Description
With Rei Édipo [Oedipus Rex], Sophocles brought ambivalence to Greek tragedy. The play can be read as a detective story – who murdered Laius and brought evil upon Thebes? – where Oedipus finds himself between two forces: the gods’ prophecies and his self-knowledge. Slovenian stage director Vito Taufer brings this contemporary version of the tragedy to a film noir bar setting, in a production of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre. Prophecies, secrets and responsibilities float amidst clouds of smoke, light and shadow, songs and whiskey. Oedipus becomes a tragic hero once he gains awareness of his identity. By putting free will and divinely appointed fate side by side, this production sends out a question concerning our present time: are our rulers’ decisions based on reason and knowledge, or do they simply follow crystallised, obsolete notions?
Credits
by Sophocles directed by Vito Taufer
based on the translation by Miloš Đurić adaptation Vesna Radovanović, Marko Manojlović dramaturgy Vesna Radovanović set design Lazar Bodroža costumes Marija Markovic Milojev music composed by Robert Pešut Magnifico & Aleksander Pešut – Schatz! vocal training Ljiljana Mrkić Popović lighting design Siniša Čupić
cast Milan Marić, Nataša Ninković, Srđan Timarov, Bojan Dimitrijević, Aleksandar Đurica, Miloš Samolov, Nebojša Ljubišić, Zoran Cvijanović, Joakim Tasić, Marko Radojevic and Milan Bobić, Luka Antonijević, Luka Sević, Veljko Stevanović (final year students at the Academy of Arts in Belgrade)
musicians Darko Golić (double bass), Luka Lopičić (accordion)
produced by Yugoslav Drama Theatre (Belgrade, Serbia)
opening 17 Sep 2022 Yugoslav Drama Theatre (Belgrade, Serbia) playing time 1:30 Ages 16 and up
Portuguese subtitles
Sessions
Teatro São João
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