The Trial, Dusan D. Parizek & Prague Chamber Theatre / Stage

Based on The Trial by Kafka, this play seeks to blur the boundaries between literature and theatre and between art and reality. Premiere 06.09.2007 in Deutsches Schauspielhausissa, Hamburg.

Script, direction and set Dusan D. Parizek
Costumes Kamila Polívková
Music and projection Ivan Acher
On stage Martin Finger, Gabriela Micova, Martin Pechlát, Jiří Černý, Stanislav Majer, Hynek Chmelař, Ivan Acher

Performed in Czech with surtitles in English.

The Stage Festival, produced in cooperation between Korjaamo Theatre and Helsinki Festival, showcases the best in contemporary European drama. This year, the Festival turns its focus to the lot of human beings in a fast-changing world. What happens when individual freedoms collide with unpredictable and unknowable social movements, it asks?

Since its inception, the Stage has gone on to claim its position as a prominent European theatre festival. The 2009 programme features ten international visitors, two Finnish premieres and a review of Finnish theatre. A total of fifty performances will take place at the Korjaamo festival hub and other theatres and venues across Helsinki.

Photo: Kamila Polívková