 Event |
Velika
|
| Venue |
La Mama, Carlton, VIC |
| Umbrella Event |
Festival of Mother Tongues |
| First Date |
22 November 2024 |
| Last Date |
24 November 2024 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Description |
Velika is a great play about the personal tragedy of a woman, which is a metaphor for the tragedy of a nation. A personal story of survival, which is a metonymy for the survival of the people. The mythical Velika, from the anthological Macedonian prose “Pirey” by P. M. Andreevski, is a tragic heroine, she longs for at least a ray of hope, light, comfort – which remains impossible, unattainable until the very end of the story. Velika, probably the most significant/authentic female character from Macedonian literature, already in her etymology she foresaw her own destiny: in order to reach Grea |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
|
| Secondary Genre |
Tragedy
|
| Subjects |
Domestic Violence
Grief
Loss
|
| Organisations |
|
| Contributors |
|
| Works |
|
| Text Nationality |
Macedonia
|
| Production Nationality |
Australia
|
| Further Information |
Language in Macedonian, with English translations.
|
| Event Status |
Completed
|
| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
https://www.mav.org.au/events-la-mamas-festival-of-mother-tongues |
|
| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
209238 |
Provide feedback on Velika