DEMONSTRATORS

Dedicated to Zbyněk, the one who still has anger left.

"EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE NOW!"

When a toilet leaks, you fix it. You take a screwdriver, a hammer, a rag, and do something about it. But what if the only thing left to fix is your family? Society? What will you pick up to fix the state? A flower? A banner? A Molotov cocktail? What if nothing helps? And what if the demonstration succeeds?

1989, 2000, 2022. Three demonstrations, three rebellions, three generations left with nothing but anger. The world of fathers must be destroyed! But what comes next? What about the fathers who survive the end of their own world? And what about the world of mothers and daughters?

Written for the Theatre X10, Ondřej Novotný's original play explores today's divided society through a powerful portrayal of the inner world of one family. Everyone has a good reason to go to their own demonstration. The family is the foundation of the state. And is a divided family the foundation of a divided state?

PREMIERE 24 October 2025
THE PERFORMANCE IS 110 MINUTES LONG.

STARRING Táňa Malíková, Lucie Roznětínská, Jan Bárta, Hynek Chmelař, Václav Marhold

DIRECTION, SCENIC DESIGN Ondřej Štefaňák
DRAMATURGY Lenka Havlíková
COSTUMES Matilda Tlolková
MUSIC Kryštof Blabla
ASSISTANT DIRECTOR Tereza Farkašová
ASSISTANT DRAMATURG Roberta Chrťanská

The play was created with financial support from the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the Czech Literary Fund Foundation.