ITA Ensemble

The ITA Ensemble is the artistic capital of Internationaal Theater Amsterdam and the starting point for creating new productions. At its core is the top ensemble of actors that makes it possible to keep performances on the repertoire. Besides its own location in Amsterdam, the ensemble plays some 100 stages worldwide every year. With high-profile performances and attracting renowned directors from home and abroad, the way has been paved for a company with international allure. Since 1 September 2023, Eline Arbo has been Artistic Director; from 2001 to 2023, Ivo van Hove was at the helm of the ITA Ensemble (and former Toneelgroep Amsterdam).

Season 23|24

Premieres

Language NP Language no problem Prima Facie ITA Ensemble Theater Prima Facie
Close Prima Facie ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
Prima Facie is a cutting monologue that caused a stir on West End and Broadway, and has been broadcast worldwide in cinemas by National Theatre Live.
Language NP Language no problem Primeval and Other Times ITA Ensemble Theater Primeval and Other Times
Close Primeval and Other Times ITA Ensemble / Hotel Modern / Guy Cassiers
Guy Cassiers, together with Hotel Modern and 11 actors from the ensemble, creates the world of Primeval and Other Times.
Language NP Language no problem Julie ITA Ensemble Theater Julie
Close Julie ITA Ensemble / Rebecca Frecknall
Young British star director Rebecca Frecknall creates a contemporary adaptation of August Strindberg's famous play.
Language NP Language no problem The Laws ITA Ensemble Theater The Laws
Close The Laws ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
In her debut novel The Laws, Connie Palmen tells the story of a woman in search of herself. Seven encounters with seven men over seven years.
Language NP Language no problem Huis van Troje Toneelschuur Producties / Mateusz Staniak / Internationaal Theater Amsterdam Theater Huis van Troje
Close Huis van Troje Toneelschuur Producties / Mateusz Staniak / Internationaal Theater Amsterdam
The Trojan War is a myth, but the fall of Troy is a fact. But where do the stories begin and the facts cease to exist?
Language NP Language no problem All is energy jr. ITA-junior / Wensley Piqué, Khouloud Zaher theater-jongeren All is energy jr.
Close All is energy jr. ITA-junior / Wensley Piqué, Khouloud Zaher
All is energy jr. is an exploration of the fifth most unknown element of nature, ETHER, with and by the next generation of warriors of light.

Revivals

Language NP Language no problem The Hours
ITA Ensemble Theater The Hours
Close The Hours ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
Eline Arbo brings De uren (The Hours), the novel by Michael Cunningham, to the stage.
Language NP Language no problem Blood Wedding ITA Ensemble Theater Blood Wedding
Close Blood Wedding ITA Ensemble / Wim Vandekeybus
Driven by an indestructible love, the bride and her lover run off during the party. A savage manhunt is launched. The outcome is fatal.
Language NP Language no problem My Heavenly Favourite
ITA Ensemble Theater My Heavenly Favourite
Close My Heavenly Favourite ITA Ensemble / Ivo van Hove
Ivo van Hove is the first director to adapt this heartbreaking and at the same time terrifying novel for the stage.
Language NP Language no problem Medea
ITA Ensemble Theater Medea
Close Medea ITA Ensemble / Simon Stone
In Simon Stone’s version, he combines the tragedy of Euripides with the true story of an American woman who killed her children in the nineties.
Language NP Language no problem Judas ITA Ensemble Theater Judas
Close Judas ITA Ensemble / Robert Icke
The name Judas is familiar to many of us. The traitor. The scorned man. A man condemned century after century for his cunning cowardice and who to this day deserves no pardon - or - is that perhaps half a story?
Language NP Language no problem Client E. Busken
ITA Ensemble Theater Client E. Busken
Close Client E. Busken ITA Ensemble / Maria Kraakman
Maria Kraakman made her debut as director with Client E. Busken, a monologue played by Gijs Scholten van Aschat and musician Jip van den Dool. The text is based on the latest novel by Jeroen Brouwers.
Language NP Language no problem Birds of a Kind ITA Ensemble Theater Birds of a Kind
Close Birds of a Kind ITA Ensemble / Alize Zandwijk
When the German-Jewish Eitan and the American-Arab Wahida happen to meet in the library of New York, they fall in love instantly. But is their relationship likely to succeed against the backdrop of the decades-long Israeli-Arab conflict?
Language NP Language no problem The Doctor
ITA Ensemble Theater The Doctor
Close The Doctor ITA Ensemble / Robert Icke
Robert Icke has a warm heart for the classics, which he adapts in his own personal and radical way. Once again, he is making a contemporary adaptation, this time of Professor Bernhardi by Arthur Schnitzler.
Language NP Language no problem penthesilea ITA Ensemble Theater penthesilea
Close penthesilea ITA Ensemble / Eline Arbo
In this searing drama about a fatal love, a blistering passion churns unstoppably to the surface.
Language NP Language no problem Lehman Trilogy ITA Ensemble Theater Lehman Trilogy
Close Lehman Trilogy ITA Ensemble / Guy Cassiers
Slavery and industrialisation, war and new technological developments: no matter what is happening in America and even worldwide, the Lehmans always know how to make good money from it.
Language NP Language no problem the damned
on Tour
ITA Ensemble Theater the damned
Close the damned ITA Ensemble
This theatrical adaptation, based on a film script by Italian film director Luchino Visconti, shows how a family of rich German industrialists is fatally corrupted in its collaboration with the Nazi party that has come to power.

Ensemble

Language NP Language no problem Achraf Koutet Achraf Koutet
Language NP Language no problem Bart Slegers Bart Slegers
Language NP Language no problem Chris Nietvelt Chris Nietvelt
Language NP Language no problem Daniël Kolf Daniël Kolf
Language NP Language no problem Eefje Paddenburg Eefje Paddenburg
Language NP Language no problem Eelco Smits Eelco Smits
Language NP Language no problem Gijs Scholten van Aschat Gijs Scholten van Aschat
Language NP Language no problem Hans Kesting Hans Kesting
Language NP Language no problem Hélène Devos Hélène Devos
Language NP Language no problem Ilke Paddenburg Ilke Paddenburg
Language NP Language no problem Janni Goslinga Janni Goslinga
Language NP Language no problem Jesse Mensah Jesse Mensah
Language NP Language no problem Maarten Heijmans Maarten Heijmans
Language NP Language no problem Majd Mardo Majd Mardo
Language NP Language no problem Maria Kraakman Maria Kraakman
Language NP Language no problem Marieke Heebink Marieke Heebink
Language NP Language no problem Minne Koole Minne Koole
Language NP Language no problem ‘Ntianu Stuger ‘Ntianu Stuger
Language NP Language no problem Steven Van Watermeulen Steven Van Watermeulen

Directors

Language NP Language no problem Ivo van Hove Ivo van Hove
Language NP Language no problem Eline Arbo Eline Arbo
Language NP Language no problem Guy Cassiers Guy Cassiers
Language NP Language no problem Rebecca Frecknall Rebecca Frecknall
Language NP Language no problem Robert Icke Robert Icke
Language NP Language no problem Alize Zandwijk Alize Zandwijk
Language NP Language no problem Wim Vandekeybus Wim Vandekeybus
Language NP Language no problem Maria Kraakman Maria Kraakman
Language NP Language no problem Simon Stone Simon Stone
Language NP Language no problem Mateusz Staniak Mateusz Staniak

History of the ensemble

At the ensemble, tradition and innovation go hand in hand. They are the pillars of a company that is constantly in motion and presents itself explicitly at the heart of Amsterdam at Leidseplein.

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