Edvin Liverić-Bassani (born 20 November 1970 in Rijeka,

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) is a Croatian theatre, television, film actor, dancer, performer and cultural manager.

Career

Edvin Liverić-Bassani graduated from the

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in 1995 and for some time he was a member of Croatian National Theatre in Varaždin. In 1995 he was under recurring status in the ZKM (''Zagrebačko kazalište mladih''). From 1996 to 2005 Liverić taught " The Scene Movement" at the Academy of Dramatic Arts. He is a member of The Croatian Dance Institute, where he works as a selector and the personal assistant to the Festival's Art Director. In 2003 he worked as the Art Director for the Street Art Festival in

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, as well as Co-Founder of a theatre group TRAFIK with whom he created the award-winning play ''Hodač'' ("The Walker") which pays homage to Janko Polić Kamov. He has worked throughout the years in many theatre productions in Croatia and in

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. Liverić-Bassani also appeared in many films, both foreign and Croatian, for instance: ''Balko'', ''Svjetsko čudovište'', ''Konjanik'', ''La Femme Musketeer''. He has debuted as a director in several theatre plays, such as: Bračni prizori by I. Bergman (Theatre &TD), Eva Braun and Igre u dvorištu (Theatre EXIT), Draga Elena Sergejevna (Theatare ŠKUC/Glej – Ljubljana), Draga Elena Sergejevna (ZKM) i Pozdrav s Jadrana (TRAFIK). He received the

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for the play "Imago". He made several appearances in TV shows, sitcoms and Soaps, for example: ''Kazalište u kući'', '' Ljubav u zaledju'', ''Cimmer Fraj'', , '' Bitange i princeze'', but he became known to a wider audience as the witty and sharp designer Aleks Kralj on a short lived Croatian version of ''

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'', ''

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''. In 2018 he was appointed a director of HKD in Sušak, Rijeka.

Plays

*Najbolja juha! Najbolja juha! *Veliki Gatsby *Viktor ili djeca na vlasti *Ana Karenjina *Draga Elena Sergejevna

TV

Films

References

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