CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
What is crime today, does punishment follow every crime, is every perpetrator punished or are only victims punished – by inaction? Why are some crimes relativised depending on the social and cultural context in which people find themselves? Why, if relativism offers the most serious arguments against moral responsibility? These are just some of the questions addressed by the cast of Crime and Punishment.
The play, inspired by the novel by Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky and directed by Emilija Mrdaković, is an interactive puppet monodrama.
YOUTH THEATRE, NOVI SAD, REPUBLIC OF SERBIA
The Youth Theatre was founded in 1932 as The Puppet Theatre within the Novi Sad Sokol Society. It started operating under the name Vojvodina Puppet Theatre immediately following World War II. It later changed its name to City Puppet Theatre and then the Puppet Theatre. In 1968, the theatre was given its present name. The Evening Stage, later the Drama Stage, started operating in 1991. Since then, the Youth Theatre has been divided into two stages: the Children’s Stage and the Drama Stage. The plays are performed in the Great Hall and the Small Hall. In over nine decades of existence, more than 300 new premieres were held, more than 20 000 shows were performed, and almost three million people attended them. For its work, the Youth Theatre received numerous awards both at home, in Vojvodina and the entire Republic, and at international festivals and competitions.
