Gavran Fest, the theatre festival consisting of four plays based on the dramatic works of Miro Gavran, will be held from 22nd to 25th October, 2020 at the Opera & Theatre Madlenianum.  Audience will have a chance to see the actors from Belgrade, Nis and Zagreb on the Large stage of Madlenianum.

Miro Gavran, the most prolific contemporary Croatian writer, was born in 1961. He graduated in Dramaturgy from the Academy of Theatre, Film and Television in Zagreb. He is the author of 50 dramatic texts which have had more than 350 premieres around the world and have been seen by more than four million spectators. He has also had ten novels published, two collections of short stories, a poetry collection and ten books for children and young people as well. Three scripts, six television works and 32 radio dramas of Miro Gavran have been screened and three musicals and an opera have been created by his librettos. Books of Miro Gavran have come out in 200 different editions both in Croatia and throughout the world. He is by far the most translated Croatian writer as his works have been translated into more than 40 languages.

Miro Gavran has received about thirty literary and theatre awards. Among them is Central European Time Award in 1999, given in Budapest to the best Central European authors for overall opus, as well as the European Circle Award, given to writers for the confirmation of European values in their texts. Miro Gavran is an associate member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts in Zagreb, a member of the Russian Academy of Literature in Moscow and the Slovenian Academy of Literature and Arts in the Bulgarian city of Varna.

Gavran is the only living playwright in the world who has had a theatre festival (GavranFest) dedicated solely to his plays and comedies in four different countries. The first Gavran Fest was held in the city of Trnava in Slovakia in 2003 followed by the festivals in Krakow in Poland, Prague in the Czech Republic and Augsburg in Germany. Belgrade Gavran Fest, which will be held at the Opera and Theater Madlenianum, is the 11th GavranFest.

In addition, in spring 2019 the Days of Miro Gavran in Mostar were held. Also, since 2015, every autumn in Nova Gradiska in Croatia the literary - theatrical manifestation the Flight with Gavran has been held, with the international professional symposium Miro Gavran – Prosaist and Playwright organized in its first year.

Miro Gavran and his wife, an actress Mladena Gavran, founded the Gavran Theatre in 2002. The theatre was opened with the monocomedy Hotel Babylon, the play that is going to be a participant at Gavran Fest in Belgrade. The monocomedy, with 11 roles performed by Mladena Gavran, has been performed more than 200 times and won numerous significant awards. The Gavran Theatre has on average one premiere a year and about a hundred revivals. Since 2011, Jakov Gavran, Miro and Mladena’s son, has been performing at the Gavran Theatre alongside a number of Croatian theatre stars. Since 2014, every summer the Days of the Gavran Theatre been held in the town of Mali Losinj on the Adriatic coast.

The secret of success and captivation of Miro Gavran's works probably lies in the cognition of optimism, in the fact that the emotions evoked by Gavran's works are positive, warm and open, and it is appreciated. Miro Gavran belongs to a small number of playwrights who know how to make the audience laugh on the one hand, but also how to bring tears of sympathy and sadness to a spectator’s eyes. Gavran’s works are recognized everywhere in the world, because human feelings are everywhere the same.

The initiator and manager of Gavran Fest in Belgrade is the owner and founder of Madlenianum, Mrs. Madlena Zepter and the selector of the festival program is Ana Radivojevic Zdravkovic, the director of drama of the Opera and Theater Madlenianum.

Gavran Fest program includes the following performances:

-22 October, Night of The Gods (Theatre Three Actors from Belgrade), directed by Marko Manojlovic, with the actors Vojin Cetkovic, Dejan Lutkic and Nebojsa Cile Ilic

-23 October, It’s Hard to Say Goodbye (Theatre Vihor from Belgrade), directed by Marija Barna Lipkovski, with theactors Nina Jankovic, Ivan Mihailovic and Nevena Vukes

-24 October, The Ice Cream (The National Theatre from Nis), directed by Z. Milovanovic, with the actors Ivana Nedovic and Nadja Nedovic Tekinder

- 25 October, Hotel Babylon (Gavran Theatre from Zagreb), directed by Aida Bukic, performed by Mladena Gavran

In addition to the aforementioned main program and within the accompanying program of the Gavran Fest, the promotion of the book Selected Comedies of Miro Gavran will be held on 24 October at noon at Belle Etage, with the Macedonian theatrologist and playwright Venko Andonovski speaking. Upon the book presentation, the public reading of The Beer comedy will be held, with the actors Dragan Vujic Vujke, Lako Nikolic and Nadezda Kostic participating.

GAVRAN FEST u MADLENIANUMU

U Operi i teatru Madlenianum od 22. do 25. oktobra 2020. biće održan GAVRA NFEST, pozorišni festival na kojem će biti prikazane četiri predstave nastale po dramskim delima Mire Gavrana. Publika će moći da vidi na Velikoj sceni Madlenianuma glumce iz Beograda, Niša i Zagreba. 

Miro Gavran, najplodniji savremeni hrvatski pisac, rođen je 1961. godine. Diplomirao je dramaturgiju na Akademiji za kazalište, film i televiziju u Zagrebu. Autor je 50 dramskih tekstova od kojih je nastalo više od 350 premijera širom sveta, a njegova dramska dela na sceni videlo je preko 4 miliona gledalaca. Takođe je objavio 10 romana, dve zbirke kratkih priča, jednu zbirku poezije, kao i 10 knjiga za decu i mlade. Ekrenizovana su tri filmska scenarija Mire Gavrana, šest televizijskih dela i 32 radio drame, a po njegovim libretima nastala su tri mjuzikla i jedno opersko delo. Knjige Mire Gavrana doživele su preko 200 izdanja kako u Hrvatskoj, tako i u zemljama širom sveta. On spada u daleko najprevođenije hrvatske pisce jer su njegova dela prevedena na više od 40 jezika.

