Culturele Pleinmarkt 2025, which is the 54th edition, will take place on Saturday 14 June, at Theater Orpheus in Apeldoorn. This fun event with art and culture in the broadest sense of the word can be experienced both indoors and outdoors. You can visit the booths of various artists and watch different music, dance, and theater performances.

Join us at Culturele Pleinmarkt 2025!

On June 14
At 13:45-14:15
In the Restaurant O55 of Theater & Concert Orpheus

we will be performing our short play Lydia and The Melody Strings from our production Meanwhile in Apeldoorn.

First teen idol of the Netherlands

18 year old Lydia Tuinenburg and her younger brother Charles form a band together with their friends after moving to Apeldoorn from Indonesia. ‘Lydia and The Melody Strings’ quickly become well known throughout the country with their version of ‘Send Me The Pillow’ that stays in the national top 15 for no less than 38 weeks in 1959 and 1960.

There is one person who isn’t all enthusiastic about sharing Lydia with the band and a growing number of her fans though: Lydia’s American boyfriend Ruud. Soon, Lydia finds herself caught in the middle of a glamourous musical career that introduced Indo pop to The Netherlands and the comfort of a simple life in which love and family take the center stage. If she is not careful, life may make a choice between these two on her behalf…

About Meanwhile in Apeldoon

Meanwhile in Apeldoorn brings stories from Apeldoorn’s history to life in 5 short videos, 5 freely accessible mini-events, and a final performance. These stories are part of Het grote verhaal van Apeldoorn (The great story of Apeldoorn), which is an initiative by CODA, Gemeente Apeldoorn, and Erfgoedplatform Apeldoorn, inspiring each of our short plays.

Below, you can learn more about this project and get your ticket to our final performance that brings all short plays together.

Final performance: Sunday 22 June, 14:00-16:00, Theater & Concert Orpheus, €4.50 (including 2 drinks)