Like in a Cage

ABOUT THE PLAY

This original comedy by the PROPADLO theatre company from Václavovice is set at an unspecified time when the world is struck by a pandemic called Hydron. The audience watches how the fatal disease affects the ordinary life of the Frgál family, who spend all their time confined to a claustrophobic flat in an apartment building that hopes to become an oasis of peace in difficult times. It soon becomes clear that the building is anything but peaceful. In the second part of the play, Professor Zrno makes a revolutionary discovery in his Prague laboratory that could eradicate the Hydron pandemic completely. Without revealing the plot, it is enough to say that people from Ostrava make a crucial contribution to treating the disease, albeit unintentionally. The Frgál family plays a surprisingly key role in saving lives. Together with other residents of the distinctive Ostrava region, they help change the region’s image in the capital. With humour, the play touches on environmental issues while poking fun at self-centred Prague-centrism and entrenched stereotypes and prejudices about the region.

CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM

Father Koloman Frgál – Kamil Michalík
Mrs Frgál – Miroslava Telecká
Son Bedřich – Marek Foniok
Daughter Nela – Kristýna Plevzová
Landlord – Stanislav Kolář
Medical clown, miner Sliwka – Robert Fárek
Professor Boleslav Zrno – Jiří Červenka
Assistant Sabina Churáňová – Petra Klapilová
Accountant Irma – Magda Urbancová

Director: Miroslava Telecká
Company: Divadlo PROPADLO