Silvia Havelková: O škriatkovi Mobiliakovi

Do you know that every mobile phone has a little sprite? It can be various - small, big, short, tall, fat, thin, legged, handed... But one thing doesn't change - its role is to make you lose track of time while holding your mobile phone.

The modern cheerful performance playfully shows children that a mobile is a good servant, but a bad master. The grumpy sprite Mobiliak, hiding in the mobile phone, tries at all costs to gain all of the child's attention, isolating them from their parents and friends. Its goal is to completely dominate the main heroine and pull her out of the ordinary child’s world.

The story vividly illustrates that we must not forget our loved ones and let ourselves be deceived by something/someone that promises us the moon, but in reality wants to manipulate us.

Despite the heavy theme, the performance is entertaining and intertwined with original songs.

Creative team:
Author: Silvia Havelková
Production: Zuzana Mišáková
Direction: Marek Lupták
dramaturgy: Michaela Gallová
Set, costumes: Kristína Hroznová
Music: Karol Glamoš, Diana Minarovičová

Casting:
Mobiliak: Michaela Janišová, Sára Hrčková
Sofia: Karolína Kopačková, Sára Hrčková
Mother: Janka Trenčanová

Research on the negative effects of mobiles on children has confirmed that health risks can be defined as follows:

• Displays and screens emit blue light, which can cause insomnia, ultimately increasing the risks of obesity, diabetes, and depression;
• Although mobiles can be great learning tools, more and more schools are seeing their negative impact, especially in terms of children’s inability to concentrate;
• With mobiles, children have access to inappropriate content that negatively affects their mental health;
• Children are more exposed to cyberbullying, often socially isolating themselves, suffering from anxieties and depressions that can have fatal consequences;
• If time spent on games and videos is not controlled, and the child begins to neglect their real life for the sake of the virtual one, it can mean pathological addiction.

Even though technology poses many dangers, it is still important for society and can have a positive impact on a child's development. It is crucial to keep their use by children under control. A very significant role for the proper development of a child is played by the social environment and the variation of their activities, ideally meaningfully with parents. One positive example of how to spend time with a child is to take them to the theater, for instance, to the performance about the sprite Mobiliak.