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Lin An Phoa

De diepte in met Lin An Phoa

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Genre Talks
Access with wristband
Duration 45 minutes
Location de Deining: de Huiskamer
Type Open air
Accessible for Walking difficulties, Blind/ visually impaired, Wheelchair user
Age 10+
Language Dutch
De diepte in met Lin An Phoa

Each afternoon, Lin An Phoa hosts an open-hearted conversation with makers, thinkers and performers from the Oerol programme. In this intimate talk show, we explore big questions — from climate change and representation to the power of imagination. Expect sharp insights, vulnerable stories and unexpected turns — all from the living-room heart of the festival hub, de Deining.

What happens when you take the time to truly listen? In De diepte in met Lin An Phoa, poet, linguist and Oerol host Lin An Phoa invites a different performer, thinker or maker each day for a deeper conversation. This talk show isn’t a quick-fire Q&A, but a thoughtful encounter — a space for nuance, curiosity and unexpected connections.

Lin An Phoa works at the intersection of language, society and culture. With a background in poetry and linguistics, she explores how we make meaning — and how those meanings shift in times of crisis and change. At Oerol, she speaks with artists and thinkers from this year’s festival programme about urgent questions: climate change, representation, colonial legacies, the role of humour in activism, and the power of art to open up new worlds.

Come and listen, reflect and wonder. Because sometimes the biggest shifts begin with the smallest words.

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Saturday 14 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: The Battle for Imagination. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa invites writer and virtual reality director Lisa Weeda on stage to talk about the performance and novel Dans Dans Revolutie (shown at Oerol). How do you translate an urgent and broad theme like war into theater? And what is the strength of imagination through all of this?
Sunday 15 June 13:30
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: Burning Questions for Mother Earth. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa invites poet Yentl van Stokkum on stage to talk about about her poetry collection Winterbloeiers, and director Sanne Bijker and actress Sophie van Winden to talk about the theater performance Coda. Why do they want to make poetry/theatre about climate change? And what feeling do they want their audience to be left with?
Monday 16 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: The Price of Being. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa will talk to writer and theatre maker Martin Rombouts and theatre maker Greg Nottrot about their performance Belofte Maakt Schuld. What role does money play in this performance? And how do they translate (talking about) money matters to theatre?
Tuesday 17 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: Tracing Roots in Suriname. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa invites theater maker Mathieu Wijdeven on stage to talk about his project M8: Helstone, and writer, musician and theater maker XILLAN to talk about his upcoming debut novel and theater performance. Who gets to tell which stories about (the history of) Suriname? And how do they translate their own family history into art?
Wednesday 18 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: Voices of Resistance. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa invites spoken word artist Mahat Arab on stage to talk about his poetry, and theater maker Joeri Vos to talk about the performance De Clown by De Veenfabriek. Is art a place for forms of resistance? And what role can humor play in this?
Thursday 19 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: Here and queer! During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa talks to Eva van Netten about her collective Queens of the Rodeo and to Suzan Boogaerdt and Jef van Gestel about the performance HOLOBIONT. What is the importance of positive representation of the LGBTQI+ community? And how can we celebrate this on stage?
Friday 20 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: What Remains. During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa will talk to writer Jantine Jongebloed, writer and theater maker Bart van de Woestijne and funeral director Florine Schaap. How can we talk about mourning and saying goodbye through art? And what role can new rituals play in this?
Saturday 21 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub
De Diepte in met Lin An Phoa: What’s the word…? During this in-depth talk show, our host Lin An Phoa talks to writer and visual artist Sanne van Balen about her project Spreken tegen de wind, and dancer Shanice Mitchell about the performance Exit Comfortzone! How can you use different forms of language as an art form? And what is the importance in language for their work?
Sunday 22 June 13:15
de Deining: de Huiskamer Festivalhub