Miro Gavran dobitnik je tridesetak književnih i pozorišnih nagrada. Među njima se izdavajaju Nagrada CENTRAL EUROPEAN TIME 1999. koja se u Budimpešti dodeljuje najboljim srednjeevropskim piscima za celokupan opus, kao i Nagrada EVROPSKI KRUG 2003. za afirmaciju evropskih vrednosti u svojim tekstovima. Miro Gavran dopisni je član Hrvatske akademije znanosti i umjetnosti u Zagrebu, član Ruske akademije književnosti u Moskvi i Slovenske akademije književnosti i umetnosti u bugarskom gradu Varna.

Gavran je jedini živi dramski autor na svetu kojem je nekoliko zemalja organizovalo pozorišni festival (GAVRAN FEST) na kojem se izvode predstave nastale isključivo prema njegovim dramskim delima. Prvi GAVRAN FEST održan je u Trnavi u Slovačkoj 2003. godine, a potom su se Festivali održavali i u Krakovu u Poljskoj, u Pragu u Češkoj i Augsburgu u Nemačkoj. Beogradski GAVRAN FEST koji će biti održan u Operi i teatru Madlenianum biće 11. GAVRAN FEST po redu.

Osim toga, u proleće 2019. godine bili su održani “Dani Mire Gavrana u Mostaru”. Takođe se od 2015. svake jeseni u Novoj Gradiški u Hrvatskoj održava književno – pozorišna manifestacija LET S GAVRANOM, na kojoj je prve godine upriličen i međunarodni simpozijum MIRO GAVRAN – PROZNI I KAZALIŠNI PISAC.

Godine 2002. Miro Gavran i njegova supruga glumica Mladena Gavran osnovali su Teatar GAVRAN. Pozorište je otvoreno upravo monokomedijom HOTEL BABILON koja će biti učesnik GAVRANFESTA u Beogradu. Ta monokomedija u kojoj Mladena Gavran tumači 11 uloga izvedena je više od 200 puta i osvojila je brojne značajne nagrade. Teatar GAVRAN u proseku izvede jednu premijeru godišnje i odigra oko stotinu repriza. Od 2011. godine u Teatru GAVRAN pored Mladene i mnogobrojnih zvezda hrvatskog glumišta počinje da igra i Mirov i Mladenin sin glumac Jakov Gavran. U gradu Malom Lošinju na jadranskoj obali od 2014. godine svakog leta održavaju se DANI TEATRA GAVRAN.

Tajna uspeha i privlačnosti dela Mire Gavrana verovatno najviše počiva u spoznaji optimizma, u tome što su emocije koje pobuđuju Gavranovi komadi pozitivne, tople i otvorene, a to ljudi cene. Miro Gavran pripada malom broju dramatičara koji znaju kako da nasmeju publiku s jedne strane, ali i kako da iz gledaočeva oka izmame suzu saosećanja i tuge. Gavranovi komadi prihvaćeni su svuda u svetu jer su ljudska osećanja svuda ista.

Inicijator i direktor GAVRAN FESTA u Beogradu je vlasnica i osnivač Madlenianuma gospođa Madlena Zepter, dok je selektor festivalskog programa direktorka drame Opere i teatra Madlenianum Ana Radivojević Zdravković.

Program GAVRAN FESTA obuhvataju sledeće predstave:

-22. oktobra NOĆ BOGOVA (Teatar Tri glumca iz Beograda) u režiji Marka Manojlovića, sa glumcima Vojinom Ćetkovićem, Dejanom Lutkićem i Nebojšom Ciletom Ilićem

-23. oktobra TEŠKO JE REĆI ZBOGOM (Teatar Vihor iz Beograda) u režiji Marije Barne Lipkovski, sa glumcima Draganom Dabović, Ivanom Mihailovićem i Nevenom Vukes

-24. oktobra SLADOLED (Narodno pozorište iz Niša) u režiji Spasoja Ž. Milovanovića, sa glumicama Ivanom Nedović i Nadjom Nedović Tekinder

- 25.oktobra HOTEL BABILON (Teatar Gavran iz Zagreba) u režiji Aide Bukić i izvođenju Mladene Gavran

Osim navedenog glavnog programa, GAVRAN FEST će 24. oktobra u podne na Belle Etage-u imati u okviru pratećeg programa promociju knjige ODABRANE KOMEDIJE Mire Gavrana na kojoj će govoriti makedonski teatrolog i dramaturg Venko Andonovski. Odmah posle predstavljanja knjige održaće se javno čitanje komedije PIVO u kojem će učestvovati glumci Dragan Vujić Vujke, Lako Nikolić i Nadežda Kostić.  

U protekle 33 godine u Srbiji sam imao 16 teatarskih premijera, a jedna od najuspješnijih bila je Tajna Grete Garbo u Teatru MADLENIANUM s Tanjom Bošković u naslovnoj ulozi, zato sam izuzetno srećan što su vodeći ljudi Teatra MADLENIANUM poželeli organizovati 11. GavranFest, čime je Srbija postala peta zemlja  koja mi je ukazala tu čast, nakon Slovačke, Poljske, Češke i Nemačke.
Srećna okolnost je da u ovome trenutku imam nekoliko izvrsnih živih predstava na repertoaru srpskih teatara sa sjajnim glumcima, pa se usuđujem verovati da će ovaj festival  biti kvalitetan i da će pružiti zadovoljstvo ljubiteljima teatra.

Miro Gavran, pisac drama