Author: Caryl Churchill
Director: Shkurtë Aliu
“Top Girls” is a 1982 play by Caryl Churchill, exploring what it means to create a life within a patriarchal society.
“Top Girls” comes in a modern version directed by Shkurtë Aliu, showcasing the current mindset of the patriarchal system in Kosova, revealing the subtle ways in which patriarchy controls women’s lives.
The play explores the roles available to women in modern society, depicting the price women pay for success in their professional lives and what it truly means to be a successful woman in society. Women will never truly be liberated until they are freed from the constraints of patriarchal society.
Team
Actresses
Donikë Ahmeti is an actress, performer, producer and activist. She has acted in dozens of theater plays for more than a decade, collaborating with many local and foreign directors.
Donika is a resident actress at the Art and Community Center – Artpolis since 2021, and has performed in plays such as “Haunted Land” directed by Zana Hoxha, “Totem and Taboo” by Robert Nuha directed by Zana Hoxha, “Top Girls” directed by Shkurte Aliu, and “Hunters of Artemis” directed by Zana Hoxha etc. In addition to working as an actress, she is also a trainer in the “Theatre-Based Education” training.
Some of her other collaborations include the performance “Shkrepëtima” by Petrit Halilaj, “Pantallonat e Kangusë” by Melihate Qena, “Pergynti nga Kosova” directed by Agon Miftari, “Mother and the child” by Bekim Lumi, etc. Donika has also been part of several local films and series.
Zhaneta is a professional actress born and raised in Prishtina. Her love for art started in her early high school years where with a group of students and the support of the teachers, they made the play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” which was selected in a festival in San Remo, Italy.
Besides graduating in acting, she also finished Prenk Jakova music school for canto and piano. She was part of various plays and music concerts.
Zhaneta functions with the following principles: active listener and constructive in discussions about different cases/topics; pragmatic and flexible; respectfully works in groups; responsible with tasks and time; creative, with humor and compassion; finds solutions for the obstacles with empathy and thorough attentiveness.
She recently joined the group of professional actors of Artpolis Centre, where she contributes to the organisations politics by being professionally and emotionally involved.
