About the ensemble
What happens when a spirited Serbian new circus artist meets a Slovenian street theater veteran? The result is perfectly orchestrated chaos. At the heart of this unique international project are Milan Manić (representing Serbia’s Cirkusfera) and Goro Osojnik (representing the Slovenian legend Ana Monro). Two creators, two generations (as the project’s title, 40–60, suggests), and two completely different theatrical experiences. But instead of a generational clash, they bring to the pavement a seasoned fusion of balancing acrobatics and rough-and-tumble street clowning. In short, physical theater from guys who’ve been around the block a few times and aren’t afraid to poke fun at themselves.
About the production
Imagine a universe in which Beckett’s gloomy *Waiting for Godot* were directed by Pat and Mat. That is precisely the atmosphere created by the forty-minute production *40–60*. In the middle of an imaginary wasteland, the two protagonists try in vain (and all the more fiercely for it) to erect a precarious monument to our modern consumerism.
They have only natural materials, a pile of absurd ideas, and their own bodies at their disposal. The result is a tragicomic spectacle full of balancing acts on wooden structures, in which logic takes a serious beating. It’s funny, visually fresh, and at the same time, with enormous exaggeration, it pokes fun at the fact that our world today is simply one big, incomprehensible mess. Perfect contemporary clowning for everyone who sometimes feels like they’re missing the point these days.
