A unique mix of theatre, art and parties in the unique nature on Terschelling. Experience it from 13 to 22 June.

Oerol Festival 2025

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A raw, poetic lecture-performance about the island — where the wind whispers stories.

Friends' event | Theatre lecture: Stories of het Eilandmeisje

Marloes Fopma

A compelling, meditative journey that invites you to question your ideas about memory, eternity and mortality. Find your place in the endless cycle of the Infinite Game.

Infinite Game

Cristina Maldonado

Oerol is more than a festival—it is a meeting place for cultural professionals from around the world. Whether you’re here to experience bold new artistic work, exchange ideas with peers, or deepen your understanding of site-specific performance, Oerol professionals accreditation ensures you make the most of your time on Terschelling.

Oerol Professionals

Theatrical live kitchen talk show, dishing up peppery conversation and spicy seasonings. Good food brings people together, and no one ever died from good conversation. Or so we hope…

Madame Jeanette

Theater RAST / Sidar Toksöz

Master storyteller Thomas Dudkiewicz dives into the chaos of the subconscious, unleashing a cosmic battle between story and reality through an all-encompassing soundscape.

DRIFTING - Live Sessions

Touki Delphine

Inspired by an innovative analogue drawing device from the early 1970s — the Koeklok — PolakVanBekkum create large-scale drawings based on the grazing patterns of cows in the fields of Terschelling.

Koeklok

PolakVanBekkum

Experience your body in a unique way through the immersive installations Inside Out, Signal and Tilt – set in the heart of Terschelling’s landscape.

Prikkel: Binnenste Buiten, Lichtgang & Kanteling

Schweigman& / Johannes Bellinkx

Dead birds and live poetry. An installation with drawings and rhymes by Sue Wiggers and Marijke Boon.

Kassiewijle

Sue Wiggers en Marijke Boon

A daily changing programme featuring a variety of acts.

Straattheater

various artists

What can you do with a piece of rope? A lot more than you think... Just leave that to the winner of Kunstbende 2025!

Myn Verbeelding

Kunstbende / Lucas Roberts

Viviparous lizard, heather, grey hair grass and mining beeEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

SoAP / Rita Hoofwijk & Tumbleweed

New this year is Oerol Late. Even at night, we’re creating space for special programming for those who aren't ready to sleep yet. Expect the unexpected, at three locations spread across the island.

Oerol Laat | de Stoep

Oerol Laat

The Last Chapters

URLAND

Signal en Tilt: sensory experiences that play with perception. Two intimate installations that disrupt both internal and external senses – set in the heart of Terschelling’s landscape.

Prikkel 2: Signal en Tilt

Meditation for early birds and lucky souls.

Friends' event | Singing bowl meditation at sunrise

Ilma Trip

Komische zoektocht van dichters die geloven dat inspiratie van buitenaf tot hen komt. De Poezieboys en Joost Oomen verkennen deze mysterieuze krachten met verwondering.

GEESTEN

De Poezieboys, Joost Oomen & Explore the North

What do the Romans, the English and Griend have in common? Everything has its own history and stories. Come and listen!

Friends' event | Wonderlijke Waarheden van Terschelling

De Terugreizigers

An electrifying dance between six performers and the force of gravity, as acrobatic bodies balance on the edge of the impossible.

BEYOND

Circumstances

In Memories of Trees, Ragazze Quartet gives voice to the trees. Their memories fill the air above the Terschelling woods with music in a magical world of light and projections.

Memories of Trees

Ragazze Quartet

The ultimate creative haven for artists to embark on an artistic journey together with you, the visitor. Discover innovative and experimental musical acts among the trees of the Formerum forest.

Pied-billed ploverEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

A happening that offers a fertile free space for a group of young queer performers. Out of each person’s longing for transformation emerges a living artwork — a constellation of bodies moving beyond the binary.

HOLOBIONT

Boogaerdt/VanderSchoot

Your central Oerol meeting spot nestled in the dunes of West aan Zee. Spend your entire afternoon and evening here, enjoying food, drinks, and dancing together. Move through this vibrant festival hub filled with surprising musical acts, spoken word, talks, and theatre.

