The first part of the night actually depicts the creation of the world from nothing through heaven with the angels, Lucifer’s rebellion and his departure to hell with some of the angels, up to the creation of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from heaven. According to the author, God created the angels out of boredom and for entertainment, but boredom soon overpowered the entertainment on stage. Both heaven and hell are boring, in the former you are constantly irritated and the highlight of the humor is allusions to the warmth of adorable pink angels, in the latter, problems start to arise. In both, most of the talking takes place. The whole thing is reminiscent of a catechism review class.

In the second half of the evening, we will find ourselves in the great city of today, where Lucifer and the Devil-Delight are busy corrupting humanity, and God is no longer just a commentator and supporter of Adam and Eve – poor wanderers- artists who do not allow themselves corrupted by Lucifer’s money, which they reject with exemplary morals. After ten years, Adam is the wealthy owner of a shipbuilding company and Eve is a depressed wife, drowning in boredom in alcohol.

Of course be careful! They became rich only thanks to their hard work, after all, as Adam always pointed out, they started with one bad boat and a small catch! But now, mammon has destroyed it. And it was only when their little son wanted to run away from home and become a wanderer that it moved their hardened hearts and things changed for the better. Hell and heaven go hand in hand and sing to us that “everyone can have their own paradise.”

And Adam and Eve probably would have gone and given their mammon to the poor as soon as they came of age. But don’t worry, my dear children, they will definitely have enough money to live happily ever after with their son.

It is no surprise that the writer and director of this confusing socialist-capitalist campaign is the creator of TV fairy tales, Zdeněk Zelenka. The only thing missing is Martin Kabát or Trepifajksl. But this fairy tale is naive, confusing, with a lot of didactic talk, it offers revealing wisdom like “People make their lives hell” or “All young people are not corrupt”.

Even the music of Bohouš Josef, which is composed by Michal David, does not improve it much, it does not inspire or offend the listener, but each song reminds one of the other. With the biggest “hit” about the creation of Adam, you can immediately note “I’m looking for a girl for Sunday”.

The production simply suffices with three projection surfaces, on which a cheesy projection of heaven with a waterfall and greenery appears, a somewhat weary Sovereign Josef Laufer descends the narrow steps of the portal until exhausted, and then stands on top of it to impart another piece of wisdom. Leona Quaša Kvasnicová’s choral choreography resembles a fusion of televised ballet with folk dance, without being able to extract any ideas from the environment or specific types of individuals.

So only the performances of the protagonists who honestly serve this agitation deserve praise – especially Martin Písařík in the role of Adam, who dances, sings and acts brilliantly, Josef Vojtek as the rather clueless devil Lucifer, Dita Hořínková as the devil- Rozkoš, Tomáš Trapl, thanks to the pink angel Jofiel who does not sink into shyness – until the pure singing and natural Tomáš Ringl as little Cain.

Too bad, it could have been a cute “Effelian” musical. But it’s not until the end that Rychlík’s song “Love and Breed” comes across as a reminder of better times, truly imaginative entertainment.

Adam and Eve – musical comedy about the creation of the world, man and love, screenplay, dialogue and direction by Zdeněk Zelenka, music by Bohouš Josef, lyrics by Boris Pralovszký, set by Jaroslav Milfajt, costumes by Roman Šolc. Czech premiere on April 17 at the Broadway Theatre.