Meriç Artaç (b. 1990, Istanbul) is a composer and multidisciplinary cultural entrepreneur known for her theatrical and character-driven music. She began her musical training at age 5 and moved to the Netherlands in 2008, earning her Master’s in Composition from Codarts Rotterdam under Peter-Jan Wagemans. Artaç creates original operas
The world of Radger the Badger is rooted in stories that go far beyond bedtime. Each character is more than a forest creature — they reflect traits our family, and by extension, the dynamics of any community. These tales explore how caring for one another drives us to fight with and
My mother, Vanessa Gillett, has played an important role in these stories, from the very beginning. As children, she taught us hands-on skills like pottery, papier-mâché masks, costume design, drawing and painting... so on! All of this influence me and my siblings as we excelled in the arts throughout our
Ah, the puzzle pieces! A research project to build Radger the Badger, the Performances, slowly... like a slimy snail... Radger the Badger — A Research Project in Progress Radger the Badger first grows throughout small performances — bottled up in a research project. During my second year at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam,
I’m Poppie-Joy — clarinetist, storyteller, and musical theatre-maker currently based in Amsterdam. I officially began my clarinet studies at age 15 at the Conservatoire de Lyon, but before that, music was already a part of my body — I grew up playing in fanfares and Balkan bands, with the bell in
From Clarinet to Hip-Hop, a Year of Experimentation The first trial show of Radger the Badger was in my very first year at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam — a time of discovery, exploration, and... fear! (It's scary to move countries!). The idea to recreate my father's storytelling
"Play-me Together" — A Forest, a Puppet, and a Lesson in Listening Before Radger the Badger ever tiptoed into my imagination, there was Orletia. She was enormous. Blue. Mysterious. A gentle giant of a puppet who walked quietly through a forest, carrying not just trees and wind in her
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