Festivalhart de Deining

For all your inquiries, you can visit our service points.<ul><li>Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June: 14:00 – 21:00 (only Eilandersale)</li><li>Friday 13th June to Saturday 21th June: 09:00 – 21:00</li><li>Sunday 22th June: 09:00 – 15:00</li></ul>

Service Point Harbour

The place where, with the sea breeze in your hair, you sail alongside the makers into the (in)finite — carried by beautiful stories and performances.

A fun Oerol T-shirt, a trendy sweater, cheerful socks, and more… Come and enjoy shopping at one of the Oerol shops in West, at festival hub De Deining, or in Midsland!

op de Deining

How does a police officer stay human within a system that’s under pressure? A glimpse into the minds and hearts of those behind the uniform.

CONTRA

Wabi Sabi Theater

Outfits shift, bodies move, time blurs — in a continuous flow of costume changes, Zwermers moves across the island in a hypnotic, ongoing performance: a total surrender to transformation.

Catwalk Continuüm

Zwermers

For those not ready to call it a night, Oerol now goes Late! Head to De Groene Weide and celebrate the night with DJ Shady Lady and Zuco Sound. Get ready for a swaying dancefloor and an exclusive, adventurous trip through an eclectic universe of sound.

Oerol Laat | De Groene Weide

DJ Shady Lady & Zuco Sound

Outfits veranderen, lichamen bewegen, tijd vervaagt – door een onophoudelijke stroom outfitwissels trekt Zwermers over het eiland met een hypnotiserende doorlopende performance: een totale overgave aan transformatie.

What if a beloved relationship dissolves into something greater? Together, we carry compost—fertile soil—back to the forest in a ritual act.

Vergaan

Elmo Vermijs

A group meditation where your phone isn’t a distraction, but a portal — revealing stories, memories and objects from far away, beyond time and space.

I'm Here I'm Not

Nieuw dit jaar is Oerol Laat. Ook in de nacht maken we ruimte voor bijzondere programmering voor wie nog niet wil gaan slapen. Verwacht het onverwachte, op drie locaties verspreid over het eiland.

Oerol Laat | West-aan-Zee

Five actors compete for your sympathy in this comic performance about helping, good intentions, and the often unbelievable stories behind poverty.

Doekje voor het bloeden

George Tobal Producties / Het NUT

Black-tailed godwit, oystercatcher and common redshankEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

Monumental installation where you watch and participate. Sculpture, text, sound, and rituals performed by the visitors are combined in a journey through our changing landscape.

I WAS HERE. In search of the polar wind, between waters.

Margriet van Weenen

The duo Hamraaz was formed at Codarts, the conservatoire in Rotterdam. Their love of traditional Arabic music finds its way into contemporary compositions and improvisations on flute and tanbour.

Friends' event | Hamraaz

Hamraaz

Laat twee 'urban acrobaten' je meenemen in een routevoorstelling door de straten van West-Terschelling. En herontdek het grootste dorp van het eiland als circusdecor.

Follow Me

Be Flat

Theatrical installation that immerses you in a story about watching and looking away from war. A magical experience at the heart of contemporary history.

Dans Dans Revolutie

BrotherTill / Lisa Weeda

What would happen if a textile artwork could evolve to live in the forest?

Blobs

Charlie Holper

Poignant musical theater piece that draws you into a haunting family dinner. About loss and the devastating power of unspoken words.

When did you leave?

Via Berlin

Oystercatcher and dwarf flaxEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

Natterjack toadEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

Everybody processes stimuli differently. How does that work for you? A physical theatre workshop that offers greater insight into yourself – and fosters understanding for others.

Prikkel: Workshop

Celebrate what you can’t — or just might — grasp in this immersive performance featuring live music, dance, poetry and an interactive lighting design. Join Jonathan Bonny and Theater Babel on an expedition.

NOORDERLICHT

Theater Babel Rotterdam & Jonathan Bonny

In this literary installation you will hear the three dialects of Terschelling in conversation with the landscape. Get carried away by the voices of islanders.

