In the Jan Kochanowski Theater in Opole, Poland, the world premiere of the co-production tragicomedy The Best European Play was held on Friday. SNG Nova Gorica participates in the performance as one of the five theaters.
The artistic directors of SNG Nova Gorica sign off as the authors of the play Marko Bratus and Harris Pašovićwho is also a director.
Chaos in the theaterIn the jury of the pan-European theater festival, modeled after Eurovision, se finds colorful cast of jurors with the task of choosing the best European theater performance. The task seems considerable simpleif they weren’t jurors from all over the world, each with their own view of the theater, each from their own social context and with a distinctly developed opinion, which the festival director and the European political elite are additionally trying to direct.
When in all the confusion it seems that the situation could not be more complicated, they are joined by tragic news, a corruption scandal, the police and an angry striking theater audience. From the perspective of the jurors, who each represent one of the key views on the theater (actors, directors, critics, professional colleagues, writers and theater managers), the performance deals with fashion trends in the theater and shakes up the attitude towards creators, profit, audience and other current and hot topics such as movement #metooecology, political theater and entertainment, summarized the content of the play at SNG Nova Gorica.
The idea was born in MariborAs they wrote, the idea for the international project was born in the commission of the Borštnik meeting, where the directors of the theater from Opol in Poland Norbert Rakowski and the director Harris Pašović. Med by jury they toyed with the idea of how they could overcome the dilemmas they were facing jurors festival, spoke about the state of theater in Europe today.
On the state of European theater today“The best European show is the title of our co-production show, with which we want to explore what European theater is today and what Europe is, what our duties and responsibilities are both in public theater and in the field of art. We experience Europe as one big thing, we can even as our family or as our native country. Now is the right moment to talk about these things and we do it in a serious but also fun way. I think co-productions between theaters are very important both in European and non-European countries. With this show has brought together five excellent theaters from five countries, it features an exceptional cast and excellent collaborators. someone way, this show is a true celebration of theater. That’s how I feel,” he said about the show Pašović.
In Nova Gorica only next yearAmong other things, he plays in The Best European Show Anna Facchiniactress of the SNG Nova Gorica ensemble, where the performance will premiere on 16 in April next year.
They play alongside Facchini in the play Paola De CrescenzoDavid GagliardiniIbrahim Koma, May-Linda Kosumovic, Veronica KozakowskaMalgorzata KowalskaPhilip Leone-GanadaFelix RömerGianni SelvaggiArmand SmileysMilder Stencel.
He is the playwright of the play Sean Buhagiarcomposer Trimor Housecostume designer and scenographer Krystian Szymczakchoreographer Robert The nose. He shaped the light Branislav Milinkovićvideo Dino Hujić.
Source: Rtvslo