A Stretch of the Imagination

A Stretch of the Imagination is an Australian play about death, essentially the death of the individual, which must be faced alone. Monk O’Neill is facing his own death with great resilience, humour and even anticipation.

Monk is the last of his tribe, the “small pink tribe of mistletoe men” who have tried to reshape a mighty and ancient continent into a European idyll. Monk is the distillation of the Australian legend. A muscular hero in a pillaged landscape. Man against nature.

Much of Jack Hibberds’ play is the de-bunking of the legend but it is also a celebration of its guts and vitality. The will to survive. Nevertheless, a legend on its last legs and as the pink tribe disappears it forfeits its right to a continent it has misappropriated.

Monks death is not only of the legend but also of a civilisation that has its roots in the classical world. As man has tried to devour the land it has turned on him and now treats him as fertiliser.

“Stretch“is a celebration of a life lived vigorously to its end, an affirmation of life in the face of inevitable death, and an affirmation of death itself as a fulfilment of the whole life cycle.

Welcome to the citys eagerly awaited annual marathon of theatre, dance, comedy, music and film from around the globe. All shows are in English, Czech or are non-verbal and are programmed so that you can see up to 6 shows a day and over 30 shows over the 8 days of Fringe Festival Praha. Shows take place from the afternoon to late evening, most last for an hour or so with time between to zip from venue to venue and grab a bite to eat. Enjoy a warm welcome at our fringe club where you can join the fun, meet the artists and swap notes with other fringe goers on your “hot tickets” for the day…its the fringe way from Edinburgh to Adelaide, now entering year seven here in Prague.