Theater Film Café De Lieve Vrouw

Theater Film Café De Lieve Vrouw is a cultural house for performing arts and film located on the Lieve Vrouwekerkhof in the centre of Amersfoort, Netherlands. It operates an intimate flat-floor theatre, three domestic-scale film auditoriums and a café, presenting a year-round programme of theatre, dance, music, cabaret, performance and quality (inter)national cinema and documentaries. The venue is a well-known local cultural hotspot, described by visitors as a cosy theatre/cinema with friendly staff and good hospitality. The film programme runs daily in three auditoriums with 73, 59 and 43 seats, showing the latest (inter)national quality films and documentaries in high-quality digital projection. Films are regularly accompanied by introductions or post-screening discussions, where possible with the theatre or filmmakers present. De Lieve Vrouw receives approximately 100,000 film visitors per year and is a member of the Nederlandse Vereniging van Bioscoopexploitanten (NVB), the Dutch association of cinema exhibitors. The theatre auditorium is a flat-floor theatre with a mobile tribune, allowing the room to be arranged with 184 seats in tribune configuration or 300 standing places. Theatre makers, dancers, cabaretiers and world musicians perform there, attracting more than 18,000 visitors annually. Programmatically the theatre collaborates with the Amersfoort theatre Flint; under the name "De Lieve Flint" the two theatres offer performances together, and they also jointly programme the Amersfoort ICOONtheater. In addition to regular performances, De Lieve Vrouw programmes special performances, festivals and projects throughout the year, including support for starting, talented theatre makers. A significant part of the programme is aimed specifically at young audiences. Since 2006 De Lieve Vrouw has presented youth theatre festivals during school holidays under the titles Lente-uitjes, Herfststukjes and Winterkost, organised in cooperation with seven other venues in the province of Utrecht. The autumn holiday festival Herfststukjes, for example, offers performances for the whole family plus fringe programmes. Formally, De Lieve Vrouw consists of Stichting Theater De Lieve Vrouw and Stichting Theatercafé De Lieve Vrouw. The Supervisory Board of these foundations operates at a distance, and the organisation works with a minimal paid staff. The venue is a private, non-listed cultural institution rather than a commercial cinema chain, and it functions as a key cultural anchor in Amersfoort's city centre.

The site of the current theatre was formerly occupied by the Grachtkerk. In 1984 a group of young people squatted the vacant church to organise performances, pop concerts, manifestations, meetings and events there. In 1985 the municipality bought the church to give young people a place for theatre, film and pop music. The Amersfoort architect Jim Klinkhamer made plans for this new theatre. However, two fires left virtually nothing of the building standing. In the meantime, theatre and pop enthusiasts split into two foundations. After the church was demolished, Jim Klinkhamer's design was nevertheless taken up. In the basement of the building, pop venue De Kelder established itself, with Theater De Lieve Vrouw on the two floors above. After Poppodium De Kelder moved to a location along the Eem, De Lieve Vrouw realised a third film auditorium in the souterrain in 2007. The theatre auditorium and the café were also enlarged and modernised. The architect was again Jim Klinkhamer. Since 2006 De Lieve Vrouw has presented youth theatre festivals during school holidays under the titles Lente-uitjes, Herfststukjes and Winterkost, organised in cooperation with seven other venues in the province of Utrecht. The venue has grown into a cultural house receiving around 100,000 film visitors and more than 18,000 theatre visitors annually, and it collaborates programmatically with the Amersfoort theatre Flint under the name "De Lieve Flint", as well as jointly programming the Amersfoort ICOONtheater.

• 2007

  After Poppodium De Kelder moved to a location along the Eem, De Lieve Vrouw realised a third film auditorium in the souterrain; the theatre auditorium and café were also enlarged and modernised.

• 2006

  De Lieve Vrouw began presenting youth theatre festivals during school holidays under the titles Lente-uitjes, Herfststukjes and Winterkost.

• 1985

  The municipality of Amersfoort bought the church to provide young people with a place for theatre, film and pop music.

• 1984

  A group of young people squatted the vacant Grachtkerk to organise performances, pop concerts, manifestations, meetings and events.

An intimate, cosy cultural house and local hotspot for quality film and performing arts in Amersfoort, offering a personal alternative to large impersonal cinema halls.

• Film screenings

  Daily screenings of the latest (inter)national quality films and documentaries in three auditoriums (73, 59 and 43 seats) in high-quality digital format.

• Theatre performances

  More than 120 current, contemporary performing arts productions per year in an intimate flat-floor theatre: theatre, dance, music, cabaret or performance.

• Youth theatre festivals

  Lente-uitjes, Herfststukjes and Winterkost festivals during school holidays, organised with seven other venues in Utrecht province.

• Café

  A theatre café offering hospitality alongside the film and theatre programme.

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