Mara Milosnica is the protagonist of a short story by Ivo Andric, the Bosnian writer who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. Mara is also a key character in the play As Vivas, by Aïcha Euzet, performed by Júlio Cerdeira.
Her unfortunate story echoes the horrors suffered in the 1990s by Muslim women who were imprisoned by soldiers from the Serbian armed forces in ‘rape houses’. Adila, the protagonist, mirrors Mara’s life: she is subjected to the most horrific torture and time dilates as she imagines the River Milijacka filling up, overflowing and flooding Sarajevo.
19:00 Conversation with the team and guests, in a programme moderated by Ana Gabriela Macedo and Francesca Rayner.
Show in Bosnian with English subtitles. This show is part of the Sexual Theatre – Feminist Readings of Classics project, and is co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union/ Text: Aïcha Euzet/ Translation: Melisa Begović/ Direction, set design and choreography: Júlio Cerdeira/ Costumes: Ena Begičević-Čeliković/ Music: Igor Kasapović/ Acting: Adna Kaknjo, Tamara Miličević-Stilić and Mirza Bajramović/ Production: Miroljub Mijatović/ Executive production: Denis Krdžalić/ Production assistance: Dunja Pašajlić and Haris Mujčić/ Júlio Cerdeira is an artist supported by the Roberto Cimetta Fund, in partnership with DG Artes and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, as part of the Gil Mendo Mobility Grant
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