Theatergroep Max.
Theatergroep Max. is a company that makes accessible and adventurous theatre for young people, with the maximum possible assortment of theatrical means and an open, provocative air: grown-up theatre for XXS 4+, XS 6+, XM 8+, XL 10+, XXL 12+, XXXL 14+, for everyone who feels young, on location, on small and large stages.
Max. wants to disrupt and seduce, tell fairytales, campfire and nonsense stories, and presents drudging, dangerous, loving people.
Moniek Merkx
Moniek Merkx is artistic director since January 2003. Other companies at which Merkx has directed include Suver Nuver and Theater Artemis. At Max. she develops her distinctive, physical and personal style of writing and directing. This, combined with other disciplines like video images, music, illustrations, dance or even architecture, is what makes Max. what it is.
During the season 2002-2003 Moniek Merkx made her international début by writing and directing 'Once Upon a Forest' performed by the Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, the largest children theatre company in the USA. For some years now, she has made striking and successful (sometimes prize-winning) performances for young people.
Max. productions by Moniek Merkx are House of Dreams*, Blue or something on the Wall, LOVE*, Gold, The Horrible Stepmother Show, Falling Girls*, Paradiso City of the Future, Lear's Daughters, Once upon a Dragon**, Blood Relatives, Peter Pan Was Here, Reigen and HELP.
Jetse Batelaan
Jetse Batelaan was educated as a director at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. He is guest-director at theatergroep Max. and RO Theater. RO Theater (Rotterdam) is one of the three largest dutch theatre companies. Jetse Batelaan's work is shown on amongst others the Wiener Festwochen, Les Pop's in Parc de la Vilette, Paris and recently in New York on Governors Island.
Performances of Jetse Batelaan go against the spirit of the time. They're not fast, big and busy, but intimate, small, detailed and exactly for those qualities they have great impact. His work always has a strong physical side and magnifies reality in an absurd way. Batelaan is one of the up-and-coming directing talents in the Netherlands and has a prodigious output.
Max.productions by Jetse Batelaan are Performance in Which Hopefully Nothing Happens ***, The Wagging Finger* and PLAY.
* translated in English / ** translated in English and German
Awards
The House of Dreams (direction Moniek Merkx) has been selected for the Amsterdam - Antwerp Theatre Festival 2003 (best performances of season 2002-2003). The jury of that festival: "The actors' intelligent play combined with theatrical and technical tricks, awaken the viewers experience. Powerful location theatre from Max.."
With Performance in which Hopefully Nothing Happens (direction Jetse Batelaan) Max. won the 'Golden Cricket 2005', the prize for best youth performance in the Netherlands. The jury: "When you open with an empty stage you're either insane or a genius. At theatergroep Max. this is both allowed, they don't mind about conventions, they've got guts".
With Lear's Daughters (direction Moniek Merkx) Max. won a 'Silver Cricket 2006'. The jury: "With this rewritten classical play Theatergroep Max. proves that she can put down strong stories in a way that appeals to children, but also grown-ups, from this era".
The Wagging Finger has four nominations: for TF1 (the best performances of season 2007 2008), the Belgium Theatre Festival (the best performances of season 2007 2008), the Golden Cricket 2008/2009 (best youth performance) and the VSCD Mimeprice 2008 (best mimeperformance).
Moniek Merkx and Jetse Batelaan both won the VSCD Mimeprijs and several other theatre awards.
Contact / Booking information
Max. will gladly send you trailers from the shows. Please contact us.
Booking information:
Phone: +31 (0) 10 - 7070430
Fax: +31 (0) 10 - 7070431
E-mail: barbara@tgmax.nl
Max. wants to disrupt and seduce, tell fairytales, campfire and nonsense stories, and presents drudging, dangerous, loving people.
Moniek Merkx
Moniek Merkx is artistic director since January 2003. Other companies at which Merkx has directed include Suver Nuver and Theater Artemis. At Max. she develops her distinctive, physical and personal style of writing and directing. This, combined with other disciplines like video images, music, illustrations, dance or even architecture, is what makes Max. what it is.
During the season 2002-2003 Moniek Merkx made her international début by writing and directing 'Once Upon a Forest' performed by the Children's Theatre Company, Minneapolis, the largest children theatre company in the USA. For some years now, she has made striking and successful (sometimes prize-winning) performances for young people.
Max. productions by Moniek Merkx are House of Dreams*, Blue or something on the Wall, LOVE*, Gold, The Horrible Stepmother Show, Falling Girls*, Paradiso City of the Future, Lear's Daughters, Once upon a Dragon**, Blood Relatives, Peter Pan Was Here, Reigen and HELP.
Jetse Batelaan
Jetse Batelaan was educated as a director at the Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten. He is guest-director at theatergroep Max. and RO Theater. RO Theater (Rotterdam) is one of the three largest dutch theatre companies. Jetse Batelaan's work is shown on amongst others the Wiener Festwochen, Les Pop's in Parc de la Vilette, Paris and recently in New York on Governors Island.
Performances of Jetse Batelaan go against the spirit of the time. They're not fast, big and busy, but intimate, small, detailed and exactly for those qualities they have great impact. His work always has a strong physical side and magnifies reality in an absurd way. Batelaan is one of the up-and-coming directing talents in the Netherlands and has a prodigious output.
Max.productions by Jetse Batelaan are Performance in Which Hopefully Nothing Happens ***, The Wagging Finger* and PLAY.
* translated in English / ** translated in English and German
Awards
The House of Dreams (direction Moniek Merkx) has been selected for the Amsterdam - Antwerp Theatre Festival 2003 (best performances of season 2002-2003). The jury of that festival: "The actors' intelligent play combined with theatrical and technical tricks, awaken the viewers experience. Powerful location theatre from Max.."
With Performance in which Hopefully Nothing Happens (direction Jetse Batelaan) Max. won the 'Golden Cricket 2005', the prize for best youth performance in the Netherlands. The jury: "When you open with an empty stage you're either insane or a genius. At theatergroep Max. this is both allowed, they don't mind about conventions, they've got guts".
With Lear's Daughters (direction Moniek Merkx) Max. won a 'Silver Cricket 2006'. The jury: "With this rewritten classical play Theatergroep Max. proves that she can put down strong stories in a way that appeals to children, but also grown-ups, from this era".
The Wagging Finger has four nominations: for TF1 (the best performances of season 2007 2008), the Belgium Theatre Festival (the best performances of season 2007 2008), the Golden Cricket 2008/2009 (best youth performance) and the VSCD Mimeprice 2008 (best mimeperformance).
Moniek Merkx and Jetse Batelaan both won the VSCD Mimeprijs and several other theatre awards.
Contact / Booking information
Max. will gladly send you trailers from the shows. Please contact us.
Booking information:
Phone: +31 (0) 10 - 7070430
Fax: +31 (0) 10 - 7070431
E-mail: barbara@tgmax.nl
