Silent Boy / Novi Sad Theatre Festival
We can watch the play ‘Silent Boy’ in the Youth Theatre on May 10, performed by the Theatre for Children from Kragujevac.
‘Silent Boy’ is a puppet show without puppets – it is performed through finger movement and body acting, based on the principles of the so-called platform theatre, where a person on stage can be an actor, puppet, stage element, and props, all at once.
In a big house somewhere in the village, lives a boy. His family has four members: in addition to his father and mother, there is also the boy’s five-year-old sister Lejla. The father, the head of the family, is a hunter; in a locked closet in the attic, away from children, he keeps a large hunting rifle. Sometimes, a boy goes hunting with his dad, but he must not even touch the rifle – he will only be able to shoot when he passes the hunter’s exam. One day, when the children are left alone at home, the boy discovers that the attic door is unlocked. Although they shouldn’t do that, the brother and sister set out to explore the mysterious space. Among the spiders, bats, and old newspapers, the two find a forbidden treasure: the key to the closet where his father hides his rifle.
The boy’s name is Vuk, and this is his story.
Starring: Milomir Rakić, Sanja Matejić, Miloš Milovanović and Ljubica Radomirović
The Festival Programme:
Saturday, 7 May at 7.15 p.m. – ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ (Youth Theatre – Novi Sad Serbia)
Saturday, 7 May at 11 a.m. – ‘Invisible Lands‘ (‘Livsmedlet’ (‘Grus Grus Teatteri’) – Turku, Finland)
Duration: 50 min / Recommended age: 14+
Sunday, 8 May at 7 p.m. – ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ (‘Maribor Puppet Theatre’ – Maribor, Slovenia and ‘Rijeka City Puppet Theater’ – Rijeka, Croatia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Monday, 9 May at 7 p.m. – ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ (‘Herceg Novi Theatre’ and ‘Herceg Novi April Theatre Festival’ – Herceg Novi, Montenegro)
Duration: 80 min / Recommended age: 7+
Tuesday, 10 May at 5 p.m., small stage – ‘Silent Boy’ (‘Theatre for Children Kragujevac’ – Kragujevac, Serbia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Tuesday, 10 May at 7 p.m., small stage – ‘Chrono-Dwarves’ (‘Bratislava Puppet Theater’ – Bratislava, Slovakia)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 8+
Wednesday, 11 May at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Coffee Kingdom’ (‘Puppet Theater Zadar’ – Zadar, Croatia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Thursday, 12 May at 11 a.m., small stage – ‘Three Musketeers’ (‘Alfa Theater’ – Pilsen, Czech Republic)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 8+
Thursday, 12 May at 7 p.m., small stage – ‘Seven Ravens’ (‘Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska’, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Duration: 60 min / Recommended age: 6+
Friday, 13 May at 12 p.m., Danube Park and Youth Theatre – ‘Playing Up’ (Fundus Theater – Theater of Research from Hamburg, Germany, LADA and TATE gallery from London, England)
Duration of the play is subject to change / Recommended age: 7+ and adults
Friday, 13 May at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Mahmud’ (‘Ptuj City Theatre’ – Ptuj, Slovenia)
Duration: 50 min / Recommended age: 12+
Saturday, 14 May at 11 a.m., small stage – ‘Chaplin’ (‘Puppet Theatre Košice’, Slovakia)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 6+
Saturday, 14 May at 12 p.m., Danube Park – ‘Playing Up’ (Fundus Theater – Theater of Research from Hamburg, Germany, LADA and TATE gallery from London, England)
Duration of the play is subject to change / Recommended age: 7+ and adults
Saturday, 14 May at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Gerda’s Room’ (‘Osobnyak Theatre’, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Duration: 90 min / Recommended age: 12+
Sunday, 15 May at 12 a.m., Youth Theatre – ‘Mouse Maus House Haus That Is Puss in Boots’ (Drama Studio of the Center for Culture – Pozarevac, Serbia)
Duration: 35 min / Recommended age: 5+
Sunday, 15 May at 7.30 p.m., Youth Theatre – ‘Metamorphoses’ (Youth Theatre – Novi Sad Serbia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 15+
You can buy tickets for the plays within the ‘Novi Sad Theatre Festival’ at the box office of the Youth Theatre. The individual ticket price is RSD 500, while the group ticket price is RSD 350.
Admission to the premiere of the play ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ in the city centre is free.
Photo: Promo