class="">V.I.P. – Very Isolated Person

An actress, Olga Török, plays Nina, the young woman from Chekhov’s drama, who is herself an actress. Nina, who shares her painful experiences, and, at the same time, is able to look confidently towards the future raises questions which Olga wishes to have an answer to. What meaning does acting still have if theatre goes online and the performance hall remains empty? How can you cope with „social distancing”? How does the public perceive a performance where the real interaction between themselves and the actor is missing? Nina tells the story and Olga asks the questions. Or is it the other way around? Does Nina ask the questions, while Olga and the public seek the answers? The audience is also invited to enter this dialogue with Nina and Olga, in this interactive performance.

„V.I.P. – Very Isolated Person is an artistic statement about how challenging it is for artists to manage these pandemic times. This performance was born online, on ZOOM, out of the need to express and experiment a new way and a new possibility to get close to the audience. The fact that it is interactive and the sharing of personal experiences make the viewers feel like the recipients of this production.

Nina from Chekov’s The Seagull starts a dialogue with Olga. The deep need to perform, to act is present in both of them, Hence, an organic intertwining between reality and fiction is born. ‘The new forms’ that the Chekovian character Treplev talks about resonate in V.I.P. – Very Isolated Person. Working on this project is transforming alongside the times we are living; it is a testimony of the present.” – Olga Török, actress and director

Photo credit: Ovidiu Zimcea