Nejc Gazvoda    

A soft breath

Year of writing: 2018
"There, mum, this is your photo-album."
Total cast size: 6 (4 f, 2 m)

grown-ups

drama, one-act play
interpersonal relations, loneliness, identity crisis, family

A year since the death of the father, a family gathers in what was once their common home. Through the process of saying goodbye to Kiddo [Tamala] who is leaving to go to university in Ljubljana and whilst everyone is giving her plenty of life-advice, the family’s story is slowly revealed. A story, just like every family’s story, full of different kinds of pain.

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Awards, nominations, shortlists and recommendations

Slavko Grum Award for Best Play

The script was published in the programme of Ljubljana City Theater [MGL] in 2018/2019 season. What initially reads as a very wordy Chekhovian exchange is actually grounded in the pauses. The silence between the lines reveals growing fears, failure to face new social circumstances, frustrated personal relationships and the claustrophobia of closeness. The play offers a range of dramaturgical and directorial challenges with the physical absence of two key family members, Marjan, the deceased father, and Tijan, an absent grandchild. The script will also meet any actors’ aspirations. The skill of the characterisation expressed through stylistically brilliant dialogue will no doubt encourage recurring creative readings for staging interpretations.

2019

Borštnikova nagrada za izvirno dramsko besedilo 2019

Nejcu Gazvodi v izvirnem dramskem besedilu Tih vdih uspe ujeti glas generacije navadnih ljudi v posttranzicijskem obdobju slovenske družbe skozi formo družinske drame. Avtor dosledno in natančno izpelje tako dramski lok družinske zgodbe kakor tudi lok dramskih likov in njihovih medsebojnih odnosov, ob čemer upošteva "četrto steno", ki jo mestoma tudi preči. Poleg tega, da je avtor ujel trenutek življenja v Sloveniji danes, je dramsko besedilo univerzalno in prenosljivo tudi v druga okolja.

2019

Play's productions

Directed by: Nejc Gazvoda

Tih vdih

Mestno gledališče Ljubljana, 2018

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