DEADTOWN

The Forman Brothers Theatre is back in your peaceful town…It’s the beginning of the twentieth century and a conjuror, illusionist, and owner of a cheap cabaret is living out his dreams in magical Prague. He is obsessed with the technical miracles of his times: film, photography, and the husky sound of the phonograph. Yet his favourite fantasies are those of riding across the plains of Arizona, drinking with weather-beaten gunslingers at a saloon and holding wild and beautiful women in his arms. At least that’s the image he had gleaned from the Wild West silent westerns and yellowed photographs telling stories of a faraway land. And because his life is a constant balancing act between illusion and reality, it is not difficult for him to embark on a journey into the dream world. ——Story synopsis and script: Ivan Arsenjev, Petr FormanDirector: Petr FormanScenography: Josef Sodomka, Matěj FormanTent interior design: Matěj FormanChoreography: Veronika Švábová, Marek Zelinka and collectiveMusic and songs: Marko Ivanovič, Jarda Traband Svoboda; La Lettera di Lincoln - Ennio Morricone - arrangement: Jan Hasenöhrl, in cooperation with Czech National Symphony OrchestraCostumes: Andrea SodomkováAnimation, film image: Josef LepšaCamera: Jaromír KačerSound effects and foley sounds: Michal Holubec, Marek Poledna (Studio Bystrouška)Visual postproduction: i/o postProjection technology: Jan Hrdlička, Jiří Wild (3dsense)Light design: Louise Gibaud, Petr FormanLight concept: Igor Schmidt, Petr ‘Goro’ Horký, Petr FormanSound concept: Philippe Leforestier, Philippe Tivilier**COMEDIANS, ILLUSIONISTS, GUNFIGHTERS AND BEAUTIFUL LADIES:**Petr Forman, Veronika Švábová, Marek Zelinka, Jacques Laganache, Daniela Voráčková, Josefína Voverková, Vojta Švejda/Jiří Kniha, Michael Vodenka/Miroslav Kochánek, Ivan ”Zobák” Pelikán, Petr “Goro” Horký, Josef Sodomka/Ivan Arsenjev, Philippe Leforestier, Louise Gibaud/Tomáš Morávek, Mitakuye Oyeasin, Jakub Tokoly, Ondřej Komárek et Dizzy Gilagio (Didier Castelle, Francois Lezer, Michel Oger, Thierry Malard)