Director Jan Mikulášek’s new production is based on the extensive work of Ingmar Bergman, the creator of ten films and more than 120 theatrical productions. In the original work Personas, Bergman’s gloomy, profound and fateful characters encounter one another, creating new connections and meanings. In an indeterminate flat, eight actors play out condensed dramas as each new tenant brings a new story, interspersing faces, fates, stories and moods. The north wind is cruel.
About the company
The Theatre on the Balustrade is a leader in current theatrical trends and has received some of the highest honours in Czech theatre, including: Theatre of the year 2014; and Best Performance of 2013 (The Golden Sixties), 2014 (Velvet Havel) and 2017 (Macbeth – Too Much Blood). In recent seasons, the theatre has been invited to prestigious festivals in Austria, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Germany, Columbia, France, the United Kingdom and the USA.
genres
Drama / Young Audience
THEATRE / COMPANY
Theatre on the Balustrade / Divadlo Na zábradlí
CZECH TITLE
Persony
AUTHOR
Ingmar Bergman, Jan Mikulášek
DIRECTION
Jan Mikulášek
DRAMATURGY
Dora Viceníková
STAGE DESIGN
Marek Cpin
COSTUME DESIGN
Marek Cpin
LENGTH OF THE PERFORMANCE
180 minutes
STAGE AREA
Small
NUMBER OF TRAVELLING PERSONS
23
LANGUAGE
Czech
AUDIENCE
Adult