Who Killed My Father digital programme
Returning home to the small, conservative town in the north of France where he grew up as a gay teenager, a son finds his dying father virtually unrecognisable from years of alcoholism, social deprivation and grueling manual labour. He starts to wonder: who’s responsible? This UK premiere is adapted and directed by the award-winning Ivo van Hove from the anger-soaked, internationally acclaimed book by Édouard Louis. Who Killed My Father is a furious indictment of the political elite, and a son’s declaration of love. This is a rare opportunity to see Hans Kesting perform the production in English. ★★★★ ‘Merciless and moving portrait’ de Volkskrant ★★★★ ‘Intense and beautifully played by Kesting’ Telegraaf
Returning home to the small, conservative town in the north of France where he grew up as a gay teenager, a son finds his dying father virtually unrecognisable from years of alcoholism, social deprivation and grueling manual labour. He starts to wonder: who’s responsible?
This UK premiere is adapted and directed by the award-winning Ivo van Hove from the anger-soaked, internationally acclaimed book by Édouard Louis.
Who Killed My Father is a furious indictment of the political elite, and a son’s declaration of love. This is a rare opportunity to see Hans Kesting perform the production in English.
★★★★ ‘Merciless and moving portrait’ de Volkskrant
★★★★ ‘Intense and beautifully played by Kesting’ Telegraaf
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INTERNATIONAAL<br />
THEATER<br />
AMSTERDAM<br />
Internationaal Theater Amsterdam (ITA) was<br />
formed in 2018 with the merger of Amsterdam<br />
Stadsschouwburg and Toneelgroep Amsterdam<br />
to create the largest theatre company in the<br />
Netherlands. Toneelgroep Amsterdam was founded<br />
in 1987, itself a merger between two companies:<br />
the Publiekstheater and Toneelgroep Centrum.<br />
Under its Artistic Director, Gerardjan Rijnders,<br />
the company placed avant-garde theatre on the<br />
Netherlands’ principal stage, the Stadsschouwburg<br />
in Amsterdam. Led by Ivo van Hove since 2001,<br />
the company fields a core ensemble of 22 actors.<br />
ITA produces 600 theatre and dance performances<br />
every year, presented nationally and internationally,<br />
alongside social <strong>programme</strong>s for a wide range<br />
of audiences.<br />
For more information about Internationaal Theater<br />
Amsterdam please check ITA.nl<br />
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Photography by Jan Versweyveld<br />
Artistic Director Kwame Kwei-Armah: “With Best Seat in Your House, we’ve taken a bold step<br />
into the future of the theatre-streaming experience. We’ve put choice at the heart of every element,<br />
giving audiences the space to engage with our streamed work in an entirely new way.”<br />
WHAT IS BEST SEAT IN YOUR<br />
HOUSE?<br />
Designed with flexibility in mind, our<br />
innovative next step in live theatre<br />
streaming is designed to place you at the<br />
heart of the action, with each show feeling<br />
like a brand new experience.<br />
We give you two streaming options:<br />
Director’s Chair or Director’s Cut.<br />
Director’s Chair<br />
By taking the Director’s Chair, YOU take<br />
control of your view of the show, as you<br />
cut between any of the cameras placed<br />
around the theatre at any time throughout<br />
the live performance. The choice is yours.<br />
Whatever your preference, your view will<br />
be complemented by a high-quality audio<br />
mix of the show.<br />
Director’s Cut<br />
Alternatively, you can choose our<br />
Director’s Cut option. Sit back as we<br />
deliver a more traditional live edit of the<br />
show from the theatre to your screen,<br />
created with the show’s director and<br />
mixed by our production team.<br />
WHAT DEVICES CAN I WATCH<br />
THIS ON?<br />
Stream on a phone, tablet, laptop, or even<br />
cast to your television. However, for the<br />
best experience, we recommend using<br />
a laptop.<br />
WHAT ARE YOUR ACCESS<br />
PROVISIONS?<br />
Captions, audio description and British<br />
Sign Language will be available for<br />
every performance.<br />
WANT TO KNOW MORE?<br />
Visit youngvic.org/bestseatinyourhouse<br />
Best Seat in Your House is made in<br />
collaboration with YV Artistic Associate<br />
Duncan McLean.<br />
Best Seat in Your House: Mandela will<br />
be broadcast on Thu 19, Fri 20, Sat 21<br />
and Mon 23 Jan 2023, 7.30pm, Sat 21 Jan<br />
2023, 2pm.<br />
The development of Best Seat in Your House<br />
was made possible with public support from the<br />
UK Government’s Culture Recovery Fund.<br />
Additional generous support was provided by the<br />
Genesis Foundation’s Genesis Kickstart Fund.<br />
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