Tue 12 01, 19:00

HaDivadlo:
The Seagull

theatre
It's hot. Everything becomes exhausting. It would be better not to worry about anything at all. But Nina wants to be an actress, Treplev is searching for new forms of art, Arkadina refuses to come to terms with her age, and Trigorin can't find the inspiration. Everyone is longing for something.
The relentlessly scorching heat stirs up passions and unconditional love. But desire remains unfulfilled, and everyone returns again and again to melancholy, stagnation, and the vision of a different—perhaps better—life. They find themselves trapped in their own blindness. How can we be happy when we’re constantly longing for something we don’t have? *Racek* is a celebration of intense experience, grand gestures, youth and old age, and the hope that life can be different. It explores the themes of courage and the inability to discover the various forms of relationships: fatal infatuation, one-sided desire, the need to be loved, and the notion that happiness will come with someone else. What can modern love offer us? Are we capable of loving anyone other than ourselves?
 
This classic drama, performed by the HaDivadlo troupe, explores what lies behind our own blindness and how to interpret one of the most frequently staged plays today. The cast and the directing and dramaturgical team explore common themes that, despite the play’s more than century-old history, continue to resurface: the longing for love, recognition, change, and a different life. And what if the sweltering heat persists even in the fall?

Cast

Nina Zarečná - Šimona Horynová‍
Konstantin Treplev - Ema Lovecká‍
Boris Trigorin a Semjon Medvěděnko - Tomáš Slabiňák
Irina Arkadinová - Marie Ludvíková
Máša - Simona Peková
Jevgenij Dorn - Jiří Miroslav Valůšek
Petr Sorin - Radim Chyba

Creative team

Author: Anton Pavlovič Čechov
Directors: Justina Grecová, Jana Vaverková, Jan Doležel
Dramaturgy: Jana Vaverková, Jan Doležel, Justina Grecová
Scenography: Natálie Rajnišová
Music: Josefína Trantinová (Fae Bestia)

 

Big hall, free seating

120 minutes (without break)

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