SKRIP ORKESTRA

GLEJ THEATRE, SLOVENIA

4 November, 20:00 h, Place:
National Theatre of Kosova 

Texts by: Screech Orchestra - Jure Novak and Andreja Kopač / Directed By: Jelena Rusjan / Actors: Jelena Rusjan, Barbara Kranjc, Andreja Kopač, Neja Tomšič, Ana Franjić, Leja Jurišič, Urška Vohar / Producer: INGA REMETA / Screech Orchestra drawn by: Neja Tomšič / Stage and costumes: KREATURA and ROBA SISTEMA / Executive producer: Inga Remeta / Technical side: Janko Oven, Grega Mohorčič /  Production: Gledališče Glej, Ljubljana / Coproduction: Mesto žensk, Ljubljana (SLO)

SCREECH ORCHESTRA

Screech Orchestra is music, song and dance.
Screech Orchestra when asked «Is this possible?» answers «Yes, it is impossible».
Screech Orchestra believes in mistakes.
Screech Orchestra is a mistake.
Screech Orchestra is sewing machine music.
Screech Orchestra is a taboo in the mirror.
Screech Orchestra is a child without a childhood.
Screech Orchestra is a glitter melody.
Screech Orchestra is a struggle of duality against duplicity.
Screech Orchestra shoots bubbles.
Screech Orchestra dances.
Screech Orchestra recycles, creates and exemplifies
Screech Orchestra is nah, nah.
Screech Orchestra is noise pleasant and unpleasant.
Screech Orchestra follows your beat.
Screech Orchestra invites you into a chaos of screeches, screams and melodies
Screech Orchestra laughs (at you).
Screech Orchestra wants to screech all over the world.

Screech Orchestra: the first original project by the actress and dancer Jelena Rusjan, is an exploration of a form of theatre where the obscure forces of violence, personal responsibility and lost childhoods face the variegated aesthetics of kitch-noir. The performance draws its inspiration from a great variety of sources, from the darkness of McDonagh's Pillowman and Andersen tales, to the playful Tim Burton, folk song and uncompromising punk. The project resulted in a musical cast unable to avoid its theatrical roots. Through stories of tormented and abused children, the performers present mainly themselves on stage. The key feature of the Screech Orchestra is a critical relation between lighter pop patterns and serious, almost weighty, content used to establish the issue of an artist’s responsibility toward their social and cultural environment, as well as to search out the most effective forms of expression.

GLEJ THEATRE

For 40 years Glej (Look Theatre in English) has been synonymous with new, fresh, open and contemporary theatre. Almost all the great names of Slovene theatre have walked across our stage. Our performances have been meeting with great success at home and abroad, and have received numerous awards and commendations. To this day, Glej maintains its original mission: to seek and create new trends and directions in theatre. Our shows are communicative and open, yet at the same time well thought out and constructed. We deal with contemporary approaches to the spectator, living stories and engaging projects. We seek out and unravel paradoxes, try to find names for nameless phenomena and approach themes and situations directly and with an open mind. As well as adult and children’s performances Glej publishes books, music and a monthly newsletter. www.glej.si