Sanja Mitrovic
/ Stand Up Tall
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"Highly exciting and full of possible readings"

Vanishing (2024)

Vanishing is a story about the relationship between parents and children, the position of minors within the education system, the world of adults who neglect them and, above all, about child abuse. The play is set in the intellectual upper middle class of Croatian civil society, in which university professors, artists, scientific researchers, police – almost all representatives of the society – participate in the network of intimate relationships and legal offences implied in the abuse of children. The story follows two families in parallel, the family of the victim and the family of the abuser, thus building a dynamic dramatic plot, rich in strong characters and conflicts, unexpected turns and heightened emotions. This is the first collaboration between director Sanja Mitrovic and Tomislav Zajec, one of the most prominent contemporary Croatian playwrights and dramatists whose plays have been performed in Croatia and abroad. He is a six-time winner of the Marin Držić Award for drama, as well as a two-time winner of the Marul Award. Zajec is a professor at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb and an associate playwright at the Zagreb Youth Theatre. Vanishing will be the first time a work of this author is performed in Serbia. The Croatian premiere of Vanishing took place in January 2024, on the main stage of the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. 

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