Director
46th Week of Slovenian Drama, Kranj
First production
Director
11 April 2015
Main Stage
Duration:
Yugoslavia, My Country is based on the eponymous novel translated into English under the title What Did You Do in the Yugoslav Wars, Daddy? which juxtaposes two images of the Balkans. One has been inscribed in a childhood memory, while the other one is spread out before the non-blinded eyes of an adult. Clearly, there are many different ways for these images to intertwine on stage, in so far as there are unbounded dimensions of stage realities. It is precisely the theatre-related profusion wherein resides the maximum potential for the staging of this novel. A theatre stage allows it in the most striking way to stage the simultaneity of different events, the simultaneity of the recalled and the real, the skipping between the these two, as well as the blurring of their boundaries. Vladan’s quest to find general Borojević, a war criminal, is indistinguishably interwoven with his memories of his father Nedeljko. In this way the audience can bear witness to the emergence of images of a twofold inner experience, as well as the images of the protagonist’s inner split. Ultimately, this may bring us closer to the core of the problem of our confrontation with crimes that have been committed in the name of the people by our good fathers, brothers, uncles, neighbours and friends.
* Music for Goran Vojnović’s song Izdan [Betrayed] by Darko Rundek.
Music on the recording performed by: Isabel (violin), Dušan Vranić Duco (keyboards, percussions, voice) and Darko Rundek (guitar, voice, mix, editing).
Matjaž Tribušon
Nedeljko
Dušan
Milena
Soldier
Soldier
Jernej Šugman
Emir
Brane
Filip Ekart Babić
Young Vladan
Macedonian singer
Aljaž Jovanović
Enes
Žiga
Vladan
Nadja
Mediha
Receptionist
Guard
Danilo
Risto
Lina Ekart Babić
Nataša
Živka
Kosa
Gaja Pöschl
Jovana
Aleksander Cavazza/Črt Veselko
Mišo
Dragan
Mladen
Guard
Dream-waitress
Zvone Hribar, Maja Končar, Saša Tabaković, Jernej Šugman, Bojan Emeršič, Aljaž Jovanović, Nina Ivanišin, Zvezdana Mlakar, Uroš Fürst, Gregor Baković, Nina Valič, Iva Babić, Lina Ekart Babić, Gaja Pöschl, Aleksander Cavazza, Črt Veselko, Benjamin Krnetić
Wedding guests
Uroš Jezdić/Dejan Panić
Accordionist
Jernej Šugman – Borštnik Award for Acting
Ana Savić Gecan – Borštnik Award for Costume Design
Nataša Barbara Gračner –Župančič Award City of Ljubljana
46th Week of Slovenian Drama, Kranj
50th Maribor Theatre Festival
Slovenian National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
Erjavčeva 1
1000 Ljubljana
Monday – Friday
14.00 – 20.00,
Saturday
18.00 – 20.00,
one hour prior to the event
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