A brand-new theater company is bringing a highly topical theme to the stage right off the bat: inappropriate behavior. Get ready to be challenged—but also to be thoroughly entertained.
During the Zaans Cultuur Feest, we celebrate the cultural richness of Zaanstad and bring together residents from diverse backgrounds for a day filled with creativity, socializing, and fun.
What do you do when your native language is belittled? When your native language isn’t even considered a language. When writing poetry in that language can’t produce a single decent poem, let alone a story.
Clown Docus presents the cheerful family show: “Oops… Where’s the Magic?” During this funny and magical show, everything goes wrong… or does it?
On Saturday, July 4, 2026, we will be hosting the event “We Celebrate Freedom” at the Zaans Cultuurhuis. From 2:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., we’ll have a varied program centered on community, culture, music, and freedom. Everyone is welcome, and admission is free.
The Choreo-Atelier presents: Beneath the Mask
In The Best Of..., Alexander Broussard closes out the season with highlights from all the Songbook Sessions.
Young talent has spent a year working on their own theater production at our creative space. It’s amazingly good every single year!
Studio Tippy Toes’ end-of-year performance at the Zaans Cultuurhuis brings young dancers together in a show brimming with creativity, wonder, and movement.
On June 13, during the Black Wall Street Festival, there will be a variety of performances throughout the day at the Zaanse Cultuurhuis. The festival, organized by the Black Wall Street Foundation, offers a diverse program featuring dance, theater, music, education, and community activities.
Enjoy language and learn at the same time!
Come and enjoy stories, creativity, and theater together. The Story Theater is especially for children aged 3 to 7 and their parents or caregivers.
PERFORMING ARTS | NOVA COLLEGE THEATER
Graduation Performances
Before our third-year students graduate, they delve into the theme of Escapism.
PERFORMING ARTS | NOVA COLLEGE THEATER
Graduation Performances
Before our third-year students graduate, they delve into the theme of Escapism.
On May 22 and 26, the Zaanlands Lyceum will perform one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1592).
On May 22 and 26, the Zaanlands Lyceum will perform one of Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies: A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1592).
Alexander Broussard sings an ode to French chanson, from Piaf and Brel to Aznavour and Clerc, in Les Chansons Françaises.
Come and enjoy a fun and creative children's morning in our theater with your (grand)child this spring break! This morning is all about play, imagination, and discovery.
In Echoes from the Eighties, Alexander Broussard revives the unforgettable sounds of the 1980s.
Enjoy language and learn at the same time!
Come and enjoy stories, creativity, and theater together. The Story Theater is especially for children aged 3 to 7 and their parents or caregivers.
A poignant theater performance, based on a true story, about mental disorder and recovery. We follow Rosa, an enthusiastic nurse who is used to caring for others—until she herself loses control.
The Rhetorica theater group has been performing special shows in the Zaan region for 125 years. In this anniversary year, they would like to celebrate with everyone who is dear to them.
Alexander Broussard sings in In Dutch the most beautiful listening songs by such greats as Shaffy, Vermeulen and Van Roozendaal.
Verslavend Vermaak (Addictive Entertainment) is a montage performance by students in grades 10 and 11 at Het Saenredam College. They are taking their theater exam with this performance.
Verslavend Vermaak (Addictive Entertainment) is a montage performance by students in grades 10 and 11 at Het Saenredam College. They are taking their theater exam with this performance.
An exciting, funny, and moving performance full of movement, music, and animation. In a fairytale-like scene with animated paintings and appropriate music, the children are drawn into the world of Anastasiia and her little dog Djonnik.
Come and enjoy a fun and creative children's morning in our theater with your (grand)child this spring break! This morning is all about play, imagination, and discovery.
A compilation of short performances from HET SPEELT from 2025 and 2026
Echoes from the Seventies lets Alexander Broussard relive iconic songs and stories from the tumultuous 1970s.
Theater group BLOEI originated from the weekly women's morning at the Zaans Cultuurhuis. They came up with the idea of putting on a show together, and now that is actually going to happen.
Enjoy language and learn at the same time!
Come and enjoy stories, creativity, and theater together. The Story Theater is especially for children aged 3 to 7 and their parents or caregivers.
Dear diary,
The life of a teenage girl remains a mystery to me, one that will only be revealed over time. But right now, that's of no use to me at all!
Students from NOVA College Performing Arts perform adaptations of the classic plays Machinal and Rhinoceros.
Students from NOVA College Performing Arts perform adaptations of the classic plays Machinal and Rhinoceros.
