19th International festival EX PONTO

In the framework of the Ex Ponto Festival, Stara mestna elektrarna – Elektro Ljubljana will host the performance by Federico García Lorca entitled The House of Bernarda Alba or Women without Men, Nothing More, directed by the Macedonian director Sofija Ristevska.

Federico García Lorca: THE HOUSE OF BERNARDA ALBA or Women without Men, Nothing More
The House of Bernarda Alba is a play about uptight provincialism, narrow-mindedness and tyranny of the society in the Spanish countryside. It is a play about social norms and values that one must follow, even for the price of sacrificing one’s own personal values, aspirations and desires. The Mal dramski teatar from Bitola translates the provincial Spanish environment from the beginning of the former century into contemporary questions touching upon gender identity. The daughters of Bernarda Alba are neither women nor men, they are merely a culturological metaphor for the intrusive nature of family and social limitations as well as morality.

Direction: Sofija Ristevska
Dramaturgy: Biljana Krajčevska
Choreography: Kire Miladinoski
Cast: Joana Popovska, Ivan Jerčik, Ilina Čorevska, Ognen Drangovski, Borče Gakovski, Nikola Projčevski, Petar Spirovski, Aleksandar Stefanovski, Zdravko Stojmirov
Production: Mal dramski teatar, Bitola (MK)
Festival production: Kulturno društvo B-51
Supported by: Program EU Kultura, Mestna občina Ljubljana, Ministrstvo za izobraževanje, znanost, kulturo in šport

The central theme to underline the forthcoming Ex Ponto Festival, which will take place between 14th and 23rd September at different locations across Ljubljana, revolves around revisiting old and new values.
The festival is to host performances by authors coming from thirteen different countries. Among others four premieres and a “mini show case” have been selected to form part of the festival programme, which shall be accompanied by round-table discussions, workshops and conversations with artists.