{"id":5045,"date":"2018-05-15T15:32:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-15T13:32:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/?page_id=3582"},"modified":"2022-11-24T12:54:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-24T11:54:07","slug":"ein-stuck-tschechien-new-czech-drama-2018","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/event\/ein-stuck-tschechien-new-czech-drama-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"EIN ST\u00dcCK: TSCHECHIEN\/NEW CZECH PLAYS 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contemporary plays from the Czech Republic in Berlin: Drama Panorama e. V. and the <\/strong>Czech Centre Berlin are once again organising a festival of contemporary Czech drama<\/strong> \u2013 Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien 2018 \u2013 this time with two guest productions and a staged reading of three plays.<\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/strong>For the third time now, the biennial festival of contemporary Czech drama Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien <\/strong>will present contemporary Czech plays from the end of May to the middle of June.<\/p>\n

There is a new generation of playwrights in the Czech Republic whose plays are relevant for audiences all over Europe, but who nonetheless are barely known outside of their own country. The two-day festival organised by the Berlin association for translation and theatre Drama Panorama: Forum f\u00fcr \u00dcbersetzung und Theater e. V.<\/strong> in partnership with the Czech Centre Berlin <\/strong>aims to fill this gap.<\/p>\n

The festival will kick off with a celebrated production from the Prague theatre Studio Hrdin\u016f, The Actor and Carpenter Majer Expresses his Opinion on the State of his Country<\/em> <\/strong>(orig. Herec a truhl\u00e1\u0159 Majer mluv\u00ed o stavu sv\u00e9 domoviny<\/em>) by the well-known Czech prose author David Z\u00e1bransk\u00fd<\/strong> on the 26 of May<\/strong> in the tak Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg. For the lead role, Stanislav Majer was awarded the Theatre Critics\u2019 Prize for the actor of the year. The production became the most-discussed topic in the Czech theatre scene and media last year, due to how the author provocatively scratches at the political arrogance of the Czech elite.<\/p>\n

On the 6th<\/sup> of June<\/strong>, three contemporary plays will be presented in the form of a staged reading in the gallery of the Czech Centre. David Dr\u00e1bek<\/strong>, one of the most well-known comedy authors in the Czech Republic, will be there with his play It\u2019s Lonely at the Top<\/em><\/strong> (orig. Koule<\/em>), a grotesque deconstruction of the myth of a successful socialist athletic career; Ren\u00e9 Lev\u00ednsk\u00fd<\/strong>, a chameleon among Czech authors, hailed as \u201cthe Czech Stoppard\u201d by Czech theatre critics, presents his play Nawratilowa, Szymczykowa<\/em><\/strong>, in which two women take a journey into the Czech-German past, guided by the stories behind their tattoos; and Roman Sikora, <\/strong>master of current political grotesque will introduce his latest play Castle on the Loire<\/em> <\/strong>(orig. Z\u00e1mek na Loi\u0159e<\/em>), a satire of the Czech political situation, portraying lackeys who have imprisoned the wife of a top-ranking Czech politician in a French castle. Sikora\u2019s play was awarded the Grand Prize at the Talking About Borders<\/strong> festival at the Staatstheater N\u00fcrnberg and will celebrate its world premiere there at the end of June. We are presenting a shortened version of the play with the kind support of Talking About Borders.<\/p>\n

After the reading, we will celebrate the launch of the anthology of Czech contemporary drama Von Masochisten und Mamma-Guerillas<\/em><\/strong> (Of Masochists and Mamma Guerillas; ed. by Barbora Schnelle in collaboration with Henning Bochert, Berlin: Neofelis 2018). The book is the first volume from the series Drama Panorama<\/em>, which was started by Drama Panorama e.V. in partnership Neofelis Verlag. The anthology will present nine contemporary Czech dramas by authors the festival Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien has already worked with or will work with in the future.<\/p>\n

