Bernard-Marie Koltès


Nickel Stuff


Directed by: Ivica Buljan


Co-production between Mladinsko Theatre and National Opera and Ballet, Ljubljana


Description


Nickel Stuff was created by Bernard-Marie Koltès as a script for a film, and will come to live on our stage under the direction of Ivica Buljan, who has staged the majority of Koltès’s works.

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 story begins when this relatively closed space of one minority group sees the arrival of another; their dance technique is based on different cultural patterns and ideas, so the dance floor becomes a “battlefield” for the groups.

The performance will examine the social exclusion of minorities regarding their ethnic origin, political persuasion, social status, and sexual orientation.
 
     
 

Cast


Actors:
Primož Bezjak - Tony Allen
Marinka Štern - Mrs. Allen
Matej Recer - Robert
Joseph Bunn - Babilon
Damjana Černe - Jackie
Lukas Zuschlag - Jo
Jernej Gašperin - Jo
Ivan Godnič - Gurian
Janja Majzelj - Gurian's daughter
Jose - E. E.
Denis Porčič - Chris Washington
Neda R. Bric - Benjamin
Jernej Gašperin -
Olga Kacjan -
Ređep Ramadani -
Yuki Seki -
Kenta Yamamoto -
 
     
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Author
Bernard-Marie Koltès

Director
Ivica Buljan

Translator
Suzana Koncut

Assistant director
Robert Waltl

Costume designer
Ana Savić Gecan

Set, video and light designer
Son:DA (Metka Golec in Miha Horvat)

Music
Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar

Sound designer
Silvo Zupančič

Language consultant
Mateja Dermelj

Make-up artist
Barbara Pavlin

Satage manager
Gašper Tesner

Stage manager
Urša Červ
 
     
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