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WORKERS DIE SINGING

Workers Die Singing, directed by: Anđelka Nikolić, produced by: Hartefakt & The Bitef Theater

By: Nikola Skočajić

Olga Dimitirjević’s play Workers Die Singing, was awarded for its socially engaged text by the Hartefakt Fund Competition 2010. When the play was published, its downside was that, although it did not idealise the working class, it did not treat the transition as a problem, i.e. that it was too didactic in its presentation. Workers in an unnamed factory, in an unnamed place put up with the consequences of privatisation and are forced to go on strike that will soon become a radical one. Since they will soon start chopping off their fingers, it is clear which country is to blame. They do not start a hunger strike for better work conditions, but for the basic work conditions.  more >