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  • This could be my street


    This could be my street_2_Foto_Mara Bratoš

    © Mara Bratoš

    by Anica Tomić and Jelena Kovačić
    World premiere
    ZKM – Zagreb Youth Theatre, Croatia

    Director Anica Tomić SET group ARCHIsquad Costumes Doris Kristić Dramaturgy Jelena Kovačić Music Frano Đurović Cast Goran Bogdan, Zoran Čubrilo, Jadranka Đokić, Nataša Dorčić, Lara Janić, Petar Leventić, Edvin Liverić, Danijel Ljuboja, Suzana Nikolić, Filip Nola, Dora Polić Vitez, Damir Šaban, Marica Vidušć, Nađa Perišić, Vedran Živolić

    sat april 27, 12 am
    sun april 28, 11 am

    THEATER AN DER PARKAUE ° Bühne 2
    70 min ° Age: 12 upwards
    performance followed by an audience discussion
    in Croatian with German surtitles


    SYNOPSIS

    The performance This could be my street was inspired by the murder of Luka Ritz, a high-school student from Zagreb. In June 2008 Luka was attacked and beaten up by a group of youths, most of them minors. Several days later Luka died from the injuries suffered in the attack. That said, the performance is not a reconstruction of that event. The questions and problems that it raises are directly connected with other cases of youthful violence. As such the performance creates its own fictional story.

    The fourteen characters appearing in the play have no first or last names. Their nicknames indicate their characters and gain their full meaning in relationship to what has happened. Only one person uses her real name: Lara Janić, who was a close friend of Luka. When she appears reality breaks into the story and turns the stage into a public forum for social issues.

    We meet the characters on the day of the funeral, the day on which death becomes more real and more present than ever. All of them must decide how to tackle the situation from their own perspective. They vent their grief in loud singing.

    In a blend of rock concert and drama the production finds appropriate theatrical means to express the forcefulness and the many different emotions of all those involved.

    It won the Croatian „Actors’ Guild Award“ 2011 for the best contemporary Croatian play.

     

    This could be my street_1_Foto_Mara Bratoš

    © Mara Bratoš

    ZKM sees itself as a theatre for all generations. It is internationally renowned for its many international coproductions and tours and its work has won a great many awards. It has one of the most comprehensive theatre-in-education departments in the country. Its repertoire includes self-devised plays, classical plays and innovatory projects.

     www.zekaem.hr