{"id":80108,"date":"2026-02-14T21:53:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T20:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/?p=80108"},"modified":"2026-03-14T21:55:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T20:55:48","slug":"royal-theater-carre-stage-theater-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/koninklijk-theater-carre-podium-theater-concerten\/","title":{"rendered":"Royal Theater Carr\u00e9: from circus tent to national stage on the Amstel River"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>If you walk along the Amstel River and see the red letters Carr\u00e9, you are looking at a piece of theater history. The neo-renaissance theater was opened in 1887 by circus director Oscar Carr\u00e9 as a permanent circus theater. Circus Carr\u00e9, in other words, with a huge auditorium built specifically for rings, horses and spectacular acts. That enormous hall is still there, now equipped for theater, cabaret, dance and major concert productions.<\/h2>\n<p>Over time, the building has become a protected monument and one of the best-known theater stages in the country. Where once the stables dominated, you will now find a full program: cabaret, musicals, opera, circus performances, dance, concerts and special one-off shows. Carr\u00e9 programs widely, from national audience favorites to international productions. Concert series and special one-off performances regularly pop up under its own international label.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-80117\" title=\"carre-koninklijk-theater-performance-building-amsterdam\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-600x400.png\" alt=\"carre-koninklijk-theater-performance-building-amsterdam\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-1536x1024.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam-500x333.png 500w, https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/app\/uploads\/carre-koninklijk-theater-voorstelling-gebouw-amsterdam.png 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In recent years, Carr\u00e9 has placed additional emphasis on its own productions and co-productions. New creators and collaborations are encouraged through the Carr\u00e9 Foundation, especially since the period following the corona closures. This means more frequent performances that are truly developed in and with the theater itself, in collaboration with artists and partners. Several theater, cabaret and concert nights are scheduled between March and September 2026, with titles such as \"Daniel Sloss - Bitter\" and \"Joe Jackson + Band - Hope and Fury Tour 2026.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>In recent years, Carr\u00e9 has placed additional emphasis on in-house productions and co-productions.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Inside, it's not just about what happens on stage. The various foyers with bars on several floors provide buzz before curtain-up and during intermission. Upstairs in the building is restaurant In de Nok, literally in the wooden truss, where dining is directly linked to the evening's performance. In appropriate seasons, the Carr\u00e9 terrace on the Amstel River is added, bringing the river along as the backdrop to your evening of theater.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you walk along the Amstel River and see the red letters Carr\u00e9, you are looking at a piece of theater history. The neo-renaissance theater was opened in 1887 by circus director Oscar Carr\u00e9 as a permanent circus theater. So Circus Carr\u00e9, with a huge auditorium built specifically for rings, horses and spectacular acts. That huge auditorium is still there ... <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/cultuur\/koninklijk-theater-carre-podium-theater-concerten\/\"><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":80115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[10969],"district":[9],"class_list":["post-80108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultuur","tag-podia-amsterdam","district-amsterdam-centrum"],"acf":{"slider":[80118,80116],"fotograaf":"","editor":"","video":"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jwja-n2bW_w","google_360":"","instagram_code":"","subregel":"Historisch neo-renaissancetheater, van Oscar Carr\u00e9\u2019s circus tot volle programmering met cabaret, concerten en dans","new_in_town":false,"featured_item":false,"beste_van_amsterdam":false,"homepage_carousel":false,"cord_A":"","cord_B":"","introductie_tekst":"Koninklijk Theater Carr\u00e9 ken je misschien van de grote namen op de gevel, maar het verhaal gaat verder dan een avondje uit. Sinds 1887 groeit het gebouw van Oscar Carr\u00e9 mee met de stad: van vaste circustent tot podium voor cabaret, dans, circus, musicals en internationale concerten. Met eigen producties, festival-samenwerkingen en een vol speelschema richting najaar 2026 blijft Carr\u00e9 een vaste waarde.","rubriek":"Locatie","locatie_event":null,"naam_locatie":"Koninklijk Theater Carr\u00e9","adres":"Amstel 115-125","stad":"Amsterdam","website":"https:\/\/carre.nl","telefoon_nummer":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80119,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80108\/revisions\/80119"}],"acf:attachment":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80116"},{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/80115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=80108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=80108"},{"taxonomy":"district","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amsterdamnow.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/district?post=80108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}