Venue: Delta playground, Rijeka
Dates of performances: Saturday, June 15th, 9:30 PM, Sunday, June 16th, 9:30 PM                             

 

Five talented and successful young women are the authors of the play “Pristajanja“. After living outside their hometown for years, Nika Mišković, Nataša Antulov, Aleksandra Stojaković, Petra Mrša and Sanja Milardović have decided to come back to Rijeka and dwell on the question „which performing act(s) can embody one’s attitude towards the city?“

Since all five of them have lived outside Rijeka for quite a long time, their relationships with and attitudes towards their hometown are closely interrelated with different memory mechanisms, as well as toponyms and spaces that revive their memories. If they as “visitors“ reinscribe in the present something that happened in the past, the question that arises is – can today’s citizens of Rijeka re-experience their city? Or do they need to change perspective and observe it from a distance?

 

Could this performance become a new landmarks that creates a new narrative on the city map of Rijeka? Could the authors’ memory become a projection and speculation for the future? Could their fictive story about the history of their hometown set the basis for the future? Finally, could all those unfortunate events from the past become more fortunate when revived on stage?

 

 

 

Concept: Alekandra Stojaković, Nataša Antulov

Performers: Nataša Antulov, Petra Mrša, Aleksandra Stojaković, Sanja Milardović, Nika Mišković

Sound design: Matko Botić

Scenography: Stefano Katunar, Dejan Rožić Dajc

Technician and lighting design: Alan Vukelić

Graphic design: Marino Krstačić-Furić, Ana Tomić

Producer: Petra Corva

Production: Drugo more

Coproduction: Perforations Festival

Perforations Festival is part of the platform «This is a Domino project».

The program was supported by: Grad Rijeka – City Department of Culture, Foundation Kulturanova

 

Authors:

Sanja Milardović, born in Rijeka in 1987. She holds a BA degree in acting and puppetry from The Academy of Arts in Osijek. So far she participated in numerous theater and film projects and was nominated for the Croatian Actors‘ Guild Award for the best female role in the category of puppet shows and plays for children and youth for the Role of Heidi in the eponymous play of the Merlin Theatre (2010).

Petra Mrša, born in Rijeka in 1985, after having graduated in sociology and psychology, she is now studying photography at the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She participated in many theatre, film and photography projects. At the festival “Rovinj Photodays“ in 2011, she was awarded in the category of nude photography and in 2012, she received a Young Artists Award. So far Petra had one solo and around a dozen group photography exhibitions.

Aleksandra Stojaković, born in Rijeka in 1987, holds a MA degree in acting from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. So far she took part in a wide range of theater, TV and film projects and is now working at the Croatian National Theatre Ivan Zajc. She received the Best Actress Award of the 21st Marulić Days, festival of Croatian Drama, and her role of Ibru in the play “Pigs“ of the Children’s Theatre Dubrava was one of the most memorable female roles in 2011, according to T-portal’s choice.

Nika Mišković, born in Rijeka in 1987, holds a MA degree in acting from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. Nika participated in a number of theater, TV and film projects and won several best actress awards for her role in the play “Ana and Mia“: Croatian Actors‘ Guild Award in the category of puppet shows and plays for children and youth (2010), „Mali Marulić“ and Croatian Children’s Drama Festival Award (2011), to name but a few.

Nataša Antulov, born in Rijeka in 1987, graduated in dramaturgy from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb. She took part in numerous theater, TV and film projects.