no elders in this city

'no elders in this city' is a site-specific theatre production created in collaboration between Chemické divadlo and Divadlo Setkání, opening space for the voices of senior citizens. In a performative walk on the boundary between documentary and imaginative theatre, live scenes in public space intersect with visual installations and audio recordings of people from care homes. The production unfolds as a series of dialogues between older and younger generations, between personal experience and public policy.
Stories of loneliness, digital exclusion, relationships and family, sexuality, dignified ageing, death, and the tension between care and autonomy bring forward topics that are often pushed to the margins. The piece approaches ageing as a shared social experience and turns attention to how older people can participate in public life, decision-making, and various forms of civic engagement.

The production is financially supported by the Život umělce Foundation.

Vojtěch Bárta, Tereza Dostálová and Tobiáš Nevřiva
Direction and Dramaturgy: Vojtěch Bárta and Tobiáš Nevřiva
Set design: Tereza Dostálová
Music: Ian Mikyska
Cast: Cyril Drozda, Anna Hradílková, Jana Holečková, Miloslav Maršálek, Blanka Stehlíková, Květoslava Podhradská and místní lidé

Cast: Cyril Drozda, Anna Hradílková, Jana Holečková, Blanka Stehlíková, ​​Květoslava Podhradská a lidé z místních komunit