Bitef

26 th SEPTEMBER

20.30

YUGOSLAV DRAMA THEATRE, BELGRADE, SERBIA

/DURATION: 125’

★ MILENA MARKOVIČ (Zemun, 1974.) graduated in dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. She is a dozent at the Dramaturgy Department of the same faculty where she teaches film and TV script. Her plays have been staged in Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Poland, Germany, France, Japan and the United States of America and have been translated into several major languages. She is an equally successful poet. Her most relevant poetry books are: Pas koji je pojo sunce (2001), Istina ima teranje (2003), Ptičje oko na tarabi (2007), Pre nego što sve počne da se vrti (2011) and Pesme za žive i mrtve (2014) we published by LOM Publishers. Milena Markovič wrote scripts for films Tomorrow Morning, White White World and Miners’ Opera. She has won important awards, including two first awards at Sterijino Pozorje (for plays Boat for Dolls and Orphan Simeon') and the special award of Theater M.b.H., Vienna for the best plays from the former Yugoslavia.

CREDITS: Text: Milena Markovič Direction: Iva Štrljić Set design: Gorčin Stojanovič Costume design: Maja Mirkovič Choreography: Boris Čakširan Original music: Vladimir Pejkovič Stage speech: Ljiljana Mrkič Popovič Performers: Nikola Rakočevič, Mirjana Karanović, Radovan Vujovič, Srdan Timarov, Dubravka Kovjanič, Milan Marič, Jovana Gavrilovič Organisers: Vladimir Perišič and Janko Dimitrijevič Stage manager: Dušan Milosavljevič Prompter: Dušan Pavlovič Assistant director: Ana Vučelič Assistant set designer: Ivana Krnjič Assistant costume designer: Sonja Mrkobrada Sound: Aleksandar Major Lighting: Svetislav Galič / Dejan Draganov Photography: Aleksandar Angelovski Production: Yugoslav Drama Theatre

★ IVA MILOŠEVIČ (Belgrade, 1977.) graduated in theatre and radio direction from the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. She has directed over twenty productions for the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, Atelje 212, Bitef Teatar, Pozorište na Terazijama, Malo pozorište Duško Radovič, Pinocchio Puppet Theatre, the Serbian National Theatre, the National Theatre in Užice, Vojdan Černodrinski National Theatre in Prilep, Macedonia. Iva Miloševič has received “Ljubomir Muci Draškić” Award, “Bojan Stupica” Award and annual awards of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre and the Serbian National Theatre. Her productions have been shown at festivals in Bogota, San Jose, Guadalajara, Sibiu, Madrid, Rome, Rijeka, Split, Umag, Sarajevo, Brčko, Banja Luka, Kotor, Budva and all relevant festivals in Serbia. Her most successful productions were based on texts by Mark Ravenhill, Sarah Kane, Neal Laßute, Vassily Sigriev and Eden von Horvath. Miloševič directs plays by modern young authors as well as classics such as Shakespeare and Gogol.

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