Coproduction of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival and the CNT Ivan pl. Zajc Rijeka, Croatia

Director Sebastijan Horvat
Adaptation and dramaturgy Milan Marković Matthis
Set and video designer Igor Vasiljev
Costume designer Belinda Radulović
Composer Karmina Šilec
Lighting designer Aleksandar Čavlek
Stage movement Ivana Kalc
Sound designer Saša Predovan
Assistant to director Ana Dubljević

Stage manager Edo Kalebić

Cast

Rakan Rushaidat
Aleksandar Cvjetković
Tanja Smoje
Nikola Nedić
Olivera Baljak
Jerko Marčić
Jasmin Mekić
Jelena Lopatić
Marija Tadić
Anastazija Balaž
Dean Krivačić
Edi Ćelić
Giuseppe Nicodemo

Chorus Master Igor Vlajnić
Chorus Mistress Nicoletta Olivieri
Chorus of Fanatics Ljubov Košmerl Judčenko, Ana Majdak, Katja Budimčić, Milica Marelja, Iskra Stanojević, Karla Dusovich, Ivana Kajdi, Dominika Glinšek, Savo Orobabić, Krešimir Škunca, Marin Tuhtan, Martin Marić, Igor Doričić, Siniša Oreščanin, Sanjin Mandičić, Bojan Fuštar

Michelangelo Buonarroti is a play by Miroslav Krleža, written in 1918 during his expressionist phase. It is this phase of his creative output that makes him one of the greatest European playwrights. His early work was marked by several dominant themes, such as the idea of a superman, a genius capable of providing the society with a new sense and a decisive impetus to head on towards a utopian perspective. It was with such intention and vision that the great Michelangelo embarked on the painting of the Sistine Chapel, portrayed in the play. In the process, he encountered many challenges and defeats brought about by the social reality.
Directed by Sebastijan Horvat, Michelangelo is the first co-production of the CNT Rijeka and the Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Notably, Horvat, is one of the few directors who does not shun Miroslav Krleža – the bard of Croatian literature. Horvat has taken the challenge and staged Krleža with his innovative and contemporary approach, and broadened the context from a genius artist to a contemporary everyman.

Slovenian and English surtitles
Warning: Strobe lights are used during this performance.

Followed by a post-show talk at the Drama Forecourt.