Theater Adhoc, Oudezijds Voorburgwal 304, Amsterdam (2026)

13/11/2025

Only 𝟮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀 until OTEMBA begins its journey across the Netherlands.
A Japanese woman ready to step out of her centuries-old portrait, an Indonesian conservator preparing to meet her gaze, and a musical landscape where Noh, opera, and Indonesian rhythm breathe together.

Each city will give this encounter a different resonance.
Experience new silence, a new breath, a new truth 𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. 🌸

𝗨𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 — 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 👉 https://www.tivolivredenburg.nl/agenda/15454428/otemba-daring-women-15-11-2025
𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗮 — 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 👉 https://www.chasse.nl/nl/programma/otemba-daring-women-qz8w
𝗥𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗮𝗺 — 𝟮𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 👉 https://www.dedoelen.nl/nl/agenda/otemba-daring-women-59c6
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗲 — 𝟮𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 👉 https://www.amare.nl/nl/agenda/otemba-daring-women-7ls3

30/10/2025

Night falls in the Rijksmuseum.
As a 17th-century portrait is being restored, the woman in the painting steps out of her frame into the present.

Cornelia van Nijenrode meets Kirana Diah, the Indonesian restorer bringing her image to life.

What follows is a conversation across centuries: between the coloniser and the colonised, between art and reality, between two women who dare to reclaim their stories.

𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗠𝗕𝗔 – 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 is an international music theatre performance about identity, autonomy and the female gaze.

A magical crossing of time, space, and perspective.

🎟️ Get your tickets now via https://www.theateradhoc.nl

23/10/2025

𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 🌺
In 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻, soprano 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶 embodies Kirana Diah, a young art historian from present-day Jakarta who has left her country to work as a restorer at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. For Kirana, the scars on a canvas are not flaws but witnesses of a painful colonial past. Her work becomes a dialogue between past and present, history and identity.

🎭 Known for her expressive voice, powerful stage presence, and fearless curiosity, Bernadeta transforms every role into an experience. From grand opera houses to experimental theatre and intimate recitals, she tells stories that matter, stories that touch and challenge audiences.

As 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗵, she steps into a nocturnal encounter with Cornelia van Nijenrode: a conversation across centuries about untamed spirit, decolonization, and self-determination.

👉 Discover more about Otemba Daring Women and the upcoming tour via https://www.theateradhoc.nl

📸 Photo: DigiDaan

16/10/2025

They stepped out of a painting.
They questioned history.
They dared to speak.

👂Are you ready to listen?
The November tour begins soon!

Info & tickets via: https://www.theateradhoc.nl

🌸Don’t miss it and experience the female gaze like never before.

09/10/2025

When a woman from the 17th century meets a woman of today…
history looks back.

Otemba– Daring Women explores how art, memory, and technology collide in a dialogue across centuries.🌸

A story of identity, resistance, and reclaiming the gaze.

With Bernadeta Astari (soprano) & choreography by Roshanak Morrowatian.

02/10/2025

𝗥𝘆𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗔𝗼𝗸𝗶 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗷𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲
In Otemba Daring Women, Cornelia van Nijenrode — a Japanese-Dutch woman from the 17th century, steps out of her frame and into the present day — comes to life on stage through the artistry of 𝗥𝘆𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗔𝗼𝗸𝗶.

Ryoko holds a unique position in the world of 𝗡𝗼𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 as a pioneering female performer. She has inspired nearly sixty new works that merge traditional utai recitation with contemporary music, and has performed with leading orchestras and ensembles across the globe.
With her distinctive voice and presence, Ryoko brings Cornelia’s story of courage, resilience, and defiance vividly to the stage.🌸

👉 Discover more about Otemba – Daring Women and the upcoming tour via https://www.theateradhoc.nl

📸Photo: DigiDaan

25/09/2025

Bernadetta Astari, Ryoko Aoki, and Michael Wilmering are returning back on stage this fall with 𝗢𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗮 – 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻! After its powerful and heartfelt world premiere at the Holland Festival, the production returns, following an audience response full of warmth and enthusiasm.

