The play "Tartif", author's project of the director Igor Vuka Handbags, based on the motives of the original Moliere's the play "Tartif", co-produced by the National Theater from Sombor and the Serbian National Theater from Novi Sad, received a standing ovation after it was performed on stage between churches in Budva, as part of the XXXVIII drama program of the Grad Teatar festival.
It is a modernized version of the classic Moliere play, created as a result of the project called "Comic in the Classic", whose performance continued the drama program of this year's festival.
Igor Vuk Torbica has triumphed with this play since February 2019, when it premiered on the stage of "Pera Dobrinović" of the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, and was immediately invited to the main program of the BITEF 2019 festival. Posthumously, for the direction of this play, Torbica won the prestigious biennial award "Bojan Stupica", for the extremely multi-layered concept of the project that warns, provokes, scares, makes you think and constantly delights the select theater audience. The play is regularly played in sold-out theaters across the region, which was the case last night on the stage between the churches where more tickets were requested.
In the role of Tartif, the ensemble was masterfully led by the actor Saša Torlaković, and his colleagues on the scene were Hana Selimović, Ninoslav Đorđević, Tijana Marković, Marko Marković, Biljana Keskenović, Danica Grubacki, Marko Savić, Dušan Vukašinović, Nemanja Bakić, Milorad Kapor i Dragan Šuš.
Torlaković, after playing the play, stated that it gains quality over time.
"We have been playing it since February 2019 and I think it is gaining quality over time. The actors, as you have seen, love to play this show. When the audience and the actors love it, then it's real theater. In this way, we preserve the memory of Igor (Vuk Torbica), because by preserving the play, we preserve the memory and memory of a great man above all, including the director. My colleague Hana reminded me tonight that he was not in favor of this play being performed in an open space, however I liked the sea and the people in the audience. Everything went well, we didn't struggle with noise because it was quiet. I was really pleased that we were outdoors, and the City of Theater expects it to be outdoors," said Torlaković.
Actor Marko Marković said that this evening reminded him of Miller's "Hamlet machine".
"This evening is a confirmation that we will be divided into those who knew Igor Vuk Torbica and watched his plays as well as his messages just like that Hamlet fighting with the waves. This play was supposed to take place here, people were not breathing while watching the play. The play has these quiet nuances that are subtle in the views, that are mathematically directed. Igor was a divine man and director and he passed it on. What would you say Paskal "one thin, gentle soul". Our "Tartif" is alive, one morning it wakes up like this, the next it's like that, but I'm glad that the City of Theater is alive. And I think that we will play this as long as we move. It's always nice here for me, I heard those who were throwing things from the Citadel, but they kept quiet. Many were silenced by Igor," emphasized Marković.
The play "Tartif" was also performed during the XXXVI Grad Teatar Festival, and the "Grad Teatar" JU published the monograph "Voice of Virtue - Igor Vuk Torbica", whose presentation opened the festival's literary program in 2021. In 2018, Torbica directed the famous play "Blood Wedding" for Grad Teatar, which premiered on the stage between the churches, and will be performed at this year's festival on August 15. He is also the winner of the "City Theater" award for theatrical contribution. The performance of "Tartife" on the stage between the churches once again confirms the artistic greatness and vision of Igor Vuk Torbica, as well as the importance of Moliere's comedy in contemporary theater.
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