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Moonstone
November 27, 2025 | 20:00 – 21:30
“The story of the boy who never was”
The Moonstone is a probe into the inner world of a lonely anti-hero, whose fate is determined by his sexual orientation and lack of family background. However, the main and all-pervading motif is the freedom and independence of the individual, who accepts his “otherness” – hinsegin in Icelandic – as natural, and is able to live as an autonomous human being, regardless of the evaluation and judgment of his environment. Reykjavík in 1918, the last year of the First World War. The Icelanders celebrate the victory of a century-long struggle for independence, but at the same time, an epidemic of Spanish flu breaks out and the volcano Katla erupts. However, the first movie theaters are also opening, where the boy Máni (Moon) finds refuge and discovers not only his passion for film, but also the girl Sóla (Sun), who strikingly resembles the unrestrained and mysterious Irma Vep, the heroine of the dark crime series Les Vampires…
Czech premiere of the adaptation of the novel of the same name by contemporary Icelandic author Sjón. The production was nominated in the 2022/23 Theatre News Awards (Ceny Divadelních novin) in the Alternative Theatre category. Jan Cina received a nomination in the same awards for Best Male Performance, regardless of genre, for his portrayal of Máni Stein.
author: Sjón
translation: Helena Kadečková
dramatization, director: Kamila Polívková
dramaturgy: Linda Dušková
scene: Antonín Šilar
costumes: Zuzana Formánková
music: Þóranna Dögg Björnsdóttir, Aid Kid
lighting design: Václav Hruška, Antonín Šilar
assistant director: Kristýna Tesařová
concept: Tereza Hof and Kamila Polívková
projection: Nanna MBS, Antonín Šilar
editing: Zuzana Walter
voiceover: Ian Willoughby
consultation: Ásta Kristín Benediktsdóttir
photo: Zuzana Lazarová
cast: Tereza Hof, Jan Cina, Aid Kid
