GAVRILO PRINCIP

On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip and 5 of his friends make an attempt on the life of the Habsburgian heir to the throne Franz Ferdinand during his visit to Sarajevo. Pistols jam, hand grenades detonate too late, if at all; the assault fails. Franz Ferdinand decides to alter the route of his visit, everyone is briefed, except his driver. Starved and disappointed, Gavrilo enters a bakery store. The moment he stepped outside, the archduke was driven past. It was too late for Gavrilo to draw his pistol, but to his astonishment the car halts down the road in order to back up again. The very last thing Franz Ferdinand lays his eyes on is a meager, narrow- shouldered man with a flimsy moustache.

Gavrilo Princip is a play about a world that is on the verge of disappearing, about a jackass who overthrows the elite, about the subjectivity of historio- graphy, about the mighty hand of fate and about taking justice into one’s own hands. A delirious, orgasmic, theatrical reconstruction, reminiscent of a battlefield.

Gavrilo Princip had its premier in 2014 during the Holland Festival and got selected in the same year for the National Dutch Theatre Festival.

CREDITS
concept and play Jeroen De Man, Maria Kraakman, Vincent Rietveld, Mara van Vlijmen en Ward Weemhoff, Mark Kraan
camera Emo Weemhoff
final direction Marien Jongewaard
sound design and composition Remco de Jong en Florentijn Boddendijk
research Czeslaw de Wijs
lighting design Prem Scholte Albers
scenography Juul Dekker and Sarah Nixon (assistant)
dresser Bernadette Corstens
technical production HP Hulscher
technique Jez Cox
production coordination Carry Hendriks
production Sophie van Hoorn and Renske Ebbers (intern)
publicity Marije Rispens
business leader Gerard Knops
planning and sales Marloes Marinussen
marketing & publicity Sanne van de Kraats
office management Thomas Vandewalle
surtitles Elly Scheele
English translation Renske Ebbers
scene photographie Sofie Knijff
Gavrilo Princip is a coproduction with Holland Festival
Special thanks to: SNS Reaal Fonds, Ammodo, Gemeente Utrecht, Fonds Podiumkunsten, Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds
Photo by: Sofie Knijff

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Agenda 18/19

29-09-18 GAVRILO PRINCIP PRAGUE CROSSROADS FESTIVAL CZ
04-10-18 GAVRILO PRINCIP MARSEILLE ACTORAL FR FRENCH PREMIERE
05-10-18 GAVRILO PRINCIP MARSEILLE ACTORAL FR
25-10-18 GAVRILO PRINCIP AMSTERDAM STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM NL
26-10-18 GAVRILO PRINCIP AMSTERDAM STADSSCHOUWBURG AMSTERDAM NL

 

2014

8 oktober                 Koninklijke Schouwburg (Den Haag)
10 oktober               Kaaitheater (Brussel)
11 oktober               Kaaitheater (Brussel)
13 oktober               Stadsschouwburg Groningen
14 oktober               Stadschouwburg De Harmonie (Leeuwarden)
15 oktober               Schouwburg Arnhem
16 oktober               Toneelschuur (Haarlem)
26 oktober               Chassé Theater (Breda)
28 oktober               Theater aan het Vrijthof (Maastricht)
30 oktober               De Singel (Antwerpen)
31 oktober               De Singel (Antwerpen)
5 november             Rotterdamse Schouwburg
6 november             CC STUK (Leuven)
7 november             CC STUK (Leuven)
24 november           Stadsschouwburg Amsterdam
29 november           Stadschouwburg Utrecht
3 december             Theater De Vest (Alkmaar)