Truthiness

Première: 15. 10. 2023, Hrvaško narodno gledališče v Zagrebu (HR)
Original title: Zbilja
The performance lasts 1 hour and has no intermission.
Surtitles: Slovene

Text by Tomislav Šoban
Co-author of text and dramaturg Marin Lisjak
Director and set designer Tomislav Šoban
Costume designer Gabrijela Krešić
Composer Miro Manojlović
Lighting designer Luka Matić
Movement collaborator Natalija Manojlović
Assistants costume designer Suzana Tkalčec, Nina Kovačević (volunteer)
Stage manager Suzana Bogdan-Pavek

Cast 
Nina Violić, Livio Badurina

An actress and an actor carry out their experiment in a studio primarily designed for sound recording. The space, furnished in the modernist style of the 1950s, is housed in a building dating back to the Austro-Hungarian period. The performers’ experiment draws inspiration from the lectures of physicist Richard Feynman. 

In the natural sciences, an experiment is a controlled observation and measurement process explaining why and how phenomena occur and recur. It helps us distinguish the essential from the irrelevant and to see the familiar from a new perspective. In science, an experiment is considered successful when it consistently produces the same result. But how does this apply to the performing arts? This theatrical performance explores a fundamentally different premise. In art, an experiment is deemed successful precisely when it never yields the same result. Innovative and conceptually bold, this original project by director Tomislav Šoban was developed in collaboration with dramaturge Marin Lisjak, the performers, and the creative team.

AWARDS
Award for Best Production at the 34th Marulić Days Festival (2024)
Nina Violić – Award for Best Acting Achievement at the 34th Marulić Days(2024)
Livio Badurina – Mladen Crnobrnja Award for his role at the 48th Fadil Hadžić Days of Satire (2024)
Award for Best Direction at the 48th Fadil Hadžić Days of Satire (2024)
Grand Prix at the Biennale of Stage Design (BiSD)