24 October - 22 November 2008
From 24 October the third and final instalment of Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf's trilogy Rain, Hope and Grief will be on display at the Hamiltons Gallery.

Read the interview with Erwin Olaf here.

Hamiltons Gallery website
Erwin Olaf website

12 & 15 November 2008
The 2008 edition of the Theatre Cafe Festival displays UK premieres of some of the most exciting writers in Europe today. One of them is Dutch playwright Esther Gerritsen, whose play Headcase will be performed at the festival. Headcase portrays succesful painter Lena, who has a secret. No one knows she is paralysed from the neck down and paints all her pictures with her mouth. Unsentimental and witty, Gerritsen's play (translated by Rina Vergano) radically breaks with social conventions. Headcase won the Dutch-German Youth Theatre Prize in 2008.

Dates: Wed 12 & Saturday 15 November
Time: 1.45pm
Theatre Cafe Festival 2008 website

13 November - 7 December 2008
For her first solo exhibition at Vegas Gallery, Dutch artist Anneke Wilbrink shows landscape paintings derived from source material including archived images, DVDs and photos taken while travelling. Never painted directly from life, Wilbrink's landscapes are built up from labyrinthine, thread-like grids layered around patches of watery paint and blurred marks.

Anneke Wilbrink graduated from the Frank Mohr Institute, MF Groningen in 2004. Since then she has exhibited widely in a variety of European galleries and museums. In 2004 she was nominated for the Prix de Rome (drawing), and she received the Royal Dutch Prize for Painting in 2006.

Vegas Gallery
64-66 Redchurch Street
London E2 7DP
Tel: +44 (0)772 675 0762
Vegas Gallery website
Anneke Wilbrink website

17 November 2008
Monday November 17th a Dutch Market will be held in the Dutch Church at Austin Friars. Benefit from this unique opportunity to purchase traditional Dutch products, such as Dutch gingerbread, Christmas stollen, chocolate letters, almond-filled pastry, liquorice, etc.
From the end of October onwards products can be ordered from the website, which can then be picked up on the day of the Market.

Location: Dutch Church, Austin Friars, London EC2
Time: Noon - 2pm
Entry fee: 50p
Website: www.neerlandia.org.uk

23 November 2008
Dutch traditional present-giver Saint Nicholas, also known as Sinterklaas, enters Scotland on Sunday November 23rd in the restaurant of the Loudon Castle Theme Park in Galston.

Website: Sinterklaas in Scotland

13 November - 14 December 2008
In November, the W A L L gallery presents work from Dutch-born artist Marcelle Hanselaar. Hanselaar has lived in London for many years and is well-known for her visual explorations of sex and power. Her 2007 solo show The Weight Of Smoke travelled to three European countries. La Petite Mort, a series of etchings, has been acquired by the British Museum.

W A L L
9 Calabria Road
London N5 1JB
Tel: 020 7503 4692
W A L L website

24- 25 November 2008
Join Heliview's Master Class Fast Growth and draw on the deep expertise of speakers and panellists, learn more about what it takes to succeed from the Deloitte Technology Fast 500 EMEA winners, and develop a sound strategy for the future.

The class will be held at the private business membership club Pasley-Tyler, Mayfair, Londen.

The class also includes an invitation to the black-tie event, Technology Fast 500 EMEA Awards Ceremony, held at the Lords Cricket Grounds in London.

Download the Masterclass Fast Growth Brochure.

For more information:
Email Joke Scholtens
Master Class Fast Growth website

On Saturday 29 November London will have its own little Paris at the Royal Chelsea Hospital Gardens, where the Dutch ‘Oranjebal’ will take place.

This year’s charity for the Oranjebal will be the Dance4Life foundation, which helps young people to avoid the risks of HIV and AIDS. The so called ‘Agents of Change’ add a substantial part to this prevention through the Dance4Life-education programme.

The Oranjebal, supported by the Dutch Ambassador, Mr. P. W. Waldeck, is to be held for the 12th time this year and is attended by many Dutch residents in London and the surrounding areas.

Oranjebal website
History Oranjebal Londen