Simulator

Performance realized as part of the ConnectUP project co-financed by the Creative Europe program of the European Union.

“Simulator” is a game that offers a real life experience in a virtual world. What can such an experience give us and what to take away? Is it just a game and fun? When does it stop being fun?

“Simulator” was created on the basis of interviews with high school students in two Czech cities: Pilsen and Plasy. Director Tomsa Legierski and playwright Petra Kosova conducted a series of discussions with students aged twelve to sixteen about what they experience when they feel betrayed, what they perceive as injustice, what hurts them and what they perceive as obstacles to communication with adults. They also met with teachers, school psychologists and parents. And finally, together with Polish actors, they revived their own memories and experiences and looked for ways to understand teenagers - both Polish and Czech. Growing up is a complicated process, both for children and for their parents.

“Simulator” is the first part of the Polish-Czech co-production “Simulator. Snowball” as part of the European project ConnectUP.

“The Simulator” je program, který nabízí proživek real life in the virtual world. What is such an experience with data and communication? What is just play and fun and where does it start to be fun?

The production of “The Simulator” was created on the basis of conversations of the director Tomsy Legierski and the playwright Petra Kosové se studenty gymnázií in two Czech cities: in Plzen and in Plasych. Se studenty ve věku od ácti do šestnácti let mluvili o tom, co prožívají, kdy se cítí zrazeni, co mají kao křivdu, co je bolí a jaké mají překázky v komunikaci s dospělymi. They had such conversations with teachers, school psychologists and parents. A ec společně s polské herci ili ní vzpomínky a zkusa hledali k umění dospívajítitre — both Polish and Czech. Growing up is a difficult process at the international level. For children and for adults.

“The Simulator” is a joint Polish-Czech co-production production of “The Simulator. Snowball “in the framework of the European project ConnectUP.

The production of The Simulator is based on interviews of the director Tomsa Legierski and the playwright Petra Kosová with grammar school students in the Czech City of Pilsen and a town of Plasy. Aged fourteen to sixteen students talked about what they were experiencing, when they felt betrayed, what they perceived as wrong, what they hurt them and what they perceived as obstacles in communication with adults. The creative team also talked to teachers, school psychologists and parents. And finally, together with the Polish actors, they revived their own memories and experiences and they were looking for ways to understand teenagers — Polish and Czech. Adolescence is a demanding process at the international level. For children and adults.

“The Simulator” is part of a Polish-Czech co-production “The Simulator. Snowball” within the European project ConnectUP.