The two heroes are once again facing the battle of their lives. They joined forces and put aside the fights between them. They are no longer fighting for an audience. Or against it. They fight together with the audience: for content, for meaning and for time.
“I think that’s enough.”
“Sure, it’s a promo text.”
“Exactly. It just has to grab your attention and make you think: I really have to go and see this.”
Once you’re on stage, you can’t get rid of it. You can’t avoid it. We have descended into a game whose rules are so simple, so absolute and so relentless that you cannot hide and you cannot stay hidden. Either we have something to say or we are ‘acting’.
“Now we have to be careful not to give too much away.”
“Yeah, it can’t be like a trailer that tells you everything.”
“In the sense that we’re talking about death and doubt and passing?”
“Yes, this we have to keep for the show.”
“We still need something, though.”
From this point on, it’s just a question of whether it will pay off. The time we spend together is limited. We are all running out of it. We need to be even more honest. We need to think even more. We need to try even bolder. Theatre is a space where you have to fight for content, where you have to earn your position of utterance. If you run out of content, you run out of heroes. There is no room for doubt. We are all aware of where we are, the roles are allotted, the consensus is made. We are on this side, you are on the other. Let the game begin. Business as usual.
“Does the title work for you?”
“Of the performance?”
“Yes.”
“Now we just need an audience.”
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Directed by / Choreographed by / Created by: Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis
Performed by: Uroš Kaurin and Vito Weis
Dramaturgy: Katarina Stegnar
Music: Lea Čehovin
Video: Boris Bezić
Light Design: Gašper Bohinec
Publication design: Grupa Ee
Merchandise design: Toni Soprano Meneglejte
Technical management: Gašper Bohinec, Grega Mohorčič
Photography: Ivian Kan Mujezinović, Andrej Firm
Executive producers: Nika Bezeljak, Anja Pirnat
Residency and festival partners: Hiša kulture Celje, Desiré Central Station Festival - Subotica, Teszt Festival
Supported by: Ministry of Culture of Slovenia, Municipality of Maribor, Municipality of Maribor Ljubljana
Age restrictions: 16+
Running time: 1h 20 min (no intermission)
Performed in Slovenian, with English, Romanian and Hungarian translation