In The Protagonist we follow a narcissistic young woman in an attempt to get control back over her life, she rigorously decides to go offline. Her escape into the analogue world sets off a stream of surreal daydreams in which the woman fights to protect her identity.
“I am entering your username and your password automatically, in other words, I am becoming YOU.”
The Protagonist is a co-production of Korzo productions, Bird Productions Foundation and Grand Theater Groningen and is made possible by Fonds Podiumkunsten, Kunstraad Groningen, Fonds 21, Dioraphte Foundation and Prins Bernard Cultuurfonds.
Concept direction & choreography: Dunja Jocic
Performers: Dunja Jocic, Christiaan De Donder, Karlijn Roest, Gergo Farkas, Amy Josh, Harry de Wit
Composition: Harry de Wit
Text: Barbi Marković
Light design: Pavla Beranova
Costume design: Slavna Martinovic
Dramaturgy: Marinus Groothof
Photography: Jelena Jankovic
Choreography assistence: Eva Puschendorf
Read a review of The Protagonist in Theaterkrant Februari 4, 2019