Politically charged scenes
Sreda, 4. maj 2016
International web portal The Stage is reporting about the theatre situation in Slovenia:
"Slovenia basks in tranquillity as if far removed from the troubles and problems that presently beset Europe – unless you happen to catch a glimpse of the razor-wire fence on the border with Croatia that excludes refugees from the territory of this small EU nation of two million inhabitants. Or perhaps you may not know that the country’s suicide rate is in the world’s top 10? If you do, you may begin to understand why Slovenia’s theatre has a ferociously political streak, striving by all means, some of them violent and shocking, to explore the nature of such stark contrasts.
"We’re in the middle of a tough political situation and we have to reflect it,” says Alja Predan, artistic director of the Maribor Theatre Festival.
"People are really disturbed by what is going on and how politicians react to it and also by the rise of the right wing,” adds Tamara Bracic Vidmar, publicist for Bunker, a non-profit organisation that produces and presents theatre and dance, and has organised the international Mladi Levi (Young Lions) Festival since 1998."