Wariot Ideal is a major player on the Czech alternative scene. It is one of two key theatre companies (alongside Handa Gote Research and Development) responsible for creating a distinct, original theatrical formula that could be described as a specifically Czech variant of neo-surrealism. Wariot Ideal’s performances are a veritable cascade of surprising, absurd and grotesque stage ideas, presented and performed with solemnity and deadly seriousness. The brilliant ‘Hlubiny’ (‘The Depths’), presented in Katowice, is probably the most representative production of this style.
Founded in 2009, the company comprises: mime artist Vojtěch Švejda, illusionist and sound composer Jan Kalivoda, lighting and set designer Jan Dőrner, and producer Milena Dőrnerová. Together, they work not only on improvised performances and movement, pantomime and physical theatre, but also on creating full-length dramatic productions for adults and children. The company is in residence at the Alfred ve dvoře theatre in Prague.
We’ll definitely be baking a mask! The rest will be assembled on the head and welded together using a red-hot pan. Or glued together with eggs. Then an Assyrian made with snails. And clothes-iron shoes – thus the need for a circuit breaker. A basket-maker and straw-weaver and their tools and musical instruments. Looks like it’ll be a concert, actually! The Old Testament as a source inspiration and as a support for drilling, grating, and blanching. A life-and-death struggle in shouting and hollering. A conflict over three arrows. Sacrifice as a path towards peace.
As long as nothing is underestimated. Let us now eat and drink in order to become one with our roots! Our ancestors are our roots. And we are all balls! (Meaning testes)! We love our ancestors, but we regularly underestimate etiquette and overestimate boot-licking. What a shame… Still, if Job could do it, anyone can! Which probably means us as well. But don’t piss off the tree-demon! Or it’ll be the end of us. Depths where even the gods aren’t so special and we humans don’t always make it to the surface in time. And also theatre, dance, sport, or just hanging around.
Wariot Ideal
Authors: Jan Dörner, Jan Kalivoda, Vojtěch Švejda, Milena Dörnerová, Šimon Janíček
Premiere: October 2019
Duration of the performance: 60 minutes
Tickets for the performance HERE.
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