Matjaž Zupančič
THE LOVES OF MY GRANDMOTHER
May 16 at 7.30 pm
Venue: Plesni Teater Ljubljana
Duration: 60 minutes
Just the title of the piece The Loves of my Grandmother gives an impression of nostalgia and sentimentality. Nevertheless, it is a humorous and erudite search into the minds of the four protagonists, using the register of male-female relationships, as well as their specific poses and perspectives. Men, and other loves of grandmother, do not appear on stage. They only live through the stories of the four women who, though gestures and words, understand the grandmother as the connection between past and present. Men are mere props on the stage, marionettes in the “gestural explanations” of the women.
Dramatist, director, teacher, and writer, Matjaž Zupančič studied theatre direction and dramaturgy. After graduating in Ljubljana, he continued his directorial studies in London with the support of the British Council. During the first half of the 1980s, he ran the experimental theatre Glej, which at that time was the focal point of alternative theatre in Ljubljana. Later he dedicated himself to directing theatre, writing, and teaching. He is the author of two novels and ten plays (Izganjalci hudiča, Slastni mrlič, Nemir, Ubijalci muh, Vladimir, Goli pianist, Hodnik, Bolje tič v roki kot tat na strehi, Igra s pari, Razred) that have been staged in Ljubljana and internationally. He is among the most frequently performed Slovenian playwrights on international stages. He has directed more than forty works in Slovenian theatres (the most important ones being Gluvić’ Hardcore, Majcen’s Apocalypse, Strindberg’s Miss Julie, Smole’s Antigone, Shakespeare’s King Lear and Hamlet, Mamet’s Oleanna, Jesih’s Ljubiti, Weiss’ Marat/Sade, Karge’s Kožo z obraza, Brecht’s Three Penny Opera, Bourke’s Gagarin Way, Rose’s Twelve Angry Men, and his own Vladimir, Goli pianist, Hodnik ...)
Concept and direction: Matjaž Zupančič
Performers: Rosana Hribar, Jana Menger, Sinja Ožbolt, Tanja Zgonc, Milan Štefe
Dramaturgy: Andrej Jaklič
Set design: Alen Ožbolt
Light design: Tomaž Štrucl
Music: Laurie Anderson, Vanja Novak
Costume design: Bjanka Adžič
Producer/: Živa Brecelj
Production: Plesni Teater Ljubljana
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