Theater for patients in hospitals, hospices and home care
An encounter with art can improve everyone's quality of life. Seriously ill people are often unable to go to the theatre on their own.
Therefore, at Vlaštovka we create theatre productions for children and adult patients in a specific way, based on the possibilities of the environment in which they take place, taking into account the energy, physical and psychological condition and possibilities of the patients, etc. Our productions bring themes that can support patients and their families, bring distraction and encourage playfulness.
Each theatre production is based on the principles of play work in palliative care - through acting we encourage communication, offer opportunities for self-determination, stimulate the audience sensorially and bring moments of joy and shared experience to families, whether in the environment of their home, hospital or hospice. The play is always performed by one actor, at the bedside of a particular patient, in their room or in a comfortable room where the audience feels comfortable and safe.
We are currently doing two productions.
Celebration under the stars
Designed for children and their families
A seaside theater story about discovering the meaning of friendship. A seagull lives alone in a boat in the bay and has a very important job - picking up messages from bottles floating on the sea and delivering them by recommandation to the right hands. He likes his solitude, but sometimes he feels that something is missing. He has a secret dream. He always wished that one day he would find a message that would be for him. But such a message never came. But one day he finds an invitation to a party in a bottle, but it doesn't say who it belongs to... He decides to find the addressee at all costs, but in the end he finds a rarer treasure...
Recommended age: 4+
Duration: 20 min + talk
Created and played by: Michaela Váňová
The music was composed by: Ondřej Rychlý
Scenography was created by: Anna Gumboldt
Premiere: April 9, 2024
Prague, Czech Republic
Where the ocean ends
Intended for adult audiences and their families
The adventure board game tells the story of August the penguin, who gets lost while fishing in the ocean and searches for his way home. He sets sail in unknown places, meets new friends and experiences moments of joy that he would never experience in the safety of his home. But when the sun goes down in the evening and August doesn't have much strength left... What then? Where to go home? And where is "home" actually? How do we want the penguin story to end?
Duration: 25 min + discussion
Created and played by: Michaela Váňová
The music was composed by: Marek Doubrava
Scenographic collaboration: Bára Meda Řezáčová
Premiere: August 12, 2020
Prague, Czech Republic