Theatre play ANNA KARENINA „There is no more or less in love” After Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Theatre play

ANNA KARENINA

„There is no more or less in love”

After Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Directed by Dejan Projkovski

Theatre „Ujvideki Szinhaz”, Novi Sad, Serbia

Anna is truthful, Ana is a good mother, good wife. Ana is in love, but not with her husband. Ana loves two things more than anything in the world, and she dies for them- for her lover and for her son. She knows that one eliminates the other… The trains leaves Sankt Petersburg and speeds towards the station.

“Our Anna Karenina is a women, although it is not really important if she is a woman or a man- she is a human being longing for happiness. Through her character we open numerous doors as we explore what love means, how much we are ready to sacrifice, and how much can we overcome ourselves, our fears in the attempt of finding the raison d’etre.  In this sense, Anna Karenina is a very complex system in this play, she and all other protagonists- Karenin, Vronsky, Levin, Kitty they all have their stories, their own personal struggles. This play aims to show that black is not always completely black, white is not white, that there are many nuances in all of this that actually make our lives.”

Dejan Projkovski, director

Born in Bitola in 1979, Dejan Projkovski is one of Macedonia’s most prolific stage directors. He graduated and earned his master’s degree in theatre direction at the National academy for theatre and film “Kr. Sarafov” in Sofia. He works as a professor of theatre direction and acting at the University for audio-visual arts ESRA Paris-Skopje-New York. His directing work is recognized in Macedonia and across the region. He also served as general manager of the Macedonian National theatre.

Projkovski’s directing work includes the interpretation of the world classics to which he adds his specific and aesthetically innovative stage visualisations. He has directed plays in Serbia, Bulgaria, Russia, Turkey, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina as well as taking part in co-productions of German, Italian and Slovenian theatres and festivals.

Cast:

ANNA KARENINA: Bereš Marta

ALEXEI KARENIN: NÉMET Attila

ALEXEI VRONSKY: MÉSZÁROS Arpad

STEPAN OBLONSKY: SIRMER Zoltán

DARYA DOLLY OBLONSKAYA: CRNKOVIC Gabrijela

KONSTANTIN DMITRIEVICH LEVIN: PONGÓ Gábor

EKATRINA KITTY ALEXANDROVNA: DEDOVIC TOMIC Dina

BETSY TVERSKAYA: FERENC Ágota

SERPUKHOVSKOY: OZSVÁR Róbert

LIDIA IVANOVNA: BANKA Lívia

AGAFIA: FIGURA Terézia

SERYOZHA: BAJI Ádám

OTHERS: Fanni DUPÁK, Lea GRESÁK, Annabella HODIK, Dániel HUSZTA, Csaba KŐMŰVES, Ádám ÁGYAS, Lehel SOLTIS, Regina SZABÓ, Bence SZALAI, Benjamin VARGA

Choreography: Olga Pango

Set design: Valentin Svetozarev

Costume design: Marija Pupuchevska

Total running time: 2hr 30min with intermission

Not suitable for audience under 16 years of age