Přemysl Pálek has been dancing since the age of five. He is an excellent dancer and musical actor. He is currently rehearsing the musical Do naha! It’s a bunch of steel workers who are going to lose their jobs, and I’m one of them. My character needs money so she doesn’t lose her son, so she makes up a show. He’s going to recruit five more guys from the steel mill.” The audience is waiting to see if they all really go naked.
“I personally don’t have a problem with it. It’s the task of the lighting engineer if it goes out in time,” laughs Přemysl Pálek. He also wears a thong as a costume. “I admit that I have one at home. I wanted to try what it feels like to get into the role.” What is more difficult in a musical: when a singer has to learn to move or a dancer to sing well? “I think it’s harder for a singer. I started singing at the conservatory and only sang in musicals. I should be going to singing, but I’m smart.’
Iva Janžurová chose me for the role
Přemysl Pálek plays in several divals. For example, Iva Janžurová chose him for the role in the Veletoč performance at the Kalich Theater. “It’s an honor. She went to see the musical King of Hearts and she enjoyed my comedy.” Another essential role for Přemysl Pálek is the Rat. With her, he also got into the wider nomination for Thalia. “I also enjoy the dark side. In the last week of rehearsals, Daniel Landa also came to spruce it up.”
He has to be very fit in musicals. “I’m jumping rope. It’s a genius tool. We started with Honza Kříž when we played Saturday Night Fever and sang while jumping. I gave the most one hour and twenty minutes at a time. I had over 18 thousand jumps.”
