Cekaonica 5

STERIJINO POZORJE FESTIVAL 2010 - Novi Sad, Serbia -
Atelier 212 Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia -
CEKAONICA / THE WAITING ROOM
text by Boris Lijesevic and Branko Dimitrijevic
directed by Boris Lijesevic

The text is the first official case in Serbia of a verbatim play, as a base for verbatim theatre. It is a form of a documentary, a text made by adapting a series of conversation by the authors with real people, who revealed their real, authentic experience in facing the consequences of social transition. The concept of the play is specific, it does not have classical, Aristotelian characters, nor a linear story, only fragments that form a lively mosaic of existence in today’s Serbia. The stage in the play is completely bare and desolate, illusion is expelled... This is a complete stripping of the play, abolition of illusion and direct confrontation of the viewer with the important questions posed in the play, which assume a socio-political significance ...