PREMIERE
24. september 2015
SNG Nova Gorica, big stage
At partner theatre 5 June 2015, Gledališče Koper
Coproduction
Gledališče Koper
This time, Iztok Mlakar has turned to the New Testament for inspiration, to the life of Jesus Christ. Although the title Passion Play directly alludes to the form of the mediaeval spiritual drama which could already include comical elements, Iztok Mlakar writes Christ’s life, work and suffering in his own unique comic genre with characteristic dialect, mixing dramatic scenes with songs.
The text pays full respect to the Biblical heritage, as Iztok Mlakar writes for the stage like he writes his songs: he exposes the human virtues and “virtues” delicately, yet sharply, but always with an open and an understanding heart. This time, his writing brings his understanding and vision of one of the fundamental texts of the Western civilisation. His pen produces a glib, witty and clever dialogue and full-blooded figures, earthy and unbelievably contemporary – regardless of whether they are human characters like the Three Wise Men, Joseph, Mary, the Pharisee, the Sadducee, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene, Judas …, or the mystical like Jesus, the Angel or the Devil.
When confronted with a religious and historic topic, the author of course looks back from the point in which we are today. The key point when theatralising Jesus’s life is, after all, the question of how the Saviour and his values would be accepted today, when the society is similarly stratified into the impoverished and the rich social elite. Who would be taken by Jesus’s life, inspired, enchanted … and who frightened or endangered? Who would want to follow him, who would use him, who would crucify him?
Actor Iztok Mlakar débuted as a playwright in 2007 with the extremely well-received farce A Healer by Force!, which won several awards and was performed over two hundred times. In 2011, a similar fate happened to his second play, the farcical morality play Everyman. Like A Healer by Force! and Everyman, the performance of Passion Play has become a bestseller and has already been repeated more than 100 times.
Creators
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Director
Vito Taufer -
Set Designer
Voranc Kumar -
Costume Designer
Barbara Stupica -
Composer
Iztok Mlakar -
Light Designer
Jaka Varmuž -
Assistant to Director
Zala Sajko -
Assistant to Costume Designer
Anja Ukovič
Performing
Devil
Iztok MlakarJesus
Žiga Udir k. g.Balthasar, Joseph, John the Baptist, Joanna, Poor Man, Pontius Pilate
Radoš Bolčina k. g.Caspar, Pharisee, Rich Man
Igor Štamulak k. g.Melchior, Sadducee, Cripple
Gorazd Žilavec k. g.Angel, Mother, Blind Man, Susanna
Rok Matek k. g.Mary, Magdalene
Tjaša Hrovat k. g. / Patrizia Jurinčič Finžgar k. g.Father, Judas, Soldier
Matija Rupel k. g. / Nejc Cijan Garlatti k. g.Instrumental trio
David Trebižan k. g. / David Šuligoj k. g. / Roman Kobal k. g.
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THEATER LIST
Photo Jaka Varmuž
Festivals and performances abroad
- 22. Primorski poletni festival, Koper, Piran, 2015
- Dnevi Komedije, Celje, 2016
4. 6. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
5. 6. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
10. 6. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
11. 6. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
27. 6. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
29. 6. 2015, 21.30. Pastoralno kulturni center Georgios, Piran.
30. 6. 2015, 21.00. Gledališče Koper.
23. 9. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
24. 9. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
25. 9. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
26. 9. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
1. 10. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
4. 10. 2015, 17.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
9. 10. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
10. 10. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
12. 10. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
30. 10. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
6. 11. 2015, 19.30. Kulturni dom Slovenj Gradec.
14. 11. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
24. 11. 2015, 19.00. SNG Maribor.
27. 11. 2015, 19.30. Mestno gledališče Ptuj.
4. 12. 2015, 19.30. Kulturni dom Krško. - CANCELLED
5. 12. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
7. 12. 2015, 19.00. Gledališče Park, Murska Sobota.
8. 12. 2015, 19.00. Gledališče Park, Murska Sobota.
9. 12. 2015, 19.00. Prešernovo gledališče Kranj.
10. 12. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
18. 12. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
21. 12. 2015, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
28. 12. 2015, 19.30. SNG Drama Ljubljana.
29. 12. 2015, 16.30. SNG Nova Gorica.
29. 12. 2015, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
7. 1. 2016, 19.30. Gledališče Toneta Čufarja Jesenice.
9. 1. 2016, 19.30. Kulturni dom Mozirje.
16. 1. 2016, 19.30. Avditorij Portorož.
