Alenka

A theatrical road movie about searching for the one who left, yet remains with us. A journey through mirrors and images toward adulthood, guided by Lewis Carroll's book.

The play explores growing up through mirrors and images - and the search for a path to someone who has gone, even though they are still here. Two Lenkas with the same voice, connected by an umbilical cord, lead the audience into the Wonderland behind the mirror. Their only guide is a heap of living memories, among which scurry the stricken rabbits of Lewis Carroll.

A performance about encountering great departure and saying goodbye at the boundary between light and shadow.

Lenka Šmídová (15 December 1961 - 27 May 2022), opera singer, exceptional voice teacher and mother, will wait behind the mirror, while her daughter Lenka stands alone on stage.

Music: Eva Vrbková and quotations