Spreken tegen de wind in

Sanne van Balen

For all your inquiries, you can visit our service points.<ul><li>Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th June: 14:00 – 21:00 (only Eilandersale)</li><li>Friday 13th June: 10:00 – 21:00</li><li>Saturday 14th June to Sunday 22th June: 10:00 – 18:00</li></ul>

Service Point Midsland

Join the excursion and see what happens when compost is returned to the forest.

Friends' event | Explore the forest

Staatsbosbeheer en Elmo Vermijs

Take comfort in an Arabic meal during this bittersweet musical theatre performance — a poetic tale of pride, dreams, and humour as the ultimate weapon against despair.

De Clown

Veenfabriek

How much does the frame shape the art? Four performers use oversized picture frames to build sculptural forms with their bodies — climbing, contorting and balancing within them.

Frames

Alexander Vantournhout / Not Standing

Step into this beautiful Art Deco theatre in West-Terschelling and feel as if you've entered a 1920s playhouse. Here, you'll experience exclusive and experimental performances in an intimate setting that will stay with you long after the show ends.

Various artists

A musical video installation with pixels, paint and living bodies, in which a woman in transition searches for new — boundless, circular — ways of loving.

SONGOFSONGS

Water droplets translate the heartbeats of Terschelling’s animals — from natterjack toads to cormorants — into melody. When a heartbeat disappears, the melody changes forever.

Fountain of Heartbeats

Sanne Vaassen (winnaar Symbio Kunstprijs 2025)

Salt takes centre stage in this installation — as a constant witness to every geological age on Earth and as evidence of climate change and anthropogenic interference with ecosystems

Guardians of the savory

Dávid Koronczi

Walk along and discover the wondrous patterns in the world around us. A performance along a route where static art comes to life in hypnotic juggling choreographies.

Square Two

Tall Tales Company

Contemporary opera performed by an ensemble of humans and trees. In this early morning performance, the trees are not just a backdrop — they are active performers and creative beings.

Treework

Landmarks

Learn more about the work of PolakVanBekkum, their research into the Koeklok, the drawing of cows and their movements, and the relationship between the landscape and the cows of the Geskieker.

Friends' event | Post-show talk Koeklok

PolakvanBekkum

For all your inquiries, you can visit our service points.<ul><li>Friday 13th June and Saturday 14th June: 10.00 – 23.00</li><li>Sunday 15th June to Sunday 22th June: 13:00 – 23:00</li></ul>

Sevice point de Deining

Kaboutertje Putlucht is Nijmegen’s rave-punk party band. Their songs celebrate the many-sided life of the gnome — full of sorrow, humour, trauma and absurdity.

Friends' event | Tussen Wij en Ik

Coco van der Wiel

In this personal performance, Patrick Ribeiro explores whether you can truly leave your past behind — including the things you struggle to forgive yourself for.

Runner

Orkater/De Nieuwkomers: Patrick Ribeiro

A tidal installation on the mudflats near Oosterend, continuously influenced by the ebb and flow. Experience the Wadden Sea in motion.

De Streken

Marc van Vliet

Oerol free zoneEach day, Tumbleweed travels from East - where the sun rises - to West, through six locations where the Tangent emerges. At each location, they perform choreography at the edge of the festival.

A witty, theatrical talk show presenting eight bold proposals for a new capitalist system.

De Kapitalisten

Het NUT / De Nwe Tijd

How do we deal with the responsibility — and the guilt — that comes with wealth? In this performance, Greg and Martin set out in search of an answer.

Belofte maakt schuld

Het NUT / Martin Rombouts

Friends' event | Kaboutertje Putlucht

Kaboutertje Putlucht

Prikkeltalk: Boukje Schweigman on sensory processing and the phenomenology of the internal senses.

Prikkel: Talk

How do techno-optimists and tech sceptics each respond to a future increasingly driven by technology? This theatrical experience by the North Sea offers a space for reflection.

Amfidroom

Peergroup

Live television show by AVROTROS. From Monday till Friday, Opium op Oerol will be reporting live from the festival. Join us!

Opium op Oerol

AVROTROS

The search for the dialects of Terschelling led to a rich collection of texts and encounters.