Noon combines documentary and physical theatre that tells about the events which followed after the demonstration of eight people in Red Square on August 25, 1968, and visual theater of insistent images inspired by poetry of Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Vadim Delone and other Soviet dissident poets of the 1960s and 1970s with the live string quartet accompaniment.
Noon (Czechia). Directed by: Pavel Štourač. Concept: Divadlo Continuo. Dramaturgy: Divadlo Continuo, Marek Turošík. Visual concept, stage design: Helena Štouračová a Pavel Štourač. Music/sound design: Elia Moretti et al. Lighting design: Jan Hugo Hejzlar. Filmmaking: Amador Artiga. Presented in Czech with English subtitles.
Cast: Sara Bocchini, Kateřina Šobáňová, Natalia Peták Vaňová, Sean Henderson, Felix Baumann, Pavel Štourač Markéta Lábusová (violin, voice ), John Robin Bold ( guitars, electronic ), Petr Tichý (double bass), Urban Megušar (violoncello). Production: Zuzana Bednarčiková, Markéta Krejčová, Art Prometheus. Booking: Nikola Križková.
This event is part of the 2024 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Dark Dreams. For more information, visit rehearsalfortruth.org.
Free and open to the public. Suggested donation $10. Seats are limited, on first-come, first-served basis. Online registration is required.
Financially supported by: Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, State Fund for the Culture of the Czech Republic, South Bohemia region, City of Prague and Foundation Život umělce. Partners: Švestkový Dvůr, z.s., La Fabrika, ART Prometheus, z,s., Ubergange - Přechody.
The 2024 Rehearsal for Truth Theater Festival: Dark Dreams is organized by BBLA and the Vaclav Havel Center. The program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. The festival is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
Rehearsal for Truth International Theater Festival is an annual showcase of contemporary Central and Eastern European theater, established in 2017. The festival is a shared endeavor of the Vaclav Havel Center and the Bohemian Benevolent and Literary Association in partnership with numerous other cultural and performing arts organizations. The festival honors the artistic and political legacy of the Czech playwright/dissident/president Vaclav Havel. We support exchanges between American and European theater professionals and celebrate the power of the theater to transform our lives.