Five Kinds of Silence
Five Kinds of Silence, 1996
First Slovene production
PREMIERE
19. april 2023 SNG Nova Gorica
20. marec 2023 SNG Nova Gorica
Five Kinds of Silence by the English playwright Shelagh Stephenson opens in the bathroom, where a woman and her two adult daughters lean over the body of their murdered husband and father. The production uses this moment as a starting point for an actual reconstruction and a documentary debate about intimate partnership violence. The project, created in collaboration with experts in the fields of family violence, police, judiciary, prosecution, psychiatry, social services, SOS telephone and women’s shelter Varna hiša, uses the fictional story of Mary and her daughters Susan and Janet and factual data and fragments of dialogue to build an intimate history of a family and at the same time reveals the mercilessness of the social and legal system that enables this violence.
The production was directed by Maša Pelko, a prominent member of the youngest generation of Slovenian directors.
Worldwide, 33% of women over the age of 15 have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, and 22% of women were subjected to physical and/or sexual violence from their partner, while in an intimate relationship. In 90.8% of the perpetrators of violence are men. In Slovenia, 56.6% of all women experienced one of the forms of violence. The data from the Slovenian police show that during the time of the »corona crisis« partner and family violence increased by 12.9 %. Every seven minutes, a woman is murdered in the world as a victim of intimate partnership violence.
Maša Pelko and Tereza Gregorič
Creators
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Translator
Irena Duša Draž -
Director
Maša Pelko -
Dramaturg
Tereza Gregorič -
Choreographer and Assistant to Director
Klemen Janežič -
Language Consultant
Anja Pišot -
Set Designer
Sara Slivnik -
Costume Designer
Tina Bonča -
Composer
Mateja Starič -
Light Designer
Uroš Gorjanc -
Expert Counsellors
Tanja Pipan, Maja Plaz, Jasna Podreka, Polona Selič - Zupančič
Performing
THEATER LIST
Festivals and performances abroad
- 11. FemArt Festival, Narodno gledališče Kosovo, Priština, Kosovo
- 59. Festival Borštnikovo srečanje, Maribor
13. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
14. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
15. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
19. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
20. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
21. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
22. 4. 2023 at 19.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
26. 4. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
4. 5. 2023 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica.
16. 5. 2023 at 20.00. 11. FemArt Festival, Narodno gledališče Kosovo, Priština, Kosovo.
16. 4. 2024 at 19.30 – 22.00. Small stage.
20. 4. 2024 at 19.00 – 20.30. Small stage.
23. 5. 2024 at 20.00 – 21.20. Small stage.
5. 6. 2024 at 20.00 – 21.20. .
6. 6. 2024 at 12.00 – 13.20. .
14. 6. 2024 at 19.00 – 20.20. .
12. 9. 2024 at 10.00 – 11.20. Small stage. Zaključena predstava
7. 10. 2024 at 19.30 – 20.50. Kulturni dom Šmarje pri Jelšah.
10. 10. 2024 at 20.00 – 21.20. SNG Nova Gorica, mali oder. SEASON TICKET FLEX, SINGLE TICKET, OPTIONAL PERFORMANCE FOR SUBSCRIBERS