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Presnyakov Brothers

Playing a Victim

Theatre of the absurd, as performed by the police

Presnyakov Brothers

Playing a Victim

Izobražaja žertvu

First Slovene production

PREMIERE

24. april 2008

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 …

Creators

  • 24. 4. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 25. 4. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 10. 5. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 11. 5. 2008 at 19.00 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 15. 5. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 28. 5. 2008 at 20.30–20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 31. 5. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 14. 6. 2008 at 20.30 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 19. 6. 2008 at 21.00 Dani satire Zagreb, Croatia. - CANCELLED

  • 12. 9. 2008 at 20.00 SNG Nova Gorica.

  • 5. 3. 2021 at 12.00 splet.