SUNDAY, July 3rd 20,45
Pinocchio Puppet Theatre, Goce Delčeva 1
CETS/KOTS (Cultural and Educational Theatre of Serbia/Kulturno obrazovno pozorište Srbije)
The Love of Bunuel’s Mute Hamlet (Wordless Bunuel)
A surrreal tragicomedy performed without words, only to music, based on the motifs of Luis Buñuel’s tragicomedy
Performers:
Radoš Marsenić,
Miloš Milinković,
Jadranka Nanić Jovanović,
Marina Kening,
Ana Pavlović,
Dragan Jančić
Text, Sound Choice and Director: Slobodan Ž. Jovanović,
Assistant Director, Costume Design and Stage Movement: Jadranka Nanić
Masks: Ljiljana Ristić
Photography and Sound Design: Ninoslav Jovančev
ANA PAVLOVIĆ – MALVINA/Hamlet’s father, docile and well-mannered ghost, captains
RADOŠ MARSENIĆ - Agrifonte/Hamlet’s rival, lover of Leticia’s interesting spot
MILOŠ MILINKOVIĆ - Hamlet, lover of the upper part of Leticia
JADRANKA NANIĆ JOVANOVIĆ - Don Lupo, dance instructor/Leticia
MARINA KENIG - Queen Mother/Margarita, lovesick Moorish woman
DRAGAN JANČIĆ - Mitridates, recalcitrant cadaver/regular visitor holding an umbrella
Act 1
The Huntched Clown has a bicycle. He is proud of his bicycle. The Laughing clown enters on a tricycle. They compete. Whose bicycle has more wheels. Who has a bike basket. Who has a paper plane. Who is more envious. The Huntched Clown has a skull. The Laughing Clown calls for Margarita. Margarita has three breasts and brings a bottle of beer. The Huntched Clown calls for the masked Leticia. Leticia brings a bottle of beer. The Clowns dance to music and drink their beers. Margarita and Leticia applaud and dance as well. The Clowns wear horse head masks and have a duel. The Huntched Clown leaves with Leticia. The Laughing Clown leaves with Margarita.
Act 2
Margarita sings and admires herself. The Huntched Clown holding the skull comes to court her. She rejects his advances and flees. The Huntched Clown holding the skull stays alone.
Act 3
Leticia wears a mask at the theatre. The Huntched Clown holding the skull is at the theatre as well. They engage in sado-masochistic sex.
Act 4
The Laughing Clown is asleep in Margarita’s lap. The masked Leticia enters.. Margarita rises and dances in front of Leticia. Margarita and Leticia touch each other and declare their love. The Laughing Clown wakes up miserable. Margarita and Leticia hug and leave together. The Laughing Clown is devastated.
Act 5 or the Eternal End
Margarita and Leticia are hidden on stage. The Huntched Clown comes carrying a sword. Leticia comes out and hugs the Clown. The Clown is happy. Leticia stabs the Huntched Clown and hides herself. The Laughing Clown enters carrying a sword. Margarita comes out and hugs the Laughing Clown. The Clown is happy. Margarita stabs the clown. Leticia and Margarita dance. They tussle for the skull. Maddened with rage they stab each other. Silver rain washes over the dead.
The End
CETS (Cultural and Educational Theatre of Serbia)
This theatre was established in 2014. It was initiated by director Slobodan Ž. Jovanović and actress Jadranka Nanić, as a way of searching for new theatre forms. After several experiments, one of the plays they have produced is a play by Luis Bunuel, a wordless, surrealist comedy: The Love of Bunuel’s Mute Hamlet (Wordless Bunuel)
A WORD FROM THE SELECTOR
This play was based on the motifs of Bunuel’s tragicomedy Hamlet. It is a surrealist piece, unpredictable and full of paradox. Hamlet is a call to the imagination, or more adequately put in the Surrealist Manifesto: “Surrealism is based on the belief in the omnipotence of dreams, in the undirected play of thought.“ A play that has mime, movement, extraordinary masks accompanied by modern music makes for an imaginative vision.
