Drago Jančar: And love itself (In ljubezen tudi)
Co-production of Drama SNG Maribor with Cankarjev dom Ljubljana
Running time: The performance lasts approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes, including two intervals
Stage adaptation by Luka Marcen and Tatjana Doma
Director Luka Marcen
The story of Drago Jančar’s monumental novel And Love Itself (2017) begins with a chance event: two girls stand in the middle of Maribor’s square in front of the Astoria Cafe, and one of them recognizes an acquaintance in a passing member of the SS units. This encounter triggers a dramatic series of events that forever change the lives of all involved. And Love Itself is not just a historical war or love novel, although it is both. Primarily, it is an intimate story about the destructive power of love – and hatred that fatefully connects all four main narrators.
Through the intimate stories of people from different corners of history, Jančar essentially includes the city of Maribor as the central protagonist, thus creating a literary monument to it. The stage adaptation by director Luka Marcen and dramaturg Tatjana Doma takes Jančar’s complex web of intimate human destinies and perspectives on a turbulent historical time as its starting point. And Love Itself is not a historical view of the events of World War II in the city of Maribor but primarily a reminder of today’s turbulent moment of how important humanity is. For love to survive, love alone is not enough.
A monumental story of Maribor’s brutal era where legalized hatred collides with the poetic metaphysics of dreams, fears, and love.
Drago Jančar: And love itself (In ljubezen tudi)
18,00 | 21,00 EUR
16,00 | 19,00 EUR * * EUR for younger than 25 and older than 65, as well as pensioners.
Photo: Peter Giodani / SNG Maribor
Photo: Peter Giodani / SNG Maribor
Photo: Peter Giodani / SNG Maribor
Photo: Peter Giodani / SNG Maribor
Photo: Peter Giodani / SNG Maribor
Dramaturgy Tatjana Doma
Set designer Sara Slivnik
Costume designer Ana Janc
Composer Mitja Vrhovnik Smrekar
Choreographer Lara Ekar Grlj
Video designer Urban Zorko
Proofreader Metka Damjan
Light designer Andrej Hajdinjak
Assistant Set Designer Katarina Prislan
Cast
Gaja Filač Sonja Belak
Žan Koprivnik Valentin Gorjan
Vladimir Vlaškalić Ludwig Mischkolnig
Mateja Pucko Katica Modrinjak
Vojko Belšak Hans, Borben, Doctor, OZNA Officer
Davor Herga Doctor Belak, Breznik, Verman
Matevž Biber Colonel Sterz, Commissioner Vasja, Jožef Drenik
Julija Klavžar Angelca, Frida, Partisan, Jadranka
Irena Varga Ludwig’s Mother, Nurse Inge, Breznik’s Wife, Verman’s Wife
Matija Stipanič Police Director, Polde, Janez Lešnik
Nejc Ropret Prison Governor, Commanding Officer Matevž, Head of the Officer School, SS Officer, Butcher
Jakob Šfiligoj as guest / Viktor Hrvatin Meglič Johann, Pintarič, Rommel, Injured Person
A Co-Production of Drama SNT Maribor and Cankarjev dom Ljubljana
Founder and main co-funder of Cankarjev dom’s Arts and Culture programme
