Smocek's Dr Burke IV.

A crazy, surreal comedy that leaves reason standing, then knocks it flat on its back. That is, if it can reach the floor of a packed house. Anyone who saw the legendary performance by “Cinoherni klub” with Boleslav Polivka, Nina Diviskova & Co., will certainly appreciate our courage… But names like Zapletal-Tomicova-Novotny-Zavicar-Maly should guarantee that we don’t sell our souls without putting up a good fight. As the high-minded Spaniard Dali said: "The difference between me and surrealists is that I am a surrealist."

Dr Burke is a kind of modern-day Don Quixote and his colleague Tichy is the loyal Sancho Panza. Dr Burke is a do-good amateur, often even almost a mass-murderer. The troglodytic Svatava longs to marry the South-Bohemian suitor Vaclav Vaclav, who is a real Yokel Yokel. Every morning her mother, the widow Outechova, slaps her hair into two grey pigtails and bakes a mountain of buns. When the pensioner Burke finds out about his tenant’s swan-song, all hell breaks loose!

But don’t worry, it’s all touchingly messed-up and embarrassing. Smocek’s juicy Czech language is dripping everywhere, everyone is joyful – yes, even the fat-loving Great Tit Mana! Welcome to Hradec Burketheatre!!!

The cine4net production studio presents the fourth in a series of reports dedicated to Klicperovo Divadlo dramatic group in Hradec Kralove. This time, we are present at one of the acting rehearsals.

Interpretation/Director: David Drabek
Dramaturgy: Marketa Bidlasova
Music: Darek Kral
Costumes: Simona Rybakova
Set design: Jan Stepanek
Choreography: Henrieta Hornackova
Cast: Jiri Zapletal, Lubor Novotny, Pavla Tomicova, Miroslav Zavicar, Ondrej Maly.
Premiere on Main Stage, 27th April 2013