Beton Ltd.
Slomškova 11, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 231 4492, 386 (0) 51 269 906
Managed byBunker Institute
Beton Ltd.
From Culture.si
Contact
Events
Past events
see more-
to
16 Jan 2020
19 Jan 2020
USANew YorkLaMaMa TheatreThe performance Ich kann nicht anders by Beton Ltd., produced by Bunker Institute, -
30 Jun 2019
AustriaVillach/BeljakDrauterrassen Main StageSpectrum Theatre FestivalThe performance Great Expectations by Beton Ltd., produced by Bunker Institute, -
10 Oct 2017
PolandLublinOratorium CKKonfrontacje TeatralneIch kann nicht anders by Beton Ltd. -
to
5 Oct 2017
6 Oct 2017
Czech RepublicPragueNew Stage B BuildingPrague Crossroads International Theatre FestivalIch kann nicht anders by Beton Ltd.
Performances
With their name referring to a limited liability company, the collective Beton Ltd. has become known for addressing problematic issues of contemporary social and/or political life with much self-reflection and (auto)irony, delivering a critique of the capitalist system, consumerism and the contemporary culture of narcissism. Comprising three successful performers active in both the institutional and non-institutional theatre scenes, the collective gained critical attention with their first production, SO FAR AWAY: Introduction to Ego-logy (2010), produced by Bunker Institute. This production announced their topicality and interest in the search for new, hybrid forms of performing. Their second performance, I Say What I Am Told to Say (2012), drawing inspiration from Samuel Beckett's The Unnamable, was a co-production of Anton Podbevšek Theatre and Bunker Institute. It focused on generational angst against a backdrop of constant self-questioning and verifying one's identity.
1
Beton Ltd.'s productions are strongly marked by a search for personal, even intimate entries into the topics dealt with, as seen in the visually impressive performance Everything We’ve Lost While We've Gone on Living (2013), with set design by Son:DA, the collective's ongoing collaborator. This production took the viewer on a journey through fictitious and (semi)imaginary landscapes, invoking a bittersweet contrast between what was before and what is today. Although the collective's performances usually resonate as reflections of a strongly disintegrated reality and the fundamental powerlessness of individual action, Beton Ltd. employs to their advantage the procedures of subversive affirmation, caricature and parody to capture the ambiguity of contemporary life.
In 2014, the collective teamed up with film directors Rok Biček, Klemen Dvornik and Žiga Virc in a theatre-film performance, Upor ni človek, based on the writings of Albert Camus and again co-produced by Anton Podbevšek Theatre. This production dealt with the topics of rebellion, resistance and the price an individual has to pay for existential awakening.
1
1
The German Cycle
In 2016, the collective created the first performance of the so-called German cycle, Ich kann nicht anders. The cycle continued in 2018 with the performance Great Expectations (Große Erwartungen), dealing with the topic of great expectations and the future. It addressed the desires of a European, white, heterosexual, urban, cosmopolitan, over-represented generation. In 2019, the cycle continued with Mahlzeit, a music performance event dedicated to dining, feeding, snacking and socialising.
