Based on the play La voix humaine by Jean Cocteau
On the Other Side
A production of the master's study programme Stage acting
Akademija za gledališče, radio, film in televizijo Univerze v Ljubljani
Schedule
Première 8. oktober 2021, Študijski oder 5, UL AGRFT
Running time 55 minutes. No intermission.
Directing advisor Luka Marcen
Dramaturg Nina Kuclar Stiković
Costume designer Ana Janc
Choreographer Lara Ekar Grlj
Lighting designer Martin Vogrin
Performer
Lara Fortuna
Mentor
Stage acting prof. Boris Ostan
Performance On the Other Side is a monodrama based on Cocteau’s play The Human Voice (La voix humaine), written in 1928. It is set in a completely empty space with one chair in the middle of the stage, giving the whole event a sense of emptiness and isolation. In the play, we follow the story of a woman talking on the phone with her lover who is leaving her. Despite the inevitable truth, she uses every possible strategy to keep him on the line and prevent the breakup of the
love affair. She is a woman who could also be any other human being that is facing divorce and is unable to move on.
