The Amsterdam Fringe Festival is back in September 2025. The entire city becomes its playground, where for 11 days you can embrace performance experimentation at 22 locations, spread across the entire Amsterdam.

DOOR Open Space is one of Amsterdam Fringe Festival official venues - this year we will be hosting a play ‘Transposition’ - a music-theater performance about exile, identity, and resilience. Created by artists who were forced to flee due to war or political oppression, the piece blends live music, dance, video, and documentary text to transform personal displacement into a universal artistic journey.

Transposition Collective unites artists from Ukraine, Russia, and the Netherlands, many of whom have experienced forced migration. The libretto is written by Alina Kotova and Vladlena Sandu. Alina Kotova is a theatre director and multidisciplinary artist whose practice explores and redefines the boundaries of contemporary opera. 
The performance is directed by Vladlena Sandu, an award-winning theater and film artist known for The Rainbow Cinema (Best Amsterdam Fringe 2023). 
The music is composed by Jacob ter Veldhuis (JacobTV), a renowned Dutch composer celebrated for his genre-defying work that blends classical music with pop culture, spoken word, and digital media. 
The musical core is performed by VitaDuo — saxophonist Vitaly Vatulya and pianist Maria Nemtsova — founders of the Music for Peace initiative. 
Choreography is by Konstantin Koval, whose credits include international TV productions and award-winning commercials. 
Costumes are designed by Anna Chistova, a leading stylist with extensive experience in film, fashion, and theater. 

Dates:
Wednesday, 10th September, 20:00
Thursday, 11th September, 20:00
Friday, 12th September, 18:30
Friday, 12th September, 21:30