Title
OCTOPUS TRAP (WORK IN PROGRESS)

Octopus Trap deals with the themes of love, loss, and the emotional traumatic experiences that arise from the end of romantic relationships. The theme of a “broken heart” will be explored from a neurobiological perspective – love as a drug, and breakup as a withdrawal crisis. In this context, love becomes an addiction, and a breakup becomes a process similar to detoxification, bringing both physical and emotional turmoil. The drama delves into the deeply human need for connection and the devastating consequences of separation.

Biography

Antonela Tošić (1997, Zadar) – cultural worker (dramaturge, playwright, screenwriter, assistant director). Her first plays were performed as part of the DeSadu Festival at the Academy of Dramatic Art, where she earned her MA degree in 2023. She has worked as an assistant on Geranium by I. Vojnović (Pejnović, Dubrovnik Summer Festival), The Lion’s Head by I. Salečić (Bukvić, Dubrovnik Summer Festival, Tišljarić), The Brothers Karamazov by F.M. Dostoevsky (ZKM, Frljić), Tales from Long Ago by I.B. Mažuranić (Trešnja, Tišljarić), and Queens by W. Shakespeare (KMD, L. Pandur).

Her first professional dramaturgy work was in 2020 on Crime and Punishment (Drama+), followed by the authorial project Istra, You Dear Motherland by Roko Pečečnik (INK Pula), Who Killed My Father by É. Louis (Drama+), A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen (KMD), The Breadwinner by D. Ellis (Drama+), and The Coffee House (Dubrovnik Summer Festival). She is the author of the children’s radio drama In Search of the Magic Flute (HRT). Everything she writes and creates, she does for women. She often considers her readers and viewers to be long-distance friends.