How Did We Get Here?

“How many deaths are needed to be able to live?”

Gregor Zorc and Matej Recer – two exceptional storytellers, playfully push us into a whirl of different time periods, personal histories, stories of their parents, acquaintances and strangers. The intimate narrative is based on the horrors of the Second World War, which wrestle with the peaceful homeliness of Podgorje, survival strategies in Yugoslavia with the cosmopolitanism of global capitalism, village solidarity with urban mistrust, life with death. How many disappointments do we need for true love; how much fear to muster the courage to face the unknown; how much hatred must we overcome to begin reconciliation; how many times we have to fail to find our potential; how much loss we have to endure to be happy; how many times do we have to leave to arrive; and how many deaths are needed to be able to live?

The modern bards uncompromisingly confront us with cultural differences, different times, but the same spaces. By overturning social contexts through individual stories, they build insight into the essence of humanity. The authors talk more about us than about themselves. At the same time, their question “How did we get here?” already offers the answer: “We can only move forward together!”

family stories
history
life
storytelling
war

Awards and festivals

  • Crossings Festival, Maribor, Slovenia, 2021
  • Krušče Creative Center, Krušče, Slovenia, 2021
  • Festival Drugajanje, Maribor, Slovenia, 2021
  • The Week of Slovenian Drama, Kranj, Slovenia, 2022
  • Kutná Hora Performing Arts Festival, Czech Republic, 2022

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Past performances

04. december 2020 / Intimate stage GT22
11. june 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
12. june 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
24. june 2021 / Glej Open Stage
25. june 2021 / Glej Open Stage
26. june 2021 / Glej Open Stage
27. june 2021 / Glej Open Stage
12. august 2021 / Vojašniški trg 6
13. august 2021 / Vojašniški trg 6
14. august 2021 / Vojašniški trg 6
17. september 2021 / Festival Krušče
20. november 2021 / Glej Theatre
21. november 2021 / Glej Theatre
22. november 2021 / II. gimnazija Maribor, festival Drugajanje
27. november 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
28. november 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
04. december 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
05. december 2021 / Intimate stage GT22
13. march 2022 / Glej Theatre, Ljubljana
29. march 2022 / Trigger platform, Judgement Tower, Maribor
03. april 2022 / Prešeren Theatre Kranj
31. may 2022 / Postojna Cultural Centre
05. june 2022 / Soteskaopen, Glej Theatre
10. september 2022 / Kutna Hora Festival, Czech Republic
17. september 2022 / Intimate stage GT22
18. september 2022 / Intimate stage GT22
08. october 2022 / Kuća Klajn, Klanjec, Croatia
25. february 2023 / Glej Theatre
14. april 2023 / Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana
02. june 2023 / Glej Theatre
Authors and performers:

Gregor Zorc and Matej Recer

Dramaturgical consulting:

Uroš Kaurin

Technical management:

Andrej Firm (Moment) and Grega Mohorčič (Glej)

Photography:

Andrej Firm and Ivian Kan Mujezinović

Video:

Hyperraw Digital

Poster design:

Mina Fina in Ivian Kan Mujezinović / Grupa Ee

Public relations:

Maša Stošič (Moment) and Tjaša Pureber (Glej)

Producers:

Zoran Petrovič (Moment) and Tjaša Pureber (Glej)

Partners:

Moment and Gledališče Glej

Duration:

90 minutes

Premiera:

4. December 2020, Intimate stage GT22, Maribor (without an audience)
4. June 2021, Intimate stage GT22, Maribor

With the support of:

Ministrstvo za kulturo, Mestna občina Maribor in Mestna občina Ljubljana