About the Show

Directed by Teunkie Van Der Sluijs, this tense two-hander explores power, truth, and media in the influencer age.

Interview follows a charged encounter between Pierre Peters, a once-prominent political journalist, and Katya, an influencer-turned-movie star. Assigned to write a profile he considers beneath him, Pierre arrives irritated and dismissive. Katya, in turn, is wary of being reduced to a stereotype. As their interview unfolds in her New York apartment, the meeting descends into a high-stakes exchange of secrets, shifting control, and psychological maneuvering.

The play is adapted for the stage and directed by Teunkie Van Der Sluijs, based on the screenplay by Theodor Holman and the 2003 film by Theo van Gogh. This new version recontextualizes the story for today’s cultural climate, examining media distrust, gender dynamics, and the construction of public identity.

A tightly structured two-hander, Interview brings together two characters locked in a verbal and emotional contest, exploring how narrative, power, and persona are shaped and weaponized in contemporary culture.

Critic Reviews (17)

"Interview offers plenty to chew over in our shifting media landscape"
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“Interview is a potentially electric production, which begins with great possibility but ends without enough novelty or impact.”
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“There’s a grinding inevitability to the way this 90-minute piece unfolds and the barrage of pat lines becomes wearing.”
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"The version that Van Der Sluijs has brought to Riverside Studios stirs in elements of modern-day influencer culture."
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“Van Der Sluijs’ staging is off-puttingly stiff and crushingly slow-paced, never generating the sparky tension needed to make the characters’ verbal sparring feel compelling.”
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"[An] electric dance of power questions who really wields influence"
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"Interview is a compelling piece of theatre surely set to kick off discussion about numbers, reach, engagement, cancellation – and where people fit within an online melting pot that is quick to boil over."
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“The tragedy of this Riverside Studios adaptation is that these positives are undermined by a cluttered script that fails to bring the source material into the modern age in a way that feels definitive or substantive.”
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