Programme 2008

Genre: Contemporary Theatre / Text based but visual

From the company that brought you Blow This Popsicle Stand ("Utterly brilliant!" – Prague.TV) comes a tale of colliding worlds and of what happens when rampant industrial expansion meets rural mysticism. Exploring the disruption of the day-to-day routine of traditional life by an unnamed enemy, Silkworm follows a young villager as she struggles against what generations before her have deemed best to leave unchallenged.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Highly acclaimed, shocking and brilliant, Act Provocateur Int. adaptation of NO EXIT explores not only the psychological side of Sartre’s famous statement – “Hell is other people“, but performs it on the base of tense physical and sexual fighting of these three characters who have to spend eternity together, locked up in the camera.

“Sartre’s infernal entertainment has brought out the best in Act Provocateur Int.“ – The Stage

“Absorbingly unavoidable performance“ – Three Weeks (Edinburgh Festival)

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only. Contains strong language.

Genre: World Music/Jazz / Text based music

“… four hearts, four souls, four voices, four ways to share emotions and create music… Yellow Sisters are sound illusionists… their music floats lightly between styles: jazz, soul, funk, RnB, reggae and world music......

“…the group’s scope is a lot wider than just reggae; they’re also interested in West and South African music, as well as South American folk, European art-music, and North American soul and jazz singing. All the vocalists cycle through all these styles, sharing lead and background vocals like it ain’t no thing at all. Song after song, Yellow Sisters show what is possible with a little talent and a whole lot of hard work. These four young women—Antonia, Léňa, Hawa, and Bára—have delivered one of the loveliest and smartest records of the last year.“
Taken from Singalana CD review written by Matt Cibula, PopMatters

Language: In English/Czech

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Utton, looking uncomfortably like the Fuhrer, stands before a huge Nazi banner addressing his party faithful. He furnishes his audience with an acute anatomy of fascism; its ideological justifications; its poisoned utopias. They are in the presence of an utterly compelling idealist and are helplessly drawn in to his warped logic.

“One of the most brilliant plays of this generation.” – Fine Print India

“Terrifying, searing, transfixing.” - The Scotsman

“A tour de force.“ - The Stage

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Come spend a fun hour with the world's only nearsighted comic, magician, juggler, escape-artist & tightrope walker.
SEE - Fred risk his life by juggling knives inches from the front row! HEAR - the laughter and applause as he brings audience volunteers up to star in the show! WONDER - how did he find that card! From the Edinburgh Fringe to the Great Wall of China he really has been “around the world for a laugh”.

“It’s fun, funny & always entertaining...” - Edinburgh List

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 7+

Genre: Theatre Comedy

Float around the world as you follow the fantasy of a t-shirt, from cotton to cloth…crossing borders, inspiring closet dreams, landing in donation bins, sailing across the ocean and dancing to the beats of the factories in this beautiful tale of adventure full of humour and humanity. Just imagine….

“… one of the best shows in the Fringe.” ***** - CBC Toronto

“..if only every T-Shirt had these three to tell its tale.” **** - Winnipeg SUN

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Complete with tough questions about the intersection of intellect and passion, bouncing balls and lots of fresh watermelon, Anne Carson’s H&A Screenplay invites you to follow legendary lovers Heloise and Abelard on a multimedia journey from 12th century France to the present, with a quick side trip to Hell along the way.

“Necessary viewing.” – Prague Post on Necropolis - Prague Fringe 2007

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” – BLATT on Savage Love - Prague Fringe 2006

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Karagiozis is a Cypriot shadow puppet. Through a mistake of his puppeteer, he momentarily tastes the human world.
Trapped again behind his screen, he revolts to return to this newly found world. Through physical theatre, experimental architecture, live original music and traditional puppet theatre, Karagiozis takes us on a satirical journey of confronting a new dimension.

“The idea is authentic and at long last we can speak of an outstanding performance… ingenious, both in conception and in content….” - Politis, Cyprus

Language: In English, Greek & French

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre

Dark and lyrical, the play’s characters spin yarns about themselves, each other and the traditional, rural Ireland around them. Enter a world of ghosts, faeries and curses, a place where a song can call up the dead and family bonds are never broken. An unforgiving look at what happens when this world makes contact with the outside: immigrant workers from Eastern Europe or the Travelers. Language and song intertwine to tell the tale…

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

Monk O’Neil, in the back of beyond, is facing death alone, with resilience and humor, even anticipation “Stretch“ is an affirmation of life in the face of inevitable death, and an affirmation of death itself as a fulfilment of the whole life cycle.
This production of a modern Australian classic makes its European debut after playing to rave reviews around Australia.

