Ivana Sajko
At Some Point We’ll Laugh About This
She is a talented actress without a regular employment, so she supports herself doing humiliating occasional
jobs. He is a promising writer, dreaming of penning a bestseller, while writing articles and columns for peanuts. Their fees do not cover even their monthly rent costs, and their dream of a full-time job and a successful career is becoming increasingly unrealistic. When they have an unplanned baby whom they cannot afford, their relationship becomes even more strained.
Jednom ćemo se ovom smijati, 2019
Stage adaptation of Ivana Sajko's Romance Novel (Ljubavni roman, 2015)
World premiere
Performance length is 1 hour and 30 minutes and has no pause.
Creators
Translator
Polona Glavan
Director and set designer
Anja Suša
Dramaturg
Petra Pogorevc
Costume designer
Maja Mirković
Choreographer
Damjan Kecojević
Language consultant
Martin Vrtačnik
Lighting designer
Boštjan Kos
Sound designer
Tomaž Božič
Assistant to dramaturg
Nika Korenjak
Assistant to costume designer
Janez Koleša
Assistant to costume designer
Nina Čehovin
Actors
She
Ajda Smrekar
He
Filip Samobor
Child
Voranc Boh
Good people
Tanja Dimitrievska
Jaka Lah
Gašper Jarni
Lena Hribar Škrlec
At Some Point We’ll Laugh About This is a stage adaptation of the bestselling Romance Novel (2015) by the Berlinbased contemporary Croatian writer, dramaturg, performer and director Ivana Sajko, commissioned for the Ljubljana City Theatre. The play is a subtle portrayal of the existential plight of young, well-educated people in contemporary post-communist transition society.
The impossibility of finding employment and the precarious struggle for survival prevent young people from becoming financially independent and enjoy living a decent life.
Not only does Sajko analyse the relationship between Her and Him, which is getting increasingly alienated, strained, mutually unforgiving and sometimes openly hostile due to the increasing pressures, she also lucidly portrays the character of the Child, who feels the consequences of parental problems and frustrations. Sajko depicts a society in which the few well-off do not understand the hosts of the poor, while also examining whether the present moment might be the right one for a social revolution and a fairer world order.