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Maribor Theatre Festival — Archive 2010 - 2016

Eugène Ionesco

The Bald Soprano

The Bald Soprano <em>Photo: Željko Stevanić</em>

Photo: Željko Stevanić

A production of the 4th semester students of Theatre and Radio Directing, Stage Acting and Dramaturgy and Performing Arts AGRFT UL

Running time 1 hour. No interval.

Director Mojca Madon
Translator Srečko Fišer
Dramaturgs Lea Kukovičič, Jure Mavrič, Lev Mastnak Trobentar, Ana Kovačič, Ana Nuša Kalanj, Dhyana Mlakar
Set designer Eva Brvar Ravnikar
Costume designer Tina Bonča
Lighting designer Mojca Madon

Cast
Mrs. Smith Doroteja Nadrah
Mr. Smith Timon Šturbej
Mrs. Martin Tamara Avguštin
Mr. Martin Rok Prašnikar

Mentors
Dramatic Acting and Theatre Directing
Jožica Avbelj, Professor
Jernej Lorenci, Assist. Prof.

Dramaturgy
Blaž Lukan, Ph.D Assist. Prof.

Set Design
Jasna Vastl, M.A. Assist. Prof.

Costume Design
Janja Korun, Professor
Tina Kolenik, M.A. Assistant

Language and Speech
Nina Žavbi Milojević, M.A.Assistant

If at the time The Bald Soprano was a fiction, nowadays it is reality. Our lives are The Bald Soprano and after all these years, the hairdo is still the same. The absurd is somehow supressed eroticism,  obsession, fear and the desire to be noticed. The ideology of happiness and pleasure is an illness that pesters the 21st century, stirring anxiety in the society. Hence a person who enjoys and is happy has become the world standard. The masses are not just the newest asylum but also an individual’s drug. I exist only when I am noticed and when I prove to the others that I am enjoying myself. We live in the era of spectacle where the first public appearance is extremely important for building one’s image and in a time of condemnation to others. But what happens when there is no one – who do we then become?

The Bald Soprano <em>Photo: Željko Stevanić</em>

Photo: Željko Stevanić

The Bald Soprano <em>Photo: Željko Stevanić</em>

Photo: Željko Stevanić

The Bald Soprano <em>Photo: Željko Stevanić</em>

Photo: Željko Stevanić

The Bald Soprano <em>Photo: Željko Stevanić</em>

Photo: Željko Stevanić