Antonín Baudyš's Star Couch: B. Seidlová and M. Holeček

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to technical reasons, the event has been moved to the Municipal House – Burgomasters' Hall, Ostrožná 46, 746 01 Opava. Purchased tickets remain valid. Since the Municipal House cannot maintain the original seating numbering, free seating will apply.

Antonín Baudyš's Star Couch is a talk show where guests whose stories have captured Antonín Baudyš's interest take turns on the couch. Regular guest is musician Standa Klapuch.

Bára Seidlová is a Czech actress with a career in film, television, and theatre. She studied at the Brno Conservatory and later at DAMU in Prague. At fifteen, director Karel Smyczek discovered her and cast her in the television film Romeo, Julie a tma and the fairy tale Lotrando a Zubejda, where she played Princess Zubejda. She shone in the film Snowboarďáci (2004) in the role of Tereza and also appeared in the films Bolero, Odcházení, Zemský ráj to napohled, Havel, and Tajemství a smysl života. In recent years, she has worked as a freelance actress, primarily at the Bolka Polívka Theatre in Brno with the MALÉhRY ensemble, and has guest-starred at the Činoherní klub, Theatre Na zábradlí, Theatre VOSTO5, Brno Municipal Theatre, Reduta, and Comedy Theatre. She can currently be seen in the renewed premiere of the theatrical comedy BIOSTORY alongside Nikola Zbytovská and Světlana Nálepková. She also leads guided meditations available on YouTube and hosts the podcast V peřinkách – s Bárou a Niki.

Marek "Mára" Holeček is one of the most successful climbers of our time. He has been climbing since he was five years old and, in addition to altitude, emphasizes climbing difficulty and style. As the first Czech in history, he won the main prize of the prestigious Piolet d'Or 2018 (Golden Ice Axe) for the first alpine-style ascent of the southwest face of Gasherbrum I, the eleventh highest mountain in the world. He has also received several awards for Ascents of the Year from the Czech Mountaineering Association and the title Climber of the Year. He is the author of the books Dotknout se nebe and Dotknout se hvězd.