You won’t pay?! We won’t pay
- Director: Lasha Sherozia
- Theatre:Kote Marjanishvili State Professional Drama Theatre
- Hosting Theatre :Kote Marjanishvili State Professional Drama Theater (Big Stage)
- Date:
- 1 September - 20:00 hr,
Based on Dario Fo’s playas
Translation by Maia Japaridzeed on Dario Fo’s play
(A Socio-Political Comedy)
Director & Musical Designer – Lasha Sherozia
Scenographer & Costume Designer – Shotiko Bagalishvili
Choreographer – Gia Margania
Assistant Director – Lika Mamiashvili
Cast & Characters:
Antonia – Keti Tskakaia
Margarita – Ana Sanaia
Giovanni – Beso Baratashvili
Luigi – Dimitri Tatishvili
Security Officer – Varlam Korshia
Police Officer – Gvantsa Korshia
Duration: 75 minutes, without intermission
About Performance:
The country is in crisis — prices are soaring, bank interest rates are rising, and job opportunities are rapidly vanishing.
In protest, Antonia and a group of working-class women take matters into their own hands: they raid a supermarket and take essential goods without paying.
But the real trouble begins after the raid — Antonia must now hide the stolen items from her law-abiding husband and the police, who are conducting house-to-house searches in pursuit of the culprits.
With her sharp-witted friend Margarita by her side, Antonia concocts a series of increasingly outrageous lies to stay ahead of suspicion. Her bold idea to hide the stolen goods under layers of clothing quickly catches on, and before long, every woman in the neighborhood appears to be inexplicably pregnant.
The police are baffled, the lies pile up, and the situation spirals into farcical chaos — a biting, comedic reflection on survival, resistance, and the absurdity of injustice.
Marjanishvili Theater opens its 97th theater season. The theater remains faithful to the traditions of its founder Kote Marjanishvili. By combining tradition and innovation, with an audience-oriented repertoire, it managed to establish itself as a “public” theater (social theater). It can be said that it took on the function of a kind of educator and social commentator. Marjanishvili Theater is an important part of the country's culture and still maintains its leading status. The artistic director of the Marjanishvili Theater from 1928 to 1933 was the theater's founder and greatest director Kote Marjanishvili. At the time of his death, the theater was headed by such famous directors as Vasil Kushitashvili, Archil Chkhartishvili, Ushangi Chkheidze, Veriko Anjaparidze, Giga Lortkipanidze, and Temur Chkheidze. From 2006 to 2023.
In 2006-2022, the artistic director of the theater was director Levan Tsuladze. Who enriched the theater with new creative trends. Currently, the artistic director of the theater is director, teacher Giorgi Margvelashvili. The best actors, directors, artists, composers work in the theater, this is the team that determines the success and relevance of the theater. Every premiere performance is a big event in the cultural life of Tbilisi.
The Marjanishvili Theater is not limited to theatrical performances only. An integral part of its profile is the support of various important projects.
Since 2015, the Marjanishvili Theater has become a full member of the European International Theater Convention _ ETC!
Membership in the convention implies uniting in the family of European theaters. Participation in important projects, creation of joint productions and the opportunity to implement ideas.
86 years after the theater's founding, the Guardian newspaper writes:
"If the level of other theaters in Georgia is even remotely close to that of the Marjanishvili Theater, then the profession of theater critic should undoubtedly be considered the most coveted in this country."