“Classy, intellectual, witty, passionate and gut-wrenchingly funny…“ - Melbourne Herald-Sun.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Musical Cabaret / Text based but visual

Actress, comedien, singer and poet Anne Frütel performs a Brecht-Liederabend, that isn’t one anymore at all. For, oh mankind! Times have changed! Where once big utopias used to shine, there remains only the faint glow of promises of happiness in our post-idealistic ages.
This anarchic performance of bright chanson-clownery will make you laugh and think. But be careful: Nothing is safe, when Frütel enters the stage, not even the audience…
Avantgarde-cabaret, hard at the limit!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Visually arresting, and with the trademark physicality of the company, “Cassandra” is in part a thriller. Cassandra foresees her own destruction but who will betray her? Who is the enemy-within? Her heroic brother, the servant who worships her or the mysterious figure in her nightmares?

"A subtle, intriguing exploration of war and violence that neatly sidesteps preaching and sentimentality.
As much 9/11 as Ancient Greece, this is beautiful theatre that gets under your skin. Not to be missed." - See Magazine

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

One third of human life is spent in bed; resting, crying, hiding, lovemaking, sleeping, dreaming and dying. The conscious and unconscious mind interweaves forming a patchwork story of 8 characters as they journey in, under and over their beds.
Live original music accompanies this spectacular visual and physical exploration of time passed horizontally from sleepovers to hangovers, orgasms to clinical depression.

“Impressive, heartfelt, wonderful…“ - The Guardian.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: One-man show / Text based

Michael McEvoy's terrific one-man play asks: Should Machiavelli be held accountable for "Machiavellian" leaders like Bush?

“Thrillingly evokes an exciting period in Italian history.” – Metro

“A portrayal of the complexity of Machiavelli’s personality and motives.” - www.one4review.com

“Always fresh and fascinating. A heated finale.” - British Theatre Guide

“Michael McEvoy dominated the stage with a superb, subtle, animated demeanour from his entrance till his explosive exit. A heartrending indictment." – Dawn

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Music / Music & good vibes – the universal language!

Music & good vibes – the universal language!

One of Australia’s most loved folk-rock-roots bands, Carus & The True Believers return to the Prague Fringe by popular demand. A standout on the Oz Festival circuit, alongside contemporaries The John Butler Trio and The Waifs, Carus & the The True Believers have been steadily building a loyal following in Europe with major festivals and sold out shows from London to Berlin to Zurich. Brilliant songwriting backed by an incredible high-energy band of great musicianship.

“…by the end of the show everyone was on the dance floor!” – 3 Weeks Mag, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for everyone who knows how to smile!

Genre: Music

You may not believe it but Willem van Ekeren plays on the piano from J.S. Bach's 'The Well-tempered Clavier', while bluesy singing (like Tom Waits, Randy Newman) from Charles Bukowski's 'The Last Night of the Earth Poems' and… it fits like a glove!

“…Van Ekeren reaches a great height in bringing together this composer and author... Bach and Bukowski show a relationship of souls, which is an exciting surprise.“ - NRC-Handelsblad, The Netherlands

Language: n/a

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: DaDa Performance Art / Text based but visual

The Hallucinogenic Toreador, A DaDa Exploration, is a look at the subconscious world of Salvador Dali through one of his most famous paintings. Lime House Theater Collective has constructed a performance that embraces chaos, explores the unknown, and gives way to dream imagery, as well as our own subconscious journey through the provocative painting.

Language: Non-Verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

Ahoj! Your favourite nightmare – “the war on terror” is here! In these politically rabid times, a mulla however intelligent is “not worth a blair in or out of the bush”, as “the wise fool” Mulla Nasrudin mirrors the sublime and the ridiculous of today’s turbulent times. Let your hair down with the howlarious adventures of the original harlequin that has entertained generations for centuries.

