First production
Co-producer Slovenian Philharmonic Ljubljana
Opening night:
27th March 2010
Director Janusz Kica
Dramaturg Mojca Kranjc
Set designer Slavica Radović
Costume designer Bjanka Adžić Ursulov
Language consultant Barbara Korun
Music coach & consultant Martina Batič
Light designer Milan Podlogar
Cast:
Aljaž Jovanović - Dr Marko Bohinc, MD, intern
Nina Ivanišin - Veronika Korošec, final-year student of the Faculty of Arts
Gregor Baković - Aleš Korošec, trade union leader, Veronika's father
Silva Čušin - Mara Rozman Korošec, retired politician, Veronika's grandmother
Alida Bevk - Tara, receptionist at the private clinic
Zvezdana Mlakar - Barbara Purgar, client od the private clinic
Klemen Slakonja - Jošt, leader of the choir Amor
Romana Vengust k.g. - Ana, student, Veronika's friend and a singer in the Amor choir
Polonca Ribič k.g. - Eva, student, Veronika's friend and a singer in the Amor choir
Tadej Osvald k.g. - Gašper, student, Veronika's friend and a singer in the Amor choir
Veronika Drolc - Prof Dr Mojca Hočevar Bohinc, MD, PhD, university professor, Marko's mother
Marijana Brecelj - Katra, Bohinc family's housekeeper
Matjaž Tribušon - Dr Rajko Bohinc, MD, PhD, Minister of Health of the Republic of Slovenia, Marko's father
Ivo Ban - Dr Stojan Kremžar, MD, director and proprietor of the private clinic XLMedic
The choir performs a piece from Gregorio Allegri's Miserere mei, Deus and Roka Golob's song Povej mi.
Supply and Demand brings together the family of the (formerly) third-ranking Politburo member in the Slovene Communist Party and the family of independent Slovenia’s right-wing Health Minister. In addition to this startling combination, the play features a ChristianSocialist trade union leader, an immensely successful global investor, a progressive Catholic choir and a spiritually and physically gifted receptionist at a private clinic. A lot is at stake here: young love, ministerial rank, money, and, last but not least, a mysterious and lethal disease. Simply put, this play is about life and death. And about people who we don’t usually see together. All this provides plenty of opportunities for unexpected stylistic twists and lets the plot get away with a light touch in spite of its potentially heavy topics.
B.T.
Boštjan Tadel graduated in Philosophy and Comparative Literature from the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana. He has worked in advertising and has been editor of several magazines. He started his playwriting career in 1992 as a co-writer of the first season of the legendary Slovene radio series The Tivoli Clinic, Ltd.(this first season was followed by two more, and a widely successful theatre performance was based on the show).Tadel has written several radio and theatre plays including Anywhere Out of This World, which was first produced at SNG Drama Ljubljana in 2005.With humour,Tadel’s plays reflect on a modern reality that is typical not only of Slovenia but of all the countries that experienced a radical change in their political system after the fall of the Berlin wall.