Croatian House of Culture - Sunday, May, 8th 9:00 p.m.
Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Belgrade, Serbia
Martinić: A PLAY ABOUT MIRJANA AND PEOPLE AROUND HER
Director: Iva Milošević,
Set Designer: Gorčin Stojanović;
Costume Designer: Maja Mirković;
Composer: Vladimir Pejković
Cast: Mirjana Karanović, Jelena Petrović, Branka Petrić, Marko Baćović, Anđelka Simić, Feđa Stojanović, Cvijeta Mesić, Bojan Lazaro
Opening night: 18. 2. 2010.
Duration: 95 min
...Mirjana Karanović as Mirjana was completely alienated from the Others, who are on the verge of being emblematic. They are intruders in her life. The others are characters reduced to marionettes, characterized by their impossibility of communication. They are flat, and they are the products of the context in which they live. (...) The Man has long time ago become the consumer and the good, unable to be alone, out by himself. The importance of this play lies in its unobtrusive intention to disclose the dreadfulness of the abyss behind the images of illusion.
Ana Isaković, Danas
Play about Mirjana and people around her is a realistic picture of lives of ordinary people, who, no matter how trivial that might seem at first sight, represent an inner journey into our personality and points to silent emptiness of the man whose potentials are tamed and who has long time ago forgotten why he exists. (...) While enjoying in this, in a way, tragicomical drama, we can recognize a part of our life so often imprisoned in everyday routine. This colorful confession about Mirjana and people around her actually represents a serious analytical representation of our trivial reality which touches, shapes, impedes or even occupies our life.
This play is important because it sees the things in a clear way and calls a spade a spade, but also because it invites us to personally search for sense and self determination.
Ana Todorović-Radetić, B92


