Ika Schwander

SCHUNCK X Cultura Nova

Ika Schwander

Cultura Nova is Limburg's biggest culture festival, which this year takes place in Heerlen from 30 August to 8 September. Also at SCHUNCK.

Cultura Nova is an annual, international theatre festival in Limburg. The festival offers film, dance, music & visual arts, often at unusual locations, full of open-air shows and international productions. SCHUNCK does not miss out on this week either. 

Cultura Nova in the Glaspaleis


Someone, I tell you, in another time will remember us: for this performance/installation, French-Dutch performer and director Ika Schwander collaborates with British multimedia artist Fran Hayes.  Their performance is dedicated to the transformation from human to tree. They create an environment where sensory stimuli are rare and the audience has space to breathe. In that space, questions normally lost emerge. What drives a person to trade human existence for something else? 

To be seen on 6, 7 and 8 September, at different times.

Sound walk

Sound walk PANORAMIC VIEWS takes you past a number of highlights in the centre of Heerlen. By means of stories and special sounds, Mike Kramer takes you into stories about the origin, history and even some of the secrets hidden behind Heerlen and its surroundings. Sometimes told from a historical perspective, sometimes through a more poetic angle.

Walk along on 31 August, 1, 3, 4, 6 and 8 September, at different times.