SkRAT Theatre: Skupinová terapia

Starring: Ľubo Burgr, Milan Chalmovský, Lucia Fričová, Daniela Gudabová, Mišo Noga a. h., Jozef Belica, Natália Okolicsányiová; text: Peter Lomnický; directed by: Jozef Vlk; scenography: Ján Ptačin; costumes: Zuzana Hudeková; choreography: Stanislava Vlčeková; music & musical collaboration: Dmitrij Dmitrijevič Šostakovič, Piotr Iľjič Čajkovskij, Jozef Vlk, Ľubo Burgr

In this production, the method of the author’s collective creation is replaced by a dramatic text, written this time by Peter Lomnický. The theatre company tries to try out Chekhov’s Ivanov. The relationships between the actors are less than ideal and the authority of the ensemble leader contributes to this. This results in an attempt at group psychotherapy with an invited expert. The play interweaves specific asides and lines from Ivanov with asides that elaborate, elaborate and parody general themes from the Russian classic; all ultimately subversively commented on by dialogue sparking with the irresistible mixture of intellectual cunning and exasperating obtuseness that is inherent in this ensemble.

Please note the play is in Slovak with no English subtitles.

This play was created with financial support of the Slovak Arts Council, Bratislava Regional Funding Scheme, Foundation of City of Bratislava and also by funding from Bratislava Old Town Municipality.