INTERNATIONAL THEATER FESTIVAL MESS
15 - 24 October 1997

OFFICIAL PROGRAM:

Slovenia;
Slovensko Mladinsko Gledalisce Ljubljana;
SILENCE, SILENCE, SILENCE
directed by Vito Taufer

Italy;
Picollo Teatro di Milano;
B. Brecht: MILVA SINGS A NEW BRECHT;
directed by Giorgio Strehler

USA;
Bread and Puppet Theatre;
LETTER OF RESIGNATION,
directed by Peter Schumann

Republic of South Africa;
Victory Sonqoba Theatre Company;
DIVIDE AND RULE,
directed by Bongani Linda

France;
Centre Chorégraphique National D'Orléans;
G. Büchner: WOYZECK,
directed by Josef Nadj

Croatia;
Zagrebacko kazaliste mladih;
A.P.Cehov: THREE SISTERS,
directed by Paolo Magelli

Bulgaria;
Credo Theatre;
Gogolj: THE COAT,
directed by Nina Dimitrova, Vassil Vassilev- Zuek, Svetlozar Gagov
USA;
The Living Theatre;
MISTERIES AND SMALLER PIECES,
directed by Judith Malina

Poland;
Stary Teatr Krakow;
W. Gombrowicz: OPERETTA,
directed by Tadeusz Bradecki

Great Britain;
Theater Set Up;
W. Shakespeare: TVELFTH NIGHT,
directed by Michael Palmer

Macedonia;
Teatar na narodnostite - Albanska drama;
W Shakespeare: KING LEAR,
directed by Vladimir Milcin
Hungary;
Kamaraszinhaz Budapesti;
W. Shakespeare: OTHELO,
directed by Ruszt Jozsef

Czechk Republic;
Divadlo Komedie;
A. Strindberg: GHOSTLY SONATA,
directed by Jan Nebesky

Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Chamber Theater 55;
E.Ionesco: THE KING IS DEAD,
directed by Dino Mustafic

Spain;
Teatre Lliure;
H. Müller: QUARTET,
directed by Ariel Garcia Valdés

France;
Theatre de la Tempete;
Copi: L'HOMOSEXUEL OU LA DIFFICULTE DE S'EXPRIMER,
directed by Philippe Adrien

Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Youth Theater;
S. Beckett: ENDGAME,
directed by Sulejman Kupusovic

Germany;
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz;
Harry Gibson (Irvine Welsh): TRAINSPOTTING,
directed by Frank Castorf

France;
Boogi-Sai;
DUST & BALL/BULLET
choreographers: Alex Benth i Max-Laure Bourjolly

MESS - NEW SCENE:

Switzerland;
Ad Hoc Theatre;
D. Mamet: OLEANNA,
directed by Mathieu Chardet

Bosnia and Herzegovina;
Academy of Performing Arts Sarajevo;
E. Ionesco: THE BALD SINGERESS,
an annual survey of the work of third acting years students

Poland;
Laznia;
Gogolj: MAIDS,
directed by: Tanja Miletic-Orucevic

Slovenia;
Mestno gledalisce ljubljansko;
Singer: FOOLS FROM HELM,
directed by Zijah Sokolovic

THEATRE PROJECTS - PREMIERS:

H. Muller "QUARTET";
Director: Herve Loichemol
Actors: Izudin Bajrovic, Minka Muftic
Premiere: 16th October, 1997
Co-production: Le Nuveau Furiser, Pro Helvetia

S. Snajder: "INES & DENIS";
Director: Milos Lazin
Actors: Denise Bonal, Ines Fancovic
Premiere: 20th October 1997
Co-production: Mappa Mundi Paris

D.I. Harms "STOP MASINA";
Director: Ales Kurt
Actors: Mirsad Tuka, Gordana Boban (Belma Lizde), Dragan Jovicic, Zan Marolt, Aleksandar Seksan, Ejla Bavcic, Semir Krivic, Edhem Husic, Amra Mehic, istvan Gabor, Nakib Abdagic, Lana Zablocki, Bojan Trisic
Premiere: 23rd October 1997
Co-production: Bosnian National Theater Zenica

Moliere "DON JUAN";
Director: Zlatko Sviben
Actors: Miralem Zubcevic, Emir Hadzihafizbegovic, Selma Alispahic, Izet Hajdarhodzic, Tomislav Krstic, Milenko Ilktarovic, Nenad Tomic, Meliha Pekic, Elvira Aljukic, Nermin Omic, Remira Osmanovic, Midhat Kusljugic, Resad Barcic, Enver Hasic, Nenad Tomic
Premiere: 22nd October 1997 in Tuzla
Co-production: National Theater Tuzla

PUBLISHING:

Magazine "UM"
Promotion: April 1997

G. Gojer "THEATER UNDER SIEGE (Sarajevo 92-95)"
Promotion: October 1997

AWARDS:

Award: International Award "Grozdani kikot" for the organization, quality and high artistic achievements of the 33rd International Theater festival MESS 97.

"Golden Laurel Wreath"

- best show MESS '97
"Operetta"; directed by Tadeusz Bradecki

- best director MESS '97
Frank Castorf (Germany)

- best director MESS '97
Paolo Magelli (Croatia)
- best actress MESS '97
Kathrin Angerer (Germany)

- best actor MESS '97
Admir Glamocak (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

- best actor MESS '97
Christophe Raymond (France)

- The critics' award "Golden Mask Oslobo|enje"
"Othelo", directed by Ruszt Jozsef (Hungary)

- Audience award MESS '97
"The Coat"; directed by Nina Dimitrova, Vassil Vassilev and Svetlozar Gagov (Bulgaria)