“Wonderfully expressive comic…electrifying…” - Edinburgh Festival

“Dauntless energy…..high voltage performance…” - The Other Festival

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Physical theatre / multi media

Animation + Movement + Laughter = DIG Become obsessed with media; forget how to communicate with mankind.

"In a very real sense, DIG NATION is the future of theater. McQuilken takes charge of multiple technologies to create an integrated stage work… he uses technology to comment on itself. Don't miss this show." – Seattle Weekly

“McQuilken is a man of diverse and remarkable talent… DIG NATION has impressive scope and flawless execution… A multimedia vaudeville extravaganza…” – Seattle Times

Language: Largely non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+. Contains some strong language.

Genre: Contemporary Theatre / Text based but visual

From the company that brought you Blow This Popsicle Stand ("Utterly brilliant!" – Prague.TV) comes a tale of colliding worlds and of what happens when rampant industrial expansion meets rural mysticism. Exploring the disruption of the day-to-day routine of traditional life by an unnamed enemy, Silkworm follows a young villager as she struggles against what generations before her have deemed best to leave unchallenged.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Highly acclaimed, shocking and brilliant, Act Provocateur Int. adaptation of NO EXIT explores not only the psychological side of Sartre’s famous statement – “Hell is other people“, but performs it on the base of tense physical and sexual fighting of these three characters who have to spend eternity together, locked up in the camera.

“Sartre’s infernal entertainment has brought out the best in Act Provocateur Int.“ – The Stage

“Absorbingly unavoidable performance“ – Three Weeks (Edinburgh Festival)

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only. Contains strong language.

Genre: Theatre / Text based

When the space shuttle Columbia exploded on re-entry in 2003, one of the astronauts was carrying a picture, “Moon Landscape“, drawn in 1944 by a young Jewish boy from Prague. That disaster led in turn to the discovery of Petr Ginz’s diary, an extraordinary story of hope and optimism amid the terror of the Nazi occupation.
This first dramatization is performed by children from Shrewsbury School in England.

With permission of Chava Pressburger, based on the translation by Elena Lappin.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 11+

Genre: „Musipoetical“ Theatre / Text based but visual

Blurring borders of actor and audience, smudging genres, The Dearest, Freshest, Deep Down Thing combines poetry, music, drama and physical performance in a cohesive whole held together by chance, desire and dramatic forward thrust. A cavalcade of local talent, quaffing influence from jazz, port wine, Hart Crane’s coat, and a tumbler full of fog and Dada.
The motivation? To touch you.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Utton, looking uncomfortably like the Fuhrer, stands before a huge Nazi banner addressing his party faithful. He furnishes his audience with an acute anatomy of fascism; its ideological justifications; its poisoned utopias. They are in the presence of an utterly compelling idealist and are helplessly drawn in to his warped logic.

“One of the most brilliant plays of this generation.” – Fine Print India

“Terrifying, searing, transfixing.” - The Scotsman

“A tour de force.“ - The Stage

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Come spend a fun hour with the world's only nearsighted comic, magician, juggler, escape-artist & tightrope walker.
SEE - Fred risk his life by juggling knives inches from the front row! HEAR - the laughter and applause as he brings audience volunteers up to star in the show! WONDER - how did he find that card! From the Edinburgh Fringe to the Great Wall of China he really has been “around the world for a laugh”.

“It’s fun, funny & always entertaining...” - Edinburgh List

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 7+

Genre: Theatre Comedy

Float around the world as you follow the fantasy of a t-shirt, from cotton to cloth…crossing borders, inspiring closet dreams, landing in donation bins, sailing across the ocean and dancing to the beats of the factories in this beautiful tale of adventure full of humour and humanity. Just imagine….

“… one of the best shows in the Fringe.” ***** - CBC Toronto

“..if only every T-Shirt had these three to tell its tale.” **** - Winnipeg SUN

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Complete with tough questions about the intersection of intellect and passion, bouncing balls and lots of fresh watermelon, Anne Carson’s H&A Screenplay invites you to follow legendary lovers Heloise and Abelard on a multimedia journey from 12th century France to the present, with a quick side trip to Hell along the way.

“Necessary viewing.” – Prague Post on Necropolis - Prague Fringe 2007

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” – BLATT on Savage Love - Prague Fringe 2006

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre

Sean Damian Bruno is trying to write about atomic weapons. Until the arrival of a mysterious package forces his journey into the whirlings of Uranium 235 to take an unexpected detour through a series of seemingly unrelated facts, fictions and lonely motels; in an attempt to categorize lost memories, collate shifting relationships, split heavy atoms and discover the hidden energies within divided things.

