team
Staff
Sanne Arbouw
she/her
Directie - samenwerkingen, boekingen, kennisdeling
"Everyone should have the opportunity to participate in theatre and develop in it. So that the theatre world becomes more inclusive and a more diverse representation is visible and audible on stage."
sanne@speelscollectief.nl
0622012477
Merel van Lieshout
she/her, they/them
Directie - personeelszaken, onderzoek
"Fixed frameworks and so-called certainties bring about exclusion. I love that in theatre we are allowed to admit that we know nothing for sure. Only then does room for wonder arise."
merel@speelscollectief.nl
06 19 59 29 09
Kir Robben
they/them
Directie - financiën, organisatie
"I love creating precious moments on the floor and developing those gems into scenes or a performance. It's great to see the students and players grow that way."
kir@speelscollectief.nl
06 44613071
Sylvia Theunissen
she/her
Sociaal Werker Community Arnhem
"At Speels Collectief, space is given to people to develop their own identical self and work inclusively."
socialwork@speelscollectief.nl
0621940137
Ella de Coninck
she/her
Dance teacher Community Tilburg
"What I love about working with Speels Collectief is that you stop thinking in pigeonholes and have the opportunity to see each performer working individually in their own strengths."
Pepijn Giesbers
he/him
Sociaal Werker Community Tilburg
“Love and connection are the concepts from which I live. Speels Collectief therefore fits in seamlessly to further develop this way as ‘Homo Ludens’, give it a stage and share with it.”
communitytilburg@speelscollectief.nl
Hannah van den Elzen
she/her
Marketing Manager
"Speels Collectief laat zien hoe je op een andere manier naar de wereld en bestaande systemen kunt kijken - op een artistieke wijze, met oog voor iedereen en voor ieders verhaal en perspectief."
marketing@speelscollectief.nl
Mariska van Schijndel
she/her
Communications officer
"I love that I get to work for Speels Collectief, one of the few that really understands what inclusivity and representation mean."
communicatie@speelscollectief.nl
Jip Asveld
he/him
Web designer
“At Speels Collectief, I am happy to commit to making the website as accessible as possible to a wide audience, including people with limited visual abilities.”
Danielle Pater
she/her
Production manager
“Beautiful art makes the world a better place.”
productie@speelscollectief.nl
Ulrike Doszmann
she/her
Choreographer
"If we all did the same thing, the world would be much more boring."
Steven Dinkgreve
he/him
theatermaker en docent Community Arnhem
“We cannot unravel what the problems in the future are, but we can teach people to deal with them creatively. At Speels Collectief, I do that by making art on themes that are relevant and underexposed.”
Dennis Massar
he/him
Dance teacher
"A place where dance and theatre come together, where we inspire each other through the many different experiences and perspectives. Through this, we encourage each other to be the best we can be!"
COMPANY
Xandry van den Besselaar
she/her, they/them
Director
"Speels Collectief is voor mij een plek waar een verscheidenheid aan verhalen en perspectieven een podium krijgen. Als theatermaker nodigt het me uit om mezelf en de wereld om heen in vraag te stellen. Een verhaal bestaat niet in een vacuüm, maar is altijd onderhevig aan machtsdynamieken. Ik wil het publiek met de voorstelling uitnodigen om door een andere bril naar de wereld te (leren) kijken."
Karin
she/her
Performer
"Het doorbreken van stigma’s en vooroordelen vind ik erg belangrijk en ik denk dat Speels Collectief hier een grote bijdrage aan levert."
Abel
he/him
Muzikant
"Ik vind het fascinerend hoe Speels Collectief bewustzijn en begrip wekt over relevante thema’s die soms nog taboe zijn. Met relatief simpele scènes en choreografieën die niet al te complex zijn wordt er toch zoveel gezegd op een sterke manier. Als muzikant is het altijd een plezier om tussen theaterspelers te staan."
