the streets, from Oud-Zuid to Nieuw-West, in search of answers. They meet adult Amsterdammers, from twenty-four years old to eighty-four years young. From all metro directions they bring stories to the city centre, to the International Theatre Amsterdam.
Within ITA-junior, young people between the ages of 15 and 20 rehearse and perform a theatre performance for young and old under the guidance of professionals. For many of them, it is an experience for life.
