The performance is the result of a six-month process-based creative work, which through six scenes explores different forms of ageism – from structural and social to institutional. Through everyday situations in which older people experience marginalization and indifference, the performance sheds light on how social and systemic mechanisms affect their lives and dignity.

This socially engaged piece features citizens of Novi Sad aged 17 to 79, inviting the audience to reconsider their attitudes toward older people and the challenges of ageing. The performance highlights the importance of social responsibility and intergenerational solidarity, while calling for active engagement in the fight against ageism.

Direction: Lazar Jovanov, Demir Mekić, Branka Bajić Jovanov
Dramaturgy: Svetislav Jovanov and Lazar Jovanov
Drama process creation and facilitation: Branka Bajić Jovanov and Demir Mekić
Composer: Lazar Novkov
Lighting design: Stefan Milošević
Costume designer: Nataša Vranešević
Expert advisor: Ivica Klemenc
Expert collaborators on ageism: Nataša Todorović and Milutin Vračević

Performers: Natalija Marinković, Milka Dmitrašinović, Svetlana Selaković, Stanka Parać Damjanović, Jasna Kartalović, Dragica Letić, Mirjana Milankov, Milena Marinković, Zoran Ivković, Predrag Veselić, Borislav Sakač, Kristina Dorić, Dubravka Cimeša, Mina Vitasović, Jelena Lujić, Milena Lazarević, Anamarija Dimitrijević, Anđela Savić, Demir Mekić / Branka Bajić Jovanov, Lazar Jovanov.

The performance “Waiting for the Rain” was created within the European project Age Against the Machine, supported by the European Commission (through the CERV Programme – Networks of Towns), the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Serbia, and the City of Novi Sad.

The lead partner is the Novi Sad – European Capital of Culture Foundation, while the producer is Trupa Drž’ ne daj.