The monodrama “Woman woman” written by Simone De Beauvoir, which premiered in March of this year on the stage of the National Experimental Theater “Kujtim Spahivogli”, participates in the International Monodrama Festival “To the stars” in Varna, Bulgaria. The show “Gruaja e thyer”, performed by Adriana Tolka, a production of the National Experimental Theater “Kujtim Spahivogli” will be shown on August 6 in Varna. The eleventh edition of the international monodrama festival “To the stars” 2023 is part of the cultural program of the city of Varna and starts from August 3 – 9.

Muriel, 43 years old, after five years of living alone and locked in her apartment, she can’t wait for the next day to meet her husband and son, who lives with his father. She has planned to lay out all the reasons why her son should live with his mother. However, during the night, going through the ordeal of memories, she breaks down, according to her perspective the perfect human nature, close family and social relations but did not stop blaming others: two spouses for failure of her marriages, her daughter for the suicide she committed, her mother, who always despised her brother, close friends and also the neighbors. On the other hand, she justifies her attitudes, introducing herself honest and always in search for order and one traditional family, where a woman must have a man by her side and children to take care, in order to gain a status of worthy of society’s morals. In these conditions, she waits for a new day to come, which does not know what the future will bring. A monodrama of the time, dealing with human emptiness, loneliness and the crisis of individuality in relation to the society where she lives. A contemporary show, where everything originates from the inside of the main character: body language, the word, the image, the musicality, sung and played of “live” music.

It is amongst best monodrama of the modern time, which deals with human emptiness, loneliness and the crisis of the individual in relation to the society in which human lives. It was translated by Amantia Kapo, the scenography was realized by Beqo Nanaj, the costume design by Sofi Kara, the music by Adriana Tolka and Sotiraq Jorgji on the cello. It’s original title is “Women women” and written by Simone De Beauvoir, one of the best French writers and world literature in the 20th century. After the performance in Varna on 6^th of August, the monodrama will be performed on 13 of August in Pogradec and 16 of August in Saranda.

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