Suriname-trilogie: De Gliphoeve Orkater / Bijlmer Parktheater
They are coming back! Woiski vs. Woiski, De Gliphoeve, and Stepping Stones — the three celebrated productions with which Orkater and Bijlmer Parktheater tell the history of Surinamese people in the Netherlands.
It is 1975. Independence is declared in Suriname. “Wie gaat weg en wie blijft hier” is a big hit on the radio. Etta decides to go to the Netherlands with her daughter Millie and son Glenn; father Stanley stays in Suriname for the time being.
Full of expectation, energy and humour, Etta tries to find a place for her children in their new homeland. They do not receive a warm welcome: there is no work and there is no housing.
Out of necessity, they move into De Gliphoeve together with Surinamese activists: the first squatted apartment building in the Bijlmermeer. Families live below, above and on top of each other, sometimes in bitter poverty. They also find warmth there: in food and drink, in music and in the shared, determined will to succeed. But the small family is put to the test.
De Gliphoeve is, after Woiski vs. Woiski, the second part of the Surinamese-Dutch trilogy by Orkater and the Bijlmerparktheater about the arrival of Surinamese people in the Netherlands. A performance full of vitality and music as a foothold to survive and break through the concrete.
All dates
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December 2026
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| Datum | Tijd | Locatie | Ticketlink | CalendarLink |
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| Tue 8 Dec | 20:00 | TR25 Schouwburg | Buy tickets | |
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