Noon Coffee at Bembo Fest

Thursday, 20.08.2026. 21:00. h

Noon Coffee at Tomaso Bembo Square is Miro Gavran's comedy about a mother and son, performed by Mladena Gavran and Vedran Komerički.

Teatar Gavran performs in Bale on 20 August 2026 at 21:00 with the play Na kavici u podne. The performance is part of the 6th Bembo Fest, takes place at Tomaso Bembo Square, and admission is free.

Mother and son at the same table

In this comedy, Miro Gavran starts from a situation that is ordinary and immediately recognisable: a mother and son meet over coffee. Behind that simple setting is a relationship that lasts for years, changes with time and cannot be reduced to one family joke. In the comedies Ice Cream and Beer, Gavran already wrote about parent-child relationships through two actors; Noon Coffee continues that line through a mother and son. The play has two characters, two acts and seven scenes, with the action set in a café. Such a frame requires exact acting rhythm: the conversation has to remain light and witty, while underneath it there must always be the feeling that two people know each other well, hit the right nerve, miss each other and try again to find a common language. This is what matters for the audience in Bale: they are not coming to a generic summer comedy, but to a text that turns a family relationship into a sequence of conversations where humour and tenderness alternate without large stage effects.

Mladena Gavran and Vedran Komerički

The roles are played by Mladena Gavran and Vedran Komerički; Miro Gavran is the author and director. In a structure like this, two actors carry the whole evening. There is no large ensemble to hide behind, so the comedy depends on the timing of a line, a look, a pause and the way family closeness becomes misunderstanding or reconciliation. On the open square in Bale, such a text asks for the audience's concentration, but it also allows a more direct contact than a standard indoor performance.

Accommodation in Bale

For Noon Coffee at Tomaso Bembo Square, staying in Bale is the practical choice: the performance is within walking distance, the evening can continue in the old town, and there is no drive back from another city after the play. See the offer here: accommodation in Bale.