Going stag: Steijn with his spirit animal

"You know when Joseph Boeys said everybody has to be an artist? I think it would be nice if everyone has to be a poet," he says. "Perhaps there's not so much difference between the two. But I like to think you meet with a situation and then you have to create how you want to deal with it, how you want to change it. It's not to adapt yourself to a situation but really to make it your own. I think this empowerment is important."

ROBERT STEIJN

Thurs/3, 8 p.m., $10-$20

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