On the 14th<\/sup> of June,<\/strong> the<\/em> Czech production of 2016 is coming to the tak Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg \u2013 the production Olga:<\/em><\/strong> Horror in the House of Havel <\/em><\/strong>(orig. Horrory z Hr\u00e1de\u010dku<\/em>) from the pen of young Czech dramatist Anna Saavedra. Directed by Martina Schlegelov\u00e1 from the Prague theatre Divadlo LET\u00cd, the play portrays the life of V\u00e1clav Havel\u2019s first wife in a sitcom-style show as a reckoning with the time before and after the 1989 revolution.<\/p>\n

The main actress, Pavl\u00edna \u0160torkov\u00e1, was awarded the Theatre Critics\u2019 Prize for best actress in a main role for her role as Olga.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Programme<\/h2>\n

Saturday, 26th May, 20:00, <\/strong>tak Theater Aufbau Kreuzberg<\/h3>\n
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David Z\u00e1bransk\u00fd: The Actor and Carpenter Majer Expresses his Opinion on the State of his Country. On the picture: Stanislav Majer | Foto: Ladislav Babu\u0161\u010d\u00e1k<\/p><\/div>\n

Der Schauspieler und Schreiner Majer \u00e4u\u00dfert sich zum Zustand seines Heimatlandes <\/em><\/strong>(<\/em><\/strong>The Actor and Carpenter Majer Expresses his Opinion on the State of his Country)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

by David Z\u00e1bransk\u00fd<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guest show from Theatre Studio Hrdin\u016f, Prague
\nDirected by: Kamila Pol\u00edvkov\u00e1
\nWith: Stanislav Majer und Chor<\/p>\n

With his first work commissioned for the theatre, well-known prose author David Z\u00e1bransk\u00fd caused a lot of furore in the Czech Republic. The Actor and Carpenter Majer Expresses his Opinion on the State of his Country <\/em>(orig. Herec a truhl\u00e1\u0159 Majer mluv\u00ed o stavu sv\u00e9 domoviny<\/em>, world premiere 2016) was staged at the Prague Theatre Studio Hrdin\u016f<\/a> and is an outstanding example of contemporary Czech theatre with its finger on the pulse of the times.<\/p>\n

The play focuses on the theme of the nation and what we associate with it, with national identity and the role elites have in defining it. The monologue was written for the actor Stanislav Majer, a well-known theatre and TV actor, whose attitude towards life is examined with sarcastic humour by the author. What does the word \u201cnation\u201d mean in the Czech Republic? And why does Majer feel aversion towards his nation? Is the current president to blame? Or do the Czechs have low self-confidence in general and think that it\u2019s just better elsewhere, for example in Germany? In a similar vein to Bernhard, Z\u00e1bransk\u00fd is a cutting observer and analyst of Czech society, in which the concept of \u201cnation\u201d is misused for different purposes. An exciting Czech-German theatre dispute!<\/p>\n

In Czech with German and English surtitles, followed by an audience discussion.<\/p>\n

Doris Kouba\u2019s translation of the play will shortly be published in the newly launched series, Drama Panorama \u2013 New International Plays by Neofelis Verlag<\/a>: Von Masochisten und Mamma-Guerillas: Neue tschechische Dramatik<\/em>. Ed. by Barbora Schnelle, Berlin: Neofelis 2018.<\/p>\n

For this production, Stanislav Majer was awarded the Theatre Critics\u2019 Prize for best actor in a lead role in 2016.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In Czech with German and English surtitles, followed by an audience discussion<\/p>\n

Duration: 80 min.<\/p>\n

Purchase your tickets here<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 6th June, 19:00, <\/strong>Czech Centre Berlin<\/h3>\n

Staged readings of abridged versions of the plays and audience discussions with the authors<\/h4>\n

Director of the readings: Eberhard K\u00f6hler<\/h4>\n

Set and costume design, live art: Anita Fuchs<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Performers: Renate Regel, Hannah Schr\u00f6der, Naemi Schmidt-Lauber, Simon Buchegger and Henning Bochert<\/p>\n