One man show, stand-up, dance, drawings and more!
An evening imitating stand-up comedy style accompanied by dance and drawing, shows how far we go in the name of entertainment, teaches teenagers how to start a business by drawing nudes and gives women advice on how to tame alpha males. The Man from Malta is an exaggeration and a personal story of Štěpán Pechar’s. He is not only the performer, but also accompanies the show artistically and creates a unique choreography, which completes the individual scenes and sketches.
“The strength of The Man from Malta lies in the openness, the loudness, with which Pechar confronted demons such as power, sex, porn, money, and male supremacy. He just might have confronted himself as well. He put himself out there not only through his story, but also through his numerous talents, including his dance talent.”
– Taneční aktuality
“I would recommend The Man from Malta as a textbook on the art of stand-up comedy.”
– Divadelní noviny
Writer & director
Štěpán Pechar
Assistant director
Pavel Knolle
Ondřej Vinklát
Choreography
Štěpán Pechar
Assistant choreographer
Ondřej Vinklát
Original cast
Štěpán Pechar
Illustrations
Štěpán Pechar
Set & costume design
Pavel Knolle
Light design
Karel Šimek
Camera & edit
Marco Chiodi
Music (existing records):
AC/DC, Rone, Mozart, Darkside, Queen, System of a Down
Text references
Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Jimmy Carr: Jokes for the Bedroom, Jim Jefferies: Freedumb, Louis C.K.: 2017, Jerry Seinfeld: 24 Hours To Kill, William Shakespeare: Sonet 66 (translation by Martin Hilský)
Photography
Pavel Hejný
Milan Jaroš
Serghei Gherciu
Created with the support of
Museum Montanelli & Prof. Dadja Altenburg Kohl
The City of Prague
The Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic
Jatka78
Length & more info
80 min. / suitable from 16 years / in Czech
Premiere: 30. 5. 2021