CROATIA / 2022

Tomislav Zajec – The Vanishing

This text excerpt was proposed by the Croatian National Theatre to the ETC Drama Committee in 2024.

Through several narrative lines that intertwine with each other in a non-linear arrangement of time, in The Vanishing we are gradually revealing the truth about the terrible crime that is committed against Marko, a six-year-old hearing-impaired boy.

In this play Tomislav Zajec does not console us and does not seduce us with sentiment, he does not moralise. With his dramatic score he invites both individuals and the wider social community to break the wall of silence.

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