Downstage Left is an Amsterdam-based international theatre company. We perform in English but we come from many backgrounds, cultures and languages. Roughly half of our performances are local-brew plays written in English in Amsterdam. We dish up original theatre in conventional and unconventional settings.
Active since 2017, Downstage Left’s work so far includes Marc Camoletti’s Don’t Dress for Dinner, David Auburn’s Proof, It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play, by Joe Landry, The Amsterdam Art Heist, by Denis Burke, Constellations by Nick Payne, and The Arsonists by Max Frisch. We also regularly stage new plays at our regular Campfire nights and Playground performances.
The company has performed together in many venues around Amsterdam and internationally at festivals in Ireland (Scene & Heard 2024), the Netherlands (the 10′ International Theater Festival), Northern Ireland (Imagine Belfast 2021) and England (the National Drama Festival 2025). Downstage Left won first prize for best play at the FEATS festival 2025 in Hamburg with their show I’m Home, by Denis Burke.
Who are you people?
Downstage Left was founded by Anastasia Reshetnikova, Andy Cowie, Annika van der Vegt, Ben Evans, Borislava Todorova, Brian Ligthart, Denis Burke, Jon Calado, Katharina Olsen, Silvia Pietrosanti and Yulia Prokhorova. Quin Mero, Katarina Barcikova, Christine Blakely, Jess Graham, Abigail Levine and Evonne Dunne came on board a little while later.
how can I get involved with Downstage Left?
A sensible question. We are often looking for technicians, lighting designers, stage managers, stage crew, set designers and builders, marketing and fund raising support, and even actors and directors. Downstage Left is run entirely by volunteers so please note we are not in a position to offer paid work. If you would like to get involved, please get in touch here
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