Dogma Theatre: The Conservative

A theatrical production on the edge of a visual installation, a theatrical mash-up about the brief halt and futility of revolution and change.

“It is apolitical, impractical, tame and strongly introverted writing. In 2018, in the Czech Republic and to a lesser extent in Slovakia, we are celebrating the centenary of the founding of the independent Czechoslovak Socialist Republic. I named my text, written to commemorate this anniversary, The Conservative. The main character is a man looking into the passing waves behind the boat. It is a poetic text about the passage of time, a monument to those hundred years and a reflection on their meaning and significance. I am not dwelling on our shared history; the text is a monument without a rider, a monument to honour a hundred years, nothing else. It is a record of an atmosphere of emptiness, an atmosphere of post-celebration. It is the eloquent silence that came after the banquet. At the end of it all, there is – it seems – nothing.”

Text: David Zábranský
Concept and direction: Kamil Bystrický
Cast: Juraj Bakoš, Ivan Kubica
Dramaturgy: Kamil Bystrický, Juraj Benko
Movement collaboration: Tomáš Plánka
Voice: Dušan Jamrich
Music: Richard Lalík, Martin Fačkovec
Light design: Boris Adamčík
Artwork: Alex Vido, Vlado Ďurajka
Slovak premiere: 22.2. 2019

Project supported by public funds Fund for Support of Arts a City of Trenčín