Fragments of an absurd mother-daughter relationship appear in a kaleidoscope of situations from other lives lived without recognizing their sense and direction, between fun and powerlessness, narcissism and fear of death. The present alternates with the past, and rejection with the desire for closeness. Time passes, the elevator is rising, and the party has to end sometime. We’ve grown old. Does it surprise us?
Performers Hana Varadzinová and Eliška Vavříková created this work together with non-actor seniors, and perform in it alongside them. Involving Prague seniors with no previous experience with creating physical theatre on a professional level led to the creation of a community in which the intergenerational abyss of disregard and disdain that old people in the twilight of their lives often experience was absent. At least within its scope the project thus created a model of coexistence without the discrimination of the elderly that is all too common in today’s society.
Together Forever! is the third part of the Night in the City trilogy, which focuses on revealing contemporary topics that society refuses to see. (The first part of the trilogy, the Whistleblowers performance, had its premiere in 2015; the second part, the performance Disconnected, in 2016). Like the previous parts of the trilogy, Together Forever! is a multilayered stage composition bordering on the genres of movement theatre, video, and documentary.
Performed by: Hana Varadzinová, Eliška Vavříková, Marcel Bárta a Helena Šikýřová, Helena Myslivečková, Eva Maříková, Josef Kaiser, Jiří Míček, Miroslav Maruška, Jarmila Šimonová, Jan Ettler, Jiří Šámal, Jindřich Šourek
Duration: 55min
Together Forever! is a part of Caravan Next, a large scale European Social Community Theatre project – www.caravanext.eu
Work in progress 21st of December 2016, DOX, Prague
Preview 29th of January 2017, DOX, Prague
Premiere 20th, 21st and 22nd of March 2017, DOX, Prague
Come to see Forever Together! March 15 and 16, and April 4 and 5 2022 in DOX+, Poupětova 3, Prague 7. Buy tickets viahttps://goout.net/en/tickets/together-forever/uvhm/.
created by Viliam Dočolomanský, Eliška Vavříková, Hana Varadzinová
Directed by, choreography Viliam Dočolomanský
Assistant director Juraj Augustin
Choreography assistant Monika Částková
Music Viliam Dočolomanský, Marcel Bárta, Miriam Bayle, Hana Varadzinová
Dramaturgy Sodja Lotker
scene design Viliam Dočolomanský, Lucia Škandíková
Scene architect Sylvia Dvořáčková
costume design Tereza Kopecká
Video Erik Bartoš
Light design František Fabián
Sound design Eva Hamouzová
Production Barbara Tůmová
Production assistant Miroslava Kobrtková
Technical collaboration Filip Rohde
Producing of the stage Scenografie s.r.o., Bdoors s.r.o.