Vox City
Theatre event ‘Vox City’ will be held in the Cultural Centre ‘Mladost’ Futog on 11 and 12 November as part of the Other? Europe programme arch.
The international socially engaged festival ‘Vox City’ will last three days, during which performances by European theatre authors will be presented, dealing with real problems of the local communities in which they were created.
All plays were created during work with local communities on various socio-political topics (old people, position of women, Roma, migrants, etc.). The goal of the festival is to use art to articulate the real needs and interests of citizens in the public space and influence changes in public policies.
‘Vox City’, or as it is also called ‘community theatre’, is a theatre created by the citizens themselves – a theatre for all of us.
It will present to the audience two plays based on the community theatre methodology: ‘My Voice Travels’ and ‘When I Grow Up I’ll Be Old’.
Dealing with the issues and problems of (invisible) communities, giving voice to marginalized groups, through the artistic process and interventions based on theatre practices, the project explores hidden, invisible, marginalized, minority, i.e. value-different Serbia and Europe.
The project is part of the Other? Europe programme arch of the European Capital of Culture, which celebrates the creativity of marginalized groups, as well as alternative and avant-garde artistic expressions.
My Voice Travels Musical/ Friday, 11 November / 7 p.m. / CC Mladost Futog
My Voice Travels is an inclusive musical, the first in the region, whose participants are Roma and non-Roma youth. Eight young talented participants will present themselves through a musical that they created themselves with the help of a mentor, using the tools of hip hop culture, and guided by the motto ‘Peace, love, togetherness and fun’.
Authors and performers:
Anđela Prodanić, Arsena Sapi, Alena Delkić, Abi Demiri, Bogdan Dimitrijević, Eldin Kriezi, Jovana Vezilić, Maria Bulić
Mentor:
Milan Sisojević Kendi – text
Stefan Ostojić – dramaturgy
Bogdan Dimitrijević – music production
Vesna Pašćanović – stage movement and choreography
Ibrahim Gaši – singing technique
Senol Ragipi i Danijel Ibrahimović – rapping technique
Director: Danijel Rašitović
Assistant director: Serge Denoncourt
Production: Vesna Pašćanović
Project manager: Tijana Vučković
Lights: Tila Tot
Sound and lighting: Tilight production
Mak Floss – Mix and master
When I Grow Up I’ll Be Old / Saturday, 12 November / 7 p.m. / CC Mladost Futog
The performance with 12 male and female performers in a humorous and serious way shows the relationship and thoughts of a group of senior citizens from Novi Sad, on the topics of prejudice and stereotypes, aging, as well as various challenges that the elderly face.
The performance is part of the ‘Vintage Theatre’ project, created with a group of pensioners on the topics of stereotypes and prejudices towards the elderly, as well as the personal experience of old age as a large and powerful space for individual growth and the development of a person.
Artistic team:
Branka Bajić Jovanov, actress and drama pedagogue
Dušan Mamula, director
Tatjana Pajović, choreographer and ballerina
Cast: Olga Kovac, Gradimir Kovačević, Jasna Kartalović, Ivan Jovanović, Dragica Letić, Mileva Vergić, Natalija Marinković, Milka Dmitrašinović, Vera Oukić, Valerija Ember, Milan lbrahimović, Branislav Jovanov
The ‘Vintage Theatre’ project gathers the generation of people 65+ and involves them in an active theatre process, questioning the topics of aging, stereotypes towards the elderly, the position in society and the value system of these vintage generations.
As a result of the work process, in the form of drama workshops held from March to September 2022, the theatre play ‘When I Grow I I’ll Be Old’ was created.
Admission is free of charge.
The event is accessible to people with physical disabilities.
Photo: Promo