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− | [[Dejmo Stisnt Theatre]] is an independent theatre group established in [[established::1994]] in Vrhnika. | + | [[Dejmo Stisnt Theatre]] is an independent theatre group established in [[established::1994]] in Vrhnika. Now based in Ljubljana, Dejmo Stisnt Theatre usually stages socially critical parodies and comedies in the form of indoor and street performances. |
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− | The group adapts modern texts that are taken either from literature or from film or comics | + | Working on the principle of quasi democracy, that is with various members of the theatre group taking on the role of stage director, Dejmo Stisnt Theatre has thus far created 10 evening-length performances with over 500 re-runs, numerous street performances, improvisational theatre performances, radio plays, and other events. |
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+ | The group adapts modern texts that are taken either from literature or from film or comics. The groups has thus staged Woody Allen's comedy ''God'' [Bog] (1995), Quentin Tarantino's ''Reservoir Dogs'' [Rezervar Dogs] (1999), Kevin Smith's ''Clerks'' [Trgovci] (2002), and David Mamet's ''Sexual Perversity'' [Seksualna perverzija] (2001). | ||
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+ | The performance Diareja under Slovenes, staged in 2003, was based on the comic series Diareja by Tomaž Lavrič that has been featured in [[Mladina Magazine]] for more than two decades. Its theme was the disintegration of the Yugoslav state. The show was performed over 100 times at several festivals in Slovenia as well as in Sarajevo, Split, Trieste, Belgrade and Hanover. In 2007 the sequel Diareja under Politicians was created, this time with the current and everyday political issues of 'colours' and 'wings' as its theme. | ||
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Revision as of 07:12, 14 October 2011
Working on the principle of quasi democracy, that is with various members of the theatre group taking on the role of stage director, Dejmo Stisnt Theatre has thus far created 10 evening-length performances with over 500 re-runs, numerous street performances, improvisational theatre performances, radio plays, and other events.
The group adapts modern texts that are taken either from literature or from film or comics. The groups has thus staged Woody Allen's comedy God [Bog] (1995), Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs [Rezervar Dogs] (1999), Kevin Smith's Clerks [Trgovci] (2002), and David Mamet's Sexual Perversity [Seksualna perverzija] (2001).
The performance Diareja under Slovenes, staged in 2003, was based on the comic series Diareja by Tomaž Lavrič that has been featured in Mladina Magazine for more than two decades. Its theme was the disintegration of the Yugoslav state. The show was performed over 100 times at several festivals in Slovenia as well as in Sarajevo, Split, Trieste, Belgrade and Hanover. In 2007 the sequel Diareja under Politicians was created, this time with the current and everyday political issues of 'colours' and 'wings' as its theme.
See also
No History Institute of Contemporary Arts
External links
- Dejmo Stisnt Theatre website (in Slovenian)