Today, a press conference was held on the Brijuni Islands to mark the premiere of the play “Othello” by W. Shakespeare, directed by Ukrainian director Oksana Dmitriieva. The premiere will take place on Saturday, July 22nd at the Minor Fortress on Mali Brijun.<\/p>\n
All members of the creative team and the cast, as well as the director of Ulysses Theatre, Du\u0161ko Lju\u0161tina, the director of SARTR, Maja Salki\u0107, Lenka Udovi\u010dki, and Rade \u0160erbed\u017eija, spoke at the conference.<\/p>\n
The play “Othello” is announced as one of the most terrifying yet tender Shakespearean tragedies.<\/p>\n
Lenka Udovi\u010dki, the artistic director and collaborator on the project, emphasised that the production was a collaboration between SARTR, the Sarajevo War Theatre, and Ukrainian artists. She highlighted that this season of Ulysses Theatre is dedicated to Ukrainian artists.<\/p>\n
She added that the creative team includes other Ukrainian artists such as the set designer and costume designer Mykhaylo Nikolyev, composer Kateryna Palachova, and choreographer Inna Falkova.<\/p>\n
“Ulysses Theatre opened its doors to the people of Ukraine during the Russian invasion, and last year, with the intention of providing a safe and peaceful haven, it organised two multi-day camps for Ukrainian artists, families, and children,” Udovi\u010dki stated.<\/p>\n
She added that the artistic activities and collaborations that emerged from those camps continued, and in that spirit, the theatre invited director Oksana Dmitriieva and the entire creative team of “Othello”.<\/p>\n
According to her, the significance of the collaboration between Ulysses and Ukrainian artists with SARTR lies in the fact that the theatre was founded and has survived in times of war, fighting for justice, peace, and freedom.<\/p>\n
“SARTR, as a theatre established during the siege, is a testimony to the phenomenon of spiritual resistance to aggression,” Udovi\u010dki stated, emphasising the importance of exchanging experiences and the support that artists can provide to each other at this moment.<\/p>\n
Director Oksana Dmitriieva emphasised that the focus of the play is on envy, jealousy, trust, betrayal, and most importantly, love.<\/p>\n
“In this important theme, we will explore the context of a war veteran who returns home as a hero after having witnessed the darkest depths of the human soul. War brings the community, as well as the individual, to the realisation that there are only two categories – black and white, friend or foe, good or bad. The shades of grey disappear,” Dmitriieva stated.<\/p>\n
Asserting that through its productions, Ulysses Theatre aims to always be a relevant actor, and the founder of the theatre, Rade \u0160erbed\u017eija, expressed his satisfaction that, as he said, “all of this has taken on the meaning and form of the theatre he dreamed of, which is to become an international theatre.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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