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Vassa Zheleznova
Maxim Gorky
The Estates Theatre
Drama
The Father Watches Over the Daughter
Ondřej Novotný
Do children have responsibility for their parents?
The New Stage
Basic information
Venue
The New Stage
Approximate running time1 hour 30 minutes, no intermission
LanguageIn Czech
PremiereFebruary 17, 2022
Recommended age12+
A seemingly banal situation in the life of a father in the 21st century – taking his daughter to a playground – served for the dramatist Ondřej Novotný as a springboard for his humorous, ironic, yet also serious, essay on the theme of fatherhood and manhood in today’s turbulent times.
Cast
- 2024-2025
- 2025-2026
Creatives
Scriptwriter
Ondřej NovotnýDramaturgy
Jan TošovskýStage director
Jan FričSets and costumes
Jana HauskrechtováArt Education
Marek BrožekMusic and Sound Design
Michal KindernayLight design
Martin ŠpetlíkAbout
By means of depicting his encounters with his wife, father, friends and passers-by, the author paints a plastic picture of the mental landscape of a man who bears a host of autobiographical traits, yet may be identified with by everyone who is or plans to be a father.
Besides trivial, often comical parenting situations and conflicts at the children’s playground, the play deals with weighty topics with a social overreach, such as fear of the future, the contradiction between freedom and safety, as well as the issue of elderly people’s loneliness.
Novotný created his play within the New Drama Studio, which the National Theatre Drama company has run since the beginning of 2019.
Official photos: Patrik Borecký
WARNING: The performance involves the use of beer, smoke, vulgarisms, and light and fire effects. Please feel free to leave if you are uncomfortable. The staff will help you to find the way out or back.
Suitable for audience from 12 years.
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