So To Speak: Draft

The cycle of theatrical essays, So To Speak, brings original texts performed by their authors

Essayist:
Filip Dobranić (with Matej Recer): Enlistment

The author starts with the issue of neo-Nazism and the slow slide of individuals (even those who would not be expected to) into this ideology, and offers a practical philosophy as a way to combat this kind of societal disintegration, which he then elaborates on; Matej Recer stands by his side with theatrical illustrations and witty interventions, which successfully prevent the weight of the subject matter from pushing the viewer away.

The series of theatre essays So to Speak, created under the curatorial direction of Boštjan Narat, is a novelty in the Slovenian theatre scene. These are philosophically and theoretically inspired texts with a strongly expressed literary dimension, possibly enriched with a personal touch – texts performed on stage by their authors themselves in tandem with an acting partner. It is therefore a new theatrical format that successfully combines in-depth reflection on current (or eternal) topics and their dynamic presentation, thus breaking down the preconception that the two do not often go hand in hand.