Theatre

The Royal Theatre Carre is a Neo-Renaissance theatre in Amsterdam located near the river Amstel. When the theatre was founded in 1887, it was originally meant as a permanent circus building. Currently, it is mainly used for musicals, cabaret performances and pop concerts. I have seen several performances here during the years and the inside is beautiful. Have a look "here"

The current show is a Broadway musical "Pippin".

A view with the river Amstel. 

Linking to "Shadow Shot Sunday"

Reflections

The lamps in the Opera building in Copenhagen are changing colours under the influence of the light coming in from the outside.

They were hanging like big discoballs in the entrance hall annex foyer.

Linking to "Weekend Reflections"

Tuschinski Theater

Pathe Tuschinski is a movie theater in Amsterdam commissioned by Abraham Icek Tuschinski in 1921. The interior and exterior are a spectacular mix of styles, as designed by Hijman Louis de Jong; Amsterdam School, Jugendstil, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The main auditorium  hosts many premieres of Dutch films. It is considered as one of the most beautiful cinemas in the world.

The building contains Asian influences while the lobby was designed in a way to offer theatergoers the feeling that they are stepping into an illusion.

The Tuschinski's main auditorium has served as both a movie theater and a live performance space. In addition to a film screen, it also contains a stage and an organ. I remember as a child visiting the theater,  there were performances of acrobats in the pause before the movie started and someone playing the organ.

Watch for the interior photos here

Theater

If you have a good look you can see a sand storm in the background. This is at a former military airfield in Valkenburg where in a hangar a theater is built. Four months ago we had ordered tickets for a theatershow called "Soldaat van Oranje" (Soldier of Orange), which is great succes for two and a half years already. At the coldest day ever in March with a stormy polar wind, the temperature felt like -10 C, we were blown of our feet when we arrived at the theater.

Outside was an old airplane from the Second World War.

And in the hangar is the theater.

Inside the hangar it looks like a real theater and is was warm thank goodness. The show is a kind of total theater with a mix of music and movie. The audience is placed on a moving platform and you turn from scene, to scene, siiting in your chair. It was really great, I had never seen this before.

You can have a look here for a short impression.

The story is about WWII  from a real story told by Erik Hazelhoff Roelfzema in book and movie about dutch students who worked as Secret Agents during the war. They tried to reach Great Britain over the North Sea with little boats which was very dangerous. In London our Queen Wilhelmina and her government had no information from the Netherlands until  the students reached London.

Still looking up

I walked on with my head up and looked at one of the oldest theaters in Amsterdam  "Carre". The stone building of the "Royal Carre Theatre" was opened in 1887 for the public. It was founded by the Carre family, who were known for their circusacts. That's why the circus horses are seen in the facade. Once a year with Christmas there is still a circus performance. The rest of the year you can see musicals or vocal artists.

The building is situated at a very narrow canal with a great view over the river Amstel I have been in there very often, already when I was a child. The inside is very beautiful with red plush.