- stage: Public room
Theatre for all (MKD)
Director: Milosh B. Andonovski
Duration: 75’
Language: Macedonian
Author: Collective authorship and dramatization of short stories „The streets which are gone” by Olivera Kjorvezivoska
Cast: Filip Hristovski, Nina Elzeser, Viktor Velevski, Janka Lefkova, Hristijan Pop-Simonov, Angela Stojanovska
Dramaturgy and dramatization of short stories: Ivana Nelkovska, Milosh Andonovski
Dramaturgy of personal stories: Eva Kamchevska
Costume design: Irina Tosheva
Costume design assistance: Iva Ivanovska
Scenography: Martin Manev
Scenography assistance: Simona Dimkovska
The play People from Skopje is the result of a research and experimental process during which the actors, elaborating on the short stories from the collection ‘The streets which are gone’ by Olivera Kjorveziroska, shares personal stories, events and experiences from Skopje; examining the searching for the characteristics of the people of Skopje today and the spirit of Skopje nowadays. This play does not talk about the old city of Skopje, the liberation of Skopje, the earthquake and Kenzo Tange, but about the city today. It also looks at the relationship of the local people and the ones who have moved there, their perceptions of the city, their misunderstandings and cohabitation.
WHO MAY TALK ABOUT SKOPJE? WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY ANYTHING ABOUT SKOPJE, a PERSON THAT IS genuinely from SKOPJE with deep roots or those ‘newcomers’? WHO TRUELY LOVES SKOPJE? IN THIS PERFORMANCE BOTH THE ONES AND THE OTHERS WILL LOOK EACH OTHER IN THE EYES, AT THE TABLE, WITH AN APPETIZER AND THEY WILL SAY MANY THINGS TO EACH OTHER.