Theatre Reviews
THE POETRY OF MASK
Dalibor Foretić, theatre critic
The play "Somebody has Killed the Play" performed by the group "Maska i Pokret" from Sarajevo reminds of the famous MESS research days.
SEARCHING THROUGH MOVEMENT AND MASK
Davor Koric, dramatist, film director
The festival moved from the deadlock it reached, thanks to the inventive and inspiring play "Somebody has Killed the Play", whose complete authors are Iva Kostović-Mandić and Petar Mandić.
UNANIMOUSLY – “MASKA I POKRET”
Velimir Stojanović, writer en theatre director
Award for the most thoughtful experiment: Iva Kostović – Mandić i Petar Mandić
FESTIVAL COMMITTEE ON SELECTION
Laslo Gerold, theatre critic and historian
The play ... has its consistent dramaturgical line of action, rhythmic development of stage events, poetic note, experience of human truth and a high degree of artistry.
“VEN” MAGAZINE AWARD
The traditional award "THREE GOLDEN STARS" this time went to the Theatre "Maska i Pokret" from Sarajevo for the play "SOMEBODY HAS KILLED THE PLAY".
AWARD OF THEATRE CRITICS, DRAMATURGS AND THEATRE SCHOLARS
The play "SOMEBODY HAS KILLED THE PLAY" by the "Maska i Pokret" theatre from Sarajevo was the most appropriate to the original intentions of the Festival and its most significant event.
Radio Sarajevo – THEATRE MASKA I POKRET
Branko Brđanin, theatre critic, dramaturg
The way how they use all stage means in Theatre "Maska i Pokret" returns them to that basic meaning they had from the very beginning of the theatre.
DISCLOSED DELUSION
Dubravko Bibanović, theatre director
Their path to success is only possible in a completely new space that will get their colour, their scent, just as it is necessary painstakingly to search for that kind of audience that will accept the sensibility that this theatre carries.
FAITH IN THEATER
Ljubica Ostojić, theatre critic, writer, dramaturg
We have yet to talk about them. These are only words for that white story which continues as it has moved into us with every movement we repeat within ourselves, following their play.
SOMEBODY HAS KILLED THE PLAY ON TV
Presenting theatrical creativity and contemporary stage expression in all its segments, TV Sarajevo has prepared a recording of the theatre play "Somebody has Killed the Play", by Iva Kostović-Mandić and Petar Mandić.
POETRY ON STAGE
TV recording of the theatre play "Somebody has Killed the Play". "The play with mask" is the subtitle of the performance, which explores the functions and possibilities of the mask and movement in theatre.
YOUTH AND PLAY, MASK AND MOVEMENT
Safet Plakalo, playwright, theatre critic
Iva Kostović and Petar Mandić performed on the festival stage with a big round of applause from the Jajce audience ... with the play “Somebody has Killed the Play”.
EXCITING THEATRE
Per Justesen, Het Parool
It’s only afterwards you realise with a shock that there are only two performers who are very quickly changing masks and costumes.
SURPRISING PLAY OF THE YUGOSLAVS
Hanny Alkema, De Volkskrant
Maska i Pokret for the second time this season in the Netherlands.
THE UNIVERSAL WORLD OF THE MASK
Iva Kostović-Mandić i Petar Mandić: Experimental and exploratory
REAL FESTIVAL ACHIEVEMENTS
The "Maska i Pokret" theatre showed at this festival that in its research it represents a serious, interesting and, in any case, new theatrical movement.
HOME MADE THEATRE
Dalibor Foretić, theatre critic
In assembling a new stage reality, the two young theatre artists may be on the trail of that stage miracle that Craig once called the "Übermarinette".
A RARE THEATRE ACT
Zehra Kreho, theatre critic
The seemingly too big stage, it seems, was an advantage: Iva and Petar Mandić "filled" every crack of it with gold, warmth, energy...
TWO DIFFERENT CONCEPTS
Iva and Petar Mandić, who are the complete authors of both productions, create their own model of theatre in which the mask, movement and music are precisely shaped and interconnected. In this, it is almost indescribable how their work is reminiscent of true dramatic poetry.
WITH THE MASKS OF IVA AND PETAR MANDIK
"Maska i Pokret" is a model of theater where the mask has a magical essence, where movement is based on the technique of classical ballet and where music is part of the play.
“MASKA I POKRET” THEATER PERFORMANCES ON TV
For theatrical TV viewers, this new play will complete the picture of the research efforts of authors Iva Kostović-Mandić and Petar Mandić.
ONE-ACT PLAY WITH BIZARRE HUMOUR
Jan Baart, Haarlems Dagblad
Masks, always different in form and expression, are every time the starting point for Iva and Petar Mandić when developing a performance.
MADAME LEOPOLDINE UNIQUE AND FASCINATING
Aad Sonneveld, theatre critic
Undoubtedly, this form of theatre is unique... Iva's and Petar's aim is to bring the mask to life in the theatre.
MOST CHARMING THEATRE PLAY – THE MASK IN DE EFFENAAR
Full of a simple kind of symbolism, the performance has something of a living puppet theatre.
