An international theatre studio focused on the creation, development and research of human expression. It is defined by the relations between I-you, body-voice, culture-nature, public-intimacy, research-creation. It looks for a bodily articulation of that which cannot be expressed by word, by any other medium.

Inspiration is drawn from the irregular terrain of music, from the torsos of cultural manifestations, from the human touch, from the architecture of space and a personal statement. The ensemble speaks about those realities which its members consider personally and socially appealing. The studio works under the leadership of its founder – director Viliam Docolomanský.

An integral part of Farm in the Cave´s work is not only creation of performances, but also educational activities, basic research of actors´ art and selected cultural minorities.

The studio started to form itself in 2001, during the preparation of Lorca project in Prague. The title Farm in the Cave is the literal translation of the Arabic work daimuz, which was the name of Lorca´s family farm.



AWARDS
2008

The Grand Prix Golden Laurel Wreath Award for Best Overall Play, MESS Festival, Sarajevo, Bosnia

Award Veljka Maricice for the best performance at the 15.International Small Scenes Theatre Festival in Rijeka, Croatia, for the performance Waiting Room.

Viliam Docolomanský and Farm in the Cave are candidates to the XI Europe Prize New Theatrical Realities

2007
The Prize of the Respekt Magazine for the Waiting Room for the strongest dance performance.

2006
Total Theatre Award, awarded by the British leading Total Theatre Magazine, awarded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

A Fringe First Award, awarded by the Scottish newspaper The Scotsman and The Fringe Society, awarded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

A Herald Angel Award, awarded by the British newspaper The Herald, awarded at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

Main Award of The Alfred Radok´s Prize for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

Main Award Veljka Maricice at the 13.International Small Scenes Theatre Festival in Rijeka, Croatia, for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

2005
Viliam Docolomansky and Farm in The Cave were awarded The Prize of the Theatre News and Sazka for the movement-based theatre for the performance SCLAVI / The Song of an Emigrant.

Viliam Docolomansky was awarded The Personality of the Year by the festival Next Wave.

2004
The Eastern Voices project achieved the first position in an I-theatre poll in the category of Extraordinary Theatre Act.

2003
Viliam Docolomansky was awarded The Slovak Literary Fund Award for the direction of the staging of The Maids (Jean Genet, BDNR, Bánská Bystrica).

2002
Viliam Docolomansky was awarded The Trojan Horse Award for the choreography to the staging of the performance Markéta Lazarová (directed by J. A. Pitínský, National Theatre, Prague).