“Three winters” bring to the stage of the Metropol Theater Yllka Mujon, Luiza Xhuvani, Marjeta Ljarjen and Viktor Zhustin

The play comes with the extraordinary participation of actors: Yllka Mujo, Luiza Xhuvani, Marjeta Ljarja, Viktor Zhusti, Sokol Angjeli, Elia Zaharia, Armela Demaj, Sonila Kapidani, Xhino Musollari, Klea Konomi, Kastriot Ramollari, Klesta Shero, Injona Pero , Amri Hasanlliu and Lindar Kaja.

This play written by the Croatian author is a work that follows the fates of four generations of women of a family during a turbulent century. It is a work that sheds light on the problems in modern society by observing the state of the world from the perspective of women.

The events of the work take place in a villa built in 1898 in Zagreb, Croatia. This journey through time takes place over 75 years, where events focus on three winters, on three different points of development of the country, in 1945 during the creation of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, in 1990 until its dissolution, and then until in 2011 when independent Croatia aspires and negotiates to join the EU. While the focus of the play is only one house and one family, in that house is written the whole recent history of Croatia and together with it the main political forces and ideological changes that have shaped modern Europe.

“There are three historical periods of transition that have passed or continue to be in process the peoples of our region, both Albania and Croatia with a complete resemblance to the realities of three periods: in 1945 with the coming to power of the communists, in 1990 the arrival of a fragile democracy and in 2011 still unresolved property and the attempt to enter Europe.

These periods are observed through a family’s journey to Zagreb, Croatia. “Three long winter nights, in three historical periods with decisive events that change the logical course of these characters, as well as personal events,” says director Rozi Kostani. According to her, this work deals with the story of an eclectic family, held together by the courage to survive.

“From the remnants of the monarchy, through communism, then democracy, war and eventual acceptance into a wider Europe, four generations of Kos women, each more independent than the other, who must adapt to survive. The only constant is the house: built by the aristocrats, divided, nationalized, it is a witness of the passing generations “, says the director Rozi Kostani.

Stivicic had her first success as a playwright in 1999 with Can’t Escape Sundays, which premiered in Slovenia and Serbia, as well as in her native country.

Her works have since been staged in Germany, and in 2007 Fragile! premiere at Arcola in London. It was staged in London between immigrants from Serbia and Croatia and has since been seen in several Balkan countries.

Tena Stivicic lived part of this turbulent period. He now resides in London. The author grew up in Croatia and was only 13 years old when Yugoslavia began to disintegrate and ethnic tensions erupted into a terrible war. Her family, living in Zagreb, was relatively secure. Tena ivtiviçi’s drama “3 Winters” premiered at the National Theater, London, in November 2014 and won the 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Award.

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