THE NETHERLANDS / 2022
Magne van den Berg – Snackbar
This text excerpt proposed by De Toneelmakerij was selected by the ETC Drama Committee in 2024.
Snackbar (translation: Cafeteria) deals with the harsh realities of child sexual abuse and incest. This is a profound and disconcerting play about the courage it takes to stand up for yourself and others. More than focussing on the physical horrors of sexual abuse, the play investigates the horror of silence and celebrates the strength of those who dare to break it.
DOCUMENT AVAILABLE TO ETC MEMBERS ONLYSPAIN / 2023
Jokin Oregi – Where are the Children?
This text excerpt was proposed by Teatro Arriaga to the ETC Drama Committee in 2024.
In Where are the Children? we find ourselves facing a story that narrates an unusual event – the death of an eight-year-old girl. The evidence points to suicide as the cause of death. In this spatial-temporal mosaic what appears to be a story centred around an absent girl becomes a choral portrait of the adults living in relation to the children in the play.
DOCUMENT AVAILABLE TO ETC MEMBERS ONLYCZECH REPUBLIC / 2021
Ondřej Novotný – The Father Watches Over the Daughter
The text proposed by National Theatre Prague / Czech Republic was selected by the ETC Drama Committee in 2021
Ondřej Novotný‘s Father Looks After Daughter is a play built around a young father taking his pre-school daughter for a walk in a park and to the playground. The play tackles intergenerational dialogue, with dynamic situations and very natural interactions between the different characters. The diversity of those characters and the polyphonic structure of the play contribute to creating a particular atmosphere, while the insertion of the main protagonist’s lines brings a subtle and well-mastered touch of poetry.
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