MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS
MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTLAND lays bare the historic root of the contemporary relationship between Scotland and England - the colonised and the imperial coloniser. It shows the way in which the physical oppression of another nation at the hands of an individual ruler ultimately leads to the chronic emotional and cultural oppression of a nation’s own folk. Accompanied by live folk music, a deeply personal and intimate story unfolds, showing the relationship between two queens, friends and cousins turn to dust under the patriarchal pressure of their advisors, led astray and tossed out by their fellows, left to rule with broken moral compasses, and ultimately, to live and die in loneliness.
Premièred on the 9th of December 2020 at the Academy for Theatre and Dance in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
CONCEPT, DIRECTION AND LIGHTING DESIGN Erasmus Mackenna
TEXT Friedrich Schiller
PERFORMANCE Violet Braeckman, Julia Diepstraten, Lina Heijmans, Marit Hooijschuur, Jasper Stoop and Simme Wouters
SCENOGRAPHY AND COSTUME DESIGN Noa Helder
MUSICAL DIRECTION Jasper Stoop and Simme Wouters
SOUND DESIGN Bauke Moerman
ADAPTATION AND DRAMATURGY Roel Pronk
PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT Sam Kosterman
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION Maarten van Burken
SCENIC PHOTOGRAPY Robert van der Ree
PRODUCED BY Academy for Theatre and Dance