the feast or the story of a savoury corpse or how roman abramovich, the personage janša, julia kristeva, age 24, simona semenič and the initials z.i. found themselves in a puff of tobacco smoke

Zavod Imaginarni

Running time 1 hour. No interval.
Première 13 November 2011 in a Ljubljana apartment
 

Director Primož Ekart
Dramaturg Simona Hamer
Costume designer Elena Fajt
Language consultant Maja Cerar

Performers
Iva Babić
Branko Jordan

The feast explores and inquires the difference between those who devour and those who are being devoured, subtly guiding us towards the question: Where is our place at the world table and how big is our responsibility? The production is based on a conceptual decision by the director to move it from the public (theatre) space into a private space – an apartment. A small group of six spectators thus has the privilege to spend an intimate evening in the company of renowned guests such as Roman Abramovich (who has nothing to do with the real person Roman Abramovich), the personage Janša (who has nothing to do with the personage Janša, President of the government of the Republic of Slovenia from the production of Slovene National Theatre by Janez Janša), 24-year old Julia Kristeva (who also has nothing to do with the 24-year old girl by the same name who was chosen by the fate to be a famous philosopher and much more, which is not mentioned even on Wikipedia), Simona Semenič (who has nothing to do with the real person Simona Semenič, the author of this play) and the initials Z.I. (Z could be the first letter of the name Zlatan and I could be the first letter of the last name Ibrahimović, although, as we know it, the initials Z.I. do not represent the Swedish football player.)