In Ljubljana, in the Slovenian folk auditorium, the work on a performance featuring the working title "Talks on Love" began. It is one of the most important co-productions in Montenegrin culture, between the Royal Theater Zetski Dom and the Slovene National Audience, which for decades is the most stable theater of exceptional aesthetic refinement, which has long since crossed over the borders of Europe.
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The performance is an authorial project by one of the leading Slovenian directors Jernej Lorenc, and will be performed first in Cetinje on September 14th, followed by the premier in Ljubljana on October 12th.
In the play participates the actors from Slovenia-Marusa Majer, Zvezdana Novakovic and Janez Skof; Montenegro - Srdjan Grahovac, Karmen Bardak and Jelena Laban; Albania - Krist Lieshi and Matia Luppa, while actors from Italy will join the project in Ljubljana in the coming period.
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The working process of the show will take place in Ljubljana from 20th May to 28th June, after which the team will continue working in Cetinje from 21st August to 14th September 2019, when the premier in Montenegro will take place.
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The head of the team is Director of SNG Drama Ljubljana, Igor Samobor and Director of the Royal Theater Zetski dom Lidija Dedovic. The team of the show is made of JERNEJ LORENCI, playwright and co-author: MATIC STARINA, assistant director and producer: JUS ZIDAR, stage designer: BRANKO HOJNIK, costume designer: BELINDA RADULOVIC, author of music: BRANKO ROZMAN, choreographer: GREGOR LUSTEK, design of lights: JERNEJ LORENCI, BRANKO HOJNIK, JUS ZIDAR.
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The show is a collaboration between the team of the Slovenian folk auditorium and the Royal Theater Zetski dom.
This co-production is realized within the interregional project ADNICH (IPA CBC Italy-Albania-Montenegro), which is being implemented from 2018-2020, and is primarily concerned with the protection and promotion of the region of the South Adriatic.
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The show above is the second activity of the Zetski Dom in the framework of this project, after the show "The Rebellion of the Sailors" in August 2018. The ADNICH project brings together five partners from three mentioned countries and the Royal Theater Zetski dom is the leader of the project.
Text by CdM, on May 22nd, 2019, read more at CdM
