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10.07.2012.

PROBLEMATIC BITS (THAT CREATE A PLAY)

Christopher Durang “Beyond Therapy”; directed by: Alisa Stojanović; produced by: Podgorica City Theatre; opening night: 25th June 2010

By: Milena Pejović

Back in the 1980’s, when Christopher Durang was writing this play, it was necessary to warn that ‘’life is  terrifying and without any order’’. According to this logic, author explains his solution in fight against this terrifying nature of life: ‘’ people become close to fight these horrors hand in hand’’. We all agree that one of the most terrifying situations in life, we all have to face, is lack of safety in the hand we offer and lack of trust in the hand we receive. Blinded by fears, Durang’s heroes try to find some order in their lives by visiting psychotherapists, responding to personal ads, going out on blind dates – fully aware how unsuccessful these methods are. Internet, fast lives, alienation and other problems of our time have complicated these already complicated emotional relations, so staging this hilarious comedy at the City Theatre seems more than contemporary.

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22.12.2011.

STEREOTYPE AS POLITICAL IRRESPONSIBILITY

Ferrets, directed by Stevan Bodroža and produced by Montenegrin Dramatic Theatre (CDP) in Podgorica

By: Nikola Skočajić

Written by Bojana Mijović, Ferrets was created as a playwright exam during her second year at the Montenegrin Dramatic Art Academy in Cetinje. It premiered at the CDP two years later, in May of this year, directed by Stevan Bodroža from Belgrade. Since this is practically the first play by the Montenegrin playwright, we can be forgiving of the conventional structure and the reference material that does not go beyond required school reading. But there is no lenience in terms of the final message of her text and what it says.

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