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What are your plans for 2019? What can we expect at the Theatre on the Hill? Andrija: On 8 th March we will have the pre- miere of my new stand-up, called “Mama’s son”, written by Mijo Karadžić. We have the excellent plays “Dust” and “Be careful what you wish for”, and there will be various guest performances and concerts. We constantly talk about how our cul- ture has been pushed to the periphery, how such content doesn’t interest peo- ple, while the theatre auditoriums are almost always full. What is your im- pression? Andrija: I think that people adore the the- atre and that there are many people who want to see something live. It’s a completely different experience when something actually happens in front of your eyes, as opposed to watching a film in the cinema or on television. As such, the - atre will always have its own audience. Viktor: People who come to the theatre are still a minority compared to television audienc - es, who follows various kinds of ‘reality’ content. If somebody came along and asked you to choose what role you want to play, what would that be? Andrija: Richard III, that’s my dream. I’ll cer- tainly play that role, perhapps even right here on this stage. Viktor: I’ve always wanted to play Mark An - tony since my college days, when I read Shake - speare and his drama. Andrija, you’ve also started writing chil- dren’s poems and songs. What got you interested in creating for children? - My girlfriend, Sandra, is known as Đeđa, and two or three years ago I began writing po - ems about a little girl called Đeđa. I then later switched to other topics, so at one point I de- cided to publish them on Instagram to see how people would react. As everyone liked it, I wrote several more poems, and when the famous Lju - bivoje Ršumović told me that what I am doing is good, I took flight. You both loved sports when you were kids and that was your rst choice. Have you found yourselves in acting, what has it provided you with in total? Andrija: Acting is everything for me, that’s what I am. If i was separated from that I don’t think I would be anything. And with acting I am something, and that’s what God gives you and you don’t even know where it came from. Viktor: I did very well in sports, and as a child I thought that was what I would do for a living. At some point later I was interested in psychology, and then I realised that it would be easiest for me to be an actor, because then I can be all of that. In order to be a really good actor, you have to remain a child somewhere in your soul.
A ctors Andrija Milošević and Vik- tor Savić recently decided to launch their own battle for cul- ture. Thanks to them, Belgrade has received a new temple of the art of act- ing – The Theatre on the Hill. On the site of the former Šumadija cinema is now located a renovated and beautiful theatre hall, which is packed to the rafters for almost every per- formance. Two months have passed since the opening of the Theatre on the Hill. Have your expectations been ful lled? Andrija: Our expectations weren’t really high. We got into this as enthusiasts, we had and have ideas, but the public reacted fantas - tically and beyond our expectations. People obviously desire something new in the the - atre life of the city, so the Theatre on the Hill became a brand after just a month. Now it’s already known that nice things happen here and we are proud of that. Viktor: The situation is developing beyond our expectations. We do everything step by step, trying to do that which is up to us, giving our maximum, and it seems that this has been rec - ognised by the public. People simply recognise the initiative, so they also like to give it support. The theatre opened with the premiere performance of Nikola Pejaković’s play “Sugar is ne, except when cubed”, af- ter which you had three more repeat performances. Is it true that you sold all tickets online, despite not yet hav- ing a ticket o ce? Andrija: That’s right. We didn’t have a ticket office; we didn’t have anything. People bought tickets online and that’s how it start - ed. But now we have a ticket office, and during the course of this year we also need to sort out some other systemic things. We do everything as we go, because you can’t predict and do everything in advance.
Viktor: We booked those repeat perfor - mances in advance, but we didn’t know that such mass audiences would come. As such, in December we’d already sold tickets for the Jan - uary repertoire, which is phenomenal. Have you heard that you’re referred to as local heroes in the neighbourhood? Andrija: Hahaha, I didn’t know that. Both Viktor and I live near the Theatre, so I’m an atypi- cal Montenegrin, as I don’t live in the city centre. Viktor: I haven’t heard that either, but it’s great to be someone’s hero. Most of your colleagues have entered the world of production. They’re shoot- ing lmsandTVseries,whileyou’veopt- ed to revive the theatre. Why? Andrija: I’m more attached to the theatre. For me, theatre is life, and I feel much more like myself and am happier there than when working in television and film. I just worked as a co-producer of the film Taxi Blues, which is currently in cinemas, and that was incredibly interesting for me. That’s a wonderful come - dy, but what we create here is something that interests me, and that really fulfils me as a hu - man being. There are hundreds of thousands of citizens living in this part of the city, and there previously wasn’t a theatre here. Who creates the repertoire and who decides on it? Andrija: We generally all reach agree - ment. Of course, there’s also Sandra [Alek - sandra Tomić], who runs the entire children’s scene herself, so she also helps a lot. And giv - en that the two of us also live together, we turned our living room into an office and de - voted ourselves entirely to this. What do you disagree about the most? Viktor: So far we really don’t have a sin - gle point about which we’ve argued. Although we are quite different, we have the same vi - sion, and we wouldn’t even have entered in- to this if our essential and ultimate ideas wer -
Uvek mi je bila želja da igram Marka Antonija, kaže Viktor I’ve always wanted to play Mark Antony, says Viktor
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