Maarten Heijmans
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Maarten Heijmans is a Dutch
actor
.
In 2007 he graduated from the Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie
(Amsterdam Theatre School & Kleinkunst Academy) where he studied Drama
for four years
In 2007 he and his former classmate Ian Bok made their own theatrepiece called De Huilende Kers (The Crying Cherry). That year they won the audience award at the Its Festival (International Theatreschool Festival). In 2008 they won the Dioraphte Fringe Award at the Amsterdam
Fringe Festival. In summer 2009 De Huilende Kers will be performed at the Prague
Fringe Festival as well as the Dublin Fringe Festival.
Maarten is also a member of Dutch theatregroup Circus Treurdier (which would translate roughly as "Circus of the sad animals"), a group of young performers who create and perform their own theatreshows.
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
In 2007 he graduated from the Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie
Amsterdamse Toneelschool & Kleinkunstacademie
The Theaterschool is a theater school in Amsterdam, and a division of the Amsterdam School of the Arts.It is runs four year Bachelor's degree courses, intended for new stage, film, cabaret and musical actors...
(Amsterdam Theatre School & Kleinkunst Academy) where he studied Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
for four years
Work
Since his graduation Maarten has performed in several theatre plays and television shows.In 2007 he and his former classmate Ian Bok made their own theatrepiece called De Huilende Kers (The Crying Cherry). That year they won the audience award at the Its Festival (International Theatreschool Festival). In 2008 they won the Dioraphte Fringe Award at the Amsterdam
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
Fringe Festival. In summer 2009 De Huilende Kers will be performed at the Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
Fringe Festival as well as the Dublin Fringe Festival.
Maarten is also a member of Dutch theatregroup Circus Treurdier (which would translate roughly as "Circus of the sad animals"), a group of young performers who create and perform their own theatreshows.
Theatre work
- BrundibarBrundibárBrundibár is a children's opera by Jewish Czech composer Hans Krása with a libretto by Adolf Hoffmeister, originally performed by the children of Theresienstadt concentration camp in occupied Czechoslovakia...
(Hans KrasaHans KrásaHans Krása was a Czech composer who was killed in the Holocaust at Auschwitz. He helped to organize cultural life in Theresienstadt concentration camp.-Life:...
), Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam (1995) - Artful Dodger in Oliver!Oliver!Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
(Lionel BartLionel BartLionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!-Early life:...
) (1998) - Kruimeltje (1999)
- The Good Person of SzechwanThe Good Person of SzechwanThe Good Person of Szechwan is a play written by the German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Margarete Steffin and Ruth Berlau. The play was begun in 1938 but not completed until 1943, while the author was in exile in the United States...
(Bertolt BrechtBertolt BrechtBertolt Brecht was a German poet, playwright, and theatre director.An influential theatre practitioner of the 20th century, Brecht made equally significant contributions to dramaturgy and theatrical production, the latter particularly through the seismic impact of the tours undertaken by the...
) (2006) - De Kleine Kapitein (2007)
- Arabische Nacht (Roland Schimmelpfennig) (2007)
- Verplichte Figuren (2008)
- Batte (2008)
- De Huilende Kers (2008)
- Op Hoop van ZegenOp Hoop van ZegenOp Hoop van Zegen , is a 1900 Dutch play, taking place in a fishing village, with the conflict between the fishermen and their employer ending in tragedy with the unsound boat setting out to sea and sinking with all hands and the owner pocketing the insurance money...
(Herman HeijermansHerman HeijermansHerman Heijermans , was a Dutch writer.Heijermans grew up in a liberal Jewish family as the fifth of 11 children of Herman Heijermans Sr. and Matilda Moses Spiers...
) (2009) - Thaibox Verdriet (2010)
External links
- www.circustreurdier.nl