18. 1. 2016, 20.30. Kulturni dom Gorica, Italija.
22. 1. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Bovec.
23. 1. 2016, 19.30. Slovensko ljudsko gledališče Celje.
30. 1. 2016, 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica. - CANCELLED
2. 2. 2016, 19.30. Kulturni dom Šmarje pri Jelšah.
13. 2. 2016, 20.00. Cankarjev dom Ljubljana.
21. 2. 2016, 20.00. Kosovelov dom Sežana.
22. 2. 2016, 20.00. Kosovelov dom Sežana.
27. 2. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
7. 3. 2016, 19.30. KC Janeza Trdine Novo mesto.
8. 3. 2016, 19.30. KC Janeza Trdine Novo mesto.
12. 3. 2016, 19.30. Dnevi komedije 2016, Celje.
14. 3. 2016, 19.30. Dom II. Slovenskega tabora Žalec. - CANCELLED
15. 3. 2016, 19.30. Dom II. Slovenskega tabora Žalec. - CANCELLED
17. 3. 2016, 19.30. Rudniška dvorana Idrija.
18. 3. 2016, 19.30. Cankarjev dom Vrhnika.
21. 3. 2016, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
22. 3. 2016, 19.30. Dom kulture Velenje.
29. 3. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
30. 3. 2016, 19.30. Kulturni dom Postojna.
5. 4. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Deskle.
8. 4. 2016, 19.30. Loški oder Škofja Loka.
9. 4. 2016, 19.30. Loški oder Škofja Loka.
11. 4. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale.
12. 4. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale.
13. 4. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale.
14. 4. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale. - CANCELLED
17. 4. 2016, 20.00. Špas teater Mengeš.
18. 4. 2016, 20.00. Špas teater Mengeš.
19. 4. 2016, 20.00. Špas teater Mengeš.
20. 4. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
22. 4. 2016, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
21. 5. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
28. 5. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
15. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
17. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
18. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
19. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
20. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
21. 6. 2016, 20.00. Narodni dom Maribor.
28. 6. 2016, 21.30. Pastoralni center Piran Georgios.
29. 6. 2016, 20.00. Kinogledališče Tolmin.
30. 6. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
8. 9. 2016, 20.00. Kulturni dom Franca Bernika Domžale.
10. 9. 2016, 19.00. Kulturni dom Šentjur.
13. 9. 2016, 20.00. Kinogledališče Tolmin.
19. 10. 2016, 19.30. Linhartova dvorana, Radovljica.
20. 10. 2016, 19.30. Kulturni center Litija.
22. 10. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
24. 10. 2016, 19.30. Dom II. Slovenskega tabora Žalec.
25. 10. 2016, 19.30. Dom II. Slovenskega tabora Žalec.
6. 11. 2016, 19.30. Cankarjev dom Ljubljana.
7. 11. 2016, 19.30. Cankarjev dom Ljubljana.
18. 11. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
29. 11. 2016, 19.30. Mestno gledališče ljubljansko.
30. 11. 2016, 19.30. Mestno gledališče ljubljansko.
3. 12. 2016, 19.30. Kulturni dom Krško.
16. 12. 2016, 19.30. Delavski dom Trbovlje.
17. 12. 2016, 20.00. Gledališče Koper.
22. 12. 2016, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
23. 12. 2016, 11.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
28. 12. 2016, 19.30. Dom kulture Ljutomer.
12. 1. 2017, 19.00. Festivalna dvorana Bled.
19. 1. 2017, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
20. 1. 2017, 19.30. DPD Svoboda Žiri.
31. 1. 2017, 11.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
13. 2. 2017, 19.30. KC Primoža Trubarja, Šentjernej. - CANCELLED
16. 2. 2017, 19.30. Cankarjev dom Vrhnika.
18. 2. 2017, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
24. 2. 2017, 19.30. Kulturni center Ravne na Koroškem.
10. 3. 2017, 19.30. Kulturni center Rogaška Slatina.
11. 3. 2017, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
19. 4. 2017, 19.30. KC Primoža Trubarja, Šentjernej.
27. 12. 2017, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
29. 1. 2018, 19.30. Kulturni center Laško. - CANCELLED
21. 3. 2018, 20.00. Šentjakob v Rožu, Avstrija.
26. 3. 2018, 19.30. Kulturni dom Laško.
9. 6. 2018, 21.30. Podnanos. - CANCELLED
5. 5. 2020, 23.36. SPLET.
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