KAR

Adult audience, 13 years +

At a funeral dinner, amid the clinking of glassware and the music of an orchestra, instead of saying farewell to his family and friends, the deceased comes back to life.

In this skilful and savoury blend of object theatre and live music, waiters and guests transport us to a madcap puppet cabaret of explosive sounds, steeped in the Russian realism of Tolstoy’s masterpiece, Anna Karenina.

Accordion, percussion, strings, and voice revisit this monument of Russian literature in a masterful, surprising, and electrifying manner. The audience will be transformed!

• KAR was nominated for Best Act of the Year, Alternative and Puppet Theatre – Theatre News Prize (Cena divadelních novin, 2016)
  

At first glance, a rather disconcerting show, but buoyed by a spellbinding musical score and sprinkled with moments of puppeteering poetry. Original and truly entertaining: a success!

– Mathieu Dochtermann, Toute la culture

Language: English

Running time: 60 minutes

Techniques: Object theatre, live music

The show will be followed by a talkback with the artists.

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Photos: Vojtěch Brtnický

Company

Active since 2004, the Fekete Seretlek musical group repurposes, modifies, and mixes motifs from world music, creating its own original compositions. The six members combine their wide-ranging experience in music, song, drama, circus, and puppetry, giving rise to genre-bending musical theatre.

Damúza was founded in 1999 by a group of students from DAMU, the Academy of Performing Arts, in Prague. Today, Damúza operates as a production unit to support both emerging artists and ambitious projects by DAMU students and recent graduates. Damúza is known for its original productions, particularly in puppetry, art, and object theatre, for both children and adults.

Credits

Stage direction: Matija Solce

Performance: Anna Bubníková, Pavol Smolárik, Jiří N. Jelínek, Ivo Gregorec Sedláček, Jan Meduna, Matija Solce

Scenography: Marianna Stránská, Matija Solce, Jiří N. Jelínek,

Music: Fekete Seretlek, Matija Solce

Stage and technical management: Zuzana Cajtlerová

Production: Damúza Studio

Co-production: Palác Akropolis, KD Matita

The show is sold out? Try your luck at the door! Arrive early. If reserved tickets become available at the last minute, we’ll be happy to put them back for sale.