First Man

FIRST MAN takes you into the personal story of Sadettin and his ten-year-old son. The morning after the PVV's election victory in 2023, the phone rings. It is Sadettin's ex-wife. Their son wants to know if his grandparents will be deported from the country. "Do you want to talk to him?" she asks. In the kitchen, Sadettin tries to reassure his son: "We belong here. Even if our name sounds different. No matter what happens, we will stay here." His son falls asleep peacefully that night. But Sadettin himself lies awake. In his dreams, he af if Earth is as dangerous to his child as the planet Krypton is to young Superman.

After years of experiencing discrimination and xenophobia himself, Sadettin fears that his son must now learn to live with it as well. Several languages are spoken in Kırmızıyüz's family and they celebrate Christmas, Ramadan, Easter, Feast of Sacrifice and Saint Nicholas. Still, it feels like they have to prove over and over again that they belong here, just because Sadettin's father once came from elsewhere.

For FIRST MAN , Sadettin collaborates for the first time with director Nicole Beutler. Nicole is a choreographer and theater maker, and has past event a fixture in the Dutch theater landscape for years. From dance and visual theater, she has developed an idiosyncratic and poetic language that stimulates, surprises and seeks out boundaries.

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The media about FIRST MAN
"With his beautiful, topical narrative strip, Kirmiziyüz makes a much-needed plea for compassion in the political and public debate." (★★★★ De Volkskrant )
"Science fiction as a mirror for today's world works as a good metaphor. It brings lightness to a performance full of serious topics such as acceptance and identity." (★★★★ NRC)
"It is his most vulnerable and personal performance" (★★★★Trouw)
"An impressive cry for connection in a time of chaos and mistrust." - TheaterKrant