Shelagh Stephenson
Five Kinds of Silence
Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica
Schedule
Original title Five Kinds of Silence
Première: 19 April 2023, Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica, Small Stage
Running time 1 hour 20 minutes. No intermission.
Director Maša Pelko
Translator Irena Duša Draž
Dramaturg Tereza Gregorič
Choreographer and assistant director Klemen Janežič
Language consultant Anja Pišot
Set designer Sara Slivnik
Costume designer Tina Bonča
Composer Mateja Starič
Lighting designer Uroš Gorjanc
Expert consultants Tanja Pipan, Maja Plaz, Jasna Podreka, Polona Selič - Zupančič
Cast
Ivana Percan Kodarin
Anuša Kodelja
Marjuta Slamič
In the bathroom, a woman and her two adult daughters lean over the body of their husband and father. A moment of confrontation and a starting point for an actual reconstruction and documentary debate about intimate partner violence: through a fictional narrative, through factual data and dialogue fragments, an intimate history of the family unfolds in front of us, exposing all the ruthlessness of the social and legal system that enables this violence.
Worldwide, 33% of women over the age of 15 have experienced physical and/or sexual violence, and 22% of women have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence from their partner. In 90.8% of cases, the perpetrators of violence are men. Every seven minutes, a woman is murdered in the world – as a victim of intimate partner violence.
The project was developed in cooperation with experts in the field of domestic violence, police, judiciary, prosecution, psychiatry, the Centre for Social Work, the SOS Telephone Association and the Safe House women’s shelter.
Director
After studying at the Faculty of Arts, Maša Pelko graduated in theatre directing at the UL AGRFT. She won three Zlatolaska (Goldilocks) awards for directing and for the best production (2017, 2018, 2019), the Young Playwright Award at the Week of Slovenian Drama (2018) and the International Radio Drama Award in Canterbury (2019). She has directed in several Slovenian theatres.
Producer
The Slovene National Theatre Nova Gorica is heir of Primorsko dramsko gledališče Nova Gorica, founded in 1969. In 1994, a new theatre building was built, in 2011 a small stage was added. In 2004 the theatre took its present name, was declared an institution of national importance.
