Age of Rage – Holland Festival

Revenge is a destructive force that frequently haunts and wrecks successive generations. In Age of Rage, Ivo van Hove and his company tell a primordial story about revenge that begins with the history of the Trojan War and the royal Atreidai family. Tragic mythological figures from stories like Iphigenia in Aulis, The Trojan Women, Hecuba, Agamemnon, Electra and Orestes encounter one another in an ongoing story. Age of Rage shows the mechanisms, inevitability and hopelessness of a circle of violence. This performance is in line with earlier large-scale ITA productions such as Roman Tragedies (2007) and Kings of War (2015). Van Hove: 'It is the story of years of war and how its consequences like an ineradicable cancer have a profound and long-lasting effect on families and society. But also a story about violence today and about radicalization. We see how, faced with major problems, leaders turn to murder and revenge rather than deliberation. A royal family that runs the country but never comes to a vision or approach for a better future. A dark, grand and universal tale.’

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after Aischylos, Euripides direction Ivo van Hove translation Gerard Koolschijn adaptation Ivo van Hove, Koen Tachelet dramaturgy Koen Tachelet choreography Wim Vandekeybus scenography & light Jan Versweyveld costumes An d’Huys composition Eric Sleichim cast Ilke Paddenburg, Janni Goslinga, Jesse Mensah, Maarten Heijmans, Hélène Devos, Hans Kesting, Chris Nietvelt, Aus Greidanus jr., Achraf Koutet, Maria Kraakman, Majd Mardo, Gijs Scholten van Aschat dance Katharina Ludwig, Emma Hanekroot, Bai Li Wiegmans music performed by Yves Goemaere, Ward Deketelaere, Bl!ndman assistant director Konstantinos Vasilakopoulos (intern), Rosemintje Verpaalen – Weijts assistant dramaturgy Koen Tachelet, Simone van der Steen (intern) assistant scenography Django Walon, Bart Van Merode, Renée Faveere (stage) with thanks to Coen Bouwman assistant music George Dhauw assistant choreography Laura Aris Alvarez assistant costumes Rosa Schützendorf head technical department David Verswijveren production management Inge Zeilinga, Michiel van Schijndel head of artistic bureau Ulrike Bürger Bruijs Tzela Christopoulou Eva Sol technical producer Joost Verlinden technique Dennis van Scheppingen, Pepijn van Beek, Paul van der Zouwe, Ruud de Vos, Timo Merkies, Mark Thewessen, Erwin Sterk, Emile Bleeker, Kevin Cuyvers, Sebastiaan Kruijs (first stage manager), Danne Hekman costume department Wim van Vliet hair and make-up David Verswijveren, Mirjam Venema tailor Claudia Pellegrini set construction Fiction Factory photography Fabian Calis graphic design Sara Fortuin production Iris Istha, Internationaal Theater Amsterdam coproduction Bl!ndman, Holland Festival private producers Helga Lasschuijt, Gabriella de Rooij with the support of Ammodo

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