Inntensive trip to the South of Serbia, Monte Negro and Bosnia is finished. Many places, many people in such a short time. I am still under the impression of the area and the stories we heard, songs we learned and sang. We have a lot of hours of the material recorded, I am looking forward to start working on the editing.
The first studio rehearsals already started two days ago. A Short History Of Crying begins...
In the meantime, we play WYEBHA in the theatre Kikker, in Utrecht.
And 1: Songs in Mechelen.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Sunday, January 10, 2010
January activities
The New Year started in a working spirit. Upcoming months will be very busy. I intensively started the research for the new performance and spent some inspiring time in Serbia. The studio rehearsals start in the beginning of February, in Amsterdam.
On 12th of January I will be, for the second time, the guest at "Why Theatre?" meeting organized by prof. Maaike Bleeker, Theatre Studies, University of Utrecht
(http://www.uu.nl/NL/faculteiten/geesteswetenschappen/Actueel/Agenda/Pages/20100104-WhyTheatre.aspx).
"1:Songs" by NB will be shown on 15th of January in Chasse theatre, Breda (www.chasse.nl)
and then on 19,20,21 in Frasacati, Amsterdam (www.theaterfrascati.nl).
After that, we travel to Brussels to KVS theatre for the special occassion: Borka Pavicevic, the director of our co-production house in Belgrade, Center for Cultural Decontamination, won the prize Routes Princess Margriet Award by European Cultural Foundation!
"Will You Ever Be Happy Again?" continues touring. It will be shown on 22nd in Huis van Borugondie in Maastricht (www.huisvanbourgondie.nl) and after that we play on 29th and 30th in Theatre Alibi, in Bastia, Corsica (www.theatrealibi.com).
Hope to see you on some of the upcoming shows!
On 12th of January I will be, for the second time, the guest at "Why Theatre?" meeting organized by prof. Maaike Bleeker, Theatre Studies, University of Utrecht
(http://www.uu.nl/NL/faculteiten/geesteswetenschappen/Actueel/Agenda/Pages/20100104-WhyTheatre.aspx).
"1:Songs" by NB will be shown on 15th of January in Chasse theatre, Breda (www.chasse.nl)
and then on 19,20,21 in Frasacati, Amsterdam (www.theaterfrascati.nl).
After that, we travel to Brussels to KVS theatre for the special occassion: Borka Pavicevic, the director of our co-production house in Belgrade, Center for Cultural Decontamination, won the prize Routes Princess Margriet Award by European Cultural Foundation!
"Will You Ever Be Happy Again?" continues touring. It will be shown on 22nd in Huis van Borugondie in Maastricht (www.huisvanbourgondie.nl) and after that we play on 29th and 30th in Theatre Alibi, in Bastia, Corsica (www.theatrealibi.com).
Hope to see you on some of the upcoming shows!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Will You Ever Be Happy Again? in Leipzig
Will You Ever Be Happy Again?, after its premiere in 2008, performing in different European cities and different festivals and contexts and touring a lot in the last year, finally had its German premiere at Euro-scene festival in Leipzig in November 2009. The fact that the performance opens up a space for the discussion was confirmed during the public talks following the show both evenings. They were organized by the festival, both times moderated by dr. Martina Bako, the professor of theatre science at the University of Leipzig. The most of the people took very active (and passionate!)involvement in discussions and even after the official end we continued to talk endlessly, till the early morning hours, in the festival café.
Just a couple of days before the 20-year anniversary of the Berlin wall fall we were sitting with our East German audience discussing issues of identity, recent history, it’s personal and official ’versions’, etc. What other ideal set up could I imagine when the production started? Only a week before this we were in Sarajevo, another ’ideal’ surroundings for the issues brought by Will You Ever Be Happy Again?
Most of the people we met in a certain way chose to live in Leipzig after 1989... Why? Most of them agree that it’s offering new opportunities, motives and the active, intriguing position concerning the questions of history, politics and identity in general (German, European, global...). Realizing that the moment of German reunion cannot be considered simply as a step towards a ’bright future’ was one of the triggers which opened countless very complicated but interesting questions and my personal realization that the issue of German identity is much more complicated regarding it’s recent history put me in a situation to rethink my own thoughts, not only about the performance, but about the relations in-between collective, private, official and intimate, private ‘histories’, ‘identities’, ‘stereotypes’, etc.
