De Warme Winkel

Vincent Rietveld and Ward Weemhoff graduated from the Theatre Academy in Maastricht in 2002. In the same year they founded De Warme Winkel, an actors’ collective consisting of Vincent Rietveld, Ward Weemhoff and Florian Myjer. Through continuous collaboration with guest actors, directors, artists and musicians, the group has gained a large circle of sympathisers. Since then, De Warme Winkel has realised a total of around thirty projects.

De Warme Winkel’s style is energetic, performative and visual, based on a shared fascination for history and a love of literature. Starting from a strong contextual basis, all kinds of theatrical means are used in a densely staged tumult to celebrate a paradox, highlight a dilemma or pay tribute to a specific theme. De Warme Winkel makes use of all kinds of performance styles and influences: from Stanislavsky to Artaud, from ballet to slapstick. By alternating styles and events, De Warme Winkel’s performances always seek the tension between theatrical representation and our presence in the here and now.

As of May 2023