MUSIC:
  In The Flesh(1,5Mb!)
  The Thin Ice  (1,4Mb!)
  Last Brick Medly(1,7Mb!)
  Comfortably Numb (3,8Mb!)

INFO
 Frits' Wallsite

(P)REVIEUWS:
 Haagsche Courant(dutch)
 Rijswijker  (dutch)
 Algemeen Dagblad(photo)

SCARFE:
 Scarfe Drawings

Sadly, because of this, Pink Floyd performed the wall in only a few select cities in America and in Europe. The son of minter in 1980, began in Los Angeles, California, at the LA Sports Arena. They played there for seven nights, from February 7th to the 13th. Then they went to Uniondale, New York, on Long Island, and played five nights at the Nassau Coliseum from February 24th to the 28th. Then in August of the same year, they played in London England at the Earls Court exhibition Hall for 6 nights from August 4fh to August 9th. Then in 1981. Pink, Floyd took "The Wall" to Germany performing for 7 nights at the Westfalenhalle, in Dortmund from February 13th to the 20th. (They never came to The Netherlands.) 

After returning to England, and waiting till June, they performed "The Wall" again one last time, again in London at the Earls Court Exhibition Hall. They played five nights from June 13th to the 17th. "The Wall was not performed by Pink Floyd ever again, however ten years later, on July 21st 1990, Roger Waters performed "The Wall" staging one of the most spectacular, and largest outdoor concerts in history, at Potsdam Platz in Berlin Germany. This was performed in celebration of the demolition of The Berlin Wall, and was also a fundraiser for The Memorial Fund for Disaster Relief. An average of 300,000 people attended the mammoth event. 
 

So it was, that myself (Geert DD), my brother Frits, and Peter Chattelin began our odyssey. From that moment the three of us became involved in the planning and organization of the project, and the selection of the right people to take part in the project. We worked for 5 years before seeing our dream come to fruition, culminating in our first live show. I did the stage design, and a special band was formed consisting of 12 amateur musicians. Getting the right people to together, motivated musicians, and people with the right technical know-how, took almost a year. 

In the Autumn of 1993 our group of musicians with the name Pink Project started our first rehearsal. Work was also started on the theatrical parts of the show, the special effects, the puppets, the slide projections and props, and of course the wall. After several trial performances in pubs and other night clubs to get the set perfect, and the best recreation of the Floyd sound, our Rock Opera of "The Wall," was first performed in March 1995 in the Korzo-theatre at The Hague. 

With 12 motivated musicians, and many technicians for the theatrical parts of the show, it was endeavoured to create the atmosphere and emotion of "The Wall" shows of Pink Floyd in 1980/81. The music, puppets, special effects as well as the large screen projections contributed to the performances in Korzo-theatre being such a great success. The performances were on March 3, 4, and 5, 1995. All three nights were sold out, and more than 600 tickets were sold in total. 
 

The very nature of "The Wall" show, places special demands on the theatre, and it therefore took a long time before another suitable location was found. In the end, it was decided to perform the Rock Opera in the Rijswijkse Schouwburg, a theatre close to The Hague. The theatre had a perfect stage, and all the 600 seats give a good view of it. 

So, the band started rehearsing again, and of course more time had to be spent on the puppets and special effects. The Wife, and the Teacher, and the Pig, and the Aeroplane, not one detail was missed. Even projections of drawings by Gerald Scarfe, which to date have not been shown before, were included. 

The Wall performances at the Rijswijkse Schouwburg were held on December 20, 21, and 22 1996, and again they were a terrific success. Saturday and Sunday nights were both sold out and more than 1600 tickets were sold. Our dream had come true! Almost three thousand Pink Floyd fans saw these concerts, and not just from The Netherlands. Fans came from Germany, Belgium, and England to see the shows. The photos here, were taken during the live performance in the Rijswijkse Schouwburg. Some fans commented that the performances were better and more emotional than that of the Berlin 1990 show, and that Roger Waters would be proud of the shows and our efforts. 

b.t.w. all performances where realised with the approval of BUMA-STEMRA.