Euripides
Alcestis
Original title Ἄλκηστις
Opening 20. 6. 2011 Velika gledališka predavalnica, AGRFT
Runing time 2 hours. No interval.
Translator Jera Ivanc
Director Zala Sajko
Dramaturges Nina Šorak, Simon Belak, Klemen Janežič
Set designer Lenka Đorojević
Costume designer Branka Pavlič, Anja Ukovič
Safety supervisor Kaja Tokuhisa
Cast
1.
Apollo Jaka Andrej Vojevec
Thanatos /Death Kaja Tokuhisa
Alcestis Barbara Ribnikar
Admetus Vid Klemenc
Heracles Klemen Janežič
Chorus Saša Pavlin Stošić
2.
Admetus Klemen Janežič
Alcestis Saša Pavlin Stošić
Heracles Vid Klemenc
Pheres Vid Klemenc
Chorus Barbara Ribnikar
Mentors
Acting and theatre directing
Matjaž Zupančič Professor
Boris Ostan Assistant Professor
Klemen Janežič
Dramaturgy
Blaž Lukan Assistant Professor
Set design
Jasna Vastl Assistant Professor
Costume design
Janja Korun Associate Professor
Tina Kolenik Assistant
Language and speech
Katarina Podbevšek Assistant Professor
Nina Žavbi Milojević Assistant
Euripides’ Alcestis stands in a no man’s land between comedy and tragedy, between the old and the new, between life and death. It is split between duty and expectation. Alcestis herself is a hero and a rebel. She makes a conscious, free decision and completely abandons herself to an ideal at the expense of everything else: her life, her children, and her husband.