{"id":709,"date":"2026-04-01T09:13:54","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T08:13:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/?post_type=poet&#038;p=709"},"modified":"2026-05-28T09:00:54","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T08:00:54","slug":"zomaargasten-nld","status":"publish","type":"poet","link":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/en\/poet\/zomaargasten-nld\/","title":{"rendered":"Zomaargasten (NLD)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oscar Kocken (1983, NLD) and Patrick Nederkoorn (1983, NLD) are the creators behind <em>Zomaargasten<\/em>: a theatrical interview show without celebrities, centered on conversations with \u201cordinary\u201d people. Driven by a shared fascination for storytelling and social themes, they create encounters rooted in curiosity and the connecting power of personal narratives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kocken is a writer, presenter and program maker, known among others for his contributions to <em>De Taalstaat<\/em>. Nederkoorn is a comedian and presenter with a background in political science and theology, with a strong focus on socially engaged, narrative-driven theatre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where you may know Zomaargasten from<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Touring across the Netherlands with their interview show <em>Zomaargasten<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Collaborations with literary festivals, bookstores and social organizations on themes such as identity, politics and community.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nederkoorn won the Annie M.G. Schmidtprijs, a Dutch award for the best theatre song performed in a Dutch theatre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":580,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-709","poet","type-poet","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"en","translations":{"en":709,"nl":707},"pll_sync_post":{},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/poet"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/709\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/poet\/709\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.poetry.nl\/festival\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}