Badhuistheater

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The Badhuistheater (Dutch: Bath house theatre) is a theater venue located in a former bath house on the east-side of Amsterdam. The theater is both a cultural meeting point for locals and a stage for international theatre productions. The theater is run by British actor and writer Michael Manicardi who acquired the neglected bath house around 1985 and transformed it into a theater. As a theater it seats between 50 and 120 people, depending on the chosen configuration.

History: Designed by renowned architect Arend Jan Westerman, the building has a distinct circular shape around a central chimney. It was the first free standing communal bath house, built in 1913 for this purpose. Its architecture is in the distinct “Amsterdamse school” style. The building is a Dutch National monument.) Since 2005 the Badhuistheater has its own theater-company: The Badhuis International Theatre. On a regular basis they bring new productions to the theater which they also bring to international festivals and other venues. Between 2015-2016 they produced the Sean O'Casey Dublin Trilogy (The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars). Later they staged classic British comedies...