The texts of Elfriede Jelinek appear only rarely on Slovak stages. To date, the Nobel Prize–winning author has been staged in Slovakia only once – at the Slovak National Theatre in 2013, and without significant public response. For this very reason, the current staging of her text directed by Dávid Paška constitutes an event worthy of attention.
They live with their parents even though they already have jobs – because they have nowhere else to go. At home there is nothing and no one to offer them hope for a better life. And outside, there is none either. The world simply does not care what becomes of them. So they drift, seeking escape in casual sex and...
Author of the text: Soňa Jánošová // reporter for the daily newspaper SME
Dávid Paška directed three productions in the 2024/2025 season at four theatres:
the production Tatarka at the Slovenské národné divadlo,
The Bloody Sonnets at the Divadlo P. O. Hviezdoslava,
and Negatívy snehu: Wetzler, Vrba, Schulman, Lux at the Divadlo Jána Palárika in cooperation with the JK Opole Theatre (Poland).
Since their establishment in 1996, the DOSKY Theatre Awards have become the most renowned theatre prize in Slovakia. They remain the only theatre awards of their kind in the country to be broadcast on national television (RTVS).
After translating thirty-two sonnets by the Slovak poet Pavol Országh-Hviezdoslav into free verse, I finally wrote one of my own. It isa seven syllable sonnet. After the poem, I'll tell you about the performance that inspired it.
2025: Tatra Banka Foundation Art Award 2024: Young Creator Award for directing of the production The Odyssey – Roland Schimmelpfennig[6]
Hviezdoslav's message from 1914 remains just as relevant in 2025.
"Nation fell upon nation," resounds from the stage the verse of Hviezdoslav's most famous work.
