Afrovibes Festival 2023 | Liquid Traces

Theatre, music, dance and spoken word by contemporary African makers and artists.

The 20th edition of Afrovibes Festival has a full programme at Frascati from 4 until 8 October with performances from Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Rwanda, Ivory Coast and Senegal/Netherlands.

Afrovibes Festival presents theatre, music, dance and spoken word by contemporary African makers and artists. They are creators and artists who, from an African perspective, give artistic shape to current questions and themes that also concern us and have their own idiosyncratic views on these. About who we are, what we want to be and how we are connected. Afrovibes stands out as a festival that brings together creators and artists from Africa and the African diaspora in the Netherlands. Makers who also respond to their social and political environment, whether it is about issues of social justice, the threat of climate change or about developing cities on the African continent.

Liquid Traces

2023 is marked in the Netherlands as a year of commemoration for the end of slavery by the Netherlands. The festival is putting this at the heart of the Liquid Traces theme with the oceans as protagonists. Stories around the history of colonisation and migration often bring to the fore the materiality of a country. However, one of the protagonists in this history are the oceans that were the main trade routes in the colonial past.

The waters of the oceans harbour the memories and traces of colonial voyages, of water graves and traumas in the past and are connected to the countless migration attempts in the present. Our past is evoked by the oceans as ancient migratory routes, for trade and as transport routes for carrying people away from their territories. But the oceans also connect us, enable exchange between cultures and continents. Water also has a poetic function for understanding the human condition and the complexity of life in a post-colonial world. Water features in healing rituals, ceremonies and practices in many African cultures. With Liquid Traces Afrovibes brings an artistic response to the memory of our (colonial) past, the cultural and political debates on identity and decolonisation and our attempts to come to terms with our past.

Discount by two or more productions

With the purchase of two or more tickets to a production of the Afrovibes Festival, you will receive a discount of 5 euros per ticket. This discount option will be added to the various ticket choices and you can select it yourself.

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Program Afrovibes Festival 2023

The full program will be online in September 2023.

NTF: D̶A̶R̶K̶MATTER

Cherish Menzo / Frascati Producties / GRIP i.s.m. De Coproducers

Tue 24 May ’22 - Thu 5 Sep ’24

In a futuristic universe, Cherish Menzo transforms the black body through a powerful language of dance.
language no problem

performance

dance

Frascati Producties
Tue 24 May ’22

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Thu 5 Sep ’24

Past event
- Only events in our venues
- Tue 24 May ’22
  
  20:30
  
  Try-out
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Wed 25 May ’22
  
  20:30
  
  Premiere
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Thu 26 May ’22
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Fri 27 May ’22
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Sat 28 May ’22
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Mon 4 Jul ’22
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Festival Theaterformen, Hannover (DE)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Staatstheater Kleines Haus
  
  Past event
- Tue 5 Jul ’22
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Festival Theaterformen, Hannover (DE)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Staatstheater Kleines Haus
  
  Past event
- Fri 8 Jul ’22
  
  21:00
  
  Julidans
  
  Past event
- Sat 9 Jul ’22
  
  21:00
  
  Julidans
  
  Past event
- Sun 10 Jul ’22
  
  15:00
  
  Julidans
  
  Past event
- Thu 5 Jan ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Fri 6 Jan ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Sat 7 Jan ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Wed 18 Jan ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Corrosia, Almere
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Corrosia, Almere
  
  Past event
- Thu 19 Jan ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Corrosia, Almere
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Corrosia, Almere
  
  Past event
- Sat 28 Jan ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Lux, Nijmegen
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  LUX, Nijmegen
  
  Past event
- Fri 3 Feb ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Het Nationale Theater, Den Haag
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Het Nationale Theater, Den Haag
  
  Past event
- Sat 4 Feb ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Het Nationale Theater, Den Haag
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Het Nationale Theater, Den Haag
  
  Past event
- Sat 11 Feb ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Theater Kikker, Utrecht
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Theater Kikker, Utrecht
  
  Past event
- Sun 12 Feb ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Theater Kikker, Utrecht
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Theater Kikker, Utrecht
  
  Past event
- Fri 17 Feb ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Ins Blau, Leiden
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Ins Blau, Leiden
  
