Shelig Award for Five Kings, a portrait of the pathology of each authority

At the Prešeren Theater of Kranj, the 55 Week of Slovenian Drama, which with the inclusion of the dramatics of smaller European languages, also had an international note for the first time. In the competition program is a departure selector Alja Predan ranked seven performances. The Shelig Award for Best has received Five Kings: To the psychopathology of a monarchy Tibor Hrs Pandur After the royal chronicles William Shakespeare in the production of SLG Celje and direct Livia Pandur.

“In the past seventeen days, we have shown that Prešeren’s theater is an important building block of the Slovenian theater field that with The week of Slovenian drama It also creatively connects creators and producers in the international framework. 55. Week of Slovenian Drama was an exceptional feat and extremely proud and I am grateful for all the sacrificial and tireless work of the whole team that makes it TSD Always more than a festival, ”said VD Director of Prešeren’s Theater Rok Bozovičar.

As reported from theater, there was a festival whose The selector will be now Zala Dobovšekthe most comprehensive so far in terms of events and participating artists (more than five hundred) and visitors.

The intertwining of classics and new questions

These out of seven performances in the competition program and five in accompanying for the best chose the author’s performance Tine Vrbnjak According to motives Alice in the Wonderland Lewis Carroll Alica: some of the solarms about the unbearability of the time produced by SNG Drama Ljubljana and the Academy of Theater, Radio, Film and Television at the University of Ljubljana (AGRFT UL) and directing Luke Marcena.

About the recipient of the Shelig Award for Best Performing from the Competition Program according to the jury are the guarantors Iup Samobor, Nika Bezeljak and Mirna Rustemovic wrote that it brings on stage “a mighty narrative based on Shakespeare’s royal chronicles – from Rihard II. by Rihard III. – and skillfully combines them into a rounded dramaturgical whole that reflects contemporary social and political tensions. Directing a concise and mentally complex performance with sophisticated use of theatrical language opens up space for reflection on the cyclicality of history and power mechanisms, which, despite centuries – are not significantly changed but merely changing faces. In doing so, it skillfully relies on contemporary political, feminist and literary theoretical approaches.

At the center, the psychopathology of government is lucidly distributed, but the additional quality of the staging is a thoughtful focus shift to a female perspective – a visa that is hardly there in the original Shakespeare text. On stage, a new space for women’s characters and feminine subjectivity opens on stage, for their view and voice in the political arena. « 

Five Kings Photo: Aljoša Rebolj/SLG Celje

About to award the Shelig Award Fifth Kings: To the psychopathology of a monarchy, the jury decided unanimously, and in the justification decided that « the staging not only problematizes the power models, but also declares their sexual or social dimension, bringing new issues and interpretation opportunities into classical text. All this is carried on stage by a powerful cast, which, with its Vehementian game, is convincingly intertwined and embodies a diverse range of characters and characters that carry this performance. Numerous ensemble – equally powerful acting tasks that players use top notch, while acting as a well -played team – striving for a single goal: to the best of their ability to show real and spoiled portraits of today’s and today’s rulers, to show the pathology of each authority and to show the true victims of their proceedings. « 

Lucia Harum and Klemen Kovačič.

The same performance was indirectly awarded the Best Actress Award, for the role Lucia Harum. In the complex and multifaceted staging of female characters, it almost inaudibly builds a transformation that, according to the naivety of the initial characters, eventually erupts in a mighty transformation. « Not only does it revive the complex psychological landscapes of its characters, it transforms them into strong symbols, » the jury said.

Lucia Harum Photo: Aljoša Rebolj/SLG Celje

She rewarded for the best male role Klemen Kovačič In the staging Agmister (third)created in production AGRFT UL and Bunker. At eight hours of professing and deconstructing life, this is particularly distinguished by psychophysical fitness, commitment to implementation and « a chubal presence that does not give in to fatigue or indiscretion. »

A special award at the Jury’s judgment for the art and sound image of the show received staging Fight on the esophagus after suggestions Lovro Kuhar – Prežih’s Voranc (directing Jernej Lorenci, Production of the Prešeren Theater Kranj and the Ptuj City Theater). The award -winning elements make a decisive contribution to the intensity and confession of the play, which is a « experiential event that directly addresses our senses. »

Blaž Lukan Photo: Maj Pavček

Over The week of Slovenian drama They also presented Grün-Filipič’s recognition for his achievements in Slovenian dramaturgy, the Young Dramatist Award and the Slavko Grum Award for the best new dramatic lyrics. Jury in composition Rok Andres, Miriam Kičiyst and Jakob Ribic has rewarded with the first Blaz Lukanwith another Nežo Light Peterlin for the text Lamb, the third one assigned Milan Ramšak Markovic after Trilogy about cities and people.