Slovak evening and no other: Slovaks will come alive. Anthem for the 21st Century & Slovak feast
19.00
Uhol_92: Slovaks come alive. An anthem for the 21st century
Dragun, Rázusová, Vollmann
Young director Alžběta Vrzgula, in her role as curator (Uhol_92), approached three Slovak directorial personalities to respond to the fictional (visionary?) task of searching for a new Slovak national anthem.
Adam Dragun: REPRISE
A minimalist production about a man who one day is overcome with fear that he is doomed to spend the rest of his life reliving a scene he saw in the theatre as a child. You know, someone once told me that time is a flat circle. Everything we have ever done or will ever do, we will do again and again and again. (True Detective S01E05)
Julie Rasmus: REMEMBER ME A LAND WITHOUT PEOPLE
Ivana Gibova, a representative of Slovak writing, a potential memory of the nation, recollected our country according to the model of a woman in her thirties. "We are no longer national builders, because the nation has fallen asleep so hard that it cannot be awakened. We are no longer revivalists because there is nothing left to revive."
Silvia Vollmann: FAR ABOVE THE TATRAS IS DEPRESSION
A provocative one-man show by Peter Ondrejicku, in which he is alone and burnt out like almost everyone in this republic. Peter Ondrejička would like to be topical, but he can't manage that, because by the time he learns the lyrics, there's bound to be something new going on again.
21.00
PiNKBUS: Slovak feast
PiNKBUS salutes the forests of the mountains, from this soul salutes them!
We belong to the Slovak culture. We ARE Slovak culture. Whether MADAM likes it or not. Let's change traditions together!
It's time for "rejoicing" because Slovak culture is only Slovak and no other. At a time when traditional values, countryside and folklore are being promoted on one side and queer or urban people on the other, the nation is looking for penetration and trying to understand both camps.
And there is nothing better than music! From the Tatras to the Danube to Grazing Girl Peacocks, Eugen Suchoň to Marika Gombitová.
REPRISE
Text, performance, director: Adam Dragun
Performance by Daniel Fischer
Set design: Klára Dolník
REMEMBER ME A LAND WITHOUT PEOPLE
Text / libretto: Ivana Gibová
Directed by Júlia Rázusová
Veronika Husovská, Lenka Libjaková
Music: Martin Rázus Jr.
Diana Strauszová
FAR ABOVE THE TATRAS IS DEPRESSION
Text, director: Silvia Vollmann
Peter Ondrejička
Costume: Bet Moth
Musical collaboration: Martin Iso Krajčír
SLOVAK VESELICA
Martin "Venice" Talaga
Ermin Fazlić
and guests: Jozefína Dlabíková, Michal Belej
Adam Dragun is a theatre director, performer and lyricist. He is currently studying Alternative Theatre at DAMU in Prague. His works are on the border between reality and fiction or manipulation and sincerity. He has collaborated with theatres in Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland. He publishes texts on theatre and philosophy and composes and sings in the post-punk band Berlin Manson.
Júlia Rázusová is a theatre director who works on the independent scene as well as in established theatres in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. She is a graduate of the Faculty of Performing Arts of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and the Faculty of Performing Arts of the University of Prešov and is currently a PhD student at KALD DAMU in Prague, where she is interested in the dialogue between physical action and text. From 2013 to 2020 she was the artistic director of the Prešov National Theatre. In 2020 she co-founded the theatre group Tears of Janek Borodáč, which, alongside experimental work, explores theatrical techniques and methods.
Silvia Vollmann is a theatre director and works mainly with original theatre. She studied puppet directing and dramaturgy at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. She has collaborated and guest performed at renowned established and non-established venues in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. Since 2017, she has been the artistic director of the progressive Olomouc stage Theatre on Cuckoos, focusing on contemporary dramaturgy, civic engagement and current social issues.
https://www.uhol92.com/
is a platform that protects mainly queer artists and brings a new creative wave to the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It follows the tradition of Prague cabarets and variety shows and spices it up with a dose of the rising trend – drag queens. The creators respond to the strong global growth of drag culture and bring it to the Czech and Slovak context.
Interest in this type of art and performance has grown immensely and has spread beyond the LGBT community. It opens a discussion on the most topical issues of today's society such as sexuality, nudity, freedom, physicality and the cult of beauty. The creators are convinced of the need to build a platform for the queer art scene more and more every day. Creating a safe space that spreads awareness and connects people is more important than ever
https://pinkbusplatform.com/