Janez Janša: WHO IS NEXT?

The performance opens the questions of individuals’ responsibility in the contemporary society – society of recession, shock, precarious livelihood, insecurity and carelessness. What kind of action would it take to trigger a change? Is democracy nothing but an empty ritual of endless dialogues that lead nowhere? Who will take the responsibility and do something? Do something and not back down? Is violence really the only way out?

The performance tackles this question in combination with the documentary and fictional approach. Who’s Next? makes the genres of film, music and choreography interact in the performance while constantly forming a space for actors as well as the audience to negotiate their future action. Something has to be done, no doubt about that. But the question is what should be done exactly and how? Is it possible to do something in theatre perhaps? Could theatre act as a place of action?

Conceived and directed by: Janez Janša
Creators and performers: Boštjan Narat, Jelena Rusjan, Irena Tomažin, Vito Weis, Grega Zorc, Nataša Živković / Barbara Krajnc
Dramaturgy: Simona Semenič
Texts: Simona Semenič and performance creators
Video and photography: Darko Herič
Technical director and light designer: Igor Remeta
Photos of performance: Matjaž Kenda
Executive producer: Tina Dobnik
Public Relations: Urška Comino
Production: Maska Ljubljana
Co-production: Tanzquartier, Vienna (Austria), Inkonst, Malmö (Sweden)