We’re just like a boat drifting along on a river named life. Just as unexplainable and many-faceted as life itself are the productions of the Derevo troupe and they refuse to accept conventionality.

Perhaps this performance is best described as »Silent Theatre«; modern dance, Butoh dance, clownery and pantomime; the sound range stretches from rock music and chansons to complete silence. A man has standards, yet there is so little time. Gloom changes to amusement, half-destroyed dolls are strewn amongst other stage regalia. Terminates the revelry on a fairground theatre; an impossible place to distinguish between fun and seriousness.

Anton Adassinski was born 1959 in Siberia. He lived in St. Petersburg, the former Leningrad, and from 1982 on worked with Theatre Litsedei’s mime group. In 1986 he transformed a rock trio into a giant total theatre and as its director and choreographer caused sensations on the Soviet cultural scene.

In 1988 Adassinski formed the Derevo Company in St. Petersburg. Two years ago, the troupe moved to Prague. Adassinski conducts workshops in which he teaches his »School on Wheels« system. His performances range from street theatre to improvisations. Derevo travelled to many European countries and played at the Jerusalem Festival in Israel as well as in the USA.