\n“Battle of the Neretva, a performance by Zagreb’s Shadow Casters, is a chain of personal, political, cultural, and social aspects, conflicts, battles, dilemmas, riddles, and retrospections. It refuses to be shaped into any definite clarity, because it chooses to remain contradictory. Likely one of the best stage performances about Yugoslav history, assembled in a genre of alternating confrontation and reflection\u2014conditions for healing wounds.”<\/em>
\u2014 Rok Vevar, Sigledal<\/em>, Ljubljana, 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n“Performed at the Karver Bookstore, the show by Zagreb\u2019s Shadow Casters, well known to Bitef audiences, is a complex stage work blending lecture-performance elements with dense dramaturgy. Based on a discussion of production details from the film \u2018Battle of the Neretva\u2019, the performers disassemble and reassemble private and public history.”<\/em>
\u2014 Ana Tasi\u0107, Politika<\/em>, September 12, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n“In the finale, they squeeze lemon juice into their eyes and chew raw onions, discussing authenticity versus fiction. Horrifying to watch, these acts raise the question: are we blind to truth? The performance masterfully blurs the line between biography and fiction, demanding the viewer to question memory itself.”<\/em>
\u2014 Olga Vujovi\u0107, Kritikaz<\/em>, March 1, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n“This ‘search for Archimedes\u2019 point in the universe’ reflects the Shadow Casters\u2019 obsession with reconnecting the fractured threads of our lives and finding peace with the ghosts of the past. The two performers, possibly descendants of men who fought on different sides, argue, cry, wear partisan, Chetnik, and Ustasha hats, and physically clash\u2014but they keep talking. The performance resembles the brilliant book ‘The Oak Trees That Fall’, imagining a dialogue across ideological divides.”<\/em>
\u2014 Bojan Munjin, Portal Novosti<\/em>, March 13, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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