My Husband

Rumena Bužarovska is one of the brightest stars among the young generation of writers in our region. Each new book receives much attention, as her stories bring a very accurate yet highly critical portrait of today’s society and its perversion. At the same time, they are a fierce satire that takes no one for an innocent and therefore leaves no one spared. No wonder then that it did not take long before her prose found its way to the stage in a myriad of interpretations. The Zagreb Youth theatre is about to present the play My Husband that draws from two short story collections of hers, namely, ”My Husband” and ”I’m Not Going Anywhere”, both investigating a range of women’s experiences and their place in the general experience of the contemporary world – a world in which it is hard to find direction and cope. In their essence, these are deeply intimate stories that reflect economic, social, or political circumstances in which women live as protagonists and witnesses. As a matter of course, all these destinies entail husbands (as in the title), and then the children, and parents, and all those people who build their fate and experience into an interesting mosaic of life. Following this premise, My Husband stages a play(ground) for almost the entire women’s ensemble of the Zagreb Youth Theatre to take us on a witty yet poignant voyage with women who dare to claim their piece of freedom and be who they really are, speak their hearts and minds with a sharp tongue in cheek, a bit of nostalgia, absolute genuineness, and audacity at all times.