20-07-2022

In the media // The captain of Ship of Fools made his last voyage (Parool)

"I've always felt like i walked a bit sideways from the rest of society, or in my case: sailed"

August Dirks (70), captain of the Azart and co-founder of the theater company Ship of Fools, wanted to sail his ship to the Uluruberg in Australia for her last trip. But halfway through the trip, he turned out to be terminally ill. We take a look back at his life. "I thought I was special, but it's the environment that's so weird that I seemed special."

Read the full interview with August Dirks in het Parool, 18th of juli 2022 >>

Now the ship is stranded in Ecuador at the Corporación Humor y vida! In this way is the story of the Azartplein in Amsterdam is continueing at the "Playa Azart".

 

 

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