creators
- TranslationFrantišek Fröhlich ,
- Directed byMichal Lang ,
- DramaturgyDaria Ullrichová,
- Set designAnna Scheffel – Brotánková and Ján Tereba,
- MusicMichal Lang,
- ProductionMarkéta Benčová,
- Voice coachingRegina Szymiková,
And how do things work at home in your household?
The story of a single night in which the past is reckoned with
A play about how a love triangle turns into both a comedy and a tragedy.
August Strindberg, his wife Siri von Essen and her lover Marie Karolina Davidova meet at a theatre rehearsal. They are ably seconded by the desperately useful actor, the “sensitive newt” Viggo Schiwe.
Per Olov Enquist is the true heir to August Strindberg, the founder of modern psychological drama. All the characters are based on real people, and the facts of their lives correspond to reality. Yet this is not a lesson in literary history. Enquist does not spare his characters, neither the legend of Strindberg nor the tribades present. And, as is so often the case in Nordic drama, it cuts straight to the heart: cruel, cynical, ridiculous, comic, just like us. A war between men and women, fluid sexuality, the desire to be freed from all bonds, and at the same time the longing for an anchoring order and redemption.
Directed by: Michal Lang
Premiere: 24 April 2026 in the Main Hall