Performance

A young prince wants to marry the daughter of a country farmer. The farmer, who believes that the young man does not know what truth is, refuses. To marry his daughter, the farmer puts a condition before the prince - he will have to travel the world in search of the spoken truth. Jean-Claude Carrière’s drama, a simple and humorous story, but at the same time full of meaning and hidden messages, was inspired by the written and spoken fairytales and legends of the world, and enriched, quite simply, with various philosophic theories.

          “Young Princ and the Truth is intended for audiences between the ages of 6 and 16, which doesn’t mean that it will not appeal to younger or older theatregoers. This wide communicative range is the result of the play’s fairytale content, its universal theme – the search for truth, a syncretism of different genres, as well as a “simplified”, but, at the same time, modern staging. A dramatic text in a postmodernist tone, written by renowned French dramatist and screenwriter Jean-Claude Carrière, is a compilation of eastern fairytales, philosophies, Sufism, as well as artistic and literary references and associations, all weaved together in a compact and concise dramatic union. The text was a literary foundation that enabled Italian directress and versatile theatre artist Anna Redi to put in the forefront of the play, alongside minimalist theatrically visual, acoustical and musical elements, the actors’ performance, and activate the overall potential of their expressions on stage.

In this way, with contributions from the rest of the creative team, a blend of youth and experience, and the devotion of a diligent cast (Miroljub Mijatović, Hazim Begagić, Snežana Marković, Siniša Vidović), whose interpretations in the production are admirable, we have created an outstanding theatre production, which, alongside an aesthetic and artistic, also has an educational effect.” (Hasan Džafić, dramaturge)

Director

Anna Redi (b. in 2965 in Naples, Italy), graduated with a degree in Theatre Art at the University of Bologna, with a topic that explored the dramatic work of Peter Brook. She also took up training in acting, theatre and dance, and has been active in theatre since 1985. She has been an actress, directress, professional dancing artist and choreographer, working with several directors Pippo Delbono, Wim Wandekeybus, Marco Manchisi, Maurizio Bercino, Marco Baliani, Alfonso Santagata, Mario Martone and Enzo Moscato). She has also received the Premio Girula Award for Best Actress in Naples, as well as the Premio Scenario Award for Best Actress, for her performance in Bagarie.

Since 1989, she has also been an active participant in socially-engaged theatre seminars, aimed at helping cure addictions, using theatre to help with psychiatric illnesses, as well as with integrating minorities in societies and communities.

Since 1998, she has directed several plays, including some of her own dramatic texts. She is also the founder of the “Le Bazzare” Theatre Company in Naples. She worked as a screenwriter for the play “I giorni del'abbandono” R. Faenzo, staged at the 2004 Venice „Festival del Cinema“. She choreographed “Don Giovanni” and “Nozze di Figaro” for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, directed by Mario Martone, as well as “Boheme”, by Teatro Sociale di Trento. And, in 2008, she also choreographed “Il Matrimonio Inaspettato“, directed by Maestro Ricardo Mutti.

Since 2005, Redi has also been involved with the international theatre project, “Project at Dock 11” in Berlin. She has taught at the Unidanza Festival in Barcelona, as well as in Madrid and Bogotá. She is also employed full time at the University of Naples.