SKENA UP
WRAP UP.
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It's the first time (or the second, not so sure), that SkenaUp is mentioned in this blog, so its best to write about its finale. November 27th saw the last day of the festival, and handed out awards to individuals the jury members were most impressed with. "Story of Tea" and “…the rest is silence” were the two plays that will stay here for a while, but i do not want to remember that much of the Iranian play (based on what we saw that night).
It is pleasing to see that Agon, the director for “…the rest is silence” won the price as the best play. Now, some might not agree on this, but there are always people that do not agree. The Serbian play "Story of Tea" was pretty good from my not-such-a-play-critic point of view. “…the rest is silence” was a play in which I felt (really felt) scared, at points. It was an eerie play, with two mute actors, who only screamed and cried. I especially liked the projector+actor combination, and the on-screen visual effects were done super good. As I try to rewind the play in my head, the sound of the gun-shot chills down my spine. It was a tale of deceit and suicide, where the wife betrays the man for another one, and the child is left in the middle of it. Worst of all, he knew what his mother had done. Agon (the director), involves his father in the play as well, giving him the role of the father that killed himself in the beginning of the play, and that is projected on-screen as the guy in the Wizard of Oz. Both parents commit suicide by blowing their heads off in the end. Sorry to spoil the ending, but it was such a gruesome ending.
Agon is such a talented up and coming play director, that deserved the prize.