The acclaimed play „Children of the Sun” by Maxim Gorky, directed by the Slovenian director Mateja Koležnik and produced by the German theater Schauspielhaus Bochum, will open this year’s Bitef.
| What’s new in the direction of Mateja Koležnik? Gorky wrote this work while imprisoned in the notorious Peter and Paul Fortress after he was arrested for speaking openly against the Russian Tsar. Slovenian director Mateja Koležnik places her „Children of the Sun” in a time a little closer to us, and in the context of a kind of revolution, i.e., in the sixties of the 20th century, doing precise and detailed portraits of the characters, in an equally very detailed, precise and hyper-realistic depiction of the stage. Return to the great theatrical values Schauspielhaus Bochum staged the play last October, and the performance soon became a great success. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung noted that the play marks „an extraordinary return to the great theatrical values”. Martin Krumbholz wrote in his review for the nachtkritik.de portal: „The casting is so perfect that almost every single role is performed a shade better, more dynamic, or more refined than one might imagine when reading the play. And, of course, not every theater can do that.” Return to the great theatrical values Schauspielhaus Bochum staged the play last October, and the performance soon became a great success. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung noted that the play marks „an extraordinary return to the great theatrical values”. Martin Krumbholz wrote in his review for the nachtkritik.de portal: „The casting is so perfect that almost every single role is performed a shade better, more dynamic, or more refined than one might imagine when reading the play. And, of course, not every theater can do that.” Return to the great theatrical values Schauspielhaus Bochum staged the play last October, and the performance soon became a great success. Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung noted that the play marks „an extraordinary return to the great theatrical values”. Martin Krumbholz wrote in his review for the nachtkritik.de portal: „The casting is so perfect that almost every single role is performed a shade better, more dynamic, or more refined than one might imagine when reading the play. And, of course, not every theater can do that.” Who are the „Children of the Sun”? The cast is led by the famous Dutch theater and television actor Guy Clemens and a rising Dutch theater star Anna Rietmeyer. The award-winning Austrian stage designer Raimund Orfeo Voigt, with whom Koležnik has been collaborating for many years, is responsible for the impressive stage design. The costumes were made by Ana Savić-Gecan from Zagreb, who is recognized for her work both in the theater and in the film – she has so far won as many as three Golden Arenas at the Film Festival in Pula. |
| The acclaimed play „Children of the Sun” by Maxim Gorky, directed by the Slovenian director Mateja Koležnik and produced by the German theater Schauspielhaus Bochum, will open this year’s Bitef. |