Like all adolescents, Adrian Mole has only one question - why do I have it the worst in the world. Sue Townsend’s books "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole (aged 13 3/4)", "The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole", "The True Confessions of Adrian Mole" marked, comforted, encouraged and cheered up the most sensitive years of many teenagers. Although The Secret Diary is still read today, it is also coming back to the world of today's youth with this performance of the "Boško Buha" Theatre.
Playwright Milena Depolo and director Tanja Mandić Rigonat chose key events from the life of a lower-class English teenager in the era of Margaret Thatcher for the play "The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole". The specific era of Thatcherism, the punk movement and rebellion, which was refracted through street art, clothes, music, books, was retained in the play. The problems of Adrian Mole (Mladen Lero) are similar to modern local youth - he has pimples, his parents are divorcing, he suffers violence at school, he is unhappily in love. Most of the problems are solved by themselves, and Adrian points out that life is a succession of good and bad events and you just have to survive them. As Adrian's diaries were an integral part of my growing up and maturing, and the cynical, witty scoundrel Adrian Mole is one of my favorite literary heroes, I admit my non-objectivity and bias towards books, so I leave the floor to the audience.
Divna Stojanov
AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS:
"The show is great! I am 13 years old and I completely found myself in the character of Adrian Mole. Very similar things happen to me and my friends." ( age 13)
"I really liked the show! Especially the end when Adrian says that life is made up of both good and bad events, and that the bad will pass. That comforted me." (aged 13)
"Next year is my 13th birthday and it means for me to see what awaits me in life. Just so I don't get pimples! Oh, if only I didn't have pimples!" (aged 12)
"I didn't like it when Adrian and Pandora kissed. They could have just hugged each other, that's enough." (aged 8)
"It was really exciting for me! A lot happens, but everything turns out great in the end!" (aged 11)
P.S. Theatrical view is not intended as a theatre critique, nor as a presentation of the play, but as a set of impressions of a playwright and the audience immediately after watching the play.