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title: "Frans Poelstra • Artists"
description: "As a child, Frans Poelstra spent more time staring into Amsterdam’s canals than sitting in classrooms. He never graduated, but he also never gave up on his dreams. Finally, he decided in favour of the theatre – the only place where you can live your dreams professionally. As a performer, Poelstra…"
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# Frans Poelstra

Last edited on 22.7.2026

![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/frans-poelstra/Frans-Poelstra.jpg)

Frans Poelstra

© Andreas Fleck

## artist.bio

As a child, Frans Poelstra spent more time staring into Amsterdam’s canals than sitting in classrooms. He never graduated, but he also never gave up on his dreams. Finally, he decided in favour of the theatre – the only place where you can live your dreams professionally. As a performer, Poelstra wants to dance through all kinds of virtual realities of thoughts and associations. In the past, he regularly worked with artists such as Mark Tompkins, Vera Mantero and Robert Steijn/united sorry. He has lived in Vienna since 2004 and worked with local artists such as Oleg Soulimenko, Christine Gaigg, Andrea Maurer, Michikazu Matsune and Anna Maria Nowak. He is also part of the inclusive school art project Mellow Yellow. For *THIS MOMENT WITH YOU*, Frans Poelstra is happy to continue his collaboration with Robert Steijn.

## Works at brut

- [THIS MOMENT WITH YOU, Too Old to Pretend. Too Alive to Stop. (2026)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/2026/04/Frans-Poelstra)
- [this body of stories. the lockdown version (2021)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2021/01/Frans-Poelstra)
- [Ewige 80er (2020, mit Deborah Hazler und Jan Machacek)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2020/12/Jan-Machacek)
- [All together (2019, mit Michikazu Matsune und Elizabeth Ward)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2019/Jaenner-2019/Michikazu-Matsune-All_together)
- [FIVE (2016)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2016/2016_12_Dezember-2016/Frans-Poelstra_FIVE)

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