Messenger of the Hydrometeorological Institute of the Academy of Sciences
Simon Peter Králik (Slovakia)
Praktikabel Theatre
Cast: Šimon Peter Králik
Author: © Zdeněk Svěrák, 1969
Directed by Matej Feldbauer
Music by Filip Krišš
The staging of the production was supported by the Fund for the Support of the Arts from public funds.
65 min.
Klub Lúč
Peace Square. 17, Trenčín
October 10, 2025
6:00 PM
Voluntary Admission
How does it feel to be a person whose work is losing its meaning in the world? How can one be a messenger for the Academy of Sciences’ Hydrometeorological Institute at a time when everything we need to know about the weather is just a click away? What’s the point of all this anymore? Inspired by Zdeněk Svěrák’s short story, this monodrama confronts contemporary reality with the absurdity of a profession that no longer has a place in the age of the Internet with humour and kindness. The hero of the comedy is a man who cannot resist the temptation to mystify listeners in a live radio broadcast. His initially innocent play turns into a theatrical story in which the hero, thanks to his charm and irony, becomes a mirror of our own insignificance. Nothing will be the same after the arrival of a messenger from the Hydrometeorological Institute on the radio.





