TUEMay 12th
5:00 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
Anna Rti / HUN
Award-winning solo performance
of a young Hungarian dancer and choreographer.
of a young Hungarian dancer and choreographer.
7:00 p.m.Moravian Theatre / behind the curtain
V. Havel V. Morvek P. Oslzl
Divadlo Husa na provzku Brno / CZ
Original stage medley depicting the absurdity,
perversion and schizophrenia of both the normalization era
in communist Czechoslovakia and not-so-far removed years.
A story of failure, hope, truth and love in the Czech Lands...
Directed by: Vladimr Morvek
perversion and schizophrenia of both the normalization era
in communist Czechoslovakia and not-so-far removed years.
A story of failure, hope, truth and love in the Czech Lands...
Directed by: Vladimr Morvek
10:45 p.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby)
D. Pracha P. Fajt J. Nebesk
Studio DAMZA / CZ
Remarkable stage performance based on works of fiction
by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. The actor David Pracha
won the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award
in the Alternative Theatre category for his performance.
Directed by: Jan Nebesk
by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. The actor David Pracha
won the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award
in the Alternative Theatre category for his performance.
Directed by: Jan Nebesk
WEDMay 13th
5:00 p.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby)
D. Pracha P. Fajt J. Nebesk
Studio DAMZA / CZ
Remarkable stage performance based on works of fiction
by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. The actor David Pracha
won the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award
in the Alternative Theatre category for his performance.
Directed by: Jan Nebesk
by the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa. The actor David Pracha
won the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award
in the Alternative Theatre category for his performance.
Directed by: Jan Nebesk
7:00 p.m.Moravian Theatre
William Shakespeare
Divadlo Andreja Bagara Nitra / SK
Impressive performance of a crucial epic work of world drama
by one of the most prestigious theatre companies in Central Europe.
The festival is proud to host the first performance
of this stage version in the Czech Republic.
Directed by: Ondrej Spik
by one of the most prestigious theatre companies in Central Europe.
The festival is proud to host the first performance
of this stage version in the Czech Republic.
Directed by: Ondrej Spik
10:45 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
J. Admek M. Musilov J. Kopeck
Boca Loca Lab / CZ
Scenic opus inspired by some of the corniest media-produced
banalities and newspaper headlines that recent years have brought
along. What exactly stands for the reincarnation of todays European
identity? Does anything like a European really exist...?
Directed by: Ji Admek
banalities and newspaper headlines that recent years have brought
along. What exactly stands for the reincarnation of todays European
identity? Does anything like a European really exist...?
Directed by: Ji Admek
THUMay 14th
10:00 a.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby) / performance for schools
Havel Honzrek Macek Kaer
Divadlo Feste / CZ
Original blend of classic methods of theatre work with an interactive
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
5:00 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
J. Admek M. Musilov J. Kopeck
Boca Loca Lab / CZ
Scenic opus inspired by some of the corniest media-produced
banalities and newspaper headlines that recent years have brought
along. What exactly stands for the reincarnation of todays European
identity? Does anything like a European really exist...?
Directed by: Ji Admek
banalities and newspaper headlines that recent years have brought
along. What exactly stands for the reincarnation of todays European
identity? Does anything like a European really exist...?
Directed by: Ji Admek
7:00 p.m.Moravian Theatre
Vclav Havel
Klicperovo divadlo Hradec Krlov / CZ
Stage version of the most recent drama by the quintessential
Czech playwright of the late 20th century staged by Andrej Krob,
a regular director of Vclav Havels plays and his close theatre companion.
Czech playwright of the late 20th century staged by Andrej Krob,
a regular director of Vclav Havels plays and his close theatre companion.
10:00 p.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby)
Havel Honzrek Macek Kaer
Divadlo Feste / CZ
Original blend of classic methods of theatