MÁJ

For the performance on May 14 (18:00) we offer free babysitting (childcare) - more info below.

Jiří Austerlitz and the Boca Loca Lab group focus on voiceband adaptation of texts as well as on scenic compositions on the border of theatre and music. This time they used a classic literary work as source material. Their goal is to strip Mácha of a glossy layer of sentiment, in order to embrace the passionate, cruel, and burning aspects of his poetry. After all, Máj is a poem about love. However, it also deals with the terror of nothingness and the quest for the meaning of life. Four actors move in virtuoso fashion from voiceband choruses to heartfelt solo statements. Musician Michal Cáb is present on stage where he reacts by means of instruments, noisemakers, cymbals, and a modular synthesizer.

Directed and composed by: Jiří Austerlitz
Performed by: Vendula Holičková, Bára Mišíková, Pavol Smolárik, Daniel Šváb
Live sound & music: Michal Cáb
Lightdesign and video: Pavel Havrda
Costumes: Kateřina Housková
Production: Jedefrau.org

Premiere: 23 May 2022, Alfred ve dvoře, Prague

The theatre group Boca Loca Lab was founded in 2007 by director and author Jiří Adámek, now Jiří Austerlitz. The group has been using principles of musical composition as a primary framework for their projects. In recent years, they have introduced Installation Art. Their style is defined by minimalist acting, experiments in text and voice, and a one-of-a-kind approach to props that takes cues from puppetry as well as Conceptual Art.

Michal Cáb is a musician, visual artist, and teacher (1980). He studied theology as well as in the postgraduate program at the Academy of Performing Arts (The Studio of Intermedia with Tomáš Vaněk). As a musician, he explores the realm of noise by means of improvisation and programming in Pure Data language. He collaborates with a number of theatres and visual artists on theatre and exhibition projects. He often creates his own synthesizers and other musical instruments.

Parent-Friendly Culture
For the performance on April 14 (18:00) we offer free babysitting (childcare) as part of our accessibility program. It's important to us to have people with diverse life experiences in the audience, and we know that access to live culture is often complicated for parents of young children. In collaboration with Studio ALTA and the Parent-Friendly Culture program, we strive to break down, at least in part, the complex barriers we have in our society, allowing parents an uninterrupted theatrical experience and direct participation in cultural events.
If you are interested in the childcare program, please fill out the simple entry form (it requires the purchase of a ticket for the performance)
https://forms.gle/9fyTMkViXMLrpEX48

More information about Parent-Friendly Culture
https://www.altart.cz/parent-friendly-culture/?lang=en