"In The Solitude of Cotton Fields" by Bernard-Marie Koltès / Directed by Timofey Kulyabin / Starring John Malkovich and Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė / European Tour from June 9th to June 22nd, 2025
Desire as disgrace, love as longing and impossibility, trade as the predominant mode of human relationships: US Hollywood star John Malkovich and award-winning Lithuanian-Britiish actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė masterfully and grippingly navigate one of the most enigmatic works of modernity in alternating roles.
Düsseldorf
Prague
"If you are walking at this hour and in this place, you must be looking for something—and I am sure I can help you with that."
A dealer and a customer meet in The Solitude of Cotton Fields in the dead of night, at an abstract location. A verbal probing begins, yet what the transaction is about—what is being bought or sold—remains in the shadows. Instead, the audience witnesses a dangerous dialogue in virtuoso language, exploring desire and fulfillment, emotion and knowledge, power and sexuality.
Russian directing prodigy Timofey Kulyabin, places the unspeakable—the societal taboo—at the center of his production. Desire as shame, love as longing and impossibility, trade as the dominant modality of human relationships: U.S. Hollywood star John Malkovich and award-winning Lithuanian-British actress Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė masterfully and grippingly navigate one of modernity's most enigmatic works in shifting roles.
CAST
John Malkovich
An American stage and film actor, as well as a director, producer, and fashion designer, John Malkovich has appeared in more than seventy films throughout his career. He also is the holder of twenty-five award wins and twenty-six nominations, and his career stretches back nearly three decades and has included everything from the acclaimed period drama Dangerous Liaisons (1988) to action thrillers In the Line of Fire (1993), Con Air (1997), and the Red film franchise to Spike Jonze’s Being John Malkovich (1999).
Known for his achievements as an actor, producer, director, and writer, John Malkovich continues to win prestigious awards worldwide, including a News and Documentary Emmy Award in 2010, a special prize at the Moscow International Film Festival in 2011 for his contribution to the world of cinema, and an Independent Spirit Award in 2013. He also was presented with the Golden Eye Award at the Zurich International Film Festival in 2014 for lifetime achievement.
Photo: Swiss GART GmbH
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė is an internationally renowned, London-based, Lithuanian actress. She has played numerous leading parts in film, television and theatre.
She starred in ‘Burned by the Sun’ by Nikita Mikhalkov (Oscar for Best Foreign Film, Grand Prix de Jury at Cannes FF), ‘Katia Ismailova’ by Valery Todorovsky (Best Actress Award at Geneva FF and Russian Film Academy Award), also in Brian de Palma’s ‘Mission Impossible’, Jean-Jacque Annaud’s ‘Seven Years in Tibet’, Emily Young’s ‘Kiss of Life’(premiered at Cannes FF), Stéphane Voillet’s ‘25 Degrees of Winter’(Audience Award at Berlin FF), Christian Carion’s ‘D’Affaire ‘Fairwell’ and ‘Occupied’ Norwegian TV series amongst others.
Ingeborga’s theatre work includes productions around the world — ‘Slip of the Tongue’ opposite John Malkovich at Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago and then in London’s West End, ‘Libra’, directed by John Malkovich at Steppenwolf, ‘Cloaca’ directed by Kevin Spacey at the Old Vic in London, World Tour with Giacomo Variations, leading roles in productions of Moscow Theatre of Nations from 2013 till 2022.
Photo: Swiss GART GmbH
CREDITS:
Timofey Kulyabin – director
Oleg Golovko – set and costume designer
Roman Dolzhansky – dramaturg
Alexander Lobanov – video designer
Timofey Pastukhov – sound designer
Oskars Paulins – lighting designer
Anna Abalikhina – choreographer
Anastasia Zhuravleva – head of video production
Vladimir Burtsev – head of photography
Irina Paradnaya – executive producer and administrative director
Yaroslava Ziva-Chernova – line producer
Siarhei Rylko – Production manager
Co-Producers:
Dailes Teatris Latvia and Ekaterina Yakimova
Supported by:
BLAVATNIK FAMILY FOUNDATION
Presented by:
Bormio SIA and Flow Projects GmbH
Promoted by:
Plan B Theatre Production s.r.o. und Amiton Production