Director
Wajdi Mouawad
Scorched
Original title: Incendies
The second part of The Blood of Promises trilogy
First Slovenian production
First Slovenian production
Opening nights
4 and 5 September 2020
Main Stage
Duration:
300 minutes incl. intervals
Creators
Creative team
Cast
Nawal
Nataša Keser
Jeanne
Simon
Hermile Lebel
Antoine
Sawda
Ralph
Wahab
Nataša Keser
Jihane
Elhame
Nazira
Doctor
Abdessamad
Militiaman 1
Militiaman 2
Mansour, prison guide
Janitor
Malak
Photographer
Chamseddine
Mouawad’s modern-day tragedy Scorched focuses on the story of three people: the enigmatic Nawal and her children, the twins, Simon and Jeanne. The harmony of their coexistence is disrupted by Nawal’s sudden loss of will to live and her adamant decision to remain silent for life, without any explanation of her motive. In her will, she entrusts her adult daughter and son with a special task: Simon must find their father, whom they thought was dead, and Jeanne must find their brother, whom they did not even know they had. What follows is a long journey to the places of their origin, replete with difficult questions and hushed-up secrets, which radically transforms Simon and Jeanne’s identities. Scorched, the play and the staging, explore universal questions and cover the entire spectrum of impact that war has on the psychological and social condition of society. They enquire the possibility of reconciliation and the re-establishment of a community after the brutality and atrocities of neo-colonial wars. They also explore the issue of falsification of the past and silence, which is in many ways the guiding line of the performance. They raise key questions about what and in the name of what we as a society and individuals are constantly silent about, and what happens to those who take courage and break that silence in the name of a higher goal or promise. Struggling with the multifaceted brutal nature of the hushed-up family past, Scorched explores the possibility of love as overcoming the traumas of hatred and horror.
Tibor Hrs Pandur
Awards
2022
Maribor Theatre Festival Award at the discretion of the jury, BS
Marko Mandić – Borštnik Award for acting, including for the role of Nihad, BS
Nina Valič – Borštnik Award for acting for the roles Sawda and Nazira, BS
Festival
2022
57th Maribor Theatre Festival Festival Borštnikovo srečanje (BS)
Media
micna.slovenskenovice.si, 20. oktober 2020, Ula Furlan
delo.si, 26. september 2020, Vesna Milek
TV Slovenija 1, Umetnost igre, 14. september 2020, Marjana Ravnjak
rtvslo.si, 10. september 2020, Ana Jurc
film-mag.net, september 2020, Melita Forstnerič Hajnšek
vecer.com, 9. september 2020, Melita Forstnerič Hajnšek
delo.si, 8. september 2020
Radio Slovenija 2, Dogodki in odmevi, 5. september 2020
Radio Slovenija 3, Svet kulture, 4. september 2020
TV Slovenija 1, Odmevi, Kultura, 4. september 2020
outsider.si, 4. september 2020
rtvslo.si, 4. september 2020
24ur.com, 4. september 2020
sta.si, 4. september 2020
mojaleta.si, 3. september 2020
morel.si, 3. september 2020
dnevnik.si, 3. september 2020, Gregor Butala
sta.si, 2. september 2020
film-mag.net, september 2020
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