Red

Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana

Running time 1 hour and 45 minutes. No interval.
Première: 20 April 2012, Small Stage, Slovene National Theatre Drama Ljubljana
First Slovene Production
 

Translator Desa Puc
Director Zvone Šedlbauer
Dramaturg Eva Kraševec
Set designer Žarko Vrezec
Costume designer Marta Frelih
Music selected by Darja Hlavka Godina
Language consultant Tea Kačar
Lighting designer Milan Podlogar
Auditor Peter Petkovšek

Cast
Mark Rothko Gregor Baković
Ken Saša Tabaković

A true drama unfolds at the end of the 1950s in front of a red canvas from the Seagram series that would soon be hanging together with the other ones in a prestigious restaurant. The renowned painter Mark Rothko engages his young assistant Ken. The dynamics of their relation discloses the generation shift occurring in the art world and the advent of new creators who depict the everyday life in the Pop-Art style, uncompromisingly insisting on meaninglessness. This is totally opposite from Rothko’s vision of painting in which he strives towards higher transcendent realms. Red portrays the confrontation of two generations and two artistic sensitivities but first and foremost it talks about Rothko’s self-confrontation at the peak of his career when the nuances on his canvases are beginning to acquire darker shades.i.