Husband and wife Michal and Viera invite their quiet and unassuming friend Fridrich over for a visit to show off their home, parading everything they have managed to acquire and buy, and the things they have surrounded themselves with. They demonstrate to him how they live, while simultaneously pointing out how wrongly he has chosen to live himself by distancing himself from mainstream society and refusing to conform. This confrontation gives rise to no small number of grotesque and even absurd moments and situations.

PERFORMANCE TAKES PLACE AT THE ARTISTIC WORKSHOPS OF THE NATIONAL THEATRE KOŠICE, JUŽNÁ TRIEDA 60, KOŠICE „“Passion can save us from emptiness, but it cannot save us from ourselves. Society loves passionate people. It admires the dust on their clothes, as long as they burn far enough away. It needs their sculptures, their names in the newspapers, their bodies on display in salons, and their downfalls, which make for good dinner conversation.”” Camille Claudel

A cult comedy set in the theatre world, where the backstage plays one of the leading roles. Intelligent British humour laced with subtle irony. Michael Frayn places the story within a theatre company that is preparing a new comedy.

Verdi’s most frequently performed opera is a powerful critique of 19th-century Parisian high society, where the glittering world of lavish parties clashes with harsh social reality. The protagonist, Violetta Valéry, though admired as a celebrated courtesan and the centre of attention, remains a tragic outsider. Society seeks her company for entertainment and beauty, yet simultaneously regards her as a moral threat, unworthy of acceptance among “respectable” people.

The Woman finds herself after death in a space we call purgatory and is forced to play a game with the Angel. He acts as the judge of the game and listens closely to the story of her life. The rules seem simple — if she reaches one hundred points, the path to heaven will be open to her.

Theatre is a strange organism. To the uninitiated ones it may look like an alchemist‘s workshop. Various people in it mix the unlikeliest of ingredients to produce a rare thing. A staging which would allow the actors and the audience to experience that exceptional feeling – that they have right here, right now witnessed (and co-created) an unrepeatable artistic experience.