A Small Light
I’m thrilled to bits to share that I have been cast as co-star in an episode of a new mini-series produced by National Geographic TV that will be airing on Disney+ in May. In the series, I play the role of Kuiper, a young Dutch nazi who raids Anne Frank’s house during World War II.
Shooting the entire season took place over several weeks in Amsterdam as well as multiple months in Prague and I was lucky to get to go back and forth for a few weeks worth of shooting in both Prague and Amsterdam. Despite the heaviness of the research that went into being able to portray a fascist character, I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. It was an honor to work alongside incredibly talented actors and creatives who I’ve long admired from afar and I’m looking forward to actually seeing the end-results of the show. It definitely feels like a story that’s important to tell right now: Miep Gies, the central character of the show (played by Bel Powley), famously said that she doesn’t like being called a hero because “no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. Even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can turn on a small light in a dark room.”
Speaking of the efficacy of small lights in dark rooms – I experienced aplenty of atmospheric candle lit rooms in the castle of Czocha at the 2022 edition of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. Last time I joined as a volunteer so it felt particularly rewarding to be able to participate and immerse myself fully in the curriculum as a student this time round: from AI shamanism to authentic temazcal sessions and from gaining new insights on using art as medicine to co-hosting an immersive theatre workshop myself. A spectacular week was had and I’ve felt inspired ever since – and I’m happy to have received a diploma that holds the questionably honorable title of ‘experience designer extraordinaire’.
Finally, the weekend before departing to Poland for the College I was invited as a so called ‘expert’ on immersive theatre by the organisation of NFF (the main Dutch Film Festival) for their NFF Professionals Program. Flattering, but I prefer the term ‘eternal student’. Nonetheless, it was great to see how the small light of immersive theatre is starting to light up an increasing amount of space in the Netherlands, as well. 🙂
A Small Light
I’m thrilled to bits to share that I have been cast as co-star in an episode of a new mini-series produced by National Geographic TV that will be airing on Disney+ in May. In the series, I play the role of Kuiper, a young Dutch nazi who raids Anne Frank’s house during World War II.
Shooting the entire season took place over several weeks in Amsterdam as well as multiple months in Prague and I was lucky to get to go back and forth for a few weeks worth of shooting in both Prague and Amsterdam. Despite the heaviness of the research that went into being able to portray a fascist character, I have to say I enjoyed it immensely. It was an honor to work alongside incredibly talented actors and creatives who I’ve long admired from afar and I’m looking forward to actually seeing the end-results of the show. It definitely feels like a story that’s important to tell right now: Miep Gies, the central character of the show (played by Bel Powley), famously said that she doesn’t like being called a hero because “no one should ever think you have to be special to help others. Even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can turn on a small light in a dark room.”
Speaking of the efficacy of small lights in dark rooms – I experienced aplenty of atmospheric candle lit rooms in the castle of Czocha at the 2022 edition of The College of Extraordinary Experiences. Last time I joined as a volunteer so it felt particularly rewarding to be able to participate and immerse myself fully in the curriculum as a student this time round: from AI shamanism to authentic temazcal sessions and from gaining new insights on using art as medicine to co-hosting an immersive theatre workshop myself. A spectacular week was had and I’ve felt inspired ever since – and I’m happy to have received a diploma that holds the questionably honorable title of ‘experience designer extraordinaire’.
Finally, the weekend before departing to Poland for the College I was invited as a so called ‘expert’ on immersive theatre by the organisation of NFF (the main Dutch Film Festival) for their NFF Professionals Program. Flattering, but I prefer the term ‘eternal student’. Nonetheless, it was great to see how the small light of immersive theatre is starting to light up an increasing amount of space in the Netherlands, as well. 🙂