For 10 days in September, Amsterdam is in the grip of the stage arts, with the Dutch Theatre Festival and the accompanying Fringe Festival taking place from 1 to 11 September. While the Dutch Theatre Festival revisits last season's most successful productions, the Fringe ensures that avant-garde theatre isn't left behind.

Staging around 80 productions by cutting-edge home-grown and international producers and artists at over 25 locations, the Amsterdam Fringe Festival turns the entire city into a stage. From theatres to clubs, the streets and even living rooms, the eccentricity that is the Fringe occupies the edges of both stage and performance with all the bizarre, brooding and brilliant performance art we've come to attribute to fringe festivals from live art, theatre, musical theatre, comedy and dance.

With such a fantastic line-up of international productions, the festival promises a wide selection of events that are 'Language No Problem' (i.e. accessible to non-Dutch speakers), for those whose Nederlands is not quite up to scratch. Look for the 'LNP' marker just to be sure.

http://www.fringefestival.nl/