Touring the Royal Theatre...

To celebrate the new Dutch King, Jan planned several royal activities for the AWC for May. It was a bummer that she was out of town and missed the tour of the lovely Koninglijke Schouwburg (Royal Theatre) in The Hague. Here’s our group standing on the stage of the theatre originally built in 1804 from what was once a palace built in 1766.

The coolest part of the tour was seeing the costume department and getting to talk to some of the designers. They hire out to other theatres as well as to individuals interested in haute couture.

 It sure would have been fun shopping in the costume storage area.

The wig department was also really cool. Lastly, we got to see the mechanism for the old revolving stage floor. It hasn’t been used since the 60’s, but is now considered an industrial heritage site.