The play Lovers directed by Aleksandar Švabić and performed by the Festival Drama Ensemble is also part of the drama programme of the Festival this summer, with the first performance set for tomorrow, 19 July at 9:30 p.m. in front of St. Jacob’s Church.
Lovers, a work by an unknown author from the second half of the 17th century, is one of the best examples of comedies that, in terms of their genre, come close to Dubrovnik's prose comedies (the so-called smješnice). Under the direction of Aleksandar Švabić, the themes of love, scheming, greed, cunning, but also naivety are given a completely new and modern outfit created by combining the high and low, traditional and current, funny and even funnier. Love, infatuation, passion, obsession, delusion, friendship. What's the difference? Where are the borders?
The Festival Drama Ensemble playing Lovers are Nataša Kopeč as Vesela and Dražen Šivak as Intrigalo, Andrej Kopčok as Fabrizio Pisoglavić, Boris Barukčić as Lovro Kalebić, Kristijan Petelin as Proždor, Josipa Bilić as Lukrecija and Veronika Mach as Anka. David Morhan and Mia Popovska did the set and costume design while scene movement was done by assistant Director Damir Klemenić. Maro Market is the composer and studio musicians are Mario Bočić and David Vidović; lighting designer Martin Šatović, speech advisor Maro Martinović, and Antonela Tošić is the stage manager and assistant dramaturge.
Aleksandar Švabić directed 20 plays with an emphasis on the texts of Bertold Brecht, which he worked on during his college days. He has been an assistant to prominent directors several times, and he also participates in numerous festivals, both in Croatia and Serbia, as well as in Italy, France, Bulgaria and Egypt. At PUF, the international theatre festival in Pula, he was awarded the Munja Award for innovation for the play One Dead Man.
Lovers play in front of St. Jacob’s Church on 19 and 20 July at 9:30 p.m., and tickets for all performances are sold out. However, tickets for other theatre events, including premiering titles, are available via the festival website www.dubrovnik-festival.hr or the service www.ulaznice.hr, at the box office in the Festival Palace (Od Sigurate 1) every day from 9:00 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and in front of the DTS building (Vukovarska St) from Monday to Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
