Incubator

The incubator – a lifeline for fragile newborns – becomes a brutal measure of humanity. It sustains those too small to survive alone, replicating the womb’s protection with clinical precision. But what happens when the machines stop? Drawn from the harrowing reality of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, where newborns fought for life under darkness and blockade, this performance strips away the distance of headlines and forces us into the room where life and death share the same breath.

Incubator by resident director Oliver Frljić premiered on 16/May 2025, at the Mladinsko Theater in Ljubljana.
 

Photo: Matej Povše