These are the faces behind the scenes, the senders of the emails, the builders of everything you see and sometimes also of things you didn’t know you were seeing. Without them there would be no Explore, just ordinary locations with dusty printers and a stray confetti shredder, which is poetic, but still a lot less fun.
Ate Kamsma
Marketeer
Marleen Nagtegaal
Artistic director
Mees van Rijswijk
Coordinator Woorden op Woensdag + Coach Poetry Circle
Sofie Stuve
Café team
Bas Rozeman
Building and Maintenance Coordinator, Production Manager, and Artist Production
Jaimy Hindriks
Literature programmer
Annemarie Venema
Creative Producer Production House
Alusein Rosier
Café team
Bernou Ozinga
Café team
Ids Tjaarda
Stage manager
Janneke de Boer
Music programmer
Jan Willem Verhoeven
Volunteer coordination
Eva van Netten
Production House Coordinator & SHIFT Programmer
Olger van Grootveld
Café team
Merel Hoekstra
Marketeer
Bennie Meijer
Technical production
Stephanie Kemper
Coordinator Podium Explore
Jaimie Verbeek
Technical production
Roland Oostinga
Administrator
Mathé Többen
Programmer & Marketer
Paulus de Wit
Stage manager
Coco de Haas
Coordinator Jonge Schrijvers
Wouter Hylkema
Money 💰
Céline Wierda
Performing Arts Programmer
Merel Gietema
Café team
Mark Hospers
General manager
Linda van der Heide
Interior cleaner
Thijs ten Berge
Production Management
Femke Zwiep
Pet fish
Gerben Vernhout
Café team
Eva Oenema
Café team
Calvin Barhorst
Technical production
Most photos were taken by Gerben Vernhout. <3