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T U E S D A Y, July 2nd - NS INFANT 23:00..Chamber Scene of Serbian National Theatre Portal
Theatre: JELIZAVETA BAM.(Novi Sad, YU) Director: Radoje Cupic Cast: Costumes: Marina Sremac Light
design: Selesi Ladislav & Stipan
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JELIZAVETA BAM is drama about a
victim. What is going on in the mind of a victim when he/she realizes that
there isn't going to be any new days for him/her and that there's
absolutely nothing that he/she could do to change that fact? In this case,
we are talking about a young woman. Two regime representatives force
themselves into her apartment with some ridiculous accusation, determined
to execute her on the spot. What we are watching for about sixty minutes
(that's how long this performance lasts) are images, lost and found
thoughts that flash in and out of her mind, just a few seconds before they
execute her in her home. Just watching these bits and pieces of her dreams
and thoughts, we can presentiment who this woman, who is not going to be
here tomorrow, is, or wanted to be.
 PORTAL
THEATRE The first project they produced is “The opener” of Victor Lanu, that was performed at Theatre Marathon 2000 in Sombor and EXIT 2000 in Novi Sad. Jelizaveta Bam was primarily played in Novi Sad Theatre-Újvidéki Színház in August 2001, and has been regularly played since than at least two times a month. The show started at Belgrade National Theatre and Sombor National Theatre. Since April 2002 is played at the Chamber Scene of Serbian National Theatre. It has also been invited to “Teatro delle Diversita” Festival in Mondragone, Italy. In December 2001 Portal Theatre primarily showed the play named “Dies Irae”, script by Zanina Mircevska, director Ljuboslav Majera that is regularly played at Cultural Centre of Novi Sad. In May 2002 they started working on William Shakespeare’s play “Othello”, directed by Olivera Djordjevic. The premiere is expected in the middle of July 2002. |
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(1906 - 1942) Harms belonged to the group of oberiuts and Marsak’s circle of writers for children. His poetry for children develops tradition of reverted world we find in English children folklore, limericks, texts of Cikovski. They belong to new Russian classics. His plays, arisen as parody on idealistic classical messages on scene (“Jelizaveta Bam”) and traditional history thematic (“Comedy of the Town of Petersburg”), represent an forehead of absurdity theatre. Daniil Harms finished his life in similar manner as his character, Jelizaveta. He died in prison under insufficiently clarified circumstances. Harmse’s work was repressed until 1941and was rehabilitated after 1956. |
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THE ILLUSION OF COMMON
SENSE ... In his vision of this play Radoje Cupic tries to, besides the numberless scenes of violence and no existential, moral or ethical judgements in question (what is fully corresponding with Harms), find the previously mentioned illusion of common sense. Wisely relying on our specific “kafkian” experience of living during last ten years, he pretty much succeeds, at least at the first part of the play, to make it merely grotesquely transparent. Communication channels with the play, in fact, work perfectly, concerning the recognition of life situations that are naked, reduced to the level of nonsense and yet “lightened” with humorous parody ... ...Zeljko
Hubac, DANAS
TO DREAM, MAY BE TO
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