Rowy La Haye
she/her
Performer
"Speels Collectief is voor mij fijne club mensen waar ik me op m’n plek voel."
Floor van Wensen
she/her
Assistant Director Intern
"Speels Collectief is voor mij een hele fijne leeromgeving met mooie inspirerende mensen. Ik ben er altijd met plezier aan het werk."
Merel van Lieshout
she/her, they/them
Performer
"Fixed frameworks and so-called certainties bring about exclusion. I love that in theatre we are allowed to admit that we know nothing for sure. Only then does room for wonder arise."
Marloes Jobse
Performer
"Speels Collectief is een plek om mens te zijn."
Sander Deckx
he/him
Performer
“It's about people's stories, a super human beginning.”
Nikki Manuputty
she/her
Performer
“Play Collective is for me a place and a new challenge to make, play and scour-where looking differently leads to doing differently.”
Stijn
he/him
Directing assistant, Art&Research intern
“Speels Collectief is an inclusive incubator where diversity is not only embraced but also brought to life. It provides space for everyone to shine and colours the world of performers, team and audience.”
Smilte
she/her
Production assistant
"Discovering Speels Collectief felt like finding a home without having to look for one; here, creating, dancing, and performing feels magical and comforting when you know you're accepted no matter what."
Kato Rombaut
she/her
Performer
"Speels Collectief makes theatre in all its forms accessible to everyone, without boundaries or barriers. And what could be more valuable in art and play than bringing people together and illuminating new perspectives?"
Teun Smeets
Performer
"The audition at Speels Collectief was first audition ever where I was not a fleshly block of trembling panic. It was like coming home to a warm living room with biscuits and tea."
Olle Paap
those/those, them/them
Remote Performer
"Because the world is eager for new and especially more ways of being, doing and living."
Lucia Zemene
they/them, them/them
Performer
"My work with Speels Collectief adds a touch of glamour to my disabilities, making me feel seen and valued in my otherness."
Lisa Jansen
she/her
Musician, Performer & Workshop teacher
"At Speels Collectief, we don't just question the norm: we create a new one.”
bigvegansister@gmail.com
Eric Groot Kormelink
he/him
Performer
"Being able to step beyond boundaries is something I have only learnt in the last few years. At Speels Collectief, I now get the chance to grow in a direction I didn't know I wanted to, and to be able to be myself in front of a large audience."
ALEXANDRA VAN AMEIJDE
she/her
Performer
"Diversity and openness are aspects I find very important. This creates space to be able to connect with each other. I love that I get to develop this within Speels Collectief through theatre and dance."
Otto Calmeijer Meijburg
them/them
REGISSEUR
“Inclusive theatre for me is the beginning of an anti-capitalist theatre. A theatre with other notions of time, presence, work."
Emma Berentsen
she/they
Dramaturg
"Thinking about and collaborating with Speels Collectief on how a world (or theatre) can be accessible to everyone is something I love to engage in."
Davy van Gerven
he/him
Scenographer
"With Speels Collectief, I design spaces where connection, inclusion and representation take shape in how we share space together."
Ella
she/her
Performer
"What I love about working with Speels Collectief is that you stop thinking in pigeonholes and have the opportunity to see each performer working individually in their own strengths."
Rowshuan Pikero
he/him
Performer
“Hier leer ik op een speelse manier mezelf, de wereld en gevoel te ontdekken.”
Marloes Dingshoff
she/her
Maker, Workshop Teacher
"In 2020 I found a home at Speels Collectief. I was able to experiment freely with my "new" body as a performer in a wheelchair. To practice the profession in all its facets from a company that embraces me as I am."
Edith Heij
she/her
Performer
"At Speels Collectief, I feel at home. We are one big family."
Lisette Mepschen
she/her
Performer
"At Speels Collectief, I learn how to question and challenge the norm and, on the contrary, work with individuality."
