Programme A/Z

Demonic Disco from the concrete outskirts of Rotterdam

Fellatio

A solo performance filled with humor about what to do with the time you have left when death is waving at you from across the street.

Fer Rodil / Mezrab | House of Creation

Fer is on a deadline

Exhibition

See Terschelling and 45 years of Oerol through different eyes! This year Oerol presents a diverse program in the new Tonnenloods.

Film- en multimedia

Oerol x Tonnenloods

Tonnenloods

FLOSS blends riot grrrl energy with club beats to forge her own subgenre: Angry Feminist Techno Pop.

FLOSS

Frank Arnold is not a person, but a band who make a quirky blend of New Wave and indie pop with Dutch lyrics, and above all irresistibly danceable.

Frank Arnold

An honest story by theatre-maker and writer Freek Vielen about how the beginning and the end of life are inextricably linked.

Freek Vielen

Zo gaat het verder

Dance

SILENCE brings together contemporary dance and handpan music in an intuitive dialogue between sound and movement, making the various meanings of silence tangible.

Froukje Zijlstra & Rishiraj Kulkarni

SILENCE

Dutch première

Première Amsterdam Fringe Festival

An intimate performance about the shame that lingers long after the ugly duckling has left the pond.

Geoffrey van der Ven / FRINGE

Anders ik wel

You can take the bus anywhere: on the street, the terrace, the beach, a boat, and even in the toilet. It takes a little waiting, but it’s worth the while.

Gerard Olthaar

BUS STOP

The performance 1+1 GRATIS is an elusive mix of poetry, dance, music, aerobics, mindfulness, crude jokes, high-pitched wailing, Fingerspitzengefühl, sit-down comedy, and sharp-witted bluntness.

Gerard Olthaar & Theo Wesselo

1+1 Gratis

GiGi Girls are a Cologne-based trio with Italian roots, reviving the glittering world of Italo-Disco with an influence of Dream Pop and New Romanticism.

GiGi Girls

Grote Geelstaart walks the tightrope like an acrobat who could lose their balance at a moment’s notice.

Grote Geelstaart

A psychedelic storm is raging across the Netherlands, and its name is Heath.

Heath

DJ Hellie’s sets move freely between genres and eras, reflecting her feminist perspective, which runs through everything she does.

Hellie

An over-the-top romantic comedy in the tradition of silent film.

Hendrick-Jan de Stuntman ontmoet Merel Kamp

Springtime

Nobody knows anymore what is real and what is fiction in this psychedelic narrative trip. So, we are all the foolish hero with good intentions, Don Quixote. Or not?

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

Not Quichot

Swap your theatre seat for a backstage crash course in the world behind the scenes.

Het Zuidelijk Toneel

Vriendenactie | Nothing but the Truth

A theatrical dance duet for those who struggle to find the right words and, in this fast-paced world, go unheard.

Ilja Geelen

WHY AREN’T YOU SAYING ANYTHING?

Vriendenactie | Ochtendmeditatie op de Streken

What if, in the noise, silence becomes audible? Experience the magic of the sunrise in all its glory.

Ilma Trip

Vriendenactie | Ochtendmeditatie op de Streken

Feel the music in the evening breeze and dance with the sea.

Ilma Trip en Ingrid van Dieren

Vriendenactie | Dansen aan Zee

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Professionals

Discover the plans of eleven international artists for new site-specific works and stick around for the communal professionals' lunch.

IN SITU

IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artist Pitches

IN SITU

Professionals

Discover the new artistic proposals of European talent during these intimate work-in-progress presentations as part of the IN SITU Immersive Lab.

IN SITU

IN SITU Immersive Lab: Artistic Gestures

IN SITU

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Visual art

Rhythm of the Tide is a film about the relationship between man and landscape, and about the passage of time.

Isabelle la Poutré

Ritme van het tij

Visual art

Ecoshroom is an interactive installation that brings plants, fungi, artificial intelligence, and humans together in an autonomous living system, exploring how they can collaborate in symbiosis.

Ivan Henriques

Ecoshroom - S.O.I.L.

Dance

Together with the audience, dancers traverse the emptiness of the open field. Driven by the rhythm of a ritual, a collective destination approaches, but we are Not Yet there.

Ivgi&Greben

Not Yet

It’s time to move onto the stage and leave your seat in the stands behind.

Ivgi&Greben

Vriendenactie | Not Yet

Visual art

A bird restaurant on a sandbank in the Wadden Sea lives to the rhythm of the tide. All visitors eat and are eaten, until a single footstep throws everything off balance.

Jikke Lesterhuis

Wad is, is nu

Tonnenloods

Dance

A film portrait of the world-renowned choreographer Jiří Kylián and his muse, Sabine Kupferberg.

Jiří Kylián / Olga Spatova

Return to a Strange Land

Pre-premiere

Johannes Is Zijn Naam creates Dutch-language dream pop, with Johannes as a fragile crooner, singing and dancing amidst rhythm boxes and synths.

Johannes Is Zijn Naam

Alleen een wonder is an ode to the unexpected twist. Can a story save someone?

Johannes Lievens

Alleen een wonder

A phenomenal blend of dance and partner acrobatics that captivates audiences of all ages around the world.

Joli Vyann

Drop Me If You Dare

Première Meeuw Jonge Theatermakers

Eight young writers capture Terschelling in words and take you to places you thought you knew, but have never experienced like this before.

Jonge Schrijvers

De Groeten

A spirited defence of the arts, at a time when it is desperately needed.

Joost Oomen

Tot wie wij zijn

Julia Sabaté presents her debut album Egoísta in a powerful live show, where Mediterranean influences and Latin American rhythms converge.

Julia Sabaté

Kaat Van Stralen refuses to be pigeonholed. What began as an original solo project has grown into a genre-defying punk band with a Flemish mega-hit.

Kaat van Stralen

KAGAMI is a cosmic funk duo from the Netherlands that combines Japanese city pop with dance beats in a refreshing live show with a nostalgic touch.

KAGAMI

Performance

Something extraordinary and uncanny comes to life through the power of song, breath, and human effort in this contemporary requiem.

Kaleider

Requiem

Dutch première

Performance

A puppet performance about a class struggle between a sparrow and a rat, as seen in historical pest control campaigns, reveals how humans and pests are intertwined.

Kexin Hao

Revolution is a Dinner Party

KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER: House, disco and just dancing, toodles!

KLUP SOUNDSYSTEM & PETE BLAKER

Every life is a ballad waiting to be sung! Straight from Rotterdam by way of the sea, the Duintroubadours present stories of today, your stories, captured in song.

Knaap & de Vos

Duintroubadours

Share your island stories with Knaap and de Vos; together, we’ll forge your input into the ultimate, one-of-a-kind levenslied for the Friends of Oerol 2026.

Knaap & de Vos

Vriendenactie | Knaap & de Vos

The seminar by internationally renowned sheep expert Koen Frijns. Based on his one-off experience on a wild, uninhabited Norwegian island.

Koen Frijns

Schapenhoeden op een onbewoond eiland

Dutch première

KRA solves all the world's problems, starting with pollution. How? By creating an action movie about climate heroes—on the spot and together with you! Who inspires real change?

KRA

Mission Arnold Schwarzenegger

Dutch première IN SITU

Krismika is a DJ, programmer, and researcher rooted in the Rotterdam underground scene. As a DJ, her sound is broad yet clearly anchored in the 1980s.

Krismika

Poetry boring? Absolutely not! Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen drench it in a bucket of punk-jazz, absurdism, and a liter of childlike overconfidence.

Kruidkoek & Joost Oomen

Explore the North