Sadettin K.

What if your child asks you if his family is being deported? Theater maker and master storyteller Sadettin Kırmızıyüz presents FIRST MAN, a solo performance about identity and how it is passed on from generation to generation. For the direction, Sadettin is working for the first time with Nicole Beutler, known for her sharp and image-rich theater productions. Together they translate this personal story about migration, traumas and dreams into a compelling performance that is both personally and socially urgent. FIRST MAN will premiere in Frascati, Amsterdam on November 7, 2025.

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The morning after the PVV's election victory in 2023, the phone rings. It's Sadettin's ex-wife. Their 10-year-old son is afraid that his grandparents will be deported from the country. “Do you want to talk to him?”In the kitchen, Sadettin tries to reassure his son: “We belong here. Even though our name sounds different. No matter what happens, we will stay here.”But Sadettin himself is awake. In his dreams he wonders whether the Earth is as dangerous for his child as the planet Krypton is for the young Superman.

After years of discrimination and xenophobia, does his son now have to live with that fear? Kırmızıyüz's family speaks several languages ​​and they celebrate Christmas, Ramadan, Easter, the Feast of the Sacrifice and Sinterklaas. Yet it feels like they have to prove again and again that they belong here, just because Sadettin's father once came from elsewhere.. FIRST MAN is a performance about family, identity and home. About how you hold each other, even when the world makes you insecure.

Credits
Concept, text and game Sadettin Kırmızıyüz Director Nicole Beutler Dramaturgy Liet Lenshoek Scenography Emin Batman Costume Sacha Zwiers Light Gé Wegman Composition Gary Shepherd Technique Henk Geurds Production Nikita Oldert Business management AlbertSince 2010 he has been the artistic director of SADETTIN K and creates performances under that banner. Sadettin's work is characterized by a strongly autobiographical and documentary character: he draws on his personal life and experiences to create performances in which identity, migration, discrimination, politics and the history of both the Netherlands and the world play a role and personal and universal themes mingle. He made a name for himself with performances about his family such as Somedaymyprincewill.com and Return of the King and performances about current themes such as radicalization and discrimination such as The Radicalization of Sadettin K and Citizen K. With his performances, Sadettin breaks through the framework of our ingrained thinking patterns.

45 minutes before the start, an introduction will be given by Annette Embrechts, dance and theater journalist for de Volkskrant. You can reserve a spot for this free of charge during the ordering process.