Valerie and Her Week of Wonders
The theatrical adaptation features a dialogue between film and stage performance, music and lighting design, and combines a poetic vision with the artistic vision of Laterna magika.
During a single week, a girl grows into a woman and her dreams turn into a dark nightmare. The world is no longer as Valerie has imagined it. This initiation rite reveals the secrets of the passage to adulthood and social hypocrisy through hyperbole and sarcasm borrowed from Vítězslav Nezval. The production is a poetic adaptation of the bizarre dark novel, which still evokes emotions, passion and fear.
Valerie leaves the world of childhood illusions and dives into the depths of a dark and obscure fantasy. Mystery, interlaced with sparks of absurdity and humour, pursues the main characters wherever they find themselves – whether it is a chicken coop, a cellar full of coffins or a crumbling temple.
The theatrical adaptation features a dialogue between film and stage performance, music and lighting design, and combines a poetic vision with the artistic vision of Laterna magika.
From the depths to the sky
and from the sky to the depths I flow,
from the end to the beginning
Performance profile at the NT website
Annotation for download in Czech & Englisch (PDF, 0,5 MB)
Photos for download
Creatives
Stage director: Jakub Šmíd
Dramaturgy: Hana Strejčková
Music: David Hlaváč
Sets: Petr Vítek
Costume design: Eva Jiřikovská
Choreography: Jiří Pokorný
Light design: Karel Šimek
Sound design: Jan Brambůrek
Video producer: Jindřich Trčka
Camera: Ondřej Belica
Animation: Eva Chudomelová, Erik Bartoš
Premiere performances: 9 and 10 November 2023 at the New Stage
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Servis information
The 80 minutes performance is without an intermission.
The performance is suitable for children aged 13 and over.
Performance space:
W × H × D = 14,4 m × 14,0 m × 14,5 m + side portals 1,5 m + rear passage 2,0 m
Performance recording
https://vimeo.com/911180625?share=copy
Trailer
Contact
Dominika Flajzarová
