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UNRECOGNIZED

UNRECOGNIZED

UNRECOGNIZED
10 Gia Abesadze Street, Tbilisi
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26.11.2026 - 27.11.2026
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Georgian

Schedule

26.11.2026
Thursday
20:00
15 ₾ - 45 ₾
15 ₾ - 45 ₾
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27.11.2026
Friday
20:00
15 ₾ - 45 ₾
15 ₾ - 45 ₾
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Description

Performance Language: English

Written by: Davit Gabunia and Jeton Neziraj Directed by: Data Tavadze

What happens to a person when their home, their history, or even their very existence is no longer recognized?

Euripides' tragedy Iphigenia in Tauris becomes the starting point for a conversation about the contemporary world — a world where borders shift, territories are seized, states disappear or emerge, and people are driven from their homes.

The stories of characters from the ancient myth resonate with contemporary experiences of war, forced displacement, political violence, and non-recognition.

UNRECOGNIZED brings together actors from different countries whose personal and collective experiences intersect. The performance explores the mechanisms of sacrifice, the construction of national myths, and the political decisions that determine people's fates.

We look at bodies caught between borders, wars, and political decisions — bodies that are sacrificed, used as “building materials”; bodies at whose expense states and nations are built or erased, borders are drawn, territories are appropriated, political and religious power is strengthened, collective identities are established, and national myths are brought to life.

For me, this performance is an attempt to restore names, memories, and the right to be seen to these bodies.

About the Performance

UNRECOGNIZED is a play by Davit Gabunia and Jeton Neziraj, directed by Data Tavadze.

This international co-production brings together six actors from Ukraine, Georgia, North Macedonia, Finland, and Sweden.

Cast:

  • Ellen Jelinek

  • Kateryna Kisten

  • Kato Kalatozishvili

  • Maria Salomaa

  • Johannes Wanselow

  • Shkëlqim Islami

International Partners:

Qendra Multimedia (Kosovo), Örnproduktion (Sweden), Kyiv Theatre on Pechersk (Ukraine), Albanian Theatre of Skopje (North Macedonia), Malmö City Theatre (Sweden), the Royal Dramatic Theatre — Dramaten (Stockholm, Sweden), and Gothenburg City Theatre (Sweden).

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Location

Royal District Theatre
Royal District Theater — theater in Tbilisi, located at Gia Abesadze 10, Sololak. The building in which the theater is located was built in 1875 as a synagogue. Masters of Georgian theater such as Temur Chkheidze, Robert Sturua, Goga Tavadze, Dato Sakvarelidze, Tsotne Nakashidze, Maka Makharadze, artists: Muraz Murvanidze, Guga Kotetishvili, Anka Kalatozvili worked and continue to work in this theater. Actors: Iza Gigoshvili, Medea Chakhava, Tamar Skhirtladze, Marlen Egutia, Nata Murvanidze, Nino Burduli, Nika Tavadze, Zaal Chikobava, Levan Kotsiashvili, Eka Chkheidze, Giorgi Nakashidze, Leo Antadze, Malkhaz Abuladze and others. In 2004, a creative workshop was founded in the theater under the leadership of Mr. Temur Chkheidze. The artistic director of the theater (since 2003) is Merab Tavadze.
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