Thursday, May 8, 2025 · 7:30 p.m.
Big Stage
Puppet Theatre Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic
Recommended for audiences aged 7 and up
Authors: Petr Sís, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Jakub Maksymov
Director: Jakub Maksymov
Dramaturgy: Tereza Agelová
Costume, Puppet & Set Design: Olga Ziębińska
Lighting Design: Sanjin Seršić
Music: Lazar Novokov
Cast:
Karel Růžička, Jakub Georgiev, Ivo Marták or Aleš Petrič, Karolína Vyhlídal Hýsková,
Tomáš Rossi, Martin Štěpanda
An adventurous and imaginative biography of pilot and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. Theatrical adaptation of the graphic novel by Peter Sís - author of the metaphorical biography of the legendary adventurer and literary author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. His childhood and dreams, his work for the airmail, his missions during the Second World War and his fateful last flight over the Mediterranean...
The story of a pilot who loved to read and write in the cockpit of his plane. A production about overcoming the weight of the earth and pushing the boundaries of what man alone is capable of achieving. Experience the early days of aviation with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. A time when planes took on all sorts of strange shapes and when the vast distances between continents began to slowly shorten.