D1 (Working Title)

The performance "D1 (Working Title)" is part of the main program of the "International Theater Festival Nitra 2022".

As if motorways had the character of national mythology. For instance, there is an idea about the perfection of German motorways and the imperfection of Polish ones. Slovak D1 also represents the second, Slavic, Eastern European group – imperfect highways full of inferiority complex, inciting manifestation of negative qualities, for example, corruption or arbitrariness conduct.

For the author of the text and director Lukáš Brutovský, the myth of a motorway became a metaphor for national qualities. The production is a decomposed, post-dramatic work, a performative essay on a documentary basis with elements of poetry, that serve to reveal the identity of Slovaks and Slovak landscape. The ensemble of the theatre based in the city of Martin (Slovakia), one of the most gelled ensembles full of distinctive individuals, plays out the theme as a construction process. The production won the Grand Prix and the Bratislava Audience Award at the 2021 New Drama festival.

The show runs without an intermission.

Language: Slovak with English subtitles

Country of origin: Slovakia

The closing ceremony of the festival will take place before the performance. Audience program board 2022, which is part of the Be SpectACTive! project, participated in the selection of the show.