1314 februari 2026

Theater – Vanja Rukavina

Pressure Point

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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.

About Pressure Point

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.

There are English surtitles.

  • Concept / Performance / Text Vanja Rukavina
  • Concept Development / Dramaturgy Thomas Lamers
  • Director Silke van Kamp
  • Sound Design Daniël van Loenen
  • Light design Wout Panis
  • Costume design Dymph Boss
  • Production Lena Meijer
  • Graphic design Lejla Vala Verheus
  • Beeld Mark Engelen
  • Set construction Merijn Versnel
  • Marketing/PR Tim Treffers
  • Technical Jorn Kortooms & Samuel Hopkins
  • Executive management Jaël Kaat
  • Surtitles Rinke Brans
  • Voice actors Lara Bakker, Blanca Campins, Kian van de Breevaart Bravenboer, Thomas Dudkiewicz, Markoesa Hamer, Mizuki Kondo, Calyx Older, Hiroshi Ono, Kotaro Ono, Mika Peeters, Ira Prica, Kumi Sekimoto, Karlo Severdija, Tara Tjong-A-Tjoe, Ebony Wilson, Lidija Zelović, Sara Luna Zorić en Siniša Zorić
  • With thanks to Alba Theaterhuis, JG Theatertechniek, Oostpool, Mizuki Kondo en Lidija Zelović
  • With the support of Fonds 21, Het Cultuurfonds, Dioraphte, Fonds Podiumkunsten, AFK, Lira Fonds, HNT en de Co-Producers
  • Duur +- 105 min
  • Man schreeuwt
  • Man leest iets voor
  • Man zit en kijkt naar een scherm
  • Man is aan het tennissen
  • Man houdt een tennisracket vast
  • man tennist
  • man met kapot tennisracket
  • close up van man met tennisracket
  • man met kapot tennisracket
  • “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.”

    Theaterkrant (critic's choice award)
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