"A thousand times we have died
A thousand times we have risen
Have we now earned the right to love for life?"
In Till Death Do Us Part, Julia and Romeo carry hundreds of years of performance history with them.
They have developed an unhealthy obsession with romantic love, and it keeps driving them back to the edge.
Two characters, based on the most famous couple of all time, in search of a love that heals rather than harms.
Can they leave their traumatic past behind?
Till Death Do Us Part is a performance about destructive relationships, exploring how we are still dependent on love, how our self-worth and identity are still shaped by the other—the ultimate union.
When it feels like you can only exist for and through the other, and even death seems like a way out to preserve that immense, uncompromising, and immortal love—then something is fundamentally wrong.
Two lovers confront self-destruction, shame, and their obsession with each other and with love.
How far will they go “in the name of love”?
CREDITS
Concept & Direction: Joelina Spiess Text: Dane Schippers. Scenography & Costumes: Luka Viool Sound & Music Design: David Knap Lighting Design: Charlie Smeets Technical Production: Sietse van der Wal Production: Wouter Stoppelenburg Dramaturgy: Rinke Brans Performance: Felix Schellekens, Giulia Reiss Poster Design: Charlie Smeets Helping Hands: Arthur Buchholz, Design & Technology
Graduation project at the Academy of Theatre and Dance Amsterdam. Under the guidance of:
Erasmus Mackenna
Olivier Diepenhorst
Frank van Wanrooi
Arlon Luijten
Bram Sneijders
Jelleke Raats
With thanks to
Berthe Spoelstra, Bart Visser, Gert Jan Houben, Elisia da Silva Martins Pecas, Bas de Bruijn, Jochum Vrijland, Gemma van Kruijsbergen, Annebeth Vlietstra, Judith van de Pas, Daan Westerdorp, Theaterbroedplaats De Sloot, Santiago Matthaei, Luka Schuurman, Ronja Wijtvliet
DATES
13.03.2024/19:30 Academy for Theatre and Dance Amsterdam
14.03.2024/14:30&19:30 Academy for Theatre and Dance Amsterdam
15.03.2024/19:30 Academy for Theatre and Dance Amsterdam
16.03.2024/14:30 Academy for Theatre and Dance Amsterdam
