WIlliam Shakespeare
Macbeth
SNT Nova Gorica
Schedule
Première: 13. 12. 2018, SNG Nova Gorica, Main Stage
Duration 2 hours. No interval.
Director Janusz Kica
Translator Srečko Fišer
Dramaturg Martina Mrhar
Language consultant Srečko Fišer
Set designer Karin Fritz
Costume designer Bjanka Adžić Ursulov
Composer Arturo Annecchino*
Lighting designer Samo Oblokar
Sound designer Stojan Nemec
Assistant to the director Maša Pelko
Cast
Macbeth Nejc Cijan Garlatti
Lady Macbeth Arna Hadžialjević
Duncan, Nobleman, Old Siward Gorazd Jakomini
Malcolm, Nobleman Žiga Udir
Donalbain, Nobleman, Young Siward Gregor Prah
Banquo Žan Perko
Macduff, Nobleman Jure Kopušar
Rosse, Nobleman Peter Harl
Seyton, Nobleman, Murderer Jože Hrovat
Lenox, Nobleman, Murderer Lovro Zafred
Servant, Nobleman, Porter, Old Man Miha Nemec
Hecate Ana Facchini
Witches Patrizia Jurinčič Finžgar, Medea Novak, Dušanka Ristić
Recorded voice Alma Sandifer
As the fearless commander Macbeth is returning from a successfully fought war, he chances upon mysterious witches, who in sparse words predict a stunning future for him. Immediately after, he receives the news of an honour awarded to him by the king as gratitude for his heroism; this award fulfils the first prophecy on his way to the throne. Although Macbeth has killed countless people as a soldier, the thought of the bloody insidious act which would help him achieve the augured position
causes him fear and doubt. His wife, however, is firm and demands Macbeth be a man and fulfil his (and her) wish. But the murder of the king is just the first in the series of brutalities that will hence mar their life.
In the tragedy Macbeth, the world is fully plunged into darkness and evil: the play begins with the end of a war and it ends with a new war, in the meantime, a series of crimes destroys the adversaries of the couple as well as the couple themselves, as they’re increasingly haunted by inner distress, horrifying visions and insomniac delusions.
Macbeth is considered one of the most radical portrayals of evil in Western literature. But the splendidly written drama about coming to terms with the horror of one's own deeds enables the viewer to identify with Macbeth more easily than with other Shakespearean heroes.
Nejc Cijan Garlatti as Macbeth is getting more and more entangled in cobwebs of his own mind, drowning in his complicated monologues, his inner hell can be sensed in a barely perceptible nervous shivering and deceptive tremor. Arna Hadžialjević is Lady Macbeth, especially splendid as a woman whose mind is unredeemably crumbling into madness.
Andraž Gombač, Primorske novice
Director
Janusz Kica (1957, Poland) studied Theatrology in Krakow, and after the degree continued to study Theatrology and History of Art in West Germany. Between 1986 and 1989 he was employed as permanent Director's Assistant and later Resident Director of the Wuppertaler Bühnen. One of his first productions was the Theobaldt-Kipling's Jungle Book. The Zagrebačko kazalište mladih were thrilled by the performance and so invited him to direct the same piece in their theatre. After that he worked in several German and kater also Croatian and Slovenian theatres. Among his several prizes there are five Borštnik Awards, twice he received the Director's Award at the Days of Comedy, and in 2016 he was awarded the Prešeren Fund Prize.
Producer
The Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica is heir of Primorsko dramsko gledališče Nova Gorica, founded in 1969. In 1994, a new theatre building was built, in 2011 a small stage was added. In 2004 the theatre took its present name, was declared an institution of national importance and has been since then fully subsidised by the state.
