Friday, May 9, 2025 · 7:30 p.m.
Big Stage
Youth Theater, Novi Sad, Serbia
Recommended for audiences aged 16 and up
Author: Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz
Director: Lyudmila Fyodorova
Set & Costume Design: Andrey Zaporozhskiy
Music: Eljbert Khalmurzaev
Choreography / Stage Movement: Ista Stepanov
Video Design: Anastasia Kuznetsova
Cast:
The first head of the Dragon - Ivan Đurić and Marija Radovanov
The second head of Dragon - Slobodan Ninković and Uroš Lazović
The third head of the Dragon - Ivan Đurić
Lancelot - Aleksa Ilić
Elsa - Ksenija Mitrović
First friend - Neda Danilović
Another friend - Slavica Vučetić
Charlemagne - Slobodan Ninković
Mayor - Saša Latinović
Henrich - Uroš Lazović
Friedrichsen - Aleksandar Milković
Friedrichsen's wife - Marija Radovanov
People – all actors
A razor-sharp political satire and one of the most powerful dissections of authoritarian rule — Dragon by Evgeny Lvovich Schwartz.
Though written in 1943, its resonance today is nothing short of staggering. With chilling relevance and biting wit, this timeless tale has inspired Russian director Lyudmila Fyodorova to bring to life a gripping narrative of control, coercion, and the human cost of submission. But Dragon is not only about the oppression inflicted by others — it is also about the darkness we inflict upon ourselves: self-deception, self-manipulation, and the illusion of freedom.
This is a story that dares to ask not only how freedom is won — but whether we truly know what to do with it once it is ours.