November 2002

Compiled by Marie Šrámková

All the world is a stage

Harwood’s Garderobier is one of the most translated and performed English dramatic texts of recent decades. It is a tale about actors and the world of theater, which the author knew intimately from his original occupation as an actor. For five years he also worked as costumer for Sir Donald Wolfit, the last of the great actors-directors that have dominated English theater since the 17th century with their theatrical companies. Sir, (Martin Huba in a guest performance), the play’s main protagonist, the actor-director of the touring troupe, dictates his surroundings as an absolute monarch in whose shadow all others fade. There are some dissenters, but Norman (Miroslav Táborský), the costumer, sees serving Sir as his life mission. But all of the members of the small ensemble are aware that Sir is on his last legs.

Ronald Harwood: Garderobiér, Divadlo Na zábradlí, premiere on November 23 and 24, at 19:00, tickets 100-220 Kč

Theater
1. 11. – Too Loud a Solitude, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
6.-9. 11. – Magic Circus – black-light theatre, Laterna Magica 20:00
7. 11. – Oresteia, Stavovské divadlo 18:00
7. 11. – Divadlo Bolka Polívky: Lady on the Balcony, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
8. 11. – Cyrano de Bergerac, Národní divadlo 19:00
10. 11. – Camel Through the Needle – Příšerné děti, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
12. 11. – Epochální výlet pana Broučka do XV. století, Divadlo v Celetné 19:30
16. 11. – Three Men at the Wrong Address, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
17. 11. – Běsi, Divadlo na Vinohradech 19:00
19. 11. – Fool for Dinner, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
20. 11. – Uncle Vanya, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
22. 11. – Same Time Next Year, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
23. 11. – Divadlo v Dlouhé: Garderobier – I. premiere, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
24. 11. – Divadlo v Dlouhé: Garderobier – II. premiere, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
25. 11. – Love, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
26. 11. – Bambini di Praga, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
27. 11. – What Chaos, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
28. 11. – Knives in the Fowls, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
29. 11. – The Painting, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
30. 11. – Happy Ending, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
Opera
2. 11. – Divadlo Archa: Min Tanaka – sólo, Státní opera 20:00
10. 11. – Žirafí opera / Don Juan v pekle (Bušení do železné opony) – premiere, Stavovské divadlo 19:00
11. 11. – Rusalka, Národní divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
18. 11. – Rigoletto, Státní opera 19:00
26. 11. – Divadlo Archa: Marné tázání nebes, Státní opera 20:00
28. 11. – Report for an Academy / Bertram and Mescalinda – premiere, Divadlo Kolowrat 19:00

DANCE
11. 11. – Don Juan, Golem, Státní opera 19:00
19. 11. – Don Juan, Golem, Státní opera 19:00
23. 11. – Zpěvy země, Stavovské divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
29.-30. 11. – The Nutcracker, Národní divadlo 19:00

An operatic pastiche

For its end-of-the-year performance, the National Theater (ND) opera has prepared the premiere of Bertram and Mescalinda, an original Czech opera by the composer Jan Klusák (1934). The opera’s various subtitles are “Punished Fidelity”, or “Einstein’s Enchanted Violin”, or “Krakonoš’s Gift”. The author designated it as an “opera-pasticcio”, which means confusion, jumble, or patchwork. This work is actually a blend of the various artistic motifs that the author continues to develop and inter-weave. This new one-act opera will be performed in the ND along with an older work by Klusák – Report for Academia, which he composed in 1994, following a story of the same name by Franz Kafka.

Jan Klusák: Zpráva pro akademii (Report for an Academy) / Betram a Mescalinda, Divadlo Kolowrat, premiere November 28, at 19:00, tickets 200 Kč

Modern music
3. 11. – Marianne Faithfull – rock, Palác Akropolis 19:30
3. 11. – Dean Brown – jazz-blues-funk, Lucerna Music Bar 21:00
5. 11. – Bílá nemoc – 12-year retrospective, Malostranská Beseda 20:30
5. 11. – Maceo Parker – jazz-blues-funk, Lucerna Music Bar 21:00
7. 11. – Colorfactory – rock, Divadlo U Hasičů 20:00
11. 11. – Manic Street Preachers – rock, Sky Club Brumlovka 20:00
12. 11. – The Backwards – rock, Gong 19:30
14. 11. – Tata Bojs – rock, Sky Club Brumlovka 20:00
14. 11. – U.D.O. – Voice of Accept – rock, Plzeň, Hala Lokomotivky 19:00
15. 11. – Chris Rea – rock, T-Mobile Aréna 20:00
20. 11. – Taraf de Haidouks – Respect 2002 – folklore-ethno-world, Roxy 19:00
26. 11. – The Pulse of Jiří Korn – pop, T-Mobil Aréna 18:00
Classical music
1.-17. 11. – Autumn Strings 2002 – international music festival, Pražský hrad 19:30
4. 11. – Benefit Concert for the Terezín Monument, Pražský hrad, Španělský sál 19:30
FAMILY ENTERTAIMENT
4.-7. 11. – Kleopatra – musical, Divadlo Broadway 19:00
5.-10. 11. – STOMP – music show, Kongresové centrum 20:00
27.-29. 11. – The Pied Piper – musical, Divadlo Kalich 19:00
27.-29. 11. – Monte Cristo – musical, Kongresové centrum 19:30
28.-29. 11. – Starci na chmelu – musical, Divadlo Milénium 19:00
28. 11. – Singing in the Rain – musical, Kongresové centrum, Společenský sál 19:00
SporT
19. 11. – HC Sparta Praha vs. HC Excalibur Znojemští Orli, T-Mobile Aréna 18:00
19. 11. – HC Sparta Praha vs. HC Becherovka Karlovy Vary, T-Mobile Aréna 11:00

Maturity of movement

Following the outstanding success of Arcimboldo 2000, the Nederlands Dans Theater III is returning to Prague to display its unique dance art. The ensemble was established in 1991 by a group of experienced dancers, all of whom have already reached forty years of age. Their priority is artistic and human maturity, and the performers make use of their extensive theatrical experience and creative abilities. Their finest performances include modern and classical dance, song, pantomime, and dramatic and comic effects. The choreography arises sensitively from the abilities of the individual dancers, resulting in masterful works filled with sophisticated, humorous nuances. The Prague performance will present the works of Jiří Kylián – a renowned leader in the world of choreography and long-time artistic director NDT III, who has received many prestigious international awards.

Nederlands Dans Theater III, Divadlo na Vinohradech, November 22 and 23, from 19:30, tickets 200-800 Kč.

Photography of the heart

The Prague National Gallery is presenting an extensive retrospective exhibition of the works of the internationally known photographer Josef Koudelka (1938), a native of Boskovice who spent most of his creative life in France as an emigré. The exhibition covers all aspects of Koudelka’s creations – from early photos from the end of the 1950s to the present. His pictures are more than documentary; it is difficult to confine them to a certain genre. They express free movement and focus on the search for the meaning of human existence. Since 1971 this leading artist in the field of humanistic photography has been a member of the prestigious photographic agency Magnum Photos. In 1991 he won the French Henri Cartier-Bresson prize, and a year later the Swedish Hasselblad Foundation award. In the same year the French ministry of culture named him a Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier de L’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres).

Josef Koudelka – Fotografie, Národní galerie – Veletržní palác, from Nov. 15 2002 to Feb. 23 2003, daily except Mondays 10:00-18:00, entrance 60 Kč.

Tickets for these events may be purchased at any of the Ticketpro outlets, online through www.ticketpro.cz., or by phoning the EchoLine call center at 14051.

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