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KASIMIR AND KAROLINE 25 juni 2009 to 28 mei 2010
Kasimir and Karoline is one of the most important socio-critical folk plays of the first half of the twentieth century. The story takes place at the fairground. The exuberant atmosphere is in stark contrast to the cheerless love tragedy to which we are witness. Despite their love, Kasimir and Karoline do not succeed in escaping from their deprived social environment. Horváth himself said of the play: "It is the ballad of the unemployed driver Kasimir and his bride, a ballad full of silent sadness, softened by humour; or at any rate by the banal insight that 'we all have to die'."In Johan Simons and Paul Koek's production, Kasimir and Karoline becomes sparkling musical theatre.
Horváth's Kasimir and Karoline is set on a large fairground in the 1930s - a highly unstable economic period and a location where rich and poor come into contact. Horváth situates his love tragedy among people who find themselves on either side of the divide. The unemployed man versus the contract worker who cannot not permit himself one false step; the director for whom no pleasure is out of reach against the criminal who steals whatever he can.
Curious? Watch the trailer and the making of on YouTube:
trailer Kasimir and Karoline
the making of Kasimir and Karoline