MASKED THEATRE IN GIGANT
A one-act play without words; a study of loneliness; that is how the Yugoslav theatre duo The Mask calls his performance “Mme Leopoldine's memoires”.
THEATRE – THE MASK
It is a one-act play without words where masks are used as characters. During previous performances in the Netherlands, the production received critical acclaim in Parool and Volkskrant.
ENTERTAINING START
The Amsterdam mask theatre “The Mask” started with the eerily-beautiful play “Mme Leopoldine's Memoires”.
MIRACULOUSLY ANIMATED MASKS
The guest appearance of "Theatre Maska i Pokret" within the drama program of the Dubrovnik Summer Festival was an interesting and refreshing experience of the festival.
MASK AS A CHARACTER
The group "Maska i Pokret" has reached, without a doubt, the highest professional level in this category of theatrical art.
WITH MEMORY AND LONG REMEMBRANCE
Dževad Karahasan, writer, philosopher:
"Maska i Pokret" here manages to create, without words, characters interconnected by complex dramatic relationships, individualized to an extent that separates them far from being typical.
MANDIĆ: MASKS ALREADY CARRY EMOTIONS IN ITSELF
Without words, but with masks, music and movement, Iva and Petar Mandić, who together make up The Mask Theatre (Theater Maska i Pokret) from Yugoslav Sarajevo, tell their surreal stories.
CONQUERING NEW THEATER SPACES
Ljubica Ostojić, theatre critic, writer, dramaturg
With a lot of faith and optimism, this young theatre couple presents a synthesis of their theoretical knowledge about theatre and an exceptional creative and interpretive level.
FAIRY TALE AND NOBLE SPACE
Liljana Mazova, theatre critic
And with this latest project, Iva and Petar Mandić, the authors of the script, direction, masks, costumes and choreography, showed us once again how by combining their enthusiasm, ambition and professionalism, they achieve perfection.
YUGOSLAV PUPPET FESTIVAL BUGOJNO
Ivan Ivanovski, theatre critic and theatre historian
This ensemble is unique in Yugoslavia. Their projects (all) are vital. "Blue Flowers" was shown in a park in Skopje and the whole show went from start to finish in a single round of applause.
TV BROADCAST “THE BLUE FLOWER FAIRY TALE”
The authors of this play, Petar and Iva Mandić, made a children's play this time, extremely rich and layered, and yet simple and clear.
PATIENT THEATER AUDIENCE
International Theater Festival "Young Open Theater" in the centre of attention of the Skopje cultural public.
Interviews
WHAT IS UNDER THE MASK OF MASK
Enver Dizdar, SVIJET magazine
In the official competition of the oldest festival of small and experimental scenes in our country.
UNDER THE VEIL OF THE MASK
Marko Kovačević, dramaturg, theatre critic
Experiences of "Theatre in the Living room". We came to talk about their theatre, about work, about plans.
ENTHUSIASM ALONE IS NOT ENOUGH
Nada Rakić, theatre critic
We are talking with Petar Mandić and Iva Kostović-Mandić, the founders of the theatre workshop "Maska i Pokret", which has been researching the function of the mask in theatre for already four years. ...
THE TWO OF THEM – THE WHOLE THEATER
Marko Kovačević, dramaturg, theatre critic;
Maska i Pokret: “In any case, the mask is an interesting enough theatrical tool, which we will certainly deal with for a long time to come.”
THE FACE FOR MASK
D. Hadžihasanović, theatre critic
Talks with Iva Kostović-Mandić and Petar Mandić about the achievements of their theatre "Maska i Pokret".
THEATRE IN THE HOUSE
With the status of independent artists, the couple Iva and Petar Mandić create their own theatre and create their own specific stage expression, based exclusively on masks, music and movement.
ABOUT THE AWARD AND A BIT MORE
Marko KOVAČEVIĆ, dramaturg and theatre critic
Talks to Iva and Petar Mandić about being guests at the Sitges Festival and about the significant Cau Ferrat award that these young artists received for the play "Mme Leopoldie's Memoires" at the festival.
MASKS IN MOTION
Theatre critic Jadranka VRANIĆ-BOŽOVIĆ talks with theatre artists Iva and Petar Mandić, founders and sole members of the group "Maska i Pokret"
ESSAYS
HOW TO START THE WHEEL?
Slobodan Blagojević, author, poet, philosopher thinking about theatre Maska i pokret
This is direct Theatre - like the greatest theatre I know, the Robert Wilson Theatre - a theatre that does not seek any mediation to act on us.
THE TRAVEL BOOK OF AN EXCITED SPECTATOR
Kaća Čelan, writer, theatre director, actress - impressions on the occasion of the premiere Somebody has Killed the Play
The author of this travelogue believes that such projects deserve the special literary-theatrical treatment, radical in any case in relation to the current theatre critique.
TALKING WITH MASK
Writer and philosopher Dževad KARAHASAN
Talks about "Mme Leopoldine's Memoires" performance by Theatre Maska i Pokret
THE INNER LIFE OF MASK
Slavko Milanović, playwright, dramaturg and theatre critic
Brings a very comprehensive review and 'in-depth' comparative analysis of one-act plays with masks by "Maska i Pokret" Theatre