Wonderful Circus at The New Stage
Dates: (7/1/2014 - 6/13/2015 )
The New Stage |
Národní 4
Praha 1,Praha 1 110 00
Phone: +420 224 901 448
Tickets: 120.00 Kc - 690.00 Kc
Running Time: 1 hour and 40 minutes, 1 intermission
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Wonderful Circus had its premiere way back in 1977, and since that time has been the most-performed title of Laterna Magika. In March 2012 we celebrated 35 years of uniterrupted presentation of this piece with more than 6 200 re-runs. In the current repertoire it is also the most typical sample of the art of Laterna Magika: a work by a great creative team that synthesizes various components of theatre. Theatrical space is transformed into a circus tent, and the audience is drawn into the action by, among other devices, a panoramic projected picture and popular tricks involving interpenetration of imagination and reality. This poetic story about a futile quest for the unachievable is embodied by figures of clowns incited by a magician – the Seducer – and a vision of the beautiful Venus, who takes on the forms of earthly women.
The spiritual father of the presentation was a remarkable director Evald Schorm alongside with the long-time head of Laterna Magika, the world-famous Czech theatrical architect Josef Svoboda, who applied his fantasy to the stage of Laterna Magika until the end of his life. Also sharing in the presentation were for example Jan Švankmajer (as author of the scenario and stage director), Ji?i Srnec (otherwise known as the founder of Czech black theatre), the film cameraman Emil Sirotek, and choreographers Karel Vrtiška, Vlastimil Jílek, Jí?í Hrabal, Josef Koní?ek and František Pokorný. Yet another well-known name among the collaborators is that of the visual artist and illustrator Zdenek Seydl, who has worked with many theatres. The presentation has a suggestion of Czech ‘poetism’, thanks in part to the stylization of its characters into a circus environment. The audience can be entertained while also gaining a deep understanding of the human soul.
Cast and Creative team for Wonderful Circus at The New Stage
Theme: Evald Schorm
Screenplay: Evald Schorm, Emil Sirotek, Ji?í Srnec, Josef Svoboda, Jan Švankmajer, Karel Vrtiška
Stage director: Evald Schorm, Ji?í Srnec, Jan Švankmajer
Sets: Josef Svoboda
Costumes: Zdenek Seydl
Camera: Emil Sirotek
Edit: Alois Fišárek
Choreography: Karel Vrtiška, Ji?í Hrabal, Vlastimil Jílek, Josef Koní?ek, František Pokorný
Music: Old?ich František Korte, Vlastimil Hála, Jaroslav Kr?ek, Ji?í Srnec
Masks: Zdenek Seydl
Sound-design: Ivo Špalj
Cheerful Clown
Pavel Bilík
Jan Kot?šovský
David Stránský
Sad Clown
Pavel Knolle
Jakub Zapletal
Libor Kettner
Seducer
Ivo Jirásek
Petr Münch
Milan Odstr?il
Št?pán Pechar
Marek Svobodník
Venus
Veronika Blažejovská
Radka Slatinská
Anna Dvo?áková
First Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Eva Horáková
Viktorie Vrublevská
Second Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Anna Dvo?áková
Viktorie Vrublevská
Eva Zápotocká
Third Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Zuzana Herényiová
Tereza Chábová
Eva Zápotocká
Lucie Šturcová
Fourth Muse
Zuzana Herényiová
Eva Horáková
Daniela Koutná
Radka Slatinská
Tereza Chábová
Tamara Kšírová
Others
Anna Dvo?áková
Jan Kot?šovský
David Stránský
Petr Münch
Milan Odstr?il
Daniela Koutná
Zuzana Hrzalová
Eva Zápotocká
Jakub Zapletal
Veronika Blažejovská
Viktorie Vrublevská
Radka Slatinská
Zuzana Herényiová
Eva Horáková
Št?pán Pechar
Tereza Chábová
Libor Kettner
Lucie Šturcová
Petr Muric
Pavel Bilík
Eliška Kolá?ová
Ivo Jirásek
Lýdie Švojgerová
Miroslav Rak
Pavlína ?erví?ková
Jakub Sedlá?ek
Tamara Kšírová
Screenplay: Evald Schorm, Emil Sirotek, Ji?í Srnec, Josef Svoboda, Jan Švankmajer, Karel Vrtiška
Stage director: Evald Schorm, Ji?í Srnec, Jan Švankmajer
Sets: Josef Svoboda
Costumes: Zdenek Seydl
Camera: Emil Sirotek
Edit: Alois Fišárek
Choreography: Karel Vrtiška, Ji?í Hrabal, Vlastimil Jílek, Josef Koní?ek, František Pokorný
Music: Old?ich František Korte, Vlastimil Hála, Jaroslav Kr?ek, Ji?í Srnec
Masks: Zdenek Seydl
Sound-design: Ivo Špalj
Cheerful Clown
Pavel Bilík
Jan Kot?šovský
David Stránský
Sad Clown
Pavel Knolle
Jakub Zapletal
Libor Kettner
Seducer
Ivo Jirásek
Petr Münch
Milan Odstr?il
Št?pán Pechar
Marek Svobodník
Venus
Veronika Blažejovská
Radka Slatinská
Anna Dvo?áková
First Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Eva Horáková
Viktorie Vrublevská
Second Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Anna Dvo?áková
Viktorie Vrublevská
Eva Zápotocká
Third Muse
Veronika Blažejovská
Zuzana Herényiová
Tereza Chábová
Eva Zápotocká
Lucie Šturcová
Fourth Muse
Zuzana Herényiová
Eva Horáková
Daniela Koutná
Radka Slatinská
Tereza Chábová
Tamara Kšírová
Others
Anna Dvo?áková
Jan Kot?šovský
David Stránský
Petr Münch
Milan Odstr?il
Daniela Koutná
Zuzana Hrzalová
Eva Zápotocká
Jakub Zapletal
Veronika Blažejovská
Viktorie Vrublevská
Radka Slatinská
Zuzana Herényiová
Eva Horáková
Št?pán Pechar
Tereza Chábová
Libor Kettner
Lucie Šturcová
Petr Muric
Pavel Bilík
Eliška Kolá?ová
Ivo Jirásek
Lýdie Švojgerová
Miroslav Rak
Pavlína ?erví?ková
Jakub Sedlá?ek
Tamara Kšírová
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