PRESSURE POINT

Name: PRESSURE POINT — Vanja Rukavina
Start: 2026-02-28T20:15:00+01:00
End: 2026-02-28T21:50:00+01:00
Location: Theater aan het Spui

Vanja Rukavina

Wed 12 Nov - Sat 28 Feb

Theatre

Wed 12 Nov 2025

Sat 28 Feb 2026

Wed 12 Nov 2025

20:15 - 21:55

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Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Thu 13 Nov 2025

20:15 - 21:55

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Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Fri 14 Nov 2025

20:15 - 21:50

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Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Sat 15 Nov 2025

20:15 - 21:50

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Fri 27 Feb 2026

20:15 - 21:50

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event
Sat 28 Feb 2026

20:15 - 21:50

Theater aan het Spui, Den Haag

Hall 2

Past event

Wimbledon is approaching. Our Bosnian-Dutch title favorite, Viktor, is denied entry due to a looming Balkan war. While Viktor lives for tennis alone, he unwillingly becomes a pawn in a political game.

There is no sport in which the mental pressure can mount as intensely as in tennis. Its scoring system is designed to keep piling on the pressure, even when you're in the lead. Much like the constant criticism Novak Đoković faces, Viktor is also expected to conform to the expectations of Western audiences and media.

In addition to the cultural gap between his homeland and the Netherlands, the endless travel from tournament to tournament starts to take its toll. The tennis player no longer feels truly at home anywhere. He has trained his whole life to win Grand Slams, but no one has prepared him for the ruthless serves of the press, politics, and the public.

Top actor and tennis fanatic Vanja Rukavina creates a dream alter ego in Viktor, confronting the growing pressure from two cultures head-on.

Good to know

The performance is spoken in Dutch, Bosnian, English, Japanese and a little Spanish.
There are English surtitles.

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Reviews

THEATERKRANT - Critic's choice award
"The masterful Pressure Point is the crowning glory of Vanja Rukavina's oeuvre, and one of the best performances ever made about the intersections between language, culture and (political) identity."