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"Frida" theater play at the Drama Theater Skopje in Macedonia will premiere this evening

"Frida" theater play at the Drama Theater Skopje in Macedonia will premiere this evening

19 October 2026

"Frida" is intended to be a theatrical investigation of what is left over after the historical context is eliminated rather than a biographical chronicle that organises the details of Kahlo's life.

Dragana Levenska, the author, began the process with the Frida that the general public does not see: Frida at home, in private, and without an audience. The emphasis is on the individual within Frida and Diego, with flaws, passions, fears, love, and contradictions, rather than on finding the "correct" Frida or Diego.

The question that has guided the entire process is posed by director Tamara Stojanoska: who is Frida when popular culture myths and the image that permeates public space are eliminated? The space between the body that confines Frida and the spirit that defies imprisonment is explored in her stage reading. The play also creates a realm of magical realism through her inner world, where her images come to life and serve as both visual and emotional landmarks.

The text's author, Dragana Levenska, who portrays Frida Kahlo, claims that the duty of bringing a historical figure to life forced her to deliberately go back to the fundamentals of acting and develop the character without having any preconceived notions about what Frida "should" be like. "We didn't force anything. Through conversations, research and rehearsals, we let the character emerge naturally within me. The more I built Frida, the more I stepped out of myself as Dragana and discovered something new in myself, both as an actress and as a person," says Levenska.