Looking back: the programme of Leeuwarden-Fryslân 2018

2018 was a year with many highlights. In fact, the highlights can’t even be counted on one hand. Not even on two, or four! The Giants of Royal de Luxe, Mata Hari, De Stormruiter or Holstmeer – just a small selection of the impressive programme. Here you can browse through the entire programme and experience it all again.

Opening weekend

In the weekend of 26 January 2018 we officially opened the Cultural Capital Year. Click here to view it.

Holstmeer

In this confrontational, compelling triptych, the girls of crisis centre Fier! and inmates of the Leeuwarden prison took you on a journey into the shocking world of loverboys. Three worlds, one story; from the point of view of perpetrators and victims. View the interview here.

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Lost in the greenhouse

A musical theatre performance between the peppers and cucumbers. How does that sound? Lost in the Greenhouse is a tragic love story that took place between those vegetables. Polish culture meets Frisian culture in a horticultural greenhouse in the countryside.

Fortunately we still have the images

8th Day

8th day was about life. About the impact people have on each other and the world. Just as life is unpredictable, so was the chain reaction. On 12 July 2018, 8th day caused a 5-hour chain reaction of people, things, machines, buildings and performances across the city centre.

experience 8th day again

At the water gate

Sneek: the most musical city in Europe. Really, not only during the legendary Sneek Week. As many as six thousand young musicians gave a mere one thousand concerts on about thirty different stages.

de stormruiter

The international theatre spectacle of the year, starring a hundred shiny Frisian horses. It happened in De Stormruiter (‘the storm rider’), a spectacular performance about the eternal battle against the water.

The Giants of Royal de Luxe

Perhaps the most discussed event of 2018. The world-famous production of Royal de Luxe had its Dutch premiere in the Cultural Capital of Europe. Throughout the city centre of Leeuwarden, the metres-tall giants provided three days of unforgettable entertainment with their performance Big Skate in the Ice.

Let’s enjoy it again?