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30 th SEPTEMBER

YUGOSLAV DRAMA THEATRE “LJUBA TADIC” STAGE

DURATION 120’

20.00

★ luk PERCEVAL (Lommel/Belgium, 1957) studied acting in Antwerp. Hired as an actor at Antwerp municipal theatre “Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg”. Together with Guy Joosten in 1984 he founded the independent group in “Blauwe Maandag Compagnie” in opposition to the dusty repertory theatre and he has been producing for it ever since, managing it on his own after 1991. In 1998/99 the group merged with the “Koninklijke Nederlandse Schouwburg” under the name “Het Toneelhuis”, Perceval became its artistic director. He received many awards for his productions in the Flemish language, including the Thalia Prize in 1990 for the artistic work as a whole; numerous invitations to theatre festivals in the Netherlands and Belgium. He was awarded the 3sat Innovation Prize for Battles!, the German version of Ten Oorlog (production of the year 2000 in the critics’ survey of Theater heute). His contract with Het Toneelhuis will expire in 2005, then he wants to commit himself as an in-house director at the Berlin Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz. Since the season 2009/2010 Luk Perceval is the leading director of the Thalia Theater.

CREDITS: Text: Luk Perceval, Christina Bellingen, Steven Heene Direction: Luk Perceval Cast; Patrick Bartsch, Bernd Grawert, Burghart Klaußner, Benjamin-Lew Klon, Oscar van Rompay, Peter Seynaeve, Steffen Siegmund, Oana Solomon, Katelijne Verbeke, Steven van Watermeulen, Gilles Wellinski. Scenography: Annette Kurz Costumes: Use Vandenbussche Lighting design: Mark van Denesse Dramaturgy: Christina Bellingen, Steven Heene Music: Ferdinand Forsch Photography: Armin Smailovic Production: Thalia Theatre, Hamburg Co-production: NTGent In co-operation with Goethe-Institut Belgrade, supported by the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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