About the AATG
The AATG is a membership association - our aim is to bring English-language amateur theatre to The Hague and its surroundings.
We are inclusive - anyone can join us! We’re open to all nationalities, adults and children alike, with or without theatre skills or experience. As long as you share our enthusiasm for anything theatrical! Whether you're keen to act, sing or dance, or whether you prefer to avoid the limelight, there’s always a spot for you in the AATG.
If you have enjoyed our plays and pantomimes in the past, and want to see them continue in the future, then please do support the AATG. The best way to support us to to become a member and join in with one of our productions or social events!
We are constantly looking for ways to bring entertainment and theatre to you, and this will help us do it.
The Year in AATG…
January is a time of preparation and planning. Our improvisers are usually first to pop their heads out into the cold. If we’re doing a Spring production, rehearsals will begin. Watch out for our Broadway show launch event. And our woodwork ‘Wizards’ can be found huddled around cups of coffee on Wednesday mornings at The Warehouse.
As the year progresses, the number of activities begins to ramp up. March is Murder Mystery Month - giving AATG members a great opportunity to dress up and improvise a variety of characters - murderer, victim or innocent bystander - so that diners can try to pinpoint the guilty party. The net proceeds are donated to a nominated charity. Also this month, watch out for the first of our free Playreadings which will take place at De Kunsthut.
April is not cruel - we promise. Our Spring production will be performing and the Committee will be frantically organising the AGM, which takes place in May. Now the buds are out and the days are getting longer. This tends to be FEATS month (but Hamburg are hosting the festival in June in 2025).
Early summer means it’s time for panto auditions. And the fun never stops, because June is also Broadway time!
From September onwards, it’s all hands on deck getting the panto ship-shape. It’s our biggest yearly project, generally involving about 100 people ‘on’ or back-stage. If you haven’t seen a traditional British pantomime yet, or you want to know more about what’s involved, visit our dedicated Panto information page.
While autumn might be dominated by cross-dressing, set-building and grumpy band members, there will also be the last of our free Playreadings in October to enrich you. And perhaps just time to check out our filmclub.
Here’s a look at our full schedule for 2025…
11 January: Warehouse Clean-up/Clear-out
17 January: Improv Group, Het Koorenhuis (repeats every month)
26 January: A Night on Broadway 3 Launch Event!, Goederaad Sports Centre, Voorschoten
7 March: Free Playreading, De Kunsthut
14-15 March: Charity Murder Mystery Dinner, Warenar
3-6 April: ‘True West’, De Kunsthut
May: AATG Annual General Meeting (Date T.B.C.)
6 June: Free Playreading, De Kunsthut
27-29 June: ‘A Night on Broadway 3’, De Kunsthut
4-5 September: Shakespeare’s ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’, Wassenaar
7 October: Free Playreading, De Kunsthut
5-7 December: ‘Pantomonium’, Theater aan het Spui
The AATG is governed by an annually elected committee which takes care of day-to-day business and manages the finances in accordance with Dutch law. The committee is also responsible for selecting proposed plays. Our current committee members are shown below.
Meet the Committee
Henri Colens
Chairman
Kyle Buijs
Vice-Chair
Megan Walch
Secretary
Chris Buck
Membership
Peter Comley
Treasurer
Stephanie Hazejager
Production Coordinator
Rob Grant
Publicity
Michael Connelly
Media Manager
Emma de Moel
Newsletter
Our history
It all began in November 1951 here with a production of French Without Tears by Terence Rattigan. The proceeds were donated to the building fund of the Anglican and American Episcopal Church in The Hague, which had been destroyed by the bombings of 1945. The group’s original name was ‘Diplomaten Toneelspelers’. In March 1964, Queen Juliana of the Netherlands gave her Royal Assent and the group was registered at the Chamber of Commerce as the Anglo-American Theatre Group of The Hague.
In May 1976, the AATG co-founded and hosted the first Festival of European Anglophone Theatre Societies (FEATS) in Rotterdam, staging The Collection by Harold Pinter as a competing entry. Since then, the AATG has played a very active part in FEATS (held in a different European city each spring) by competing on a regular basis and hosting the Festival in The Hague every five or six years. The first FEATS Fringe – a non-competitive afternoon programme of short plays and workshops that is now an integral part of the Festival – was held in The Hague in 1990. FEATS will be hosted by the AATG in The Hague again in 2026.