PHILIP

  Košice Music Spring 31.05.2025 House of Arts 19:00

In memory of Jara Filip

Ján Palárik Theatre in Trnava
Ján LUTERÁN , director and editor
Miro DACHO, dramaturgy
Juraj KUCHÁREK , stage
Alžbeta KUTLIAKOVÁ , costumes
Martin HUSOVSKY , music
Ladislav CMOREJ , movement cooperation

Cast:
Vladimir JEDLOVSKY
Michal JÁNOŠ
Tomas VRAVNIK
Martin KOCHAN
Miroslav BEŇUŠ
Silvia SOLDANová
Dana DROPPOVA
Daniel ŽULČÁK ah

Performance duration: 1 hour 55 minutes (without intermission)

Suitable for viewers 16+
Warning: The show contains foul language and smoking.

The production was supported by public funds from the Arts Support Fund.

The author's production is a tribute to one of the most prominent figures in the history of Trnava theater, a memory of the work of Jaroslav Filip, known as Jaro or Jarík. Musician, singer, composer, lyricist, playwright, actor, director, presenter, smoker, father, recessist, humorist, glossator and player... A man of mass occurrence, as Marián Varga called him.

Filip lived a relatively short but intense life, and partly in Trnava – as an actor, composer, and later also a director in the then Theatre for Children and Youth. The author's production is a tribute to one of his most prominent personalities, a memory of the work and life of Jaro Filip, who, among other things, managed to create an enormous number of songs. Many were first performed on the Trnava stage and later became hits. The production is not a sentimental memory, but in Filip's style – the joy of playing. In addition to looking back at what was, it also explores what could be, and realizes Filip's unrealized plans – for example, setting the telephone directory to music.

The text of the production was compiled from authentic memories, documents, interviews and correspondence by playwright and dramaturg Miro Dacho. The director of the production is Ján Luterán, who also created the popular production about the Spartak Trnava football club Futbol or Bílý andel v pekle for DJP. The production about one of the iconic musicians, of course, cannot be without live music. This will be performed directly by the actors on stage.