For over 30 years, De Parade has been the world’s only travelling theatre festival, showcasing a diverse range of performances in parks across the Netherlands. MTD proudly supports the festival’s summer tour with essential water services, ensuring a smooth and sustainable experience for all.
Key points & numbers
MTD has partnered with De Parade to provide reliable water infrastructures for the festival’s 60-day summer tour, which spans multiple cities in the Netherlands. Our services include:
Supplying water connections for theatre tents, kitchens, and sanitary facilities
Managing water distribution for over 80 theatre, dance, mime, and music performances across each city
Supporting four major stops: Eindhoven, The Hague, Utrecht, and Amsterdam
Ensuring safe water quality for thousands of daily visitors, including an extensive KinderParade program for children
Requests
The organizers of De Parade requested MTD’s expertise to deliver temporary water solutions for their travelling theatre festival. This included providing water connections for theatre tents, food stalls, and backstage areas, as well as managing water quality and wastewater disposal across each festival location. The goal was to ensure that both performers and audiences had access to safe and reliable water facilities throughout the festival’s multi-city journey.
Challenges
Supporting a travelling festival of this scale presented unique logistical challenges. MTD needed to adapt the water infrastructure for different park layouts in each city while ensuring minimal disruption to the local environment and the festival’s daily operations. The festival’s high volume of performances and the diversity of its audience, from families attending the KinderParade to evening theatre-goers, required flexible and efficient water management across all sites.
Achievements
MTD successfully delivered consistent water services throughout De Parade’s summer tour, providing seamless support at each festival stop. Our team ensured that all performance tents, food stalls, and sanitation areas were reliably connected, while maintaining high water quality standards for thousands of attendees. The collaboration between MTD and De Parade has helped the festival continue its legacy, supporting emerging artists and creating a welcoming space for audiences of all ages.
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