Divadlo v Dlouhé, Dlouhá 727/39, 110 00 Praha 1
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Shows accompanied by English surtitles
For English summary see bellow
The Last of the Soviets
A tragicomic probe into the soul of the Russian man, based on the book Secondhand Time by Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich
Author Světlana Alexijevičová, Daniel Majling
Translation Kateřina Studená Directed by Michal Vajdička Dramaturgy Kateřina Studená Scenography Pavol Andraško Costumes Katarína Hollá Music Michal Novinski
The 2015 Nobel Prize winner's book brings the stories of ordinary people living in times of great change. A system that was supposed to lead to paradise on earth and last forever has crumbled to dust in a few years; instead of freedom, there is the pursuit of money; instead of democracy, chaos; instead of justice, a fierce struggle between oligarchs and beggars. And soon the people longed for a strong leader to restore order. Alexievich tells it all through the stories of ordinary people, from different classes of the economic spectrum and political mindsets. She lets them speak, she does not judge, she tries to understand them. Although some things are truly difficult to understand...
Based on interviews from the book Secondhand Time, Daniel Majling has written a comprehensive play tracing the fate of a privileged communist family between 1989 and 2003. The personal stories of the individual characters are influenced by historical experiences and injustices, frustration at the loss of superpower status and dashed hopes. Six Chekhovian acts provide us with a hyperbolic portrayal of the life of the Soviet person. But can we truly speak of the end of the Red Man even today?
English surtitles are visible only from balcony, not from stalls.
The Master and Margarita
Never talk to strangers!
Author Michail Bulgakov
Translation Alena Morávková Script and direction SKUTR. Scenography Jakub Kopecký Costumes Simona Rybáková Music Petr Kaláb
The novel The Master and Margarita is one of the most mysterious works of world literature, full of riddles, symbols and hints.
We find ourselves in a society that wants to create a better man and a better world, but instead creates a world full of fear, which can be used as a weapon against anything that defies the average. The perfect place for the arrival of the dark lord Woland and his entourage. Thus begins the battle for the soul of man, the Master's struggle for freedom of speech and a great love story. All this in a package of absurd events and devilishly unbound fun. Easter will link the Moscow gala ball at Satan's with the fate of Yeshua Ha-Nocri and his clandestine friend, the fifth procurator of Judea, Pontius Pilate. And the devil, surprisingly, becomes a force for good by doing evil.
English surtitles are visible only from balcony, not from stalls.
Long Day's Journey into Night
The slow unraveling of a family
Author Eugene O'Neill
Translation Ester Žantovská Directed by Ivan Buraj Dramaturgy Tereza Marečková Scenography Antonín Šilar Costumes Kateřina Štefková Music Matúš Kobolka Choreography Markéta Jandová
A summer country house. August 1912. America. The father, an actor by profession, idolizes money and profit despite the pain this worship causes him and his loved ones. The mother escapes the reality of relationships through an addiction to opiates disguised as medicine. The elder son, Jamie, is a clumsy imitation of his father, filled with empty defiance and alcoholism. The younger son, Edmund – Eugene O'Neill himself – is slowly being overwhelmed by the hopeless reality. The family functions as a dysfunctional yet unyielding web of false roles and unattainable expectations. Family as a social womb.
English surtitles are visible only from balcony, not from stalls.
Divadlo v Dlouhé
Divadlo v Dlouhé is a repertoire theatre with a permanent group of actors established in 1996 as a set financed by the Municipality of Prague. Director Daniela Šálková heads the theatre and the art management comprises: literary adviser Štěpán Otčenášek and director Hana Burešová. The group of actors comprises graduates of the Theatre Academy of Musical Arts, part of the actors have studied in the Department of Alternative and Marionette Theatre of this Academy. The group is highly talented in terms of movement and music. This makes it possible for the directors to use marionette elements in addition to live music and singing in the plays. Divadlo v Dlouhé cannot be assigned to any genre category: our repertoire includes great dramatic stories just as it includes farces, scenic ballet ballads, non-traditional cabaret or a singing performance for children. We devote regular attention to the child viewers - we annually hold the Child in Dlouhá / Dítě v Dlouhé festival at which we feature the most interesting plays for children's theatre and Festival 13+ not only for teenagers.
Divadlo v Dlouhé has won many awards from critics since 1996: it was nominated several times for best Czech Theatre of the Year, four of our plays (Wild duck/Divoká kachna, The Break of Noon/Polední úděl, The Lantern/Lucerna, The Last of Soviets/Konec rudého člověka) won the best play of the year award, other plays were nominated for this prestigious award. Our plays regularly get points in various critic surveys, the performance of the actors in our plays usually also receive awards as well as the work of the set and costume designers. Last but not least to us is the interest of the public - the number of visitors to our theatre is approximately ninety five percent.