For example - a man from the audience said: “I am happy that my children could be proud of German identity. I am happy that it is, at some extent, untied from the burden of history and that my children do feel as Germans, which I was not allowed to do or at least I would feel shame in the moments I was trying to think about it.” Interesting enough, the question of German identity brought very different answers and opinions, in relation to different generations of people in the audience.
During the interview for the MDR TV show Artour I was asked what could be the 100% Serbian. I tried to reply with the opposite question - what could be the 100% German? Both interviewer and me left the room with unreturned questions instead of replies. Leipzig was perhaps the most obvious place in which was clear that the performance opens up only new questions more than offering answers. It was special to feel that it re-units people in trying to find the possible answers together and, my very personal opinion is that it only adds another dimension to the performance, or at least, that this layer of unanswered questions is a place for new thoughts, new dialogues, new exchanges of experience, personal or collective, intimate or, so called official. Even by making the small steps, theatre should be produced in relation to its historical and social, political and cultural context and it should try to reflect actuality and that is the theatre I am very much interested in.
Sanja Mitrović, Stichting Stand Up Tall Productions
More texts about WYEBHA? tour soon follows on: www.willyoueverbehappyagain.wordpress.com.
Just a couple of days before the 20-year anniversary of the Berlin wall fall we were sitting with our East German audience discussing issues of identity, recent history, it’s personal and official ’versions’, etc. What other ideal set up could I imagine when the production started? Only a week before this we were in Sarajevo, another ’ideal’ surroundings for the issues brought by Will You Ever Be Happy Again?
Most of the people we met in a certain way chose to live in Leipzig after 1989... Why? Most of them agree that it’s offering new opportunities, motives and the active, intriguing position concerning the questions of history, politics and identity in general (German, European, global...). Realizing that the moment of German reunion cannot be considered simply as a step towards a ’bright future’ was one of the triggers which opened countless very complicated but interesting questions and my personal realization that the issue of German identity is much more complicated regarding it’s recent history put me in a situation to rethink my own thoughts, not only about the performance, but about the relations in-between collective, private, official and intimate, private ‘histories’, ‘identities’, ‘stereotypes’, etc.
For example - a man from the audience said: “I am happy that my children could be proud of German identity. I am happy that it is, at some extent, untied from the burden of history and that my children do feel as Germans, which I was not allowed to do or at least I would feel shame in the moments I was trying to think about it.” Interesting enough, the question of German identity brought very different answers and opinions, in relation to different generations of people in the audience.
During the interview for the MDR TV show Artour I was asked what could be the 100% Serbian. I tried to reply with the opposite question - what could be the 100% German? Both interviewer and me left the room with unreturned questions instead of replies. Leipzig was perhaps the most obvious place in which was clear that the performance opens up only new questions more than offering answers. It was special to feel that it re-units people in trying to find the possible answers together and, my very personal opinion is that it only adds another dimension to the performance, or at least, that this layer of unanswered questions is a place for new thoughts, new dialogues, new exchanges of experience, personal or collective, intimate or, so called official. Even by making the small steps, theatre should be produced in relation to its historical and social, political and cultural context and it should try to reflect actuality and that is the theatre I am very much interested in.
Sanja Mitrović, Stichting Stand Up Tall Productions
More texts about WYEBHA? tour soon follows on: www.willyoueverbehappyagain.wordpress.com.
