A group of young people from a small town gather for a class reunion. Some still live here, others are returning from abroad. As they leave the restaurant, it starts to rain. They find shelter under a canopy in front of the back entrance of a derelict building.
Someone needs to go to the toilet. Someone wants an adventure... The group breaks down the door of the building and goes inside. And so begins an adventurous story that explores not only the building itself, but also the past of the young people who fell into its trap. The young people find themselves trapped in a trap from which they can only escape at the cost of great effort and painful sacrifice.
The play teeters between reality and magic. It combines family history, a cultural journey over the past 25 years, the struggle against oppression and powerlessness, dreams, desires and betrayals. At the same time, it is also the struggle for autonomy of souls crippled by power and addicted to the pandemic. Ultimately, it is the triumph of the human will, forced to endure various natural catastrophes and spiritual crises, and constantly brought to its knees.
The play asks the question, what do we sacrifice in order to achieve our goal? What are we willing to do in the name of salvation? History has taught us what oppression is. Yet, although we come from dictatorships, we somehow fail to notice when we ourselves oppress others. We do not want to understand the spiritual nature of refugees, even when we are forced to be refugees ourselves.
Perhaps the most important thing today is to re-understand that we are interconnected. It is not language or culture that binds us, but the common destiny of humanity. We must all take responsibility for each other. We must not lose our humanity in the struggle for survival.
We may survive the plague, but will we still be human after it? Is it worth staying alive if we lose everything that gives us pride in our humanity? Is it worth fighting if, in the course of fighting, we forget what we are fighting for? What is art worth if it destroys man? What is freedom worth if it comes at the cost of other people's lives? What is happiness that suffocates with guilt worth?