COMMUNITY ARNHEM
Abdullah
he/him
Performer
Willian
he/him
Performer
"I also see disability as an opportunity. People are sometimes embarrassed on a stage, but you have to cross that threshold. And at Speels Collectief you can come in at a low threshold. It has become a second home for me. Anything goes!"
Ruth
she/her
Performer
"What I like about Speels Collectief? Working with other people working towards a performance."
Rojin
she/her
Performer
"I enjoy meeting people here and being creative together. "
Mahan
he/him
Performer
“The collaboration between different people, the cosy impression from day one and a feeling of coming home."
Thom
Trainee
Nathalie
she/her
Performer
Gisela
she/her
Performer
Ali Camatti
she/her
Trainee
"Waarom? Omdat dit een plek is met een overvloed aan creativiteit, mensen lachen en ondersteunen elkaar."
Lauryn Meenink
she/her
Trainee
"Speels Collectief is a place where you feel at home. A home where you can be completely yourself and grow into the person you want to become."
Anniko
she/her
Trainee drama school
"After the first chance meeting in the corridor of ArtEZ, I never wanted to leave."
Elizabeth
she/her
Performer
"Warm, Fine, Important and Safe! Speels Collectief is what all companies should be!"
Lucy
them/them
Costume designer
"It is great fun to work with players who already have an idea of how they want to present themselves and a gift to make those fantasies a reality!"
Marcella
she/her
Performer
"As soon as I walk into Speels Collectief, all the worries of the week slip away from me."
Veronique
she/her
Performer
“For me, Speels Collectief is about connection and alignment. If we all played first violin, it wouldn't be such a sonorous and colourful orchestra.”
Emad
he/him
Performer
“Acting is the best way to express your thoughts, opinions and principles through the creation of a virtual character who tells you something.”
Ferdinand
he/him
Performer
“Theatre is outside the box”
Wilfried
he/him
Performer
“My disability plays an important role in the way I portray a character in a play. After all, it is a part of my life. That's why I believe: take life as it comes, and make it your own.”
Frank
he/him
Volunteer
'It takes every kind off people to make te world go round', this is my motto and favourite song by Robert Palmer. I find all that at Speels Collectief.’
Vanesta
she/her
Performer
"Here we do everything together, here there is togetherness."
Stanley
he/him
Performer
"Acting, dancing, dressing up, making music - I love doing those things!"
Sabine
she/her
Performer
"In the beginning, I had to get used to and found it exciting to participate, but now I even enjoy participating in performances."
Ruben
he/him
Performer
"Everyone is different. People with disabilities are also just people."
Robbert
he/him
Performer
"Acting is doing. Just do it, don't be afraid, just do it!"
Nico
he/him
Performer
"I missed in other theatre groups what I do get here: acting lessons. Other groups start from a script, here the performance arises from the players."
Martijn
he/him
Performer
"In the beginning, I was excited to be here, but now I always find it fun. We are a very close-knit group."
Marion
she/her
Performer
"When I first joined Speels Collectief, I immediately knew: this is it for me! I feel extremely welcome here."
Kathrina
she/her
Performer
"Arts and culture should be inclusive. Everyone should be able to show the world what they can do. At Speels Collectief, true inclusiveness takes place."
Henkjan
he/him
Performer
"I get out of bed happy and cheerful when I have to go and play that day."
Hendrie
he/him
Performer
"Dancing and moving make me feel free and forget the judgements of others."
COMMUNITY TILBURG
Dowie
he/him
Speler
Esther
she/her
Speler
"Ik vind het mooi om bij Speels Collectief met een mix aan mensen te werken, mensen met verschillende achtergronden, lopend en rollend. En iedereen kan zichzelf zijn!"
Gijs
he/him
Stagiair Community Tilburg
Maarten Jansen
he/him
Medewerker ICT
"Speels Collectief schenkt op een creatieve manier aandacht aan urgente onderbelichte onderwerpen binnen de maatschappij. Het is een vriendelijke en warme organisatie."
