Phaedra in vlammen - Het Nationale Theater | Ola Mafaalani 

Theater en toneel

The power of love
Phaedra, queen of Athens, lives trapped in an unhappy marriage to her husband Thesesus. Everything changes when she meets her upcoming daughter -in -law Persea. This young woman shakes everything and everyone around her, recklessly kicks against the existing power structures. Phaedra is enchanted by Persea's fierce strength. A secret, passionate relationship arises, with disastrous consequences.

raw, visual and poetic
director Ola Mafaalani made a name name with raw, visual and poetic representations such as ethello, heaven above Berlin and fellini . Until 2016 she led the Noord Nederlands Toneel. After that she made her big performances mainly in the opera and abroad (including. Berlin and Riga). For the first time since the theater hit guarantee (2016) she is now back in the big hall. Composer Krists Auznieks wrote new music, which is performed live by four musicians from the New European Ensemble.

Director Ola Mafaalani: “For me, Phaedra goes into flames about the unstoppable power of love, which always blossoms between the rubble as weeds. Nino Haraticwili shows how we all live - women and men - in a world based on outdated structures. The old is not yet perished, so that the new cannot be born. Phaedra and Persea make an attempt to force that innovation, but conservative forces don't give them a chance. Their attempt is necessary, right now. If we don't fight for the loving interaction, there is none!