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[Performance Title]
[2024]  · [Kumanovo Theatre]

[What You Will]

[Man or woman — what they will. Do not kill.]

by  [William Shakespeare]
directed by  Srđan Janićijević

Twelfth Night is Shakespeare at his funniest—and his most dangerous. Identities slip, gender flips, love misfires, and sex becomes a kind of chaos: desire unpinned from rules, bodies, categories. On stage, it’s a riot. Outside the theatre, the same freedom still triggers panic, hatred, even violence. Travesty is subversive because it exposes how fragile “normal” really is. Shakespeare doesn’t just make jokes—he holds up a mirror to a world terrified of desire, and of anyone being what they will.

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[This production of As You Like It brought to light the subtle discomfort that is sometimes felt in the audience, especially when it cleverly challenges us to confront some of our ingrained ideas about women, men, homophobia, and our obsession with—and misuse of—the internet. In this way, it successfully highlighted tension without directly “accusing” the audience of their stereotypes. If the goal was to provoke thought and conversation through wit and an invitation to self-reflection, it certainly succeeded.]

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[The production artfully challenged deep-seated stereotypes surrounding gender, homophobia, and digital culture, sparking self-reflection without alienating the audience.]

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[A choice of free will, a way of reconciling an irreconcilable view of the world. Easy to say, but incredibly hard to shape on stage. But the team pulled it off masterfully, and this is definitely a show worth seeing.]

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