Production Staff
Sophocles
Playwright
Sophokles
Original playwright
Toneelgroep Amsterdam
Produced in Association with
Richard Beaton
Assistant Lighting Designer
Anne Carson
New translator
An D'Huys
Costume Design
Edinburgh International Festival
Co-Producer
Daniel Freitag
Composition and Sound Design
Born 1986 in Germany, Daniel Freitag studied musicology Marburg and Berlin. He fronted several bands, playing many gigs and producing their records since his early teens.
During his studies he discovered theatre as a place to experiment as a composer, musical director and sound designer. After moving to Berlin in 2009, he soon started working with internationally acclaimed directors at the legendary Schaubühne theatre. He was responsible for the music of multiple productions directed by Thomas Ostermeier that have been shown all over the world. Another director he frequently works with is the Tony- and Olivier-Award-winning Ivo van Hove. Their staging ... read more
Ivo van Hove
Director
Ivo van Hove began his career in 1981 and has been director of Toneelgroep Amsterdam since 2001. He has also been director of Het Zuidelijk Toneel. From 1998 to 2004, he managed the Holland Festival, annually presenting his selection of international theater, music, opera and dance.
Until 2010 he was one of the artistic leaders of the Dramatic Arts department in Antwerp. Ivo van Hove's production work in theater includes Hedda Gabler at the National Theatre, A View From the Bridge at Young Vic, West End and Broadway, The Crucible on Broadway, Lazarus in New York and London, and Visconti’s The ... read more
Ramon Huijbrechts
Assistant Set Designer
Jeff James
Assistant Director
Sjoerd Knibbelaar
Photography Assistant
Pater van Kraaij
Dramaturg
Thierry Mousset
Second Assistant Director
Joyce Nettles
Casting Director
Joyce Nettles is a casting director. She received a nomination for Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement In Casting. ... read more
Patsy Rodenburg
Voice
James Turner
Assistant Set Designer
Jan Versweyveld
Set and Lighting Design
Jan Versweyveld is a scenographer and lighting designer. He trained at the Sint-Lucas Institute in Brussels and at the Royal Academy in Antwerp, Belgium.
Versweyveld became the regular scenographer of the Het Zuidelijk Toneel theater group and joined Toneelgroep Amsterdam in 2001, as head of the design department and the group's regular scenographer and photographer.
He has worked on numerous productions as set and light designer in Europe, the UK and the United States. Among other internationally known directors, he has worked on all of Ivo van Hove's theater and opera productions and on numerous dance productions by Anne Teresa ... read more
Tal Yarden
Video Design
Videos