  Past event
- Sat 18 Feb ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Ins Blau, Leiden
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Ins Blau, Leiden
  
  Past event
- Fri 24 Feb ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Schuur, Haarlem
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Schuur
  
  Past event
- Sat 25 Feb ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Schuur, Haarlem
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Schuur
  
  Past event
- Fri 3 Mar ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  
  Past event
- Sat 4 Mar ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Theater Rotterdam, Rotterdam
  
  Past event
- Wed 8 Mar ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Theater a/d Rijn, Arnhem
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Theater ad Rijn, Arnhem
  
  Past event
- Fri 10 Mar ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
  
  Past event
- Sat 11 Mar ’23
  
  20:15
  
  Tourlocatie Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Verkadefabriek, Den Bosch
  
  Past event
- Thu 16 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Zwolse Theaters, Zwolle
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Zwolse Theaters, Zwolle
  
  Past event
- Tue 21 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg
  
  Past event
- Wed 22 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Nieuwe Vorst, Tilburg
  
  Past event
- Fri 24 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
  
  Past event
- Sat 25 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  De Lieve Vrouw, Amersfoort
  
  Past event
- Tue 28 Mar ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie Natlab, Eindhoven
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Natlab, Eindhoven
  
  Past event
- Fri 31 Mar ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Grand Theatre, Groningen
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Grand Theatre, Groningen
  
  Past event
- Sat 1 Apr ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Grand Theatre, Groningen
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Grand Theatre, Groningen
  
  Past event
- Sat 8 Apr ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie Bijlmer Parktheater, Amsterdam
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Bijlmerparktheater, Amsterdam
  
  Past event
- Sat 16 Sep ’23
  
  20:30
  
  TOURLOCATIE, HET THEATERFESTIVAL BRUSSEL
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Zinnema, Brussel
  
  Past event
- Sun 17 Sep ’23
  
  20:30
  
  TOURLOCATIE, HET THEATERFESTIVAL BRUSSEL
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Zinnema, Brussel
  
  Past event
- Sun 1 Oct ’23
  
  12:15
  
  Tourlocatie, Maastricht
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Nederlandse Dans Dagen, Maastricht
  
  Past event
- Sat 7 Oct ’23
  
  20:00
  
  Afrovibes Festival
  
  Frascati
  
  Frascati 1
  
  Past event
- Sat 14 Oct ’23
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Leeds (GB)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Transform festival, Leeds
  
  Past event
- Tue 31 Oct ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie, München (DE)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Spielart festival, Munich
  
  Past event
- Wed 1 Nov ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie, München (DE)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Spielart festival, Munich
  
  Past event
- Sat 11 Nov ’23
  
  19:00
  
  Tourlocatie, Helsinki (FI)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Festival Moving in November, Helsinki
  
  Past event
- Sun 12 Nov ’23
  
  19:00
  
  Tourlocatie, Helsinki (FI)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Festival Moving in November, Helsinki
  
  Past event
- Thu 16 Nov ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Parijs (FR)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Festival d'automne
  
  Past event
- Fri 17 Nov ’23
  
  20:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Parijs (FR)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Festival d'automne
  
  Past event
- Sat 18 Nov ’23
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Parijs (FR)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Festival d'automne
  
  Past event
- Wed 31 Jan ’24
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Vancouver (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Push festival
  
  Past event
- Wed 7 Feb ’24
  
  19:00
  
  Tourlocatie, Montréal (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  usine-c festival
  
  Past event
- Thu 8 Feb ’24
  
  19:00
  
  Tourlocatie, Montréal (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  usine-c festival
  
  Past event
- Fri 9 Feb ’24
  
  19:00
  
  Tourlocatie, Montréal (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  usine-c festival
  
  Past event
- Thu 15 Feb ’24
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Ottowa (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Le Trillium festival
  
  Past event
- Fri 16 Feb ’24
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Ottowa (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Le Trillium festival
  
  Past event
- Sat 17 Feb ’24
  
  19:30
  
  Tourlocatie, Ottowa (CA)
  
  Frascati Producties on tour
  
  Le Trillium festival
  
  Past event
- Thu 5 Sep ’24
  
  20:00
  
  Tourlocatie, ITA (NTF)
  
  Cherish Menzo - Darkmatter
  
  Past event