Spinoza is a bold and moving musical by NITE and Club Guy & Roni, in collaboration with HIIIT and Het Muziek. It tells the story of a brother and two sisters — Bento, Rebecca, and Miriam — growing up in the Portuguese-Jewish refugee community of 17th-century Amsterdam.

Bento is a free thinker. He dares to radically question God, faith, and tradition. He asks questions — too sharp, too free. Rebecca chooses safety within the community, choosing to belong. Miriam longs for a freedom that does not exist for her, simply because she is a woman. While the children begin with a close bond, they gradually grow apart and distance emerges between them. Love becomes forbidden. Ideas become dangerous. And tolerance suddenly proves to be a fragile and elastic concept.

Spinoza is a deeply human story in the form of a musical about love, conviction, and the courage to think differently. It shows that a society cannot exist with only one voice. We need the thinkers who dare to question everything. We need people who remind us where we come from. And we need bridge-builders: people who connect, who bring opposing sides together, especially when differences run deep. Only together do we remain human. Only together do we remain free.

Dive into the minimal-music universe of Steve Reich with HIIIT and Het Muziek (formerly Asko|Schönberg). This psychoacoustic trip for 18 musicians marked Reich’s definitive breakthrough in 1976—and in 2025, it still sounds just as potent! In the opening minutes, more torrential harmonies emerge than in all of his previous works combined.

Reich paused his earlier extreme minimal experiments to create a vibrant, energizing composition in which every instrument seems to stake its claim to the spotlight. From the ethereal female voices to the rumbling clarinets and driving percussion, everything seamlessly merges. What unfolds is a hallucinatory tapestry of rhythmic pulses and powerful melodic lines that never let go of your attention. Music for 18 Musicians is proto‑techno: a tight, swinging trip that pulls you deep into its fold.

In a time when polarization is increasing and individuals are more frequently positioned against one another, Winged poses an urgent question: how do we move together without losing ourselves?

In Winged, Kalpanarts, together with HIIIT, explores the power of collectivity. Inspired by the phenomenon of murmuration — flocks of birds moving through the sky in perfect harmony — the performance examines how individuals relate to one another within a larger whole. When do you move along with the group? When do you diverge? And what happens when trust becomes the guiding principle?

A flock of birds has no leader, no fixed hierarchy. Yet breathtaking precision emerges. Direction changes in a fraction of a second. The whole responds as one body. In Winged, this natural phenomenon becomes a mirror for our society: how do we find cohesion in a world that is accelerating and fragmenting?

The dancers continuously form shifting constellations: they propel one another forward, catch each other, break free from structures, and return again. The tension between autonomy and connectedness becomes physically tangible. Trust is not an abstract concept, but a concrete act: leaping without knowing who will catch you. As always, music is a driving force. Rhythmic patterns, live energy, and layered compositions form a beating heart beneath the choreography. Indian influences resonate through contemporary soundscapes, creating a hypnotic flow in which body and sound become one.

Night Watch is a pitch black, primal and deeply sad play that deals with themes of family, emancipation and authority through old age and death. A family drama in which everyone tries to break free from the role assigned to them so that they can decide for themselves what they really believe in. A dark and meditative performance. Oppressive but ultimately liberating. In which a weakening heartbeat slowly turns into an uptempo beat. A ritual journey to the end of the night, towards the first light of the new day.

Together with Asko|Schönberg, Nederlands Kamerkoor and NKK NXT, HIIIT provides the music – which is written by David Dramm and Luke Deane. Percussionist Niels Meliefste developed a characteristic Old Dutch instrumentation especially for Night Watch.