CREDITS
CHOREOGRAPHY:
Viliam Dočolomanský
DIRECTING:
Viliam Dočolomanský
PERFORMERS:
Hana Varadzinová, Andrej Štepita, Michaela Králiková, Matúš Szegho, David Králík, Štěpán Janoušek, Miloš Klápště
DRAMATURGY:
Sodja Lotker, Markéta Hrehorová
LIGHT DESIGN:
Martin Špetlík
MUSIC:
Štěpán Janoušek
SOUND DESIGN:
Eva Svobodová
COSTUMES:
Kateřina Jirmanová
SCENOGRAPHY:
Lucia Škandíková
PRODUCER:
Eliška Seveldová
CO-PRODUCER:
Centrum současného umění DOX
PROPAGATION, PR:
Blue Gekko, Alice Škrlantová, Anna Nádvorníková
SUPPORT:
The production of Czech Hero was co-produced with the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art and together with related educational programmes is part of the Online Hero project, which was supported by the EEA Grants 2014-2021, the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the Prague City Hall, the National Renewal Plan and the ČEZ Foundation.
Farm in the Cave, DOX, EEA, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Culture
ABOUT SHOW
“It’s such a muddled world. You have to have a firsthand experience of these people, we can’t just tell each other that they’re walking misinformation and write it down or philosophize about it.”
In the show Czech Hero, the political and the intimate, the public and the personal, intertwine. The production is about the bonds we form with each other, no matter how alien we might be. About the relationships in a society of clashing opinions; about what we are willing to do for the world we want to live in.
The production loosely takes inspiration from the scandal and courage of journalist Ivana Svobodová for the creation of absurd movement characters and situations from a world we have to live in.
Her “mission” takes her to the living room of a pensioner who wanted to save “our little country” and thus became “the first Czech terrorist”: “It’s intriguing that someone’s chopping down trees, planning to derail a train, and pretending to be a muslim.”
Do you also try to comprehend the incomprehensible?
Dynamic movement, word, live music, energy, exaggeration. As we are accustomed to with Farm in the Cave, the production is more concrete than dance and more abstract than drama.
For those of you who still care. Not just for liberals.
ABOUT AUTHOR
Viliam Dočolomanský is a theatre and film director and choreographer. In 2002 he founded the international theatre ensemble Farm in the Cave which represented the country at many prestigious festivals across 3 continents and in over 60 cities.
He led many theatre projects and workshops in the Czech Republic as well as abroad and is the only Czech recipient of the European Prize for New Theatrical Realities.
In 2018 he became the artistic director for performing arts in the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art.