The new exhibition follows on from the existing exhibition in the Museum of Czech Puppets and Circus in Prachatice, which presents three important chapters of puppet theater in our territory: puppeteers who traveled around villages and towns from the end of the 18th century, the phenomenon of family puppet theater and remarkable artistic amateur scenes from first half of the twentieth century. The exhibition closes with the creation of the Central Puppet Theater in 1949. That was when another famous era of the Czech puppet theater began, with professional theaters such as the Drak Theater gradually emerging from the 1950s.
The exhibition presents the work of theater scenographer, director and artist Marek Zákostelecky, who has been associated with the Drak Theater in Králové Hradec since 1994, where he also worked as a stage manager from 1999 to 2013. On display are puppets from several of his productions: About Smolíčkovi (1997), Václav, the so-called Bajaja (2000), How Stupid John Went to the World (2003) and He Stands at the Cannon or The Battle of Hradec Králové (2011). Special attention is paid to the Amazing Circus project by dr. Tarzana (2014), where Marek Zákostelecký was not only a designer, but also a co-author and director. The exhibition is complemented by posters and photos from other Zákostelecký "dragon" productions.
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