Over the course of one evening the Night in the City Performance Event in Prague will feature three shows by the acclaimed Farm in the Cave International Theatre Studio: Whistleblowers, Together Forever !, and Refuge.
live music / exhibitions / screenings
dinner / wine / open
7 hours of experience
3 unique performances
1 unforgettable night
Over the course of one evening the Night in the City Performance Event in Prague will feature three shows Whistleblowers, Together Forever !, and Refuge. The all-night experience will be accompanied by an exhibition, live jazz, and a cocktail party.
Between individual performances, the audience will also be invited to explore the unique premises of the DOX Centre for Contemporary Art, including the iconic Gulliver Airship rooftop installation.
The event takes place within the scope of the Prague Quadrennial 2019.
Night in the City will be performed on:
14 June and 16 June from 5 p.m. to 12 midnight
About the shows
A global food corporation infiltrated a spy into a group of young activists, who wanted to uncover the multinational's hidden criminal practices. What followed was a series of still-unsolved murders of several members of rebelling workers’ unions in third world countries. Who is who in this spy game, which is no longer a game? How do we act under constant surveillance in a situation where no one is to be trusted?
Whistleblowers is a hypnotic and disturbing probe “behind the scenes” of the corporate world. It is based on real events that came to a scandalous judicial conclusion in Switzerland in 2013.
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?
The performance is based on a research carried out in a community of elderly people. Performers Hana Varadzinová and Eliška Vavříková created this work together with non-actor seniors, and perform in it alongside them. At least within the scope of the project, they thus created a model of coexistence without discrimination of the elderly that is all too common in today’s society.
They set off on a journey. From fear. With no guarantees. The paths of three people intersect. Bound to one another, they navigate a terrain of anxiety, courage, failure, and compassion, seeking refuge in an indifferent world. At the point of no return, all that remains is awakening.
The performance was inspired by interviews with a community of young refugees living in London who found themselves in limit situations while on the run. This stage composition, balancing on the border between physical theatre and a concert, features seven exceptional music and dance performers.