BARDAK (chaos, disorder)

ABSURD AND SURREAL FAIRYTALE

BARDAK

The show is imagined, created and played by Igor Mamlenkov, directed by Kostya Novitskiy

“Chaos is that from which everything was born, and it seems, that to which everything returns!”

BARDAK (Rus. & Heb. - Chaos)

One day the world started turning into Chaos again and God decided to punish it. The only survival is an immortal, fable and helpless house spirit, - Domovoi. He, like Prometheus, believed in people, and it was he who was sent to the Earth to find out what has happened...

Witness the poetry of the apocalypse. Experience the silence and embrace the chaos. Like a crack in the earth, from which a light still glows.

Through poetic clown, physical theatre and visual imagery, BARDAK explores chaos, memory and fragile hope — a tragicomic reflection on our relationship to the world we inhabit.
The work was originally directed by the master of imagery Anton Adasinsky and reprise directed by the young Ukrainian director Kostya Novitsky, new visual concept by Valeriia Nikolicheva. BARDAK transforms modern existential fears – from the ecology to isolation – into a dreamlike, absurd adventure. With original music by Daniel Christen (CH) and Luiz Murakami (BR/ES), it is a universal experience for a multicultural audience of all ages.

Lyrical, absurd, visual and poetic theatre performance without any spoken text. FAMILY AUDIENCE 8+ / 199+

Official co-production of DOMOVOI THEATRE COMPANY and TEATRO FOCE (LUGANO, CH).

The creation in 2022 took place in the following artistic residences - Theater St. Pauli Ruine Kirche, Dresden, DE ; Teatro dei Fauni, Locarno, CH ; Tschüdanga, Sierre, VS/CH ; TEATRO FOCE, Lugano, CH. The recreation in 2026 took place in the following residences - Association Mottattom, espace Séléne (Geneva), Scènes du Grütli (Geneva).

The production 2022 was supported by Repubblica e Cantone Ticino / fondo SWISSLOS, Ernst Göhner Stiftung, Foundation Oertli, Grant a la écriture de ProCirque et SSA, Fondation Jan Michalski, Fondazione Fabio Schaub, Fondazione Cultura nel Locarnese, Fondazione Dr. Martin Othmar Winterhaler, MIGROS Ticino percento culturale, SIS Stiftung, Jürg George Bürki-Stiftung. We also received a 150 % of wemakeit crowdfunding campaign. The tour and reprise 2026 is supported by ProHelvetia, Fondation Emarika and Stiftung für Thelogisches Theater W.J. Hollenweger.

IN CASE YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BOOKING THE SHOW, YOU CAN FIND HERE ALL THE DETAILED INFORMATION (PHOTOS, CV, PRESS, DOSSIERS, TECHNICAL RIDERS, ETC.) IN GERMAN, FRENCH, ITALIAN AND ENGLISH

BARDAK - new short reel

This showreel is filmed and edited by Lilia Gaabsburg during the 38th Edition of DRESDEN MIME FESTIVAL at Theaterhaus Rudi, Dresden, Germany

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BARDAK (mess, chaos)

Modern absurd and visual apocalyptic fairytale

[EN] One day the entire humanity mysteriously vanishes from the Earth. A house sprite - Domovoi - wanders among the traces left by humans and looks for a way to bring back the hope of life on our planet. This absurd and visual solo performance invites the audience to dive into a fantasy, incomprehensibly clownish world. BARDAK is a tragicomic reflection on the world we inhabit.

[IT] Un giorno l’intera umanità scompare misteriosamente dalla Terra. Uno spirito della casa – il Domovoi – vaga tra le tracce lasciate dagli esseri umani alla ricerca di un modo per riportare la speranza di vita sul nostro pianeta. Questo spettacolo solista, assurdo e ricco di immagini, invita il pubblico a immergersi in un mondo fantastico e incomprensibilmente clownesco. BARDAK è una riflessione tragicomica sul mondo in cui viviamo.

WORLD PREMIERE - BARDAK

16th and 17th September 2022

Teatro Foce, Lugano, CH

Photo by Massimiliano Rossetto