MORE THINGS TO DO
POZ PARADISE
JOIN THE AIDS MARCH! What would the International AIDS Conference be without a march? On Monday 23 July, the official opening day, activists and supporters will join forces in a march. You can join the demonstration, calling for an end to stigma and to unequal access to HIV treatment throughout the world. The march begins at Amstelveld at 1.00 pm and ends at RAI at 4.00 pm.
What do you do when you end up with longer to live than you thought? What becomes of all those dreams you’d written off long ago, or the old stories nobody wants to hear any more? In Daniël Cohen’s bittersweet comedy Poz Paradise, three friends buy a house in Spain in the early 1990s, as a place to spend their final years. But when effective treatments for HIV come along, their lives take an unexpected turn. These long-term survivors start to realise that there may be a future for them after all. Poz Paradise will be performed at Stadsschouwburg, with English subtitles, during the the week of AIDS 2018.
POSITIVE FLAME The Olympic flame was lit for the first time in the modern era at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. This tradition is also being adopted by AIDS 2018: a series of well known and less well known people from the HIV field will carry the torch on a tour of noteworthy parts of the city. The torch bearers will include Peter Staley, the legendary activist, and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, the scientist who discovered the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The torch procession will begin at 4.30 pm on 25 July, at the HIV/ AIDSmonument.
THE POWER OF LOVE The Power of Love, a national event for people with HIV and their family and friends, has become something of a tradition for the HIV community in the Netherlands. The event is an entertaining mix of medical information, stories, performances and videos. This year’s Power of Love will be held in the evening of 25 July, with Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau as special guest. The programme will also be accessible for English speaking guests.
MORE THINGS TO DO 23 JULY
23 – 25 JULY
25 JULY
25 JULY
For details go to: aids2018march.nl
Tickets are available at: poz-paradise.nl
For information go to: positiveflame.amsterdam
Tickets are available at: poweroflove.amsterdam
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