Malou
she/her
Speler
"Speels Collectief is een mix van mensen. Lopers en rollers bij elkaar, daar hou ik van. Een reden om niet eerder bij een dansgroep aan te haken was omdat ik me als gehandicapt evoelde, dat voel ik niet bij deze groep."
Mareno
he/him
Stagiair spel
"Ik was op zoek naar nieuwe mensen en uitdagingen. Toen ik hoorde over Speels Collectief en het "dansen met mensen in een rolstoel" wist ik het meteen."
Rik
he/him
Performer
Stijn
he/him
Speler
"Ik wordt enthousiast van maatschappelijk dingen bijdragen. En Speels Collectief sluit hierop aan."
Tom
he/him
Speler
"Bij Speels Collectief stap ik uit mijn comfort zone en verbreed ik mijn wereld."
Willeke
she/her
Volunteer
"Bij Speels Collectief mag je uit volle borst jezelf zijn. Daar word ik blij van."
Bert
he/him
Volunteer
“Deviate, jump up, dance on.”
Maartje
Concierge
“Because everyone contributes, you see unique individual things being created.”
Esmee
she/her
performer
"Every performance is a new adventure where I just get to be myself."
Bart
he/him
Performer
“Being with all the people I like best. I love theatre.”
Gerrit
he/him
Performer
“When we move to music, I feel most comfortable,” he says.”
Harry
he/him
Performer
“Getting to know the group for the first time was a bit exciting, but after that I was immediately excited.”
Imro
he/him
Performer
“The way we move suits me, I learn a lot here.”
Rob
he/him
Performer
“Dancing and playing with people-before connecting with each other. And me, I've always been a clown.”
Roy
he/him
Performer
“I feel good with the group. Performing is what I like most, I am
always happy when we move and dance.”
Rob
he/him
Performer
“I'm happy when we get to play a role. I love to let loose.”
Wim
he/him
Performer
"Wanneer aan Wim gevraagd wordt hoe hij zich voelt wanneer hij meedoet aan de danstheaterlessen op Landpark Assisië, beginnen zijn ogen te sprankelen en knikt hij breed lachend."
Stijn
he/him
Performer
"I love to dance very much. I always look forward to coming to dance theatre classes. It's always fun there too."
Mario
he/him
Performer
"Dancing, jumping, spinning around - I like that!"
Joyce
she/her
Performer
"I get calm in my head because of the dance theatre classes. Here I feel nice and can let my heart out."
Jos
he/him
Performer
"I really enjoy doing all kinds of moves, and I find it heartwarming when people come to see what we can do."
Jacky
he/him
Performer
"Playing in front of an audience I find exciting, but also the most fun. If we do well we get a big applause. Then I feel happy."
Dennis
he/him
Performer
"I really enjoy dancing. I also practise a lot at home, and am getting better and better."
Danny
he/him
Performer
"I love dancing. It's nice to dance together during dance theatre classes."
Arno
he/him
Performer
"Arno begint meteen met ritmes te stappen, draait een rondje, blijft dansen en lacht. Laat rollator even los, beweegt wapperend zijn handen naar voren. Hoe meer muziek, meer beweging, hoe meer lach."
GOVERNANCE
Claire van den Helder
Secretaris
Heleen Hameete
Penningmeester
Karen Neervoort
she/her
President
“Art makes life more beautiful and Speels Collectief makes that possible for everyone. As chairman, I am happy to work on this with great energy.”
k.neervoort@outlook.com
Tom Dello
he/him
General board member
“Making people feel represented on stage is very important if you want a wide audience to feel welcome. Speels Collectief is one of the great Dutch examples actively working for a more inclusive theatre world.”
info@tomdello.com
Jur van der Lecq
he/him
General Board member
“Diversity gives colour to society. I am happy to contribute to that as a board member of Speels Collectief.”
