KUĆA MRTVIH / THE DEAD HOUSE - 15.3.2026. Studio EXIT
KUĆA MRTVIH
Izvodi: Martin Beanz Warde
"Monodrama počinje s Patrickom, urednim u crnim trapericama, crnoj jakni i crnim Chelsea čizmama, koji se obraća četvrtom zidu s jednostavne blagovaonske stolice. Zidovi su crni poput njegove odjeće. Brzo shvaćamo da se Mrtva kuća - nije izraz koji naš ožalošćeni voli - odnosi na mjesto gdje pokojnik leži prije nego što krene na groblje.
Predstava je mračna komedija, a Patrick je Putnik, član zasebne etničke autohtone irske nomadske zajednice. Patrick na kraju napušta svoje mjesto i šeta nas po kući. U kupaonici nailazi na mrtvačevu četkicu za zube. Drugdje nailazi na tradicionalnu karavanu u obliku bačve i razmišlja odakle je došao i kamo ide. Warde je najpoznatiji kao stand-up komičar, a mnogo toga što je pamtljivo u Mrtvoj kući moglo bi se svrstati pod Promatrački humor. Tko iz ove zemlje neće prepoznati njegovu ekonomičnu skicu domaćeg sprovoda? Muškarci su previše ponosni da bi pokazali emocije. Žene se okupljaju crno poput vrana oko lijesa."
THE DEAD HOUSE
Performed by: Martin Beanz Warde
"The one-man showbegins with Patrick, neat in black jeans, black jacket and black Chelsea boots, addressing the fourth wall from a simple dining chair. The walls are as black as his clothes. We gather quickly that the Dead House – not a phrase our mourner enjoys – refers to the place where the deceased lies before making his trip to the graveyard.
The play is a dark comedy and Patrick is Traveller, a member of a distinct ethnic indigenous Irish nomadic community. Patrick eventually leaves his seat and walks us about the house. In the bathroom he encounters the deadman’s toothbrush. Elsewhere he comes across a traditional barrel-shaped caravan and considers where he came from and where he is going. Warde is best known as a stand-up comic, and much that is memorable in The Dead House could be filed under Observational Humour. Who from this country will not recognise his economic sketch of a domestic funeral? The men are too proud to show emotion. The women gather blackly like crows around the coffin."