Would Would Not

The touch of the spectator

The performers seduce the audience to participate in a performance about lust. The audience has to take responsibility for the performance and actively participate in the situations – or the performance stops. Would Would Not begins with a champagne and strawberry party (Casting Party), where the performers make informal verbal and physical contact with the audience, asking questions such as: Would you like to see my penis? Would you lick the honey off my body? Could I touch your penis? Would you please spank my ass? When the party is over, the performers and spectators sit in the stands and The Play can begin. The performance depends entirely on the willingness of the audience to participate in the situations on stage and to enable the performance to run.

Would Would Not

2005 • Seven Deadly Sins
Interactive performance • 120 min

Concept and direction — Bojan Jablanovec
Devised and performed by — Barbara Kukovec, Barbara Matijević, Branko Jordan, Gregor Zorc, Katarina Stegnar, Kristian Al Droubi, Marko Mandić, Petra Zanki, Sanela Milošević, Silvia Marchig
Producer — Špela Trošt
Production — Via Negativa
Co-production — Glej Theatre Ljubljana, EkS-scena Zagreb

Workshop: Teatar &TD, Zagreb
Workshop leader: Bojan Jablanovec
Participants: Barbara Kukovec, Barbara Matijević, Silvia Marchig, Sanela Milošević, Petra Zanki, Kristian Al Droubi, Damir Šaban