Now we’re thrilled to share that Otemba will continue its journey this fall on tour across the Netherlands:
📍 Utrecht – TivoliVredenburg | 𝟭𝟱 𝗡𝗼𝘃
📍 Breda – Chassé Theater | 𝟭𝟴 𝗡𝗼𝘃
📍 Rotterdam – De Doelen | 𝟮𝟮 𝗡𝗼𝘃
📍 The Hague – Amare | 𝟮𝟯 𝗡𝗼𝘃

Otemba is an international music theatre production exploring colonial histories, the female gaze, and autonomy blending past and present in a way that feels both urgent and timeless.

👉 More info & tickets: https://www.theateradhoc.nl

20/06/2025

🌸 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴! 🌸
Last night was the world premiere of OTEMBA – and what a night it was. The energy, the emotion, the power of live performance… we’re still feeling it.

This remarkable production by Theater Adhoc, in co-production with Holland Festival and New European Ensemble, has been six years in the making. What started as a spark of an idea grew into a multidisciplinary performance that dares to question, reimagine, and retell our shared history.

In OTEMBA, characters from different times and worlds come together on stage – clashing, connecting, and ultimately opening space for new perspectives. It's fierce. It's poetic. And it’s unlike anything you’ve seen before.

✨𝗠𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲!
Catch OTEMBA tonight or tomorrow at Holland Festival, or join us again in November for the reprise.
🎟 https://www.hollandfestival.nl/nl/otemba

Photo's: Photo's: DigiDaan/Daan van Eijndhoven.

05/06/2025

She steps out of the painting. Not to be admired — but to speak. To confront. To reclaim.

OTEMBA - Daring Women is a fearless music theatre performance that flips the colonial gaze, puts female autonomy center stage, and dares to ask: what stories have been silenced?

A tale of women, memory, and resistance —
told through music that dares.
Opera, but unruly.
History, but retold.

✨ Composed by Misato Mochizuki
🖋 Libretto by Janine Brogt
🎭 Directed by Jan van den Berg
🎻 Performed by New European Ensemble

With Ryoko Aoki, Bernadeta Astari, Michael Wilmering and more

📅 June 19–21, 2025
📍 Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam
🎟 https://hollandfestival.nl/nl/otemba

29/05/2025

They called her otemba.
Too wild. Too smart. Too free.
They tried to silence her. But she turned their words into fuel.

In OTEMBA – Daring Women, it’s the women who lead, speak up, question, create, and rewrite the story. Together, they break the silence around colonial history.

They dare to be loud. They dare to be wild. They dare to be OTEMBA.

🎭 OTEMBA – Daring Women
June 19–21 at Holland Festival

21/05/2025

She moves. Out of the frame.
From a 17th-century colonial portrait straight into our world.
What does she want? What does she remember?
What does she demand to be seen?

They refuse to let their histories be restored into silence.
👘 Cornelia van Nijenrode, half-Japanese, half-Dutch, claims her place in history.
🖌️ Kirana Diah, Indonesian restorer, lets the scars speak.

In OTEMBA, they meet — across time and space.
🎭 Music theatre with courage, beauty, and sharp questions.

👉︎https://www.hollandfestival.nl/nl/otemba

14/05/2025

𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗵𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗮 𝟭𝟳𝘁𝗵-𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟮𝟭𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆?

In OTEMBA – Daring Women, history is not just restored — it comes alive.
A bold and magical encounter unfolds between 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝘃𝗮𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗷𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗼𝗱𝗲, a mixed-race woman from colonial Batavia, and 𝗞𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗮𝗵, a young Indonesian art restorer working at the Rijksmuseum. Together — and joined by a data-driven AI with a voice of its own — they question colonial legacies, reclaim their stories, and explore what it means to be untamed.

🌸 𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐁𝐀 (from Dutch “ontembaar”) is Japanese slang for rebellious girls who won’t be tamed — and this concert lives up to its name.

With mesmerizing music by Japanese composer 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘇𝘂𝗸𝗶, stunning visuals, and a stellar international cast including 𝗥𝘆𝗼𝗸𝗼 𝗔𝗼𝗸𝗶 and 𝗕𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮 𝗔𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗶, OTEMBA invites you into a world where time folds, voices rise, and the past is reimagined.

🗓️ 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭𝟵 - 𝟮𝟭 | Holland Festival, Amsterdam (world premiere)
November tour across the Netherlands

🎟️ Tickets via https://www.theateradhoc.nl

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