THURSDAY, June 30th 19,45
Pinocchio Puppet Theatre, Goce Delčeva 1
Actor, Say Something Funny
Cultural Institution Vuk Karadžić, Belgrade
Cast: Irfan Mensur
Director and Dramaturge: Irfan Mensur
Music: Aleksandar Sanja Ilić
The showdown between the small actor and the big stage...or maybe, it is the reverse, the big actor and the small stage. In any case, a funny story about life, theatre life and life outside of the theatre. The theatre is a grand hall, and at the end of it, lies a stage...At night, when all in town is closed and peaceful, you come to the theatre. You see a reflection of yourself on stage, you laugh and you cry. ...and I enter your soul, like an empty house...What you see on stage reminds you of your own dreams, I guess that’s why you come to the theatre no? The theatre is a grand hall, and at the end of it, lies a stage, and on that stage is an actor.
Irfan Mensur was born in Sarajevo in 1952. He graduated from the Faculty of Dramatic Art in Belgrade, and later became a permanent member of the Yugoslav Drama Theatre, where he still works. He is famous for his roles in the plays: Migrations (Seobe), Prince Pavle (Knez Pavle), Nahod Simeon, In Search of Marcel Prust (U potrazi za Marselom Prustom), Jegor’s Path (Jegorov Put), The Merchant of Venice (Mletački trgovac), Don Juan (Don Žuan). His noted film roles are: Assassination in Sarajevo (Atentat u Sarajevu), Beach Guard in Winter (Čuvar plaže u zimskom periodu), The Dog Who Loved Trains (Pas koji je voleo vozove), A Tigth Spot (Tesna koža), Good Guy at Heart (Laf u srcu), The Smell of Quinces (Miris dunja), King’s Ending (Kraljeva završnica). Apart from being a theatre and film actor, he is also a tv actor. He has directed plays in Belgrade, Niš, Zaječar, Mostar...He is engaged in marketing, as well as songwriting. He has received many awards
A WORD FROM THE SELECTOR
This play is an account of the showdown between the small actor and the big stage and vice versa, the big actor and the small stage. A good selection of poetry is what sets this play apart, it illustrates the different emotional states of the actor,which brings him closer to the audience into a whirlwind of sadness, humour, sublime feelings – dreams filled with emotions.