Slapstick Sonata is a performance bringing together Mozart's sonatas with slapstick comedy from silent film era creating a very literal combination of high art and popular culture. Visual poetry meets absurd physical comedy and contemporary circus expression. Aerial acrobatics, tumbling, clown antics, dance, live music and theatrical elements fuse into a free-flowing stream of references ranging from the classical opera to the silent film comedies.
Working group and performers
Direction: Maksim Komaro
Performers: Sárka Bockovà , Jiri Weissmann, Vojtech Fülep, Anna Schmidtmajerova, Dan Komarov, Michal Boltnar
Lighting design: Juho Rahijärvi
Sound design: Tuomas Norvio
Costume design: Kristina Novakova Zaveska
Production: Circo Aereo (FI), Cirk La Putyka (CZ)
Co-producers: Cirko Center For New Circus (FI), Prague National Theatre (CZ), The Finnish National Theatre (FI), Jyväskylä City Theatre
World premiere
22.2.2012 Prahan kansallisteatterin uusi näyttämö