SHADOW MEADOW

WARNING: THE PERFORMANCE MAKES USE OF A STROBOSCOPE AND OTHER EXTREME LIGHT EFFECTS

Strobes, polystyrene, smoke, black metal… A visually driven performance promising a radical experience through the transformation of materials, light and space rarely encountered in theatre. It explores situations in which the absence of things or people creates an impression of their intense presence.

Nothing is as it seems. Nothing between the audience and the performers. Nothing happening on stage. Nothing coming out of the speakers. Nothing here.

Shadow Meadow was the first project created and performed jointly by director Jan Mocek and performer Irina Andreeva. Irina died two years ago, and by presenting this performance, we want to bring her back into our presence, if only for a moment.

The performance is followed by a discussion entitled Why… why theatre?

“During our last meeting, Irina was sitting at a table, working on yet another project. Suddenly, she stopped and, as if speaking into the void, asked: Why… why theatre? For someone who made theatre at a time when it was associated with a vision of radical social transformation, the position of art today seemed almost banal and meaningless. We, artists of a generation or two younger, no longer have such expectations of theatre. And yet, we keep asking ourselves why we do it in the first place.” - Jan Mocek

Concept and Direction: Jan Mocek
Created in collaboration with Irina Andreeva
Dramaturgy: Táňa Švehlová
Performers: Jan Mocek, Halka Třešňáková, Tinka Avramova
Lighting: David Prokopič, Martin Špetlík
Sound: Matthias Hesselbacher, Matouš Hekela
Production: Táňa Švehlová, SixHouses z. s.
Premiere: 21 November 2017

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