Created by Jiří Srnec, the black light theatre is an amazing theatre performance, for both adults and kids alike. Based on simple humour from day-to-day life, the performers create captive scenes that are familiar to people from all over the world.
The ensemble was established in 1961 in the middle of the avant-garde era. From the very beginning it made its mark as an ensemble of unique artistic qualities, which goes beyond the standard of most of its peers. The principle of the black light theatre, invented by the founder and artistic director Jiří Srnec, is based on a new creative exploitation of a simple trick, the so-called ‘black cabinet’. The actors are dressed in black, and use props but cannot be seen against the black background, from the spectators‘ seats. The props and all the other objects are movable and seem to live unique lives of their own.
The performance is a selection of eight scenes from the work of Black Light Theatre Srnec since its foundation in 1961 – e.g., The Flying Bicycle, What’s next?, White Pierrot in Black, or The Week of Dreams. Audience will see, what the underwear does when you’re not looking. Or street-lamps can be human’s most dangerous foes. You will be convinced that animals are much more intelligent than you may have thought. All of this and more in a non-verbal (without words) show full of witty humour, dance and black-light theatre skill!
The show enthrals audiences and changes the mood and people’s thinking about how some qualities of human nature, that we experience every day, can be dealt with.
Duration of the show: The performance is about 90 minutes long with a 15 minute intermission. Audience, need not know Czech as the show is non-verbal – the core elements are music, dance and mime so you don’t need to understand Czech or any other language.
Location: Národní 20, Prague 1 inside of Reduta Jazz Club Prague