Why did you choose theatre workshop?

M: For the first time I chose media workshop, but since Ballantines, the leader of the theatre workshop needed people, I went to his group, because theatre workshop was my second choice. Actually I never participated in a play, but now I am happy with it.

E: My situation is just the same, the only difference is, that I wanted to go to the fine art workshop. I also never did anything similar to acting, but it is very interesting.

But as far as I know, one of the main points of interests of your organization is acting. Am I right?

Yes, but I just joined, so I did not have the time for acting there.

Please tell us about a few words about the play you are in!

M: She is more involved in finalizing the story, I do more acting part, so she should say it. (laughs)

E: Yes, I put the story together with Ballantines. He used many of our ideas, and we created a story together almost from nothing. He had plans, but he did not want to use only those. It won’t be a sad story I would rather say it is depressed. But we are not supposed to talk about the plot. You will see it. (laughs)

M: The most important I think, that it is not shalow, because it shows more aspects of xenophobia. It is complicated in a really tricky way, the story is not difficult to understand at all, but it is not simple.

You do not have any lyrics…

E: Yes, because we are from different countries. It is more interesting to try to understand each other by watching the movement, the mime and adding music to it.

M: The force silence is much more powerful, than the force of the words. If you show sadness only with your eyes, it is more effective than pretended crying.

So the play (and the whole LSA project) is about xenophobia. You meet xenophobia in your life?

E: Yes I meet with it very often. In Romania many people just can not accept gipsies. They are not open to anything connected to gipsies, they do ot listen their ideas, their suggestions, even at our university. These people are really pushed away, no matter how intelgent they are. 

M: Well, I am half iranian and I have memories about racism and xenophobia from my childhood, which was not nice because of this. They called me black, for example when we were playing football. But no I know, that this is behaviour is not dangerous since I don’t care about it.

Do you consider yourself as an Iranian or Italian?

M: I really do not know. I love italian culture that is true, but I am not forcing myself to any cathegories or nations.

Are you going to play in theatre again?

M: I never did anything like that before, as I told you, I was always embaressed, but this is a good start. It is just a very short play, - 15 minutes, you cannot drink a beer in that time – but there is a hard work behind it. Every movement has to be worked out, and needs concentration. Sometimes it is too much. We try to avoid to become a routine.

You can show all the emotions at the gala?

M: I think yes. And the music is also really important….

E: Don’t tell!