Eric de Vroedt
Eric de Vroedt | |
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Born | 1972 (age 51–52) |
Education | Arnhem School of Acting |
Notable work | The Nation |
Awards | Toneelschrijfprijs |
Eric de Vroedt (Rotterdam, 1972) is a Dutch theater director, writer and actor.
Career
After his graduation from the Arnhem School of Acting in 1996 he realized his ambition was to be a director and writer rather than an actor.
He is an established guest director at
His most famous work is the mightysociety-project, started in 2004.[2]
The National Theatre (Nationale Toneel) in The Hague appointed Eric de Vroedt as their new artistic leader.
Awards
In 2018 he received the Toneelschrijfprijs for his play The Nation.[3]
Mightysociety
Mightysociety is a series of ten plays about current issues De Vroedt wrote and directed himself. The series started in 2004 with mightysociety1 about spin-doctors. The project ended in 2012 with mightysociety10, dealing with his own father and the developing economy in Indonesia. Topics De Vroedt discussed in his plays were, among others: Political populism, terrorism, the Global Age, the war in Afghanistan and ageing.[4] De Vroedt won the Amsterdam Award for his mightysociety-project, an award for remarkable art in the Netherlands. Four of the plays in the mightysociety-series were also selected for the Dutch Theater Festival.[2]
Directing (excerpt)
- mightysociety1 - 10 (2004–2012)
- Long Day's Journey into Night (Eugene O'Neill) (2005)
- A Streetcar Named Desire (Tennessee Williams) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2008)
- Glengarry Glen Ross (David Mamet) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2009)
- Na de zondeval (After the fall - Arthur Miller) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2012)
- Die Restposten (mightysociety 4)(Theater Dortmund, 2013)
- Freitag (Hugo Claus) (Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2014)
- De Entertainer (John Osborne) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2014)
- Koningin Lear (Queen Lear, based on Shakespeare) (Toneelgroep Amsterdam, 2015)
- Leas Hochzeit (The Wedding Party - Judith Herzberg) (Schauspielhaus Bochum, 2015)
References
- ^ "Eric de Vroedt". Schauspielhausbochum.de. Archived from the original on 2014-08-21. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
- ^ a b "Eric de Vroedt". Tga.nl.
- ^ Rijghard, Ron (7 September 2018). "Eric de Vroedt krijgt Toneelschrijfprijs voor 'The Nation'" (in Dutch). nrc.nl. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
- ^ "Mightysociety.nl". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2014-09-17.