An initiative of the
22.10.2008
Archa Theater, PragueEXIT 89. Horror with a Human Face
Premiere: 22.10.2008, Archa Theatre, Prague
Theater
Described by the author duo of Jaroslav Rudiš and Martin Becker as a ‘a tragic operetta’, ”Exit 89” is set at a petrol station located at kilometre marker 89 along the motorway D1 (Prague-Brno-Vyškov). In 1992 the politician Alexander Dubček was killed in an accident nearby. The six protagonists meet here on the anniversary of the crash. “Exit 89” weaves together six stories taking place between 1968 and 2008. Trucks, a Czech-German love, an accident, a loss of memory, the end of a utopia and the beginning of a new utopia all feature – and all this is played out in front of the monument dedicated to Alexander Dubček.
Book: Martin Becker, Jaroslav Rudiš
Script: Martin Becker, Jiří Havelka, Jaroslav Rudiš
Director: Jiří Havelka
Music: Michal Nejtek
Scene settings: Dáda Němeček
Dramaturgy: Ondřej Hrab
Costumes: Jana Smetanová
With: Ján Sedal, Marie Ludvíková, Jiří Hána, Philipp Schenker, Jakub Žáček, Zuzana Stavná, Petr Reif
A production by the Divadlo Archa (Archa Theatre, Prague) as part of the Zipp project “68/89 – Art.Contemporary.History”.
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