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The renowned Marin Držić Theater from Dubrovnik is coming to the Wind Festival with the play “Nora.” The theater has been active since 1944. The primary task of the Marin Držić Theater is to sustain Croatian and world heritage and perform classics that have marked theatrical history. Attention is also given to modern creativity and contemporary authors.

“A Doll’s House” is a drama that, since its premiere in Copenhagen on December 21, 1879, has never ceased to intrigue both audiences and theater artists. Nordic playwright Henrik Ibsen not only achieved great theatrical success with it but also significantly shook numerous social structures that were affected by the critical thoughts of this play. The drama ends when the main protagonist, Nora, who had been in an seemingly harmonious marriage with lawyer Torvald Helmer, leaves her home to become the person she wants to be, not just a doll in the hands of her husband.

Nora is a symbol of rebellion; she no longer wants to be accountable to anyone, justify her actions, or let others decide for her. She wants her right to choose and make decisions. One hundred and forty-three years later, where Nora’s story ends, the play begins. It will be presented to the Tivat audience on May 26th in the Great Hall of the Tivat Culture Center.

The cast includes Matea Marušić as Nora (a member of the Croatian National Theatre in Vinkovci, Joza Ivakić), Bojan Beribaka as Krogstad (KMD), Marija Šegvić as Kristina Linde (KMD), Hrvoje Sebastijan as Doctor Rank (KMD), and young Tivat graduate actor, Matija Grabić. Antonela Tošić is responsible for adaptation and dramaturgy, while Paolo Tišljarić is the director and set designer of the play.

Roko and Cicibela is a typical Mediterranean play that can be called a love melodrama with elements of folk comedy. This bittersweet and sour fairy tale duodrama comes from the pen of the legendary Split humorist Miljenko Smoje, although the true story of the love between two poor Split residents, Roko and Cicibela, has been recorded in the verses and stories of many. Perhaps it has resonated with us, the Adriatic Mediterraneans, most through the lyrics of Zdenko Runjić’s anthological song “Ća je život vengo fantažija.”

The play Roko and Cicibela, brought to Tivat by the Kazališna družina Ritam, was created as a graduation project of acting master Ivan Baranović and was first performed on the stage of the Art Academy in Split under the mentorship of Professor Milan Štrljić. Since 2019, it has been included in the permanent repertoire of Ritam igre and has been performed more than 50 times, with the guest performance in Tivat as the latest addition.

The play dynamically depicts all stages of Roko and Cicibela’s love relationship in an hour: from meeting in poverty and destitution to the proposal, Cicibela’s pregnancy, and their shared dreaming of a better future. Colloquially, we can call the play a love fairy tale and an ode to life, which is beautiful if you have the love of your life beside you.