Festival of European Drama – FED – What Europe Dreams About

Festival of European Drama – FED

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“What are you dreaming about – between a dialogue and monologue in contemporary European drama”
18 – 21.11.2024.

Festival of European Drama – FED presents seven contemporary, multiple award-winning playwrights from the Czech Republic, Portugal, Belgium, Sweden, Romania, Norway and Cyprus

Festival of European Drama – FED under the slogan “What are you dreaming about – between a dialogue and monologue in contemporary European drama” will be held from November 18th to 21st in the Belgrade Drama Theater, organized by the Belgrade Drama Theater, the Silver Tree and Treći Trg associations.

During the festival, seven plays written in less-used European languages will be presented: Czech, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Swedish, Romanian and Norwegian.

The festival will open on November 18th with the premiere of the play “AQUABELLES” by the Czech author David Drabek, directed by Dina Radoman, while from November 19th to 21st, there will be six public readings of plays by the most prominent and highly awarded contemporary European playwrights who will be guests of the festival and who will take part in the conversations after the readings.

What do we dream about? Are dreams the fulfillment of wishes or another, parallel reality? Do they haunt, inspire or motivate us? How do they move us? In addition to the main theme – dreams, the dramas problematize a number of very different themes such as: parent-child relationships, parallel realities, visions of a better world, loneliness, the search for love, the fragility of emotional balance in adolescence, reflections on ecology through the voices of nature…

The play “Aquabelles” by the Czech playwright and director of the middle generation David Drabek, directed by Dina Radoman, is a confession about the impossibility of an authentic life in today’s society and follows the lives of three friends in a tragicomic and surreal way.

The scenography is signed by the director and Romana Bošković, costume design by Ana Troćiš Trajković, music by LP duo – Andrija Pavlović and Sonja Lončar, stage movement by Miona Petrović, lighting design by Sonja Žugić, and sound design by Marko Kekezović, translation by Tihana Hamović. Starring: Arsenije Arsić, Bratislav Zdravković, Rista Milutinović, Una Rakić, Nikola Mijatović and Anja Jovanović.

For the program of public readings, six plays were selected: “Sagrada familia” by Jacinto Lucas Pires from Portugal, translated by Jovan Tatić, directed by Marta Đorđević; “Here We Go Again” by Annelies Verbeke from Belgium, translated by Bojana Budimir, directed by Nikola Bundalo; “Hunger” by Charalampos Giannou from Cyprus, translated by Saša Đorđević, directed by Nevena Dimitrijević; “Fleeing Creatures” by Christina Ouzounidis, from Sweden translated by Svetlana Tot, directed by Nemanja Mijović; “The Green Cat” by Elise Wilk from Romania, translated by Simona Popov, directed by Tara Mitrović; and as a special event, “Shadows” by Nobel laureate Jon Fosse from Norway, translated by Radoš Kosović, directed by Katarina Vještica. After the reading, discussions with the authors will be held, moderated by Vesna Perić.

All programs will be held on the Small Stage “Predrag Pepi Laković” beginning at 19:00 and 20:30. Admission to public readings is free.

Plays were published by Silver Tree and Treći Trg as part of the WEDA – What Europe Dreams About project, as well as Paper Stage edition.

Reruns of the play “Aquabelles” are on December 12th and 13th at 20:00 on the Small Stage “Predrag Pepi Laković”.

The festival is supported by the European Commission through the Creative Europe program, the Swedish Arts Council, Flanders Literature, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Cyprus, the Portuguese Embassy in Serbia, and Belgrade Dance Institute.

PROGRAM
Festival of European Drama – FED

OPENING
Monday, November 18th at 19:00

PREMIERE of the play
AQUABELLES – David Drabek (Czech Republic)
Director: Dina Radoman

Scenographer: Dina Radoman, Romana Bošković
Costume designer: Ana Troćiš Trajković
Music: LP duo – Andrija Pavlović and Sonja Lončar
Stage movement: Miona Petrović
Lighting design: Sonja Žugić
Sound design: Marko Kekezović
Translation from Czech: Tihana Hamović

PLAYING:
Filip – Arsenije Arsić
Kajetin – Bratislav Zdravković
Pavel – Rista Milutinović
Edita – Una Rakić
Ivan, Šimon, Mrs. Magda, Second – Nikola Mijatović
First – Anja Jovanović

The right to perform the play belongs to the agency DILIA from Prague

* After the performance, there will be a discussion with the author’s team

Tuesday, November 19th

19:00 Public reading of the play
SAGRADA FAMILIA – Jacinto Lukas Pires (Portugal)
Translation from Portuguese: Jovan Tatić
Director: Marta Đorđević