Dates
| 12.06.2026 / 18:00 |
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A pond is smaller than a lake and larger than a puddle. Water appears in it and then disappears again. It seems quiet and inconspicuous. Yet when I immerse myself in it with my gaze, I see that it is full of life. I observe encounters between all kinds of species and become part of them.
The object and puppet performance Pond by visual artist Iva Ščerbáková and musician Tomáš Zahrádka invites audiences to observe the life of a temporary pond together. Over the course of the performance, it becomes a place of meeting.
The audience sits around a small basin that gradually fills with water and comes alive. They can take part in inhabiting the pond themselves or simply watch the transformations it undergoes. As the water rises, a dry and inhospitable place turns into a lively realm of ancient creatures and organisms – both real and fantastical – that depend on this cycle of dryness and water.
The performance is non-verbal and therefore free of language barriers. It is suitable for both adults and children from the age of 4. Approximate duration: 40 minutes.
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Creative team: Iva Ščerbáková and Tomáš Zahrádka (Krajina v batůžku)
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non-verbal / 40 minutes
audience participation / suitable for children
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Iva Ščerbáková
Iva Ščerbáková is a visual artist, scenographer, and performer. She studied at the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at DAMU. She comes from Ostrava, where she often returns with her work. In her theatre practice, she focuses on puppet and object theatre and on forms that move between installation and performance. She has created scenography for several theatres (Divadlo loutek Ostrava, Studio G, Bajka, DJKT) and collaborates with Loutky v nemocnici. She co-created the production Uši pro princeznu for Studio Damúza. She is the author and performer of the piece Krajina v batůžku. She can also be seen in the production Ida and in projects with the choir Veselé chvíle. She is one of the authors of the installation-performance project Hemžení, created in 2024 for the Regiony festival. She leads an art-theatre workshop at the Rudolfinum Gallery and creates jewellery under the label Trs. She also works as an illustrator and is currently preparing her authorial book Tohle je bobr for publication. Her work has long explored themes of landscape and fragility.
Tomáš Zahrádka
Tomáš Zahrádka is a musician and performer from Jičín. He has long focused on folk music and alternative genres, which he draws on when composing music for theatre. He has created music for productions such as Theatrum Culinarium Pictum (Valdštejnské imaginárium), Schnecken Hräden (Fras), and Poprask na laguně. He often creates improvised music for a wide range of performances. He plays in bands including Hubnutí řízené počítačem, Di Prager Yidishe Kapelye, Zlopacha, K3Dr4, and Uhray Tónyak, and also collaborates with the choir Veselé chvíle and the theatre group Krajina v batůžku. For ten years, he co-organized the multi-genre festival Propadák.
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