“Urotnici” (The Conspirators) – staged reading of the new dramatic text

08 Dec “Urotnici” (The Conspirators) – staged reading of the new dramatic text

The staged reading of the new dramatic text “Urotnici” (The Conspirators), written by Igor Štiks and Vladimir Arsenijević, and directed by Boris Liješević, will be held on Thursday, December 15 at 8:30 p.m. on the “Petar Kralj” stage in Atelje 212. Admission is free and tickets can be collected at the box office of Atelje 212.
This staged reading is a co-production of the Association KROKODIL, the My Balkans Foundation and Atelje 212.

Vladimir Arsenijević – Igor Štiks
UROTNICI
Director: Boris Liješević

What happens when, breaking all the laws of space and time, Bogdan, Borka, Mirko, Sem, Predrag, Svetlana, Saša, Miroslav, Daša and Danilo meet? And what is their connection with writers whose surnames are Bogdanović, Pavićević, Kovač, Mehmedinović, Matvejević, Slapšak, Hemon, Krleža, Drndić and Kiš? In what kind of conspiracy are they involved? And to what kind of action are they calling us?

On the basis of the texts published in the Common Library edition, this exciting mix of voices, linguistic and artistic polyphony was created, which convincingly proves that, even though today we find ourselves divided into several different countries, and many of us in diaspora, we are no foreigners to each other. Because in literature there are no passports. The bonds that exist between us, and which rest on the common “social property” of not only language but also great literary heritage, are much stronger than the destructive forces that have produced more evil in the past few decades than we could have ever imagined. That evil is the topic of “Urotnici”, as well as a conspiracy for a different, better future. Literature has a key place in it, because imagination is more important to us today than ever before. Readers and viewers, who speak, use, and create in the common language and to whom it alone belongs, wherever they may be, are invited to an adventure of reading, discovering, exploring and rethinking. This is an expression of the tenacious optimism and firm belief that the bonds on which rests one literary republic in the European South, will continue to thrive.

In spite of everything.

*The dramatic text “Urotnici” is part of the Common Library project, which was initiated and is implemented by the Association KROKODIL.