Some analyses suggest that Lear’s madness, as established by Shakespeare, is not only the trigger of the dramatic action but also a mirror of the historical moment in which society of that time found itself. A contemporary reading of King Lear once again reflects today’s social reality—again on the edge of major political changes and divisions.

The aging King Lear, after banishing his youngest daughter Cordelia, decides to divide his kingdom between his daughters Goneril and Regan. He plans to live alternately with each of them, but they—already weary and irritated by his age and temper—begin to set ultimatums that strip him of his authority and power. King Lear is a play about violence, a radical analysis of social and interpersonal relations that emerge in the vacuum of a transition of power. It is Gramsci’s “time of monsters,” when the old world has not yet died, while the new one struggles to be born. A world in which the old gods refuse to leave peacefully and of their own accord, instead sowing madness and chaos.

Translator: Milan Jesih
Assistant director and sound designer: Žiga Hren
Language editor: Tatjana Stanič
Set designer: Branko Hojnik
Costume designer: Belinda Radulović
Music composer: Andraž Polič
Choreographer and artistic advisor: Gregor Luštek
Lighting designers: Jernej Lorenci, Branko Hojnik
Make-up designer: Tomaž Erjavec
Assistant director (student): Neža Dvorščak
Assistant dramaturg (student): Manca Tea Devetak

Cast:
Janez Škof, Tamara Avguštin (guest), Mina Švajger, Ivana Percan Kodarin (guest), Gorazd Logar, Marko Mandić, Timon Šturbej, Domen Novak, Jure Henigman, Peter Podgoršek (guest)

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