Better Half

Playwright – Maka Kukulava

 

Director – Sofio Kelbakiani

 

Production Designer – Elene Japaridze

 

Technical Director – Lika Mamiashvili

 

Video – Data Dvalishvili

 

Poster – Nikusha Shalikashvili

 

Cast: Mariam Jologua, Dima Tatishvili

 

About Performance: 

 

If you think you know where this story is going — this is exactly where you are wrong.

Two people. One night.

The question — what the second half of life looks like.

This is an encounter where past and present blur into one,

where words sometimes wound more than silence,

and where every line is a choice — to stay or to leave.

 

The night stretches, time shifts,

yet the central question remains unchanged —

how each of them continues the second half of life, and at what

 

The premiere will take place on May 12, 2026.

 

 

Director Sopho Kelbakiani and playwright Maka Kukulava began their creative collaboration in Temur Chkheidze’s workshop. The play “Second Half” was written within the framework of the Contemporary Art Development Center, led by Mr. Temur. Four years after his passing, a stage named after Temur Chkheidze was opened at the Marjanishvili Theatre. It is symbolic that the play “Second Half” will be performed on this very stage in Sopho Kelbakiani’s interpretation.

 

The performance is dedicated to the bright memory of Mr. Temur

 

Premiere: May 12, 2026

 

Duration: 90 minutes, no intermission