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This week Souwie BUIS talks to Syrian refugee dancer AHMAD JOUDEH who is establishing a growing reputation around Europe and in The Netherlands where he now lives. And Michael HASTED talks (at 13.00 mins) to BRAM STOEKEN, organiser of the DELFT JAZZ FESTIVAL.

Michael Hasted talks to the Michel Havenith of the EBONY ENSEMBLE after their concert in Zoetermeer of Facade by Edith Sitwell and William Walton and talks to two of the organisers on the bi-annual KUNSTKAMER in Delft

Michael Hasted talks to BRAM STOEKEN and drummer ROB KRAMER at MIDSUMMER JAZZ in Delft and (at 8.20) Souwie Buis talks to SIMON MURPHY, conductor of the NEW DUTCH ACADEMY. There is also a track from the EZNORQUELS KLEZMER BAND

Interview with Pete Bernhard of THE DEVIL MAKES THREE at the Tivoli in Utrecht plus an interview and feature on the Tabakshistorisch Museum (Tobacco Museum) in Delft

Interviews and reviews from the 2019 DELFT FRINGE FESTIVAL

Interviews with Rotterdam based Portuguese fado singer/songwriter MAGDA MENDES who is currently performing her new album OLIVEIRAS on tour and with actors LOVEDAY SMITH and MARK WINSTANLEY of Amsterdam's Queen's English Theatre Company about their show, John Godber's SCARY BIKERS

MICHAEL HASTED meets SJAREL EX, Director of the Boijmans van Beuningen Museum in Rotterdam which is closing for major renovation at the end of May 2019. They talk about the work involved and about the new Depot building next door which opens next year and will house the museum's entire collection.

ArtsTalk Magazine editor MICHAEL HASTED talks to Dutch baritone THOMAS OLIEMANS, organiser and star of this year's DELFT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL and (at 21.40) he talks to MAURICE NIO of Nio Architects and gallery owner FRANK TAAL in Rotterdam.

ArtsTalk Magazine Michael HASTED editor talks to world-wide best selling author NICCI FRENCH

A short film made at the famous puppet theatre in the heart of Brussels.

This is a trailer for a production of John Mortimer’s play THE DOCK BRIEF which was produced and directed by Michael Hasted at the Everyman Theatre in Cheltenham in the UK in October 2014. It starred Tweedy the Clown and Mark Hyde.

Michael Hasted talks to the well known English actor Kenneth Cranham about his award winning performance in Florian Zeller’s award winning play THE FATHER