About Ulrike Quade Company

Theatre company

Ulrike Quade Company creates visual theater. We combine (Buraku) puppetplay and industrial robots with scenography, music, dance, and other modern technologies to create magical and poetic performances and projects. We use myths and stories from the past as source of inspiration. We often drift away from reality, in order to create rich and varied new worlds in which our audience can easily immerse itself. This is how we visualise a possible alternative future, and examine the changes necessary on the way to a more equal and inclusive society.

Creative hub

We operate in five domains: Productions, Research & Development, Impact & Context, Associated Artist, and Living Archives. These domains, each led by its own project manager, serve as meeting points where various disciplines, creators, and perspectives converge. This makes our ambitions tangible and locates a voice for each in them. The domains are in constant dialogue and they open doors for new visitors, partners, creative professionals, and financiers who wish to connect themselves with the Company.

Centre of Expertise

The technology we use is an integral part of our dramaturgy. Next to our artistic projects, we therefore conduct extensive research into the effects of combining the two. Through ‘trial and error’, we develop new methods of working and creative processes, and then we share our findings with colleagues and experts both within and outside the field.

Additionally, as ‘seasoned professionals,’ we consider it our job to share our expertise in visual theater and puppetry. With our ‘living’ archive, we provide a treasure trove of information, insights, and materials that can inspire new artistic directions and advance the theater sector.

The Netherlands and beyond

Ulrike Quade Company is led by founder and namesake Ulrike Quade and Jimmy-Pierre de Graaf. The small, core team is supported when needed by freelance experts from various disciplines. Rooted in Amsterdam-West, situated in Broedplaats De Vlugt, we collaborate with many different partners in and outside the city.

Our productions, ranging from intimate lunch theatre to large-scale operas, take place not only in Amsterdam but also in other major and medium-sized cities in the Netherlands and beyond.

The Ulrike Quade Company is included in the four-year structural subsidy scheme 2021-2024 of the Performing Arts Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts. Ulrike Quade has won various (international) awards with her work, including the Wim Meilink Prize in 2022. The production ‘Coco Chanel’ was chosen as the best theater performance of the 17/18 season by the WijkJury Amsterdam. You can read the jury rapport here.