ZID Theater – City Arts & Performance Centre is a cultural organisation located in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. From there, ZID Operates locally, nationally and internationally, produces performances, festivals and realises projects together with art professionals, residents and target groups. An inclusive approach is a drive to connect art and social issues. This is the framework in which ZID, produces projects with various target groups in which urgent social issues are addressed. This working method transforms current social issues into artistic processes with a broad group of participants from different target groups. In a collaborative approach with the artists, this leads to successful results and beautiful productions. The projects from ZID brings the world around us on the stage.

ZID has received several awards, including The Appeltje van Oranje an annual award of the Royal Dutch Foundation and The Golden Kaleidoscope in 2018 for connecting art, culture and society. Karolina Spaic, director of ZID, was appointed Knight in the Order of Oranje-Nassau in 2020. The organisation was founded and is led by theatre makers Karolina Spaic and Sebo Bakker. Since 2015, theatre-maker Daan Bosch has joined the artistic core team. ZID attaches great importance to working and exchanging experiences internationally and has toured in various countries. From 2016 ZID organises the annual international ExploreZ festival. (www.explorez.nl)

At most, we specialise in talent development and connect vulnerable target groups of people of the society by empowering them through their strength and talent. In the Balkans, the word zid means ‘the
wall’. To us it means: breaking through and tearing down the walls between people by means of theatre. Zid works in various domains: art & culture, care, social entrepreneurs, education, the security
sector. Over the years, ZID received several awards and nominations for their contribution to a better society. For ZID, an inclusive approach is a drive to connect art and social issues. ZID has its own
working method that transforms current social issues into artistic processes with a broad group of participants from different target groups, which leads to successful results and beautiful productions in a joint process with the artists. Through the multidisciplinary performances and projects, ZID brings the world around us on the stage and lets the performers of various cultural backgrounds and ages shine.
The organisation operates on a national and international level., South America, the United States and Morocco. ZID has received several awards, including, in 2012, the ‘Appeltje van Oranje’, an annual recognition of the Royal Dutch Foundation and the Golden Kaleidoscope (Province of Utrecht) from the Cultural Participation Fund (2018).