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
shedule november december 2009
WYEBHA - German premiere
4 nov 19.30 - Euro-scene Festival, Leipzig
5 nov 22.00 – Euro-scene Festival, Leipzig
place: Schaubühne Lindenfels
www.euro-scene.de
1:Songs
13, 14 nov 20.30 - Beursschouwburg, Brussel
WYEBHA
17 nov 19.15 – Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
18 nov 20.30 – Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
http://theatre.univ-montp3.fr/novembre.htm
1:Songs
19 nov 20.30 - Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam
WYEBHA
20 nov 21:30 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France
21 nov 17:00 and 21:00 – Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France
place: CCRNB
Holland Tsunami
24, 25 nov 20.30 – Kaai theatre, Brussels
1:Songs
2 dec - Corrosia!, Almere
4 nov 19.30 - Euro-scene Festival, Leipzig
5 nov 22.00 – Euro-scene Festival, Leipzig
place: Schaubühne Lindenfels
www.euro-scene.de
1:Songs
13, 14 nov 20.30 - Beursschouwburg, Brussel
WYEBHA
17 nov 19.15 – Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
18 nov 20.30 – Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
http://theatre.univ-montp3.fr/novembre.htm
1:Songs
19 nov 20.30 - Lantaren/Venster, Rotterdam
WYEBHA
20 nov 21:30 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France
21 nov 17:00 and 21:00 – Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France
place: CCRNB
Holland Tsunami
24, 25 nov 20.30 – Kaai theatre, Brussels
1:Songs
2 dec - Corrosia!, Almere
Sunday, September 27, 2009
upcoming events
Will You Ever Be Happy Again? Tour:
www.willyoueverbehappyagain.wordpress.com
2009
22 October - Mess Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia (SARTR)
www.mess.ba
4 November at 19.30 / German premiere - Euro-Scene Festival, Leipzig, Germany
5 November at 22.00 / German premiere - Euro-Scene Festival, Leipzig, Germany
Place: Schaubühne Lindenfels
www.euro-scene.de
17 November at 19.15 - Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
18 November at 20.30 - Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
http://theatre.univ-montp3.fr/novembre.htm
20 November at 21.30 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France (CCRNB)
21 November at 17:00 and 21:00 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France (CCRNB)
2010
25-26 January - Trente, Italy
10-12 February - Theater Kikker, Utrecht
April 2010 - Dutch tour (13 cities)
www.willyoueverbehappyagain.wordpress.com
2009
22 October - Mess Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia (SARTR)
www.mess.ba
4 November at 19.30 / German premiere - Euro-Scene Festival, Leipzig, Germany
5 November at 22.00 / German premiere - Euro-Scene Festival, Leipzig, Germany
Place: Schaubühne Lindenfels
www.euro-scene.de
17 November at 19.15 - Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
18 November at 20.30 - Théâtre de la Vignette, Montpellier, France
http://theatre.univ-montp3.fr/novembre.htm
20 November at 21.30 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France (CCRNB)
21 November at 17:00 and 21:00 - Mettre en scène festival, Rennes, France (CCRNB)
2010
25-26 January - Trente, Italy
10-12 February - Theater Kikker, Utrecht
April 2010 - Dutch tour (13 cities)
Saturday, August 15, 2009
upcoming events
August 22 / Will You Ever Be Happy Again? - Lowlands festival, Holland
www.lowlands.nl
August 23 / Will You Ever Be Happy Again? - Theaterspektakel Festival, Zurich
Nord/ www.theaterspektakel.ch
September 16-20 / Artists in Public, Belgrade
www.lowlands.nl
August 23 / Will You Ever Be Happy Again? - Theaterspektakel Festival, Zurich
Nord/ www.theaterspektakel.ch
September 16-20 / Artists in Public, Belgrade
Friday, July 3, 2009
Will You Ever Be Happy Again? in Belgrade and Presevo
After the reprise in Belgrade in CZKD, "Will You Ever Be Happy Again?" played in Center for Culture in Presevo in June. We went there together with our hosts - CZKD and Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Belgrade. The audience was on stage, the subtitles were in Albanin. After the performance, we had the discusssion with the local audience. The video material will be soon posted on one of our blogs.
The interview (in Serbian) you can read at:
http://www.e-novine.com/intervju/intervju-kultura/27281-Umetnost-nije-dekoracija.html
The interview (in Serbian) you can read at:
http://www.e-novine.com/intervju/intervju-kultura/27281-Umetnost-nije-dekoracija.html
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