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Reviews on ZeKaeM performance online


time: 4.2.2010. - 7.2.2010.
place: New York, USA
You can read online reviews on ZeKaeM’s performance Garage which could be seen till 7th of February in La Mama Theatre in New York. Reviews are published on portals TimeOut New York and nytheatre.com

'Don’t let the company name fool you: Zagreb Youth Theatre’s brutally nihilistic The Garage is anything but kid’s stuff. The actors aren’t the only ones getting smacked around in this viscerally assaultive Croatian import centered on extreme-fighting-style tournaments. By evening’s end, audience members will also be reeling from this theatrical punch to the gut.'  Read more

TimeOut New York

'Zagreb Youth Theatre's production of The Garage, based on a novel and adapted for the stage by Croatian writer Zdenko Mesaric, takes place in a picturesque Croat tourist town specializing in euthanasia. This is not a misprint. Tourists from around the world travel there to "enjoy the benefits of state-of-the-art assisted suicide packages." The town, as presented in the play, has no industry other than this tourism and the lack of economic incentive leads the country to pay its poverty-stricken citizens a stipend to live there. Death and decay are everywhere and have created a seedy environment with little hope or opportunity.' Read more

nytheatre.com


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(D.H., 04.02.2010)