May 24th Fri, 7:00 PM – 9:15 PM | Moravské divadlo
Choderlos de Laclos DANGEROUS LIAISONS Moravian Theatre Olomouc
CRIES AND WHISPERS
Manipulation and intrigue in a blatantly led struggle of Libertine nobility – in the hedonist setting of a contemporary spa centre… Love affairs and dangerous games with interpersonal relationships with definitive consequences – adapted and directed by David Šiktanc. Last performance.
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directed by David Šiktanc
translated by Dagmar Steinová
dramaturgy Michaela Doleželová
dramatization David Šiktanc
stage design Nikola Tempír
costumes Petra Krčmářová
music Ondřej Švandrlík
stage manager Ilona Bláhová
premiere 16 March 2018
characters and cast
Vicomte de Valmont Petr Kubes
Marquise de Merteuil Vladimíra Včelná
Madame de Tourvel Natálie Tichánková
Madame de Volanges Naděžda Chroboková-Tomicová
Cécile de Volanges Daniela Klevetová
Madame de Rosemonde Vlasta Hartlová
Le Chevalier Danceny Marek Pešl
The epistolary novel Dangerous Liaisons caused quite a stir already at the time of its creation (published 1782) and enjoyed great popularity for its open criticism of morality in the higher ranks of society. The masterpiece known mainly thanks to two competitive film adaptations – the Oscar-winning film of the same name by Stephen Frears (1988) and an adaptation by the director Miloš Forman entitled Valmont (1989) – is revised and adapted for the theatre stage at Moravské Divadlo by director David Šiktanc. The master manipulators Vicomte de Valmont (Petr Kubes) and Marquise de Merteuil (Vladimíra Včelná) gamble with human feelings in the middle of a luxury spa centre. Their cynical combat of plots and schemes mainly affects, however, themselves. The production holds a dark mirror up to contemporary society which is – as in any other time – ruled by falsehood and hypocrisy.
David Šiktanc (1987) graduated from drama directing at DAMU Academy in 2010 with an ambitious project – a production of Brecht’s drama Jungle of Cities. He held the position of artistic director of the JK Tyl Theatre in Pilsen between 2013 and 2015. He worked as an in-house director at Činoherní studio in Ústí nad Labem last year and from the new season continues there as artistic director. He received the Mark Ravenhill Award for his debut production Hamlet Is Dead. No Gravity (2011). He then staged Homo Faber (2017), Pornography (2018) or Mr Kolpert (2019). He cooperated with the Západočeské divadlo in Cheb (Così; 2016), Východočeské divadlo in Pardubice (A Piece of Plastic; 2016), Komorní scéna Aréna Ostrava (Wild Duck; 2016) or with the PalmOFF Studio at Divadlo pod Palmovkou (Dotěrnosti; 2017). Dangerous Liaisons (2018) is his second direction at Moravské divadlo Olomouc – he made Marius von Mayenburg’s Stone as a guest director in 2016.