The Biggest Theater Event in the History of the Ostrava: Summer Shakespeare Festival!
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If music is the food of love, play on!
The novelty this year is the production
of Twelfth Night, or What You Will, full
of comedic twists and mistaken identities.
Director Vojtěch Štěpánek is known
for his work on The Taming of the Shrew,
which will be performed for the last time
this year. Martin Hilský says, “Twelfth
Night, or What You Will is one of the most
beautiful holiday comedies of the English
Renaissance.”
The main roles will be played by Vladimír
Polák, Jiří Sedláček, Kamila Janovičová,
Kristýna Leichtová, and Petr Buchta.
Filip Březina as the king, Anna Fialová
as the princess!
In the comedy Love's Labour's Lost, Filip
Březina will appear as the King of Navarre
and Anna Fialová as the French princess.
Fialová recalls her first performance
at the festival: “This year, we have
a great group of people. Working
together is a dream.” Filip Březina, who
is looking forward to his first experience
at the festival, adds, “I didn’t hesitate
for a second; I’ve always wanted to
perform at the festival.”
Other roles will be filled by Petr
Čtvrtníček, Václav Kopta, Jiří Vyorálek,
Anna Kameníková, Lukáš Příkazký, Leoš
Noha, and Lucie Polišenská.
Popular classics are also in the program
The festival will feature established titles
such as As You Like It, The Tempest,
Macbeth, The Winter’s Tale, and
A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The beloved
comedy The Taming of the Shrew will say
goodbye to its audience this year.
The Summer Shakespeare Festival Ostrava
2024 will take place from July 8 to August 11
at the Silesian Ostrava Castle. The program
includes 8 titles and 25 performances.
Detailed information and tickets can
be found at www.shakespearova.cz or
through Ticketmaster. Follow the festival's
social media for current information.
Come and enjoy evenings full
of Shakespeare’s genius and great
performances!
Radúz, the theater season ends in
June for actors. You are extending it
by playing Caliban in The Tempest. How
was your season work-wise, and how
will you enjoy the holidays?
When I think abou t it, this season was my
13
th
at the National Theatre. It was once again
full of challenges and new experiences.
In the fall, we had the premiere of Ivan
Vyrypayev's contemporary play Cherry
Man at the Estates Theatre, which is, in
a nutshell, about today's world full of wars,
egoism, sex, evil, and mockery. All of this
is wrapped in the genre of provocative
black comedy. Vyrypayev perceives
the current world as completely absurd,
corrupt, and inhumane, and therefore sees
no other solution than to burn it at the end
of the play so that a new, better world can
rise from the ashes.
In the spring, we had the first drama
premiere at the State Opera building,
which was an adaptation of Klaus Mann's
novel Mephisto. The plot takes place in
the 1930s in Germany, and describes
the rise of fascism through the career
of the spineless actor Hendrik Höfgen.
Outside the theater, I managed to narrate
three audiobooks: Kundera's Kidnapped
West, a collection of short stories by
Bohumil Hrabal, and one by Jan Neruda.
I also had a half-year acting role in
the series Ordinace v růžové zahradě. In
June, I tried out the melodrama Medea
together with Zuzana Stivínová and a large
orchestra of the Czech Philharmonic.
What awaits you in September for
the 2024/25 season?
At the National Theatre, there will be two
premieres again. In the fall, an adaptation
of the novel Madame ovary, and
in the spring, the project The Three
Musketeers and I. Besides that, some
filming and audiobooks are also on
the horizon. I am very excited! But all
of that will come after the summer,
the Shakespeare Festival, and also
a vacation, where I hope to relax for
a while and spend time with my family.
Thank you for the interview.