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28.1. 2017 / 19:30

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By means of an expressively physical performance, both actors reveal new nuances of Franz Kafkas’s work and associatively look for timeless themes in it, such as one’s own vs. national identity, historical curse, memory of a place.

This is a harsh, but also very fragile and exposing story about the relationship between a father and a son. An uncompromising confession in which what is not said is more important than what is. A relationship stripped to the bone. This performance by Peter Tilajčík and Tomáš Procházka is presented always in a different, non-theatrical space. By means of an expressively physical performance, both actors reveal new nuances of Franz Kafkas’s work and associatively look for timeless themes in it, such as one’s own vs. national identity, historical curse, memory of a place, etc. The audience witnesses a literal transformation of the actors’ bodies into insects.  The two performers – like a director and actor, or like father and son – embark on a journey to find their lost relationship which seems to be forever lost. Director Tomáš Procházka is a member of the youngest generation of theatremakers. He has been strongly influenced by elements of performance and physical theatre. Actor Peter Tilajčík is memorable because of his animated facial expressions, gestures and overall physical appearance. The raw environment of the industrial hall in the former textile factory Cvernovka in Bratislava, where the performance originated, has created a space for unusual public intimacy in which no harsh words are spoken and yet pain, desire for a touch and reconciliation are felt. None of them might come though.

Concept and direction: Tomáš Procházka, music: Andrea Bučko, stage design: Zuzana Hudáková, lighting design: Slavomír Šmalik, cast: Peter Tilajčík, Tomáš Procházka

photo: Mária Švarbová