Presnyakov Brothers
Playing a Victim
Izobražaja žertvu
Theatre of the absurd, as performed by the police
First Slovene Production
on programme
This performance doesn't have any called terms at the moment.
premiere
24. April 2008
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Valya, a rather lazy student, inclined to avoid any effort in life, has found an unusual way to make a living: he plays the victim in police crime-scene reenactments. A special police unit is there to reconstruct recent crimes – in the authentic environment, with the help of actual suspects. And Valya is always the victim, used by the criminal to demonstrate why and how he killed …
The absurdity of the situation – the criminal is identified, caught and prosecuted, and the investigators reconstruct the crime simply in order to satisfy the rigid bureaucratic regulations – is intensified when we learn about the senseless, mostly petty and banal reasons and motives for the crimes …
View complete schedule for the show
- 24. 04. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica. The Opening Night.
- 25. 04. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 10. 05. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 11. 05. 2008 at 19.00. SNG Nova Gorica
- 15. 05. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 28. 05. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 31. 05. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 14. 06. 2008 at 20.30. SNG Nova Gorica
- 19. 06. 2008 at 21.00. Dani satire Zagreb, Croatia canceled
- 12. 09. 2008 at 20.00. SNG Nova Gorica
- 05. 03. 2021 at 12.00. On-line