Theatre: “The Valley of Her Sufferings” on Balkan Tour
Theatre
The Longest Winter
June, 2005Written by: Doruntina Basha, Jeton Neziraj, Zoran Ristic, and Andrew Zadel.
Directed by: Jonathan Chadwick
Set design: Bujar Sylejmani
Costume design: Alisa Maliqi
Production Manager: Arben Zharku
The Kosovan Actors: Adriana Matoshi, Artan Thaçi, Emine Toska, Shengyl Ismaili, Vedat Haxhiislami;
The Serbian Actors: Anika Milicevic, Dara Rancic, Djordje Djokovic, Milena Jaksic, Toma Bibic,
The play is based on the experiences of a Kosovar family dealing with a missing member, and explores the mood and emotions of individuals within the family as they live in anxiety, waiting to hear news of their beloved missing father and husband. "The Longest Winter" does not, however, address the political aspect of the problem; instead, it deals with the very human side of the issue.
Source or Website: www.qendra.org/?id=8&n=5
SET (Studio for Electronic Theatre): Slaughterhouse 5, performed in Belgrade
Source or Website: www.setlab.eu/index.php
PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELD, directed by Florent Mehmeti
PICNIC ON THE BATTLEFIELDAbsurde comedy
>Written by: Fernando Arrabal
>>Directed by: Florent Mehmeti
>>Acting consultant: Ilire Çelaj
>Set and postumes designed by: Vesa Kraja
>Music by: Liburn Jupolli
>>>>THE CAST: Besnik Krapi, Ilire Çelaj, Besar Zahiti, Besfort Daka, Xhejlane Tërbunja, Alban Zogaj.
A play of hysterical laughter with the characters “logics” and the events happening to them in their battlefield picnic.
“Picnic on the battlefield” brings the tragicomedy of the people with the wrong logic in wrong place and time.
We are fortunate we can laugh with such stories.
"Picnic on the battlefield" is supported by:
the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport and PTK
Source or Website: www.teatrioda.com/?cid=2,14,34
THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE, directed by Burbuqe Berisha
THE PAST MEETS THE FUTUREA play by: Seadet Beqiri
Directed by: Burbuqe Berisha
Costumes by: Albulena Borovci
THE CAST:
Arbnesha Grabovci Nixha, Anisa Ismaili, Aurita Agushi, Sheqerie Buqaj, Shengyl Ismaili, Vjosa Shala, Vjosa Abazi
Implemented by KAAD
“THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE”
An original text that treats the after war life of the Kosovar woman. It is placed in a woman shelter. Seven woman of different ethinic backgroung. Every woman has her own story and they all are victims of psychological and physical violence.
Source or Website: www.teatrioda.com/?cid=2,14,43
“Women’s perspective on war” directed by Zana Hoxha Krasniqi
The show presents the stories of 4 women and girls from BiH and Kosovo during the wars and conflicts who were used as an instrument of war by the armed forces.The stories are true: they tell us about war, loss, love, friendship at difficult times and the strength to continue life for themselves and others.
However, aside from their wartime experiences they have a future which is revealed in an interactive discussion with the audience after the show ...
By listening and viewing the stories of these women we will have the opportunity to confront the recent past, the rinjihemi with the present and hope for forgiveness in the future ...
Besides the premiere in Pristina, the show will be presented free of charge during the months of April - June in: Mitrovicë, Skenderaj, Vushtrri, Pejë, Gjakovë, Krushë e Vogël, Prizren, Ferizaj dhe Gjilan.
The show was produced with the support of the Kvinna till Kvinna Financial in partnership with Artpolis.
Patriotic Hypermarket
The performance is part of the multidisciplinary project “View from my Window”, which started in 2010 with the aim to enable Kosovars and Serbs to tell their life stories from their individual perspectives. A great deal of misunderstanding, distrust and hate between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians is based on generalized perceptions about the other ethnic group, which creates and reinforces prejudice. Yet, if the stories are clearly marked as subjective it means that a story can be true, even if the other person tells a different story. In this way both sides are able to accept and listen to the stories of the other.
As a first step of the project, 40 individuals of Serbian and Kosovo Albanian origin were interviewed. Each of them told his/her life story, memories of the Serbian-Albanian conflicts as well as their vision of the future and of co-habitation. Students from both backgrounds were trained in the method of oral history telling to conduct the interviews. An exhibition and publication completed this phase of the project.
Based on the stories of the anonymous interviewees and the exhibition, Milena Bogavac, a dramaturge from Belgrade, and Jeton Neziraj, a dramaturge from Prishtina, collaborated in writing a documentary, post-dramatic text, which Dino Mustafić, a Sarajevo based director, will direct for Belgrade’s Bitef Theatre with actors and actresses from Belgrade, Prishtina, Skopje and Tirana. Another interesting aspect of the play is that it will be bilingual, in Serbian and Albanian language, which makes the piece unique and innovative for this region. A tour across Europe is planned.
Organisers:
Kulturanova Association, Novi Sad
Multimedia Qendra, Prishtina
