Miroslav Petříček
THE IMPROBABILITY OF HISTORY
Jurij M. Lotman: Divine Arrangement, or Gambling?
Karel Haloun
TYPO KUCHA: PRINTER, WINE BAR AND BEER HALL
truth and lies on the road – volume nine
Petr Fischer
TO STRIP REALITY FROM THE HUMAN
documentary papers – volume nine
CONFESION OF A SPONGER
TALKS OF OLD WIGS
Jan Mlčoch answers questions of Karel Král
PAVEL NOVOTNÝ
RECORDS
NEW DIRECTIONS OF USE 4/2021
Karel Král
CHEERFULLY TO THE BATTLEFIELD
Marital History
Lucie Trmíková: Marital History, directed by Jan Nebeský, spolek JEDL, 2021
Vladimír Mikulka
THE MOST IMPORTANT PRODUCT OF A CREATIVE MIND
Tesla
Jakub Maksymov: Tesla, directed by J.Maksymov, Městská divadla pražská – Komedie, 2021
S.d.Ch.
MY EMPIRE IS OF THIS STUDIO
My Empire is of This World
Wolfgang Borchert, Miroslav Bambušek: My Empire is of This World, directed by M.Bambušek, Studio Hrdinů, 2021
Josef Rubeš
TROUBLES AT KOMEDIE
Roberto Zucco
Bernard-Marie Koltès: Roberto Zucco, directed by Atilla Vidnyánszky ml., Městská divadla pražská – Komedie, 2021
Marek Lollok
BETWEEN THE PAST AND PRESENT
Owners of the Keys and The Doctor at National Theatre Brno
Milan Kundera: Owners of the Keys, directed by Martin Glaser, Národní divadlo Brno, 2021; Robert Icke: The Doctor, directed by Lukáš Brutovský, Národní divadlo Brno, 2021
David Drozd
STOPPARD’S „VIENNESE“ PLAY IN BRNO
Leopoldstadt
Tom Stoppard: Leopoldstadt, directed by Radovan Lipus, Národní divadlo Brno, 2021
Vladimír Mikulka
SLOWLY AND SWIFTLY
Living Rooms and Runners
Lukáš Karásek: Living Rooms, directed by Lukáš Karásek, tYhle, 2021; Runners, directed by Rosťa Novák ml. and Vít Nezval, Cirk La Putyka, 2021
Barbora Etlíková
NORTHERN SECRETS OF A SOUL
Let the Right One In and Adam’s Apples
John Ajvide Lindquist, Jack Thorne: Let the Right One In, directed by Jan Holec, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově, 2021; Anders Thomas Jensen: Adam’s Apples, directed by Jiří Pokorný, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově, 2021
Jakub Škorpil
HOUR HAND MOVES SLOWLY
Dr. Johann Faust, Praha II, Karlovo nám. 40
Jiří Suchý, Ferdinand Havlík: Dr. Johann Faust, Praha II, Karlovo nám. 40, directed by Vladimír Morávek, Městská divadla pražská – Rokoko, 2021
Josef Rubeš
HIPPIES AND ASTRONAUTS
The Tempest at DISK and Prague Castle
William Shakespeare: The Tempest, directed by Viktorie Čermáková, DAMU, 2021; William Shakespeare: The Tempest, directed by SKUTR, Letní shakespearovské slavnosti, 2021
KAREL Král
EMMERSIVE THEATRE
Cleopatra – Hello Universe!
Cleopatra, directed by 8lidí, Divadlo Na zábradlí, 2021; Jan Mikulášek, Boris Jedinák a kol.: Hello Universe!, directed by J.Mikulášek, Divadlo Na zábradlí v Planetáriu Praha, 2021
Vladimír Mikulka
BETWEEN PILOTS AND BEARS
Regiony Festival Hradec Králové
Georg Büchner, Laurynas Adomaitis: Woyzzeck, directed by Antanas Obcarskas, Lietuvos nacionalinis teatras, 2018; Where Are We Going to Live, by Alžběta Vitvarová, René Vitvar, Stěpán Lustyk and Patrik Hradecký, vi.TVOR, 2019
Blanka Křiváková
ADMIRABLE BODIES IN ITALIAN AND GREEK FASHION
Tanec Praha Festival 2021
Graces, choreography by Silvia Gribaudi, Nuovo Teatro Comunale Gorizia, 2018; Dimitris Papaioannau: Transverse Orientation, directed by D. Papaioannau, Onassis Stegi, 2021
Martina Ulmanová
IT IS WEIRD TO PLAY A WAR DRAMA WITH PUPPETS…
Dukla: the Valley of Death
Agda Bavi Pain & Gejza Dezorz: Dukla: the Valley of Death, directed by G.Dezorz, Dezorzovo lútkové divadlo, 2021
Matúš Marcinčin
AN EXAM FROM THE CANCER
Adulthood
Michaela Zakuťanská: Adulthood, directed by Jiří Pokorný, Prešovské národné divadlo – Centrum nezávislej kultury WAVE Prešov, 2021
DAVID FINNIGAN
44 SEX ACTS IN ONE WEEK
SHOCKS WILL BE EVER GREATER AND MORE FREQUENT
second interview with David Finnigan
MICHAEL ŽANTOVSKÝ
NOMINATION – A „VANĚK PLAY“ WITH FOUR PERSONS
from revolution evolution and the other way around: short comedies written for sad 4/2021
FROM SELF-IRONY TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY
interview with Michael Žantovský
KLIMÁČEK DANGLÁR
DVOJČA 10 REVOLUTION
fantasy comics about final battle between theatre and television in our as well as parallel world
The issue opens with Miroslav Petříček’s essay “The Improbability of History”, which is accompanied by an excerpt from the work of the semiologist Yuri Mikhailovich Lotman “Divine Arrangement, or Gambling?”. Karel Haloun’s “truth and lies on the road” series continues with a Slovak instalment “Typo Kucha: Printer, Wine Bar, and Beer Hall” and Petr Fischer’s next “documentary paper” is entitled “To Strip Reality from the Human”). The section “Doubts of… a Sponger” closes with “Confession of a Sponger”. The following section “Czech… Memories” consists of an interview with action artist Jan Mlčoch (“Talks of Old Wigs”), and the next instalment of “new directions for use”, this time by Pavel Novotný, is entitled Records. The first section dedicated to premières at reopened theatres is entitled “After the Second Wave: Biographies…” and Karel Král (“Cheerfully to the Battlefield”) writes about the JEDL Theatre Company’s production The Marital History inspired by the life of August Strindberg. Vladimír Mikulka (“The Most Important Product of a Creative Mind”) writes about a production looking back at the life and work of Nikola Tesla, directed by Jakub Maksymov at the Divadlo Komedie. S.d.Ch reviews the production My Empire is of This World (directed by Miroslav Bambušek, Studio Hrdinů) inspired by the works and fortunes of the German writer Wolfgang Borchert, and the section closes with Josef Rubeš’s review of Koltès’s Roberto Zucco, directed by Atilla Vidnyánszky Jr. at the Divadlo Komedie. The section “Drama in Brno” includes reviews of three productions at the National Theatre Brno: Marek Lollok (“Between the Past and Present”) writes about Milan Kundera’s Owners of the Keys (directed by Martin Glaser) and The Doctor by Robert Icke (directed by Lukáš Brutovský), and David Drozd (“Stoppard’s «Viennese» Play in Brno”) reviews Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, directed by Radovan Lipus. In the section “Prague Collection…” Vladimír Mikulka (“Slowly and Swiftly”) writes about new circus productions Living Room by Lukáš Karásek and tYhle ensemble and Runners by the Cirk La Putyka, and Barbora Etlíková about “northern adaptations” by the Švanda Theatre in Smíchov: Let the Right One In (directed by Jan Holec) and Adam’s Apples (directed by Jiří Pokorný). Jakub Škorpil (“Hour Hand Moves Slowly”) reviews a staging of the musical Dr. Johann Faust… by Jiří Suchý and Ferdinand Havlík directed by Vladimír Morávek for the Prague Municipal Theatres; Josef Rubeš (“Hippies and Astronauts”) reviews two productions of Shakespeare’s Tempest, one directed by Viktorie Čermáková and presented by DAMU students, and the second directed by the duo SKUTR and an ensemble brought together for the Summer Shakespeare Festival. The section closes with Karel Král’s essay “Emmersive Theatre” about two productions of the Divadlo Na zábradlí: the audiowalk Cleopatra, directed by 8lidí, and Hello Universe! directed by Jan Mikulášek. In the section “And the Party and the Guests” Vladimír Mikulka (“Between Pilots and Bears”) writes about productions from the Regiony Festival in Hradec Králové: Woyzeck (directed by Antanas Obcarskas, Lietuvos Nacionalinis Dramos Teatras) and Where Are We Going to Live by the vi.TVOR ensemble. In her essay “Admirable Bodies in Italian and Greek Fashion”, Blanka Křivánková considers a selection from this year’s Tanec Praha festival: Graces by Silvia Gribaudi and Transverse Orientation by Dimitris Papaioannou. In the section “Slovak… Life Trials” Martina Ulmanová (“It is Weird to play a War Drama with Puppets…”) writes about the production Dukla: the Valley of Death by the Dezorzovo lútkové divadlo, and Martin Marcinčin (“An Exam from the Cancer”) about a production of Michaela Zakuťanská’s play Adulthood, directed at the National Theatre Prešov by Jiří Pokorný. The play of the issue is David Finnigan’s 44 Sexual Acts in One Week in a translation by Ester Žantovská and it is accompanied by an interview with the author entitled “Shocks Will Be Ever Greater and More Frequent”. The next “short comedy” written for the SaD magazine in the series “From Evolution Revolution and the Other Way Round” is Michael Žantovský’s Nomination, accompanied by an interview with the author “From Self-Irony to Personal Responsibility”. The comic strip The Twin by the author duo Klimáček-Danglár “about the final struggle between theatre and television in both our and parallel worlds” continues with the instalment “Revolution”.