Under control
Luka works out every day, answers emails on time, showers every day with cold water, eats healthy, separates waste, cleans, cooks, in short, does everything he can to keep things from spiralling out of control. Everything makes him sick, but there are some things you just have to swallow.
How far do we want to push ourselves to keep things under control? Where are freedom, joy, happiness? If you too feel that you are just a sheepdog trying to get your desires, instincts, obligations, worries, problems, etc. in order on a daily basis, then Luka is your man. A clown who forgot to be funny and a performer who can’t be serious.
The performance was conceived in the VN Lab, the VN Lab for performance art and the PARL 2022 platform.
Awards and festivals
- Prestopi/Crossings, Maribor, 2023
- Festival Klovnbuf, Ljubljana, 2023
- 5. ZIZ festival, Maribor, 2023
- ZIZ Award for an original text, Maribor, 2023
- Artist Choice ZIZ Award, Maribor, 2023
- Festival Wasistdas, Basel, Switzerland, 2024
- Maribro Theatre Festival, Maribor, 2024
- Drugajanje festival, Celje, 2025
- ZOOM x Igralke festival, Rijeka, Croatia, 2025
- Thessaloniki Fringe Award, Thessaloniki, Greece, 2026
- Nordic Fringe Network Tour-Ready Award, Paris, France, 2026
Video
Past performances
Devised and performed by:
Luka Piletič
Pratical dramaturgy:
Uroš Kaurin and Anja Bezlova Završnik
Public relations:
Sara Horžen (Via Negativa), Anamarija Nađ (Moment)
Producers:
Špela Trošt (Via Negativa), Zoran Petrovič (Moment)
Photographer:
Marcandrea
Duration:
50 minutes
Premiere:
February 15, 2023, Španski borci, Ljubljana
March 17, 2023, Intimni oder GT22, Maribor
Production:
Via Negativa and Moment
Partner:
Zavod EN-KNAP
Acknowledgements:
MKC Maribor
Supported by:
Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia, MOL, MOM
