Valérie a týden divů

About

During a single week, a girl grows into a woman and her dreams turn into a dark nightmare. The world is no longer as Valerie has imagined it. This initiation rite reveals the secrets of the passage to adulthood and social hypocrisy through hyperbole and sarcasm borrowed from Vítězslav Nezval. The production is a poetic adaptation of the bizarre dark novel, which still evokes emotions, passion and fear.

Valerie leaves the world of childhood illusions and dives into the depths of a dark and obscure fantasy. Mystery, interlaced with sparks of absurdity and humour, pursues the main characters wherever they find themselves – whether it is a chicken coop, a cellar full of coffins or a crumbling temple.

The theatrical adaptation features a dialogue between film and stage performance, music and lighting design, and combines a poetic vision with the artistic vision of Laterna magika.

From the depths to the sky
and from the sky to the depths I flow,
from the end to the beginning

Creatives

Stage director: Jakub Šmíd

Dramaturgy: Hana Strejčková

Choreography: Jiří Pokorný

Sets: Petr Vítek

Costume design: Eva Jiřikovská

Cast

Valérie - Aneta Kalertová

Elza - Eva Leinweberová

Hedvika - Jaroslava Rameš Janečková

Orlík - Zdeněk Piškula

Tchoř - Petr Stachá

and others