Mile Korun
The Counsellor
Ljubljana City Theatre
Schedule
Première 13 October 2016, Ljubljana City Theatre
Director Nina Rajić Kranjac
Dramaturg Petra Pogorevc
Set designer Urša Vidic
Costume designer Andrej Vrhovnik
Language consultant Martin Vrtačnik
Lighting designer Andrej Koležnik
Cast
Gašper Tič (†) • Viktorija Bencik Emeršič • Tanja Dimitrievska • Blaž Dolenc as guest • Mojca Funkl • Jernej Gašperin • Gregor Gruden • Karin Komljanec • Nina Rakovec/Ana Dolinar Horvat • Uroš Smolej • Milan Štefe • Domen Valič
The Counsellor consists of several visits to a mysterious master to whom people turn for advice.
A mysterious master who wants to help people without receiving any payment is an attentive listener who asks direct questions and does his best in delivering advice. He is a combination of a psychotherapist, interrogator, confessor, philosopher, artist ...
Who is the counsellor? Why do we come to him? And where are we, after all? A surprising turn unveils brand new images, new understandings, new criteria, new essence ...
Korun is a brilliant observer of Slovenian and global social reality. He addresses major, eternal issues as well as minor peculiarities and habits of today. He asks questions about the meaning of life, moral and ethical dilemmas, human identity, death, love, sexuality, reason, stupidity, faith, ideologies ... His criticism of the present and past politics is humorous as well as sharp.
