2018-06-23 17:00:00
Red Dwarf - Small stage
Theatre
Repass! (CZ/SI/SK)

Written and directed by: Matija Solce
Set and costume design: Marianna Stránská
Music: Matija Solce
With: Pavol Smolárik, Anna Bubníková, Jiří N. Jelínek, Ivo Sedláček, Matija Solce

During a funeral dinner, in between condolences and the gentle music of a funeral band, instead of farawell with the deceased, (saying goodbye, getting away with him,...), the life of the dead starts to reapear. Suddenly, the sounds of glasses change into melodies, moves of waiter dance, cups of tea apper as guests on russian court dance and at the end, spectators themselves become characters from the story of Anna Karenina. The train drives faster and faster through flesh-backs and stripes of story towards the tragic ending. But, the show ends even worse than we expect. On the border of life and death, in reality. 

The performance combines music, cabaret and object theatre presenting original and playful musical compositions that derive mainly from Russian folk. Six expressive actors, six voices, accordion, trumpet, violin, cello, contrabass and an amplified table on which objects are animated to build rhythmical compositions all gently recreate fragments from the novel. At the same time, the openess of object theatre is shown with playfull using of glass, paper, water and light. A metamorphosis of music and theater, word and movement and the deconstruction of traditional theatrical form transforms a romantic tragedy about one individual into an grotesque charicature about all of us.