THE PRIDE - 25-28 January 2012, Het Paradijs, The Hague

From 25 - 28 January the award-winning 'The Pride' by Alexi Kaye Campbell. will play in Het Paradijs, the studio theatre in The Hague’s Koninklijke Schouwburg.
For more information and tickets please visit the English Theatre website.

28 January 2012 -VERSE BEATS - Sugar Factory - Amsterdam

Poetry - Slam - Spoken Word - Live Hiphop - Freestyle

On Friday 28 January, national and international poets, slammers, hip-hop artists, rappers and musicians will perform at VERSE BEATS.

For more information and tickets, visit the Sugar Factory website.

7 & 8 March 2012 Candida at Universiteitstheatre, Nwe Doelenstraat 16,  Amsterdam
The Windmill Theatre Co. is the UvA’s English Dept. theatre group.
This Season the group is performing George Bernard Shaw’s Comedy ‘Candida’. Although originally written in 1895, this production sets the action of the play in the 1970s; however, the themes of the play are as relevant now as they ever have been.
Candida is very much in love with her charismatic, politically active husband, the Reverend James Morell. But, she finds her head is suddenly romantically turned by the young, attractive Poet Eugene Marchbanks. Amidst a household of adoring secretaries, impressionable curates and pushy entrepreneurial fathers, this tale of affection, love and folly unfolds with comic and bitter sweet outcomes.

The price of the ticket is 5 Euros. for Reservations you can email S.T.Smith@uva.nl. For more information please visit. download the programme.

Going Global 2012, 13-15 March 2012, London, UK

Internationalising Higher Education

The Going Global conference is a forum for policymakers and practitioners from around the world to discuss issues facing the international education community. Each year the conference brings in 1,000 attendees from across the international education sector.

For more information and registration please visit the Going Global website.

Business English Afternoon 27 April, Utrecht

The British Council in co-operation with National Geographic Learning (formerly Heinle ELT) has pleasure in inviting you to a Business English afternoon on 27th April 2012.   This event will help you to teach Business English skills generally and listening skills in particular.  We will also give you an update on the latest developments on flexible exams, focussing on the Business Language Testing Service (BULATS).

The event is for free and we advise you to register before 27th April.  During the event there will be ample time to look at books and publications for Business English and see the BULATS test.

BBC and ESU Awards 2012

Public speaking, young writers and digital voice award

The three BBC and ESU Awards (for young people between 16 and 20 years old) form a common focus for developing effective English language skills. The Awards give young people the chance to step into the spotlight and showcase their English communication skills and will enhance communication skills in English.

Schools can register their students until 3 February 2012. For more information please download the brochure for teachers or visit the BBC Awards website.

Past Showcases and Events

16 December 2011: Visit 'King Lear' and download the teacher pack
On 16 December 2011 the Cambridge University European Theatre Group will visit Amsterdam to perform Shakespeare's King Lear. Tickets can be ordered via uvatickets@cuetg.co.uk for the matinee (3.30 pm) or the evening (8pm) and will cost EUR 8.00 pp. This show is ideal for secondary school kids preparing for their Cambridge Exams. Teachers are invited to download the teacher pack (pdf file, 4MB) to prepare their students.

9 > 11 December 2011 - UK as a guest of honour at the International Festival of Strip Turnhout/Centre for Flemish Comics
British Council Benelux has been approached by Strip Turnhout/Centre for Flemish Comics, a non-profit organisation in Belgium which is organising, among other activities, the Strip Turnhout festival, a well established, bi-annual, comic book festival in Belgium. Having started to work with country guest of honour programmes with the USA in 2007, followed by Spain in 2009, they will invite the UK as guest of honour from 9 to 11 December 2011.

British Council Benelux is working in consultation with British Council Arts department, and more specifically with Literature department on Comic Books, to present new work within the wider New Work New Audiences project that has been launched globally by the British Council to showcase new talent from the UK overseas. Activities in the Benelux include: a comic books study tour, an expert meeting, the participation to the Strip Turnhout festival and an exhibition. For more information visit our UK Comics webpage.

26 - 27 November 2011 RijksakademieOPEN 2011, Amsterdam
During RijksakademieOPEN 2011, British artists Muzi Quawson, Edward Thomson, Helen Dowling and Kianoosh Motallebi will present their work together with 50 fellow resident artists. Residents will show work in all the disciplines and techniques relevant to the visual arts: painting, drawing, photography, graphics, sculpture, video and film, sound and new media. They make links with other disciplines such as architecture, theatre, music, dance and literature.
This year the technical workshops will be more integrated in the RijksakademieOPEN weekend than ever: they change into presentation areas and they’re part of the guided tours. For more information please visit the Rijksakademie website.

8 to 24 November 2011 - Series of webinars by Pearson ELT
Discover how to prepare for the Cambridge ESOL exams, or get some new teaching ideas by following the Pearson Longman webinars. For more information about topics and authors, please visit their website.

EDINBURGH BOOKCASE 2010
The British Council Book Case has welcomed an international group of delegates to our programme at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this August. Delegates have heard from a Booker Prize-winning author, a rock star, a prize-winning poet, a psychologist, a crime writer, a political novelist, a performance poet and a short story writer. They were also exposed to new literature, saw prizes awarded and had the opportunity to contribute to debate. For more information visit our British Council Arts website.
Also visit our Edinburgh BookCase Blog.

The Edinburgh Showcase 2009
Read our Edinburgh Showcase blog including interviews with artists from the Showcase.

Challenge the world that treats us differently September 2011
With less than a year to go until the Paralympic Games in London the the British Council and the British Embassy in The Hague, wanted to get young people here in The Netherlands thinking about the challenges people face in life and, perhaps more importantly, how they overcome them. From this was born ‘Challenge the World that Treats us differently’.
Read more about the prize giving ceremony and see the photos and videos on the British Embassy's website.