The performance "Milk in Powder", based on the text by Dragana Tripković and directed by Stevan Bodroža, will be performed on January 19 at the Big Stage of the Kotor Cultural Center "Nikola Đurković" at 20 p.m. The play stars Marko Todorović, Omar Bajramspahić and Pavle Popović. Entry will be free.
"Milk Powder" is a drama set in Podgorica, in 1991, during the intervention of the then JNA in Dubrovnik. The story tells about the secret love of a young painter and a married doctor in a situation of war, growing anxiety and horror.
"The circumstances of the war are an extraordinary background, but also a motivational framework for an equally deep intimate drama. Faced with their own sense of guilt and living in a predominant social discourse that glorifies masculinity and warrior attributes, they become easy prey for the manipulation of the third character in this play - a man who recruits and with various blackmails and pressures forces men to "voluntarily" go to war. The drama "Powdered Milk" deals with the problem of not facing the war past from the nineties of the last century, which is present in all the countries of the Western Balkans", reads the announcement of the Alternative Theater Active Company (ATAK), which with KIC "Budo Tomović" and " "Taurus production" realizes the play, with the support of the Ministry of Culture, the Capital City of Podgorica and the NGOs "Kvir Montenegro" and "Juventas".
The play "Milk Powder" had its premiere in October 2017 in Podgorica and has so far left a strong impression on the audience wherever it has been performed. One of the actors Omar Bajramspahić talked about her for "Kroz grad".
Why do you think the audience should watch this play?
The drama "Milk Powder" deals with problems that affect all people, an intimate drama in the circumstances of war, dealing with one's own sense of guilt, manipulation and the problem of dealing with the war from the 90s.
Tell us more about your role and how you prepared for it?
I play Moc, a reservist who is 40 years old and who says: "I'm not a god, so people fear me, I don't have any power, I'm there when someone needs me and that's it, a simple servant". In fact, Moco is a manipulator who, through various blackmails and pressures, forces men to "voluntarily" go to war, which leads to the tragic fate of the remaining two characters of this play.
The action takes place in the early 90s, how far have we moved from those circumstances today?
I was born in 1994. I can say that today our society is open with positive attitudes and thoughts. A society that can face issues that concern all people has a good future.
How important do you think it is that the theater deals with these kinds of current or recent problems?
It is very important to clear up with the past in order to live the present better and build a better future. Theater has the power to change society, as well as the power to occasionally bless society, premonition or change the collective consciousness.
How much does it mean to you to work with ATAK, which offers actors something different from, so to speak, standard options?
It was an honor to cooperate with the team from ATAK. Thank you to Dragana Tripković who trusted us and gave us the opportunity to work together on this project. The task of the actors (Marko Todorović, Pavle Popović and I) was to live on stage the life of the character we are playing, to lend the writer our voice, our eyes, our body, and to take thoughts and feelings from the writer (Dragana Tripković), and all this with with the help of the director (Stevan Bodroža), we weave each other into each other.
What are your impressions of the performances of the play so far, are you satisfied with how it went?
The audience understood the characters, their destinies and the tragedy of the time the play is about, and because of that I hope this play will have a life of its own. On January 19, we play in Kotor. Welcome.
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