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A WORD OR TWO BY THE DIRECTOR Alice: Please, can you tell me the way to go from here? Cheshire cat: Well, dear, it mostly depends on where you want to get to. The unusual, unique and emotional poetic world of Milena Markovic was like a riddle to me. I felt it deeply though I could not explain it quite rationally. I quickly came to the conclusion that 1 should not even bother and that our innate instinct towards rationalizing was in this case useless. Finally, I decided to share that riddle with the audience.

Ana Tomović

FAIRYTALE, ASSOCIATIONS First of all, fairy tales are very cruel. The life itself is cruel and fairy tales represent the initiation into the adult world. It can be different but the seekers must go through certain bloody rituals. These rituals mean that you have to go through something, to make your feet bleed, you have to know or at least have to guess, you must have someone who will help you find, So, Mr. Venture is somebody very important when fairy tales are concerned, and that Mr... likes to be the cause of horror and fear. There is nothing God-like in fairy tales, only something magical. Sometimes, it is not those with the head start who end upas winners, but those with the miracle. That's why there's an artist in this play. She possesses the miracle inside herself. Beside being a miracle, she is also a monster. It means, however, that it's not a fairy tale or that it is a fairy tale that ate itself, bitting it's own tale on some bloody carousel. Also, fairy tales are natural. They are physiological, they have all the basic colors and bares relationships. They are sensual. The best fairytales have no edification. That's why they have no use in comforting, but they are supposed to thrill and strengthen. And they prepare for death. Only the monsters and artists stay alive, and we tell stories about them, and fear them too.

Milena Marković

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