International Puppeteers Unionn

Mezinárodní loutkařská unie


Union International de Marrionette

1993 Professional sphere – Jiří VYŠOHLÍD

Actor, screenwriter, director, auhor of music….member of Drak of Hradec….and his staging of “Tune the Fork” (Nalaďte si vidličku) – a story which is intended to lead children to the proper appreciation of music, to the art of listening, the art to understand the basic difference between reproduced music and a live musical experience.

In the “Fork” this is determined by the poetry of music tuned by Jiří Vyšohlíd. Vyšohlíd’s obstinacy about precision and perfection, a relentless search of possible solutions and the finishing touches in all elements of the creation is excellently combined with his childlike (not infantile) playfulness, lyricism and moderate but irresistible humor. He is excellently supported by Jolana Brannyová and Pavel Černík The three together create dramatic mini-situations full of tension and humour by musical means alone. The entire performance is accompanied by melodious cadences of the children’s laughter of even the smallest spectators reacting to the acting and musical gags. Even if I am far from judging the theatre on the basis of of its educational values, I believe that this element is, in this instance, not negligible.

The Hradec performance was one of the few where not even one second of stage time remained without content.

Blanka Luňáková, Loutkář