“Arresting Spoken Word Artist” - BBC Radio

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Music / Some use of language

SAX to the MAX! pushes the energy and imagination of thirty feisty saxophonists to extremes, drawing on all the resources of their splendid eight-sax family to deliver an appealing but uncompromising programme of genre-busting versatility.
Themes of dance and travel weave through Argentinian tango, rag, and bustling city soundscapes, with an antipodean waltz featuring the world’s tiniest sax, the soprillo.

“…an awesome sight…tremendous agility and evident delight…” - The Edinburgh Guide

Language: n/a

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Karagiozis is a Cypriot shadow puppet. Through a mistake of his puppeteer, he momentarily tastes the human world.
Trapped again behind his screen, he revolts to return to this newly found world. Through physical theatre, experimental architecture, live original music and traditional puppet theatre, Karagiozis takes us on a satirical journey of confronting a new dimension.

“The idea is authentic and at long last we can speak of an outstanding performance… ingenious, both in conception and in content….” - Politis, Cyprus

Language: In English, Greek & French

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre

Dark and lyrical, the play’s characters spin yarns about themselves, each other and the traditional, rural Ireland around them. Enter a world of ghosts, faeries and curses, a place where a song can call up the dead and family bonds are never broken. An unforgiving look at what happens when this world makes contact with the outside: immigrant workers from Eastern Europe or the Travelers. Language and song intertwine to tell the tale…

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

Monk O’Neil, in the back of beyond, is facing death alone, with resilience and humor, even anticipation “Stretch“ is an affirmation of life in the face of inevitable death, and an affirmation of death itself as a fulfilment of the whole life cycle.
This production of a modern Australian classic makes its European debut after playing to rave reviews around Australia.

“Classy, intellectual, witty, passionate and gut-wrenchingly funny…“ - Melbourne Herald-Sun.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Musical Cabaret / Text based but visual

Actress, comedien, singer and poet Anne Frütel performs a Brecht-Liederabend, that isn’t one anymore at all. For, oh mankind! Times have changed! Where once big utopias used to shine, there remains only the faint glow of promises of happiness in our post-idealistic ages.
This anarchic performance of bright chanson-clownery will make you laugh and think. But be careful: Nothing is safe, when Frütel enters the stage, not even the audience…
Avantgarde-cabaret, hard at the limit!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Visually arresting, and with the trademark physicality of the company, “Cassandra” is in part a thriller. Cassandra foresees her own destruction but who will betray her? Who is the enemy-within? Her heroic brother, the servant who worships her or the mysterious figure in her nightmares?

"A subtle, intriguing exploration of war and violence that neatly sidesteps preaching and sentimentality.
As much 9/11 as Ancient Greece, this is beautiful theatre that gets under your skin. Not to be missed." - See Magazine

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Music / Text based but visual

Scottish singer/songwriter Andi Neate returns for her 5th appearance at Prague Fringe.
A songwriter of exceptional talent, with a powerful voice and a gift for melody and an unexpected turn of phrase, she is a compelling live performer who has been compared to Ani Di Franco, the Cranberries and Suzane Vega.

“Rock, folk, soul street-tough acoustic artist looks set to go far…“- Musician Magazine

“…gob-smackingly good voice and highly sensitive song-writing skills…“ - 3 weeks Edinburgh Fringe

Language: n/a

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

One third of human life is spent in bed; resting, crying, hiding, lovemaking, sleeping, dreaming and dying. The conscious and unconscious mind interweaves forming a patchwork story of 8 characters as they journey in, under and over their beds.
Live original music accompanies this spectacular visual and physical exploration of time passed horizontally from sleepovers to hangovers, orgasms to clinical depression.

“Impressive, heartfelt, wonderful…“ - The Guardian.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: One-man show / Text based

Michael McEvoy's terrific one-man play asks: Should Machiavelli be held accountable for "Machiavellian" leaders like Bush?

“Thrillingly evokes an exciting period in Italian history.” – Metro

“A portrayal of the complexity of Machiavelli’s personality and motives.” - www.one4review.com

“Always fresh and fascinating. A heated finale.” - British Theatre Guide

“Michael McEvoy dominated the stage with a superb, subtle, animated demeanour from his entrance till his explosive exit. A heartrending indictment." – Dawn

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Music / Music & good vibes – the universal language!

Music & good vibes – the universal language!

One of Australia’s most loved folk-rock-roots bands, Carus & The True Believers return to the Prague Fringe by popular demand. A standout on the Oz Festival circuit, alongside contemporaries The John Butler Trio and The Waifs, Carus & the The True Believers have been steadily building a loyal following in Europe with major festivals and sold out shows from London to Berlin to Zurich. Brilliant songwriting backed by an incredible high-energy band of great musicianship.

“…by the end of the show everyone was on the dance floor!” – 3 Weeks Mag, Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for everyone who knows how to smile!

Genre: Music

You may not believe it but Willem van Ekeren plays on the piano from J.S. Bach's 'The Well-tempered Clavier', while bluesy singing (like Tom Waits, Randy Newman) from Charles Bukowski's 'The Last Night of the Earth Poems' and… it fits like a glove!

“…Van Ekeren reaches a great height in bringing together this composer and author... Bach and Bukowski show a relationship of souls, which is an exciting surprise.“ - NRC-Handelsblad, The Netherlands

Language: n/a

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Music

After his sellout success at the Prague Fringe 2007, American guitarist Peter Griggs returns for an unforgettable evening of music. Griggs takes listeners on a journey into their own imagination as he explores the cool Brazilian sounds of bossa nova, acoustic jazz and nuevo flamenco.

“Peter Griggs performs magic!“ - Bergische Morning Post, Germany

“A splash of Brazilian sunshine … “ - Inverness Courier, Scotland

Special guest: Prague sound artist Flossy.

Language: n/a

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: DaDa Performance Art / Text based but visual

The Hallucinogenic Toreador, A DaDa Exploration, is a look at the subconscious world of Salvador Dali through one of his most famous paintings. Lime House Theater Collective has constructed a performance that embraces chaos, explores the unknown, and gives way to dream imagery, as well as our own subconscious journey through the provocative painting.

Language: Non-Verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

Ahoj! Your favourite nightmare – “the war on terror” is here! In these politically rabid times, a mulla however intelligent is “not worth a blair in or out of the bush”, as “the wise fool” Mulla Nasrudin mirrors the sublime and the ridiculous of today’s turbulent times. Let your hair down with the howlarious adventures of the original harlequin that has entertained generations for centuries.

“Wonderfully expressive comic…electrifying…” - Edinburgh Festival

“Dauntless energy…..high voltage performance…” - The Other Festival

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Physical theatre / multi media

Animation + Movement + Laughter = DIG Become obsessed with media; forget how to communicate with mankind.

"In a very real sense, DIG NATION is the future of theater. McQuilken takes charge of multiple technologies to create an integrated stage work… he uses technology to comment on itself. Don't miss this show." – Seattle Weekly

“McQuilken is a man of diverse and remarkable talent… DIG NATION has impressive scope and flawless execution… A multimedia vaudeville extravaganza…” – Seattle Times

Language: Largely non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+. Contains some strong language.

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

Topping & Butch's first intimate tea-time show around a piano. A relaxed chance to hear some of the stories over the last ten years together with lots of gossip, saucy songs and camp banter. Free cake / Waitress not included.

"Topping and Butch are fabulous entertainers: gregarious in manner and contageous with their easy laughter, they are absolute naturals." – Chortle

"Masters of innuendo and double entendres, they write the funniest songs in the business…" - The Scotsman

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains occasional strong language

Genre: Dance

Back after a successful Fringe in 2007! Celtic Feet are an energetic and enthusiastic group of young dancers who breathe new life into traditional Scottish Dance using fast paced, contemporary dance music and original choreography by their proud Principal – Robina Addison MBE. This combination makes for an entertaining and inspiring display while remaining true to a long and well respected dance tradition. They are taking traditional dance into the future.

Language: Non-Verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Highly acclaimed, shocking and brilliant, Act Provocateur Int. adaptation of NO EXIT explores not only the psychological side of Sartre’s famous statement – “Hell is other people“, but performs it on the base of tense physical and sexual fighting of these three characters who