The Fisherman and His Soul

ŠKUC Theatre, Mladinsko Theatre and Zavod Projekt Atol

Running time 1 hour. No interval.
Première: 29 September 2011, Old Post Office, Mladinsko Theatre

Translator Ciril Kosmač
Director Ivan Peternelj
Composer Aldo Kumar
Set designer Ema Kugler
Costume designer Barbara Stupica
Lighting designer Matjaž Brišar
Sound designer Marijan Sajovic
Make-up designer Barbara Pavlin
Video Dušan Ojdanič
Language consultant Mateja Dermelj
Author of visual identity Matej Peternelj
Producer Barbara Hribar

Cast
Fisherman, Emperor Blaž Šef
Little Mermaid, Costermonger, Witch, Soul Tina Vrbnjak
Narrator, Minister, Merchant, Devil, Priest Ivan Peternelj

The Fisherman and His Soul is a fairy-tale on beauty, passion, wisdom, richness, and love. On the other hand, it is a tale in which beauty, passion, wisdom, richness, and love shine also in their cruel opposite, their demonic emergence.
The Fisherman falls in love with the Mermaid but he can marry her only if he gets rid of his soul since sea creatures have no soul. He therefore cuts his soul off of his body and launches himself into the depths of the sea empire. His soul, lonely and heartless, sets off for a journey … The allegorical fairy-tale directed by Ivan Peternelj preserves its original narrative structure. Yet through the power of words, the performing of three flexible performers, and the minimal but therefore more effective theatrical means, the story incarnates in front of us in an unquestionably theatrical appearance.