Are you interested in theatre exploring women’s rights and the position of women in society? If so, you have a good reason to visit the Novi Sad Cultural Centre from 22 to 24 October!
Join us for FemminiCity, a community theatre festival and European project that puts women’s rights in the spotlight. Discover an international programme and be part of the conversation!
The project brings together five theatre productions by companies from five countries: France, Romania, Poland, Slovenia and Serbia. Alongside the performances, an accompanying programme awaits!
After visiting four European cities, the project’s grand finale will take place in Novi Sad.
The project FEMMINICITY – Network of cities for Women’s Participation in Public Policy-Making is supported by the European Union through the CERV (Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values) programme.
From the First to the Last
ZIZ Association, Maribor, Slovenia
23 October at 12 noon and 4.00 pm at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre
Do you also use coded language when talking about menstruation? Why, when it is something entirely natural?
Community theatre explores these questions: How have myths, prejudices and social conventions shaped our attitudes towards menstruation? And why is something so commonplace still taboo?
Through theatre, history, science, art and personal stories, “From the First to the Last”, presented by the ZIZ Association (Slovenia), challenges how we view the female body and raises questions that are rarely discussed.
Artistic team: Teja Bitenc, Jurij Torkar, Barbara Polajnar, Katarina Zalar
Director: Agnieszka Bresler
Choreography and video editing: Iwona Konecka
Assistant directors: Iwona Konecka, Barbara Polajnar
Dramaturgical adviser: Zala Dobovšek
Costume and set design: Katarina Zalar
Performers and co-creators: The Femminicity Collective: Teja Bitenc, Patricija Crnkovič, Suzana Grau, Tanja Matijašević, Anja Partlič, Milena Pučnik, Severina Siter, Matija Šiško, Ajda Špacapan, Mateja Toplak, Jurij Torkar, Natalija Troha
Producers: Nastja Soko, Rebeca J. B. Šenveter
Production: ZIZ Association
D.R.I.F.T
Paul Valéry University, Montpellier, France
23 October at 8.00 pm at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre
A community theatre performance from France will encourage you to consider questions you may never have asked before!
D.R.I.F.T., presented by Paul Valéry University in Montpellier, invites us to the founding congress of a new feminist movement! But this is no ordinary congress. Instead of conventional debates, humour, movement and visual art bring important questions of equality to the fore.
The most interesting part? The audience gets to have its say too!
Concept and direction: Bojan Milosavljević
Dramaturgy and direction: Jennifer Lauro Mariani
Choreography and direction: Iwona Konecka
Performers: Pauline Redor, Karine Saleh, Ash Jonnet and Maëlys Gauteul
Production: Paul Valéry University Montpellier 3
Materpolis. А walk trough lack.
Kobietostan Collective, Wrocław, Poland
24 October at 11.00 am at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre
How difficult is it to be a mother? We have all wondered at some point how to balance a child’s needs, exhaustion and society’s expectations.
The Polish production “Materpolis. An Unaccommodating Place”, by the Kobietostan Collective, draws attention to the challenges of parenthood in Europe: unwelcome stares, comments, high kerbs…
Director: Emőke Kedves
Dramaturgy: Sandra Szwarc
Artistic research, visual elements and sound: Iwona Konecka
Performers: Agnieszka Bresler, Natalia Grzegorzek, Katarzyna Kapela, Joanna Kondak, Iwona Konecka, Justyna Murańska
Production: Paula Rudź
Slomljeno rebro
Drž ne daj Theatre Company, Novi Sad, Serbia
24 October at 2.00 pm at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre
Do not miss “Broken Rib”, a performance about the murders of women motivated by gender-based hatred and discrimination.
The performance asks: do society’s stereotypes and prejudices create an environment in which violence is tolerated?
Drama educator: Sonja Leštar
Director: Jaka Andrej Vojevec
Dramaturg: Nađa Mišković
Audio editor: Marjan Babić
Visual identity: Đorđe Marković
Artistic coordination: Bojan Milosavljević
Producers: Sonja Leštar, Nađa Milkov, Amelija Stakić, Marija Đurđević
Project participants: Ana Mitrevski, Biljana Kovač, Danica Bošnjak, Dragica Letić, Dubravka Cimeša, Jasmina Mihnjak, Jelena Basarić, Katarina Tričković, Kristina Spasojević, Maja Milovanović, Marica Krsto, Marija Bogojević, Milena Lazarević, Milica Tornjanski, Nataša Todorović, Nikolina Tarajić, Snežana Alargić, Snežana Medurić, Sofija Zakić, Svetlana Vezmar, Tamara Bogojević, Vanja Stepanović, Slađana Pantović, Anđela Andrijević, Zoran Ivković.
12A Happiness Street
Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre
24 October at 8.30 pm at the Novi Sad Cultural Centre
Women who have survived domestic violence share their stories.
Do not miss “12A Happiness Street”, a production by the Csiky Gergely Hungarian State Theatre in Romania, based on real testimonies from women who have experienced domestic violence.
Director: Laurent Berger
Text: Enikő Orbán
Set design: Albert Alpár
Music: Cári Tibor
Video: Dávid Helga
Cast: Balló Helga, Éder Enikő, Magyari Etelka, Péntek-Domschy Mercédesz, Szabó Abigél, Tamás Adél, Varga Ildikó
Each performance will be followed by a discussion with the audience.
Admission to all performances is free.
All performances will be surtitled in Serbian and English.
