Lapland

Lapland

Its style somewhat resembles the works of Yasmina Reza, particularly God of Carnage, a play that was also successfully performed at the Croatian National Theatre in Split, also directed by Nenni Delmestre. The plot of this story is set in Lapland, where one sister and her family visit the other sister's family for the Christmas holidays, looking forward to the Christmas joys and their children meeting the "real" Lappish Santa Claus. Problems arise when the Nordic branch of the family refuses to participate in this custom, and their four-year-old daughter explains to her five-year-old cousin that Santa Claus does not exist and that he gets presents from his parents. From that moment, a Pandora's box explodes, revealing various family secrets, but above all, conflicts over the cultural differences between an "orderly" Nordic society and an "irresponsible and sloppy" Mediterranean lifestyle (in Nenni Delmestre’s adaptation, Catalonia becomes Dalmatia). Does Santa Claus serve only to introduce children to an empty world of false materialism, or is it an innocent childhood illusion that enriches and prolongs the right to childhood? Through the conflict of the two sisters and their husbands (one a Finn, the other a Dalmatian) over their views on raising children, this lucid comedy deals with an interesting topic: is exclusive rationality the recipe for a "better world," or can the world still be saved with a little magic and childhood illusions? The frozen polar Christmas Eve of the quarreling sisters and their husbands is ultimately melted by love, with the help of a magical event...

Translation and Dramaturgical Adaptation

Nenni Delmestre

Director

Nenni Delmestre

Set Design, Costume Design, Music

Lina Vengoechea

Lighting Design

Miroslav Mamić

Sound Design

Marko Mandić

Monika

Monika Vuco Carev

Robi

Pere Eranović

Olavi

Nikša Arčanin

Nela

Zorana Kačić Čatipović

The "Nada Subotić" Award for the best acting performance by a young actress under 28 years of age (Monika Vuco Carev for the role of Monika)