Tag Archives: Theatre

A Night Out At West End For Zara and Mike

  May 5, 2017 at 9:54 am by

Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall were in the audience of last night’s performance of 42nd Street at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The couple went backstage after the performance to meet the cast and crew, and posed for photos with the cast. This revival of 42nd Street is its second on West End, first hitting the stage there in 1984. Zara wore a black belted coat from Reiss over a navy blue dress with black patent … Continue reading →

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Lady In Red – Princess Maria of Romania at Awards Ceremony

  May 13, 2016 at 6:21 am by

In between attending celebrations for the 150th Anniversary of the establishment of the Romanian Royal House earlier this week, Princess Maria handed out an award at the UNITER Awards Gala at the Queen Maria Theatre in Oradea. UNITER – the Theatre Union Of Romania – is an association for theatre employees and was created in 1990 following Romanian revolution in 1989. The Romanian Royal Family have for many years encouraged … Continue reading →

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‘No Sleep’ and George Clooney: Dutch Royals Flock To Theatres Three Days In A Row

  January 29, 2016 at 3:16 am by

The Dutch theatres were a popular desitation for their country’s royals this week. Last night Princess Beatrix visited the opening night of the Holland Dance Festival in The Hague. The former monarch was accompanied by her youngest son Constantijn and his wife Laurentien, who conveniently are living in The Hague themselves. Princess Laurentien repeated a Missoni dress from 2013. Princess Beatrix wore a black outfit and a brooch from the … Continue reading →

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Queen Máxima Awards Prince Bernhard Cultural Prize

  December 2, 2014 at 4:32 am by

Yesterday, December 1, Queen Máxima presented the Prince Bernard Cultural Prize 2014 at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ concert hall in Amsterdam. This year the award went to Johan Simons. Johan Simons, born in Heerjansdam in 1946, is a Dutch theater and opera director and theater intendant. Mr Simons received this award for his outstanding contributions to the theater arts at home and abroad. From January 1 2017, he will be … Continue reading →

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Queen Beatrix Visits Turkey: June 13-15

  June 18, 2012 at 9:35 pm by

To mark 400 years of diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey, Queen Beatrix was in Turkey for a two-day visit last week. On June 13 in the afternoon, the Queen arrived in Ankara and was welcomed at the airport by the Mayor of Ankara, Mr Melih Gokcek. At the Presidential Palace, Queen Beatrix was received in an audience with President Abdullah Gul and his wife, Hayrunnisa Gul. In the … Continue reading →

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Belgian Royal Family – July Events

  August 1, 2011 at 9:53 am by

A not so quiet July for the Belgian Royal Family; July 7th – Princess Mathilde visited the”Villa Rozerood” in De Panne, a holiday and care center for seriously ill children and their families. July 7th – King Albert attended the celebration of the 125th anniversary of the biscuit factory “Biscuiterie Jules Destrooper” in Lo. July 15th – Queen Paola attended the world premiere of the theatre play of Umberto Eco’s … Continue reading →

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Crown Princess Maxima visits the new Theater Korzo

  February 3, 2011 at 6:37 am by

On February 1st, Princess Maxima attended the opening of the renovated Theater Korzo in downtown The Hague. The theater on Prince Street was a conglomerate of buildings that together formed the Korzo Theater. The theater provides space for choreographers, musicians, filmmakers and video artists to create and present their stories in dance, music and theater. During her visit, Princess Maxima made a tour of the building and meet the architects, … Continue reading →

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Dutch Crown Prince Couple visit Hofplein Theater

  December 13, 2010 at 10:57 am by

Prince Willem-Alexander and Princess Maxima were on Sunday 12 December in Rotterdam to attend the anniversary show ”The Birthday of King Louis, the Only One” at the Theatre Hofplein. The show was held on the occasion of the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Hofplein theater. Hofplein is the collective name for a theater, the Youth Theatre School Hofplein The MBO Theatre, The Theatre HAVO / VWO and the … Continue reading →

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Queen Beatrix attended the opening of the DeLaMar Theater

  November 28, 2010 at 5:56 pm by

On Sunday evening, Queen Beatrix was present at the opening of the DeLaMar Theatre in Amsterdam. The theater was built at the initiative of the Van den Ende foundation, the cultural fund of Joop and Janine van den Ende. Joop van den Ende and Janine and their children, Iris and Vincent, received the Queen. The DeLaMar theater was founded in 1947 and named after actress and comedian Fien de la … Continue reading →

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Dutch Royal Honor the ‘Soldier of Orange’

  November 1, 2010 at 7:13 am by

Various members of the Dutch royal family attended the premiere of the muscial ‘Soldaat van Oranje’ (soldier of Orange) at a special theatre on the former militairy airport of Valkenburg. The musical is based on the WWII memories of Erik Hazelhoff-Roelfzema (1917-2007), a Dutch RAF pilot and spy. In 1977 Paul Verhoeven already made a movie of the book, and now the plot was adapted for the musical by Edwin … Continue reading →

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Dutch Royals attend CLAUS! Play

  December 9, 2009 at 6:44 am by

Queen Beatrix, Prince Constantijn and Princess Laurentien attended a play in honour of their late husband and father, Prince Claus, on December 6th. The play, entitled CLAUS!, showcased the late Prince’s love of Africa, and his relationship with the Dutch Antilles and Suriname. CLAUS! was produced by the Stichting Julius Lives! foundation, under the initiative of Dutch MP John Leerdam. The play was completely sold-out, which is a wonderful demonstration … Continue reading →

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Dutch Princesses At Theater, Charity Projects and Book Launch

  October 29, 2009 at 7:58 am by

Princesses Máxima and Laurentien of The Netherlands had several public engagements during the last two days. On Tuesday night, princess Máxima visited the new Culturalis Theater in the Schilderswijk in The Hague. The Culturalis is an amateur theater for young people. The princess arrived at the theater on the Hobbema street at 8PM and left two hours later. She opened the theater by hitting on an Indonesian gong. For the … Continue reading →

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Willem-Alexander and Máxima attend Premiere

  April 5, 2009 at 5:44 am by

The Prince of Orange and Princess Máxima attended the premiere of the theatre production ‘MAPENZI Tamu’ (‘Sweet Love’) at the RAI Theatre in Amsterdam last night. The production is an initative of the AMREF Flying Doctors, of which the Prince is patron. The cast is compiled of former Kenyan street children, all of whom come from Nairobi. ‘MAPENZI Tamu’ shows how that even in a country where teenage pregnancy and … Continue reading →

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