Fidlovačka or Who are We?
Spielraum Kollektiv / Archa.lab
 
theatre  

The play Fidlovačka by Josef Kajetán Tyl is associated with enhancing Czech national self-confidence. A song from the play became the Czech national anthem. The play, which was long perceived as a flop, only experienced success in 1917, 82 years after the premiere and a year before the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia. A long-sought phase of Czech independence followed, but also a phase in which independence was again lost. Now, 100 years after the success of Fidlovačka, nationalist thoughts are once again in the spotlight. Experts with something to say about Czechness offer different perspectives on the theme of national identity, on Czech-German relations, migration, fear and Czech values.



Credits

Concept: Mathias Straub, Linda Straub
Directed by: Linda Straub
Dramaturgy: Tomáš Žižka
External dramaturgy: Sodja Lotker
Dramaturgy Supervision: Jana Svobodová a Ondřej Hrab
Set Design: Mathias Straub, Linda Straub
Light Design: Michal Horáček
Performing: John Bok, Jakub Čermák, Kati Linek, Tatyana Synková, Heda Bayer

Coproduction: Studio DAMÚZA

With the support of the CULTURE programme of the European Union.

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