Prague Playhouse

“Láska Is Love, Love je Láska” Returns Oct. 30th

October 17th, 2008 at 09:49am brian

Alex Komlosi writes with information on his performance:

Do you know a multicultural couple or are you part of one yourself?  If you are interested in “everyday” relationships between people who, despite cultural and linguistic gulfs, find a way to understand each other and make it work, then do not miss Láska Is Love, Love je Láska a bilingual (Czech-English) performance by Alexander Komlosi and Eva Čechová.  The final show of this season will be at Divadlo Na Zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade) on October 30th, 2008 at 7PM.

If you’ve already seen the show and enjoyed it, please forward this invitation to someone else who might.

Details Below!

Láska Is Love, Love je Láska, directed by Komlosi and featuring both authors, tells the story of a young American man and a young Czech lass who meet and sparks fly.  The performance is inspired by “Sure Thing,” by American playwright David Ives, and is based on two original texts – “Lunch with Van Gogh” by Komlosi and “Oliver” by Čechová – developed at Professor Ivan Vyskočil’s Authors Reading seminar at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU).

Komlosi, a Czech-American who has been living in Prague for nearly ten years, has already performed versions of his text at various venues in Prague and at the One Man Show Festival in Cheb (2007).  He has been invited to perform “Van Gogh” at the One Man Show Festival next year in Wroclaw.  Čechová, known for her authorial performance work such as Boršč, is no stranger to multicultural performance either, having worked with foreign companies like Théatre de l’Utopie.

Láska Is Love, Love je Láska is a performance bringing together various cultures and languages in an encounter which aims to foster understanding and remain understandable:  “Even people who aren’t fluent in both languages can still follow the story because of the constant alternation of Czech and English.  What’s more, the stories continually mesh, meld and switch, creating a linguistic and narrative verve that keeps audience members engaged,” says Komlosi, who has a long-standing experience with multicultural and polyglot performance with companies like Divadlo na voru and Doma/AtHome in addition to his own solo performance work.

Tickets: 150kč/90Kč

Reservation – tel: 222 868 868, mail: pokladna@nazabradli.cz.

Info: http://www.nazabradli.cz/repertoar/hoste-dnz/laska-is-love-love-is-laska|1/

Contact: Alexander Komlosi

mob.: + 420 776 072 092, email: veselyvodnik@seznam.cz

Láska Is Love, Love je Láska has been made possible, in part, by financial support from the Czech Ministry of Culture and the City of Prague.

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