May 19th Sun, 4:00 PM – 5:45 PM | S-klub
THE BARTERED BRIDE on the Stages of the Provisional Theatre, Estates Theatre and National Theatre from 1868 to 2018 DISK Theatre / KALD DAMU Prague
CRIES AND WHISPERS
A fresh take on the national classic or the comic opera about true love and treacherous plots, about the dream of a national theatre and the birth of a Czech actor. And collaborating cries and shame-bound whispers during the turning points of Czechoslovak history. On Czech efforts and small-mindedness portrayed by Václav Talich, Petr Erbes and Boris Jedinák.
dramaturgy and directed by Petr Erbes and Boris Jedinák
stage design Jan Tomšů
costumes Alžběta Vitvarová
production Anna Strnadová, Prokop Novák, Patricie Belecová
conductor Václav Talich
premiere 20 April 2018
cast
Barbora Bočková, Cyril Dobrý, Kateřina Kozinová, Kryštof Krhovják, Marie Anna Krušinová, Štěpán Lustyk, Milan Vedral, Tereza Těžká, Vojtěch Vondráček, Jiří Štěpnička
A generational testimony about the heroes of the Golden Chapel (National Theatre). This ambitious project by students of the third year of the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at DAMU academy exceeds the usual student production with the studied topic and its treatment. The talented creative team, around the young directors and dramaturges Petr Erbes and Boris Jedinák and the stage designer Jan Tomšů, reflects on fundamental events of modern Czechoslovak history, which took place right on the stages of the National Theatre, the symbol of Czech statehood. They explore how the actors – the moral pillars of the nation – (in)voluntarily engaged themselves in these breaking points. The key moments are drawn on the background of the traditional Czech opera – The Bartered Bride, which is viewed as a typical element of Czech nation identity. In a very innovative set design, the audience as the silent majority becomes an inseparable part of the production (as well as the national history). These are dignified and uncompromising coming to terms with the 150 year anniversary of the theatre building built by the people for the people.
photo: Anna Benháková