Shira Keller of NRC interviewed Brecht and theatre makers Mattias Van de Vijver and Marina Orlova about psychological vulnerability in theatre. The original article can be found here . Mental vulnerability as inspiration for theatre: 'I want to show that we can help each other' Psychological vulnerability is a recurring theme among theatre makers. What motivates them to make performances about it? “I woke up and thought: huh, how strange, I don’t feel anything.” Author: Shira

Boekman Magazine #144 is themed "Culture as a Problem Solver?" I was asked to write a feature about my work as a community theater maker and the Samen in Zorg project. You can find the full magazine here .

Albert Matil and Brecht Hermans were guests at the Boekmanstichting for the podcast "Agendapunt" (Agenda Point). They spoke with program maker Dymphie Braun about Samen in Zorg (Together in Care), community theater, collaboration between art and healthcare, and policy. Listen to the episode below or visit the Boekmanstichting website.

Theater Rotterdam made an item on Samen in Zorg #1 for Open Table: Do you care?, a conversation evening on the state of health care in the Netherlands.

In November 2024 I was a guest at the Dokhuis to give a workshop on theatre and encounter. After the workshop I sat down with Rob van der Poel from Dokhuis and Stichting Nivoz to reflect with participants Stefan and Anke on what we had actually experienced that evening. Very interesting combination of doing first and thinking later! What helps us to enter into dialogue with each other? What significance does the strange and the unknown play in this? Early November there was a

After Samen in Zorg #1 we received many nice reactions and a review from Willem Bruring in De Wereld van Willem . Review in The World of Willem In line with that, a day later we saw the performance “ Samen in Zorg 1 ” by the Flemish theatre maker Brecht Hermans. The first episode of a triptych under the flag of Lab-Z, the development space for new talents of Theater Zuidplein. In principle the same theme: personal experiences around a theme that requires attention and that is