About us

Túlavé divadlo was born originally from the Student theatre created by Jakub Nvota and Kamil Žiška in Trnava. The two students inspired by „small form“ theaters such as Semafor, L+S and Radošinské naivné divadlo have decided to write their own original drama texts. They started to perform cabarets with original dialogues and songs. At the beginning there were only two actors playing-themselves. Later other actors joined the new theatre. Jakub Nvota and Kamil Žiška started to write plays that were specific in the dramatic form and also in the philosophical concept. The idea was to grope and persist with humour life situations that are seemingly hopeless. This grotesque vision of the world brings eruptive and releasing laughter to the spectator. Because it is not the the spectator who has the problem. This aestetic is the origin and the base of Túlavé divadlo.

Túlavé divadlo was born in 2001 after Jakub Nvota has graduated at The Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava. He and Kamil Žiška who also graduated at this Academy were joined by their colleagues from the studies.From cabarets Túlavé divadlo moved on to the street theatre. The basic repertoire were Shakespear´s tragedies. By using the dramatic principle of „the theatre in the theatre“ and playing actually on the street, the tragedies were transformed into comedies. The intention was not to seek just the amusement but to bring deep and existencial view on Shakespeare on the street and with only the minimum means. Túlavé divadlo has found  its home in The Theatre below the Deck /Divadlo v podpalubí/ in Bratislava for eleven joyful seasons. The poetics of Túlavé divadlo is kind and warm-hearted because it brings hope but it is also cruel sometimes as it is often targeted on itself. The author and the actors know well that to make fun of oneself means to get rid of fear. What more can we do for our lives?