HF Young 2023

The HF Young Circle selected eight HF Young Favourites: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead from Simon McBurney and Complicité, Let X=X from Laurie Anderson and Sexmob, Euphoria from Julian Rosefeldt, The Bacchae from Elli Papakonstantinou, Ariah Lester and the ODC Ensemble, Prophétique (on est déja né.es) from Nadia Beugré, Sigur Rós & London Contemporary Orchestra, Respublika from Łukasz Twarkowski, Lietuvos nacionalinis dramos teatras and Indra's Net from Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. HF Young members could visit all performances for € 20, apart from Euphoria, which had a ticket price of € 10 with HF Young. No less than 1,270 HF Young tickets were sold this year. 

HF Young organised special events during the festival, like the Helpdesk at De Balie, a get-together after the performance of The Bacchae where everyone - thanks to the HF Young costume rack - could feel like a Greek god for a moment, as well as an after-party for Sigur Rós & London Contemporary Orchestra together with Entrée. The HF Young Heroes and Book Clubs allowed for in-depth discussions, and all activities and impressions could be followed via the HF Young channels on Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn. The festival came to a festive conclusion with a final get-together at the Holland Festival Hub De Balie. HF Young will be briefly back on 4 August during Amsterdam Pride with a closing party for the exhibition Like a River in Melkweg Expo.   

This year’s HF Young Circle consisted of: Basak Layic, Che-Sheng Wu, Fenna Visser, Hannah Bakx, Huug Roosjen, Nigel Onwuachu, Sheila Verdegaal, Shervin Fekri, Wouter van Herwaarden and Yvonne Zoethout.