The traditional support of the Drama Theatre Skopje to its colleagues from the independent scene continues this year. The theatre is providing the theatre's "Risto Stefanovski" and "Small Stage" stages for guest performances, as well as the necessary equipment, which enables the performance of new plays and the presentation of innovative, authentic and high-quality theatre projects. On the stages of the Drama Theatre, from 14 to 18 January, the audience will have the opportunity to watch five plays produced by five ensembles from the independent scene. All plays start at 8 pm.
With the support of the independent scene, the Drama Theater initiates the creation of a strong network of the theater community of different generations of actors, directors, playwrights, set designers, costume designers and multimedia artists. The "Week of Independent Productions" is conceived as a platform for contacts between artists who bring freshness, dynamics, and sometimes unconventional approaches to the process of creating theater performances, which can lead to future collaborations, co-productions and projects.
The Independent Stage Week opens on January 14 with the production "Artema - Theater Laboratory" with the play "Evolution of Decay" based on William Shakespeare's "Othello". The director is Damjan Dimovski, and the characters in the play are played by: Iago - Ilin Jovanovski, Othello - Branko Mihajloski, Desdemona - Leonida Gulevska, Emilia - Ilina Chonkova, Cassio - Todor Stojkovski, Rodrigo - Gjorge Nešković. The Musical Associate is Darko Spirovski.
On Wednesday, January 15, the play "Timeless Stories" by the production "Nezavisna" will be performed by: Isidor Jovanoski, Ana Levajković-Boškov, Hakan Daci and Nela Pavlovska. The choreography is by Irena Lozinska. It is a performance with the character of a dance theater that deals with themes from the author Franz Kafka. Dorijan Milovanović made video art for the performance, and the musical collaborator and composer of the play is Enes Begovski.
The play "Happy Dead Man" will be presented on Thursday, January 16, by the production "Alternative Theatre Otpišani - Skopje". "Happy Dead Man" is a satirical drama about the living dead man Zivko. The program note for the play states that: "From the moment when, due to a systemic error, Zivko receives a decision that he has died, his life turns into hell and a struggle with the dysfunctional state system, bureaucracy and administrative labyrinths. Through an absurd way, in his fight to prove that he is alive, Zivko strips the state apparatus and all its weaknesses to the bare skin". The author is Marjan Angjelovski, the direction is made with the joint providence of the artistic team, and the roles are played by: Blagoj Chorevski, Irena Ilievska, Marija Lazarova, Ivana Stamevska, Ognen Velevski, Kiril Trajkovski Maksim and Jasmin Ramani.
On Friday, January 17, the play "Casabalkan" by Goran Stefanovski, directed by Damjan Kostovski, will feature a cast of actors: Mirjana Trpkovska Kostvska, Vladimir Petrovic, Goran Nikov, Jana Veljanovska, Vasko Kostovski, Marina Pop Pankova, Hristijan Pop-Simonov, Teoman Maksut and Sasha Dimitrievska. The play humorously reveals the dark sides of human destiny and the consequences of war. At the center is an ordinary man who, through no fault of his own, once again finds himself on the thin line between life and death. Producer and set designer is Ekaterina Nikolovska, costume designer is Ekaterina Dobrivojevska, and composer is Bojan Filipovski.
The production of the Theater "Zlaten Elets" will perform the play "Good People" at the Drama Theater this year on Friday, January 18. The adaptation and direction are by Tamara Stojanoska. It is a duo drama based on a text by Duncan Macmillan. The translation was done by Natasha Peevska. "The dramatic text "Good People" examines the emotional consequences of dealing with the huge climate crisis and the difficult decisions that we have to make every day as individuals and as a society. The question is also raised whether we are good people and whether we can even be good people in such an anxious and plastic world filled with global anxiety, bad habits, terrorism, unstable weather conditions and political unrest," says the announcement of the production. The actors Tijana Trajchevska and Filip Hristovski play in the play. The artistic team of the play includes the artists and the executive producer of the play Boban Aleksoski. The music is by Iva Damjanovski, the photographs are by Dancho Stefkov, and the poster and advertising material designer is Bojana Cilevska.
The Skopje Drama Theater informs that tickets for the performances on the independent stage from January 14 to 18 have been put on sale and invites the audience to take advantage of the opportunity to watch and support the five plays from the independent stage's recent production.
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