{"id":2475,"date":"2025-12-14T23:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2026-01-30T12:22:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T11:22:48","slug":"mrki-theatre-a-small-theatrical-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.katjarestovic.com\/en\/multimedia\/mrki-theatre-a-small-theatrical-family\/","title":{"rendered":"Mrki Theatre \u2013 a Small Theatrical Family"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mrki Theatre from Pore\u010d is one of those theatrical miracles that are not planned but grow spontaneously, born out of pure love for the stage. Over the decade of its existence, the ensemble gathered everyone \u2014 from seven-year-old children to the oldest theatre enthusiasts \u2014 and at one point counted as many as twenty-seven members. Generations breathed, learned, and created together, functioning like a true small theatrical family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kako su nastajale predstave<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause they had trouble with existing scripts, it was easier for me to write dramatic texts specifically for them,\u201d recalls Katja Restovi\u0107, who led the ensemble throughout all ten years. \u201cI knew them well and could tailor each role so that the actor could carry it. That\u2019s how we created plays that were truly ours, shaped around our ensemble.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During those years, an entire gallery of successful productions emerged. In 2012, Restovi\u0107 wrote and directed \u201cWe Are All the Same (Under the Skin)\u201d, and in the same year created an adaptation of the fairy tale \u201cThe Princess and the Pea\u201d, performed in the Pore\u010d Theatre in 2012 and 2013. In 2014, the production travelled to the Zlatni Lav Festival in Umag, where it made a strong impression and confirmed the vitality and energy of this small but dedicated ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The 2013\/2014 season brought the comedy \u201cIn a Rush\u201d, and in 2013 the ensemble took part in Theatre Night with a specially created performance for the event. In 2014, Restovi\u0107 adapted and directed another fairy tale, \u201cThe Emperor\u2019s New Clothes\u201d, once again returning the ensemble to a playful, imaginative world of children\u2019s literature. At the same time, she began work on the feature film \u201cGates of Redemption\u201d, for which she wrote the screenplay and took on the role of director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Face Sounds Dangerous<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next creative phase, between 2016 and 2020, was marked by the parody-comedy \u201cYour Face Sounds Dangerous\u201d, performed in 2016 at the Pore\u010d Theatre. The production became legendary within the ensemble because it was created without a single full rehearsal. \u201cI worked on different sections with different groups of people, and we put everything together only at the dress rehearsal. And the ensemble had sixty people at the time!\u201d Restovi\u0107 recalls. \u201cBut we succeeded \u2014 and it was a moment I will never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the years, many members helped shape the identity of Mrki Theatre \u2014 among them \u017ditomir Klari\u010di\u0107, Anamarija Tubakovi\u0107, Azeglio Picco, Patrick Darer, Alenka Koreli\u0107 Lu\u010di\u0107, Daliborka \u0160kofi\u0107, Jak\u0161a Grgi\u0107, Sven Djula, Nenad Sin\u010di\u0107, Fedora Matej\u010di\u0107, Franca Kleinert, and many others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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For Katja Restovi\u0107, working in Mrki Theatre remains one of her most precious experiences. \u201cThey taught me so much, and I taught them. It was mutual education and affection. I learned a lot about theatre, but also about patience, dramaturgy, and working with people. It was an incredible synergy of creativity, work, and friendship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Izazovi i inspiracija<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The greatest challenge over the years was not artistic but logistical: getting all members together for rehearsals. Yet it was precisely such challenges that made the ten years of Mrki Theatre unforgettable \u2014 both for the ensemble and for the audience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe all remained good friends,\u201d Restovi\u0107 concludes. \u201cIt was ten years of companionship, creation, and shared growth. One of those stories that happens only once.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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