Vykouření

What devils tempt society to divide into warring camps, and why? Can an identity that needs an image of an enemy engage in mutual confession? Can the language of faith, in which Jesus is a saviour, be reconciled with the language of art, for which he is a metaphor, in any way other than through the courts?

In 2018, during a guest production of director Oliver Frljić's plays in Brno, actors, theatrical provocateurs, preachers of free speech, faithful Christians, defenders of faith, interpreters of law, media prophets and a Muslim woman swept through the hall of the Husa na provázku Theatre and the media space. Four years later, the time comes to fumigate and cleanse both – and return to where it all began: to the theatre.

A scenic ritual based on real events surrounding this case will bring fragments of legal texts, internet articles and interviews, audience letters, witness statements and the New Testament to the stage. The production takes a stand on questions that continue to be avoided to this day.