KOSOVO PROJEKT 1 Prishtina, Prizren, Kacanik 8. - 24. Dezember ...

as the “birthplace” of Kosovar theatre. The fi rst Kosovar theatre troupe is known
to be established in Prizren right after the Second World War. While today Prizren
is one of the towns with very little cultural activities. The Cultural House, which
has a big theatre, is now used only for the activities of amateur theatre troupes of
the town.
The coming of “Ha!Hamlet” in Prizren, after the sensational media
presentation in Prishtina, had gotten the interest of the theatre audience in
Prizren which for a long time haven’t seen a good theatre performance realized
by professionals. I must say that in Prizren we had an extraordinary audience,
including the community of intellectuals. The reaction of the audience as the
show ended was amazing. One of the daily papers wrote the article about the
performance in Prizren with the headline: “Ha!Hamlet to shake off the dust of
the Cultural House of Prizren”. In a town such as Prizren, where the cultural
activities are very poor, the presentation of “Ha!Hamlet” doubtlessly was of big
importance.
The third show was performed in Kaçanik. Again, troubles with the
heating. Actually, Kaçanik was completely without power in the last 24 hours.
This happened as a collective damage by Electro-energetic Corporation of
Kosova (KEK), which cut the power because many of the citizens didn’t pay their
bills. It was impossible to heat the gigantic room of The Cultural Home (built in
the time of communism) with the heaters that we were trying to provide. In the
meantime our hosts found gas for the power generators. The generator provided
the power but not the heat for the room where the show would perform. Ibush
Vishi and Ahmet Krasniqi from the Department of Culture in the municipality
of Kaçanik were under e big pressure while we were feeling very bad for the
situation.
We were facing the challenge whether to do Ha!Hamlet or not.
Markus and Patrizia, under the light of a candle, have already started to do their
make up. Few minutes before 19:00 the audience came. More that we were
expecting. Over 200 people, under terrible circumstances created by the coldness,
watched the show attentively. The cold has already gotten into Markus and
Patrizia’s bones. And, while the ovation of the audience was fi lling the room by
the end of the show, to myself i was saying to KEK “you can kiss our backs!”
The show was a symbolic victory of theatre.
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