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Tena Stivicic

TENA STIVICIC

  
Nationality:    Croatian
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Literary Agent:    Curtis Brown Group Ltd  

Tena Stivicic holds a BA in Dramaturgy from the Academy of Dramatic Art in Zagreb and an MA in Writing for Performance from Goldmsiths College, University in London. Her plays Cant Escape Sundays (2000), At Deathbed (1998), The Two of Us (2002), Fragile! (2004), Fireflies (2007), Felix (2008) and plays for children Perceval  the Quest for the Grail (2001) and Psssst! (2004) have been produced across Europe and translated and published in a number of languages. They won numerous awards including European Authors Award and Innovation Award at Heidelberg Stueckemarkt 2008 for Fragile!

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         3 Winters         Broken Voices         Europa         Felix         Fragile         Invisible         Nine Tenths         We Come in Peace (a.k.a. Fragile)

3 Winters

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From the remnants of monarchy to Communism, democracy, war and the EU: Croatia 1945-2011. The Kos family argue, adapt, fall in and out of love. I will never understand why dinner conversation with you lot always turns so damn contentious. Why can't we have some pleasant anecdotes for example. World after world is erected and torn down around them. The one constant is the ivy-clad house in Zagreb, built by aristocrats, partitioned, owned by all, owned by a few; witness to four increasingly educated and independent generations of women. But when the family assemble for Lucia's wedding, Alisa learns that her nouveau-riche brother-in-law has bought the once nationalized house. For the bride this is progress, for her sister it's a shady act of greed. For their principled parents, finally, it's one battle too many. Against a country in turmoil, Tena `tivi?i?'s 3 Winters creates the portrait of an eclectic family, held together by the courage to survive.

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Broken Voices

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part of A series of new short plays exploring the passions, Absurdities, exhilaration And despair of elections Around the world.

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Europa

Europa
Join characters from across Europe as they struggle to make sense of their ever-changing countries. From a confused Arts funding panel in Brussels to a young couple suspected of being terrorists, a multi-cultural mix of 21st Century issues are explored in this satiric and savagely comic snapshot of European life. Post 9/11 paranoia, neo-fascism and a crumbling currency entwine in this exciting new production - the result of a unique collaboration between theatres in the UK, Germany, Poland and Croatia. the differing viewpoints and four languages have combined to create a must-see explosive exploration of a continent in crisis. This edition features both the multi-lingual and the English text, and has an introduction by the dramaturg behind the project, Caroline Jester.

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written by Lutz Hubner, Malgorzata Sikorska-Miszczuk, Tena Stivicic and Steve Waters

1st Produced:
Zekaem(ZKM), Zagreb, Croatia    Apr 2013

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Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Teatr Polski Bydgoszcz, Staatsschauspiel Dresden and Zagreb Youth Theatre

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Felix

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about street gangs, drug-taking and gun culture in London today

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Fragile

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A darkly humorous play about the people behind the tabloid stories of migrant workers and sex-trafficking in today's Europe - the first play in English by an award-winning writer who is well-known in her native Croatia. London 2007: an aspiring actress from Croatia, a Serbian stand-up comedian, a Bulgarian mafioso, a Norwegian journalist, a sex-trafficking victim. . . Big city, big dreams, big fall.

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Invisible

Invisible
A funny, moving and topical portrayal of the world in flux, Invisible explores the many sides of migration. Lara left home convinced that hard work and talent would reward her with a better life. Anton was forced to leave his village and finds himself suspended sixteen floors above a city cleaning windows. Malik stands on a beach and looks out towards a country where women apparently walk around half-naked. Felix, a young businessman with a pretty wife and a lucrative future, finds it difficult to get out of bed in the mornings. Amid the world of visas and wind turbines, commuter flights and nightclubs, fairy tales and tabloid press a chance meeting drives disparate lives towards a chilling point of no return. . .

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Nine Tenths

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shows how two elderly communists struggle to adapt to a new world in which their advertising directordaughter is thriving

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Tristan Bates, London    2005

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New Company, part of Broken Voices

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We Come in Peace (a.k.a. Fragile)

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