S(t)IGMA
Premier: 9.6.2026
Audience: Adults, 15+
Length: 1h 20minut
Performance for indoor.
A musical documentary for three (male) voices.
Because I like cars, machines and cowboys, but I don’t understand why these things should define masculinity.
Because I check out boobs and butts.
Because the last time I cried was after getting pepper-sprayed.
Because I’m not entirely sure what it actually means to be a man.
Because I’m afraid of a society that is becoming increasingly radicalised.
Because I don’t understand the need to be ALPHA at all costs.
S(t)IGMA is a post-punk performance about what it’s like to grow up as a young man today. About loneliness that sometimes turns into anger. About the pressure of simplistic slogans in the depths of the internet. About the question that keeps coming back: how to be a “proper man”. And what if you want something completely different?
Credits
DIRECTION AND CONCEPT: Miřenka Čechová
DRAMATURGY: Barbara Herz
SCRIPT: Collective
PERFORMANCE: Matěj Šíma, Sebastian Vopěnka, Matěj Šumbera
SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH AND PERFORMANCE: Alice Koubová
SET AND COSTUME DESIGN: Kateřina Radakulan
MUSIC: Matěj Šíma
LIGHTING DESIGN: Martin Špetlík
VIDEO DESIGN: Linda Arbanová
SOUND DESIGN: Jan Pniak
PRODUCTION: Tantehorse, Jan Honeiser
CO-PRODUCTION: Palác Akropolis
RESEARCH PARTNERS: Liga otevřených mužů (League of Open Men), Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences