Creative Writing alumni bring the festival theme ‘Contemporaries’ to life at Wintertuinfestival 2025

Alumni take the stage during the main festival evening

During the main festival evening on Saturday, several alumni of the bachelor Creative Writing once again appear on stage. Koen Frijns, Wietse Leenders and Hanan Faour present new work and sharp words. ArtEZ makers are also strongly represented behind the scenes: the collectives ECOJAM and Knokploeg curate programmes in the LUX café and in LUX7. Master’s student Sahra Mohammed contributes her own work to the evening programme as well. Creative Writing is, once again, firmly at the heart of the festival.

A week of new voices

Each year, Wintertuinfestival presents a mix of emerging and established makers from the Netherlands and abroad. Expect performances by authors, performers and artists, alongside interviews, readings and new forms of storytelling. From intimate performances to major festival evenings: everywhere, the power of language takes centre stage. This year’s programme delves into how we experience time together, under the same satellites, with the same news rolling by, yet from completely individual perspectives.

Wintertuin invites visitors to listen, look and move along with stories that capture the now. And sometimes break through it.