Giovanni Boccaccio, Ira Ratej, Matej Krajnc, Milko Lazar
The Decameron
Dekameron
A baptismal production
PREMIERE
19. februar 2011
the Ljubljana City Theatre
24. marec 2011
SNG Nova Gorica
Coproduction
Co-production with the Ljubljana City Theatre.
Ten young people escape to the abandoned village of Decameron to avoid the latest, deadliest version of pandemic flu. In the village, mobile phones, computers and satellite navigation don't work. This means that seven women and three men who don't know each other are completely cut off from the world. Their refuge is a former theatre whose dark corners hide old costumes, pieces of sets, even musicians. The refugees start to discover the world of plays and theatre by choosing a daily topic and staging it under the leadership of the person chosen to be the governor or director for the day. The sparks of affection between them burst into flames of happy, but also some unrequited loves, the play of bodies and caresses awakens their inner desires and passion, which consume them so much that they forget about despair, and the fear of disease and death. Taken with each other, and also with the acting that liberates them through tears and laughter and confronts them with genuine human condition, they ask themselves at the end if they even want to return to the high-tech world.
“The human comedy”, as the witty and benevolent Giovanni Boccaccio himself referred to his collection of 100 novellas entitled The Decameron (“ten days”) is, along with Dante’s The Divine Comedy, the harbinger of a new perception of the world, the renaissance or the rebirth of man, when human spirit turned to researching the human in all its dimensions. To a modern human being, living in the culture imbued with technology that generates emotions of fear, anxiety and guilt, this can be not only an entertaining, but also an educational experience.
Creators
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Director
Boris Kobal -
Dramaturg
Ira Ratej -
Song Writer
Matej Krajnc -
Composer
Milko Lazar -
Set Designer
Miha Knific -
Costume Designer
Leo Kulaš -
Choreographer
Jana Menger -
Repetiteur
Joži Šalej -
Language Consultant
Maja Cerar -
Light Designer
Samo Oblokar -
Mask Designer
Branko Drekonja -
Assistant to Costume Designer
Ljubica Čehovin S.
Performing
Liza, Elizabeta, Prva prijateljica, Tretja nuna, Filippa
Ana Dolinar Horvat/ Viktorija Bencik EmeršičEma, Tesa, Fourth woman, Woman, Old lady, First moumer, City woman
Anja DrnovšekEma, Tesa, Fourth nun, Woman, Old lady, First moumer, City woman
Saša Pavlin StošićNeja, Narrator, Mother Superior, Mother, City woman
Ana FacchiniDionej, Bruno, Rustico, Bernard, Young man, Hieronim, Vittorio, Lazarino
Gregor GrudenMeta, Alibek, Second nun, Servant, City woman
Arna HadžialjevićPan, Lorenzo, Caladrino, Tomažek, King, Rinieri, Judge
Peter HarlFilio (m), Buffo, Hermit, Giacomo, Pietro, Husband, Giovanni, Silvio
Gorazd JakominiPam, Fifth nun, Gianna, Silvestra, City woman
Karin Komljanec / Saša Pavlin StošićFilio (f), Second woman, First nun, Žileta, City woman
Tanja RibičLavra, First woman, Second friend, Second moumer, Helena, Wife, City woman
Marjuta SlamičMusicians, piano
Joži Šalej / Marjan PeternelMusicians, violin
Jelena Ždrale / Klemen BračkoMusicians, cello
Barbara Žorž / Katarina JericijoMusicians, trumpet
Tibor Kerekeš / Roman PodlesnikMusicians, tube
Janez Žnidaršič / Rok VilharMusicians, saxophone
Primož Fleischman / Matjaž DrevenšekMusicians, drums
Aleš Rendla / Miha Recelj
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22. 10. 2011, 19.30. MGL, Ljubljana. - CANCELLED
26. 10. 2011, 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica. - CANCELLED