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Gilgamesh’s Laments (The Broken Epic)

Theatre Faculty, Janáček Academy of Performing Arts 19. 05. / 7 pm / 65 min., no intermission Orlí Street Theatre GENRE: Brno showcase / CZ / 15+

Please be advised that the performance features loud music and strobe lighting.

We approach Gilgamesh, the Sumerian king who dives to the bottom of the ocean in search of the plant of eternal life. What will he bring back from his long journey? Cathartic situations spark the necessary intensity that allows us to glimpse into the inner world. Diving into unknown depths requires courage. But being brave does not mean being fearless. It becomes inevitable to search for what was at the beginning and, meanwhile, to find passion but also the beauty of ordinariness, vibrant unrest, pleasure and death, humility and cohesion. An ancient epic broken in half. Quieter heroes emerge from the cracks. Sensitive hearts. Courageous souls who fall deep in order to rise.

Author: Linda Caridad Fernandez Saez, Tereza Sobotková
Director: Linda Caridad Fernandez Saez
Dramaturgy: Tereza Sobotková
Assistant Director: Dodo Gombár
Music: Ondřej Ruml
Set Design: Valerie Vrbová, Karolína Balážová
Movement Collaboration: Adam Mašura
Production: Kateřina Halamíčková, Jana Fialková
Vocal coaching: Dada Klementová

Cast: Sára Dedíková, Irena Freudenschussová, Sofia Chalányová, Karolína Krobotová, Aneta Měsícová, Ema Paľuchová, Johanka Trokšiarová, Terezie Vosáhlová, Jan Augustin, Tomáš Brychta, Matěj Butula, Václav Holinka