Did you know that Czechoslovak puppetry is a UNESCO World Heritage Site? It is! Czech and Slovak puppeteers, as well as their loyal audiences, have thus received worldwide recognition, culminating the years of effort of generations of our predecessors. Today's Czech and Slovak puppeteers have therefore come together to combine all their strength, all their art and the best of their traditions to celebrate this important achievement. And how else to celebrate the Czechoslovak puppetry tradition than with the premiere of a brand new, yet completely traditional and above all perfectly Czechoslovak puppet play, or piece? We have therefore searched the funduses, archives and museums on both sides of the Morava River, organised public collections and now we present the result of all these efforts to you. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the registered association of Czech and Slovak puppeteers presents a traditional Czechoslovak puppet play. The thirty-year anniversary of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia offers a unique opportunity to reflect theatrically on an extraordinary phenomenon, which is the unique closeness of two nations that have been united for 75 years in their historical development, and which is probably unparalleled in the world. But how do we perceive it today? And how is it perceived today in both countries by a child viewer, for whom coexistence in a common state is no longer just a chapter in a history book? We want to explore these questions through an original Czech-Slovak production that uses the original story to explore the various forms of the contemporary relationship between Czechs and Slovaks. Its political framework has disappeared, the common television programmes are also gone, so what is left as a link? A few accounts of youtubers who are popular there and there? There seems to be more after all... For viewers aged 9 and up.

Co-production of the Drak Theatre and the Bratislava Puppet Theatre on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia