The Trial or the Woeful Story of Joseph K.

Maribor Puppet Theatre

Running time 55 minutes. No interval.
Première: 28 April 2012, Maribor Puppet Theatre Club

Director and composer Matija Solce
Dramaturg Jelena Sitar Cvetko
Visual identity Primož Mihevc, Matija Solce
Lighting designers Matija Solce, Miljenko Knezoci
Puppets and stage design Primož Mihevc
Wardrobe Svetlana Maloić
Seamstress Maja Švagelj

Performers
Miha Bezeljak
Miha Arh (as guest)

In this timeless musical-puppet composition, it is the spectator who finds him/herself in the role of Joseph K. The play mercilessly shifts him/her from one hopeless situation to another, acquainting him/her with the entrails of the social machine and even with the intimate world of some of Joseph K’s dearest people. Placed in the centre of action, the spectator must responsibly submit to the mercy of the Trial. Various theatrical techniques unfold among the audience and around it: the black humour of hand-held puppets, the poetics of the theatre of objects, and the cabaret improvisation. The machine of the system is operated by two performers/musicians/puppeteers. The tender puppet scenes interchange with powerful rhythmical effects, which occasionally turn into a concert.