On November, 19th we celebrated a world premiere of one of the most controversial screenplays,
Nickel Stuff, written by a contemporary classic dramatist
Bernard-Marie Koltès and directed by the leading Croatian director
Ivica Buljan,
In a London bar called Nickel, which is mostly used for dancing and where the majority of patrons are black, “dance duels” take place, similar to those from
Saturday Night Fever (1977) which prompted Koltès to write, with the inspiration for the main character Tony Allen being
John Travolta. The dance floor becomes a “battlefield” for the groups ...
The performance examines the social exclusion of minorities regarding their ethnic origin, political persuasion, social status, and sexual orientation.