Sladjana Vujovic

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…Mesmerizing personal journeys against the backdrop of politics and war… In this ‘total theatre’ production the form and the essence are inseparable: the sound, the visuals, the movement and the brilliant design are not just a package - they speak, they live, they reveal.

Vujovic maps out her own territory as her dazzling production approaches a universal statement.

Immensely memorable production…a fly-on-the-wall intensity, highlighting the emotional minefield… that the characters grapple with.

Vujovic brilliantly brings out the black humour lurking beneath the surface. This is a hugely enjoyable production of a classic play… Recommended.

Vujovic shows a refreshing grasp of her material, with conventional meanings of security, trust and blind faith thrown into question but never overstated. Recommended.

audience letters

I almost feel as if the experience of the play has changed me in some fundamental way. I had to ask myself: where do I stand, really, in relation to our divisive and violent society? I tend to think that as long as the performances I take responsibility for are honest and true, that's enough. It's not. (David St George, New York)

writer

This new play must rank as one of the most powerful in recent years.

What marks Vujovic’s drama out is the fascinating way it demonstrates how language can become an effective weapon of war.

The language buzzes with colloquial fizz as playwright Sladjana Vujovic mimes mundaneness of evil with playful wit and measured menace.

An unflinching look at the ways in which war robs everyone of their humanity - from the prisoners to the soldiers who captured them.

A major talent.

actress

It is Sladjana Vujovic’s Dorra who is the real object of the play’s study, and she is as earthily self-possessed as she is lonely and terrified. Thanks to her, the play achieves its goal of embodying and personalizing this bloody conflict.

Sladjana Vujovic beautifully charts the conflict between physical revulsion at carrying a child of war and the growth of a defiant maternalism.

Detailed, focused and supremely intelligent work ….Vujovic’s performance is tremendously eloquent and spare…

An excellently observed performance by Sladjana Vujovic.

The Yugoslav civil war lends a cruelly topical edge to The Tender Mercies, a new play by Sladjana Vujovic, whose own performance in the leading role has been particularly acclaimed.

Vujovic herself plays the gun-toting mistress of horror. Her observations are well refined and clearly thought out, capturing the true essence of evil.

The author … is excellent in the part, conveying sadism all the more sinister for being superficially soft.

Vujovic is wonderful as a femme fatale.

Sladjana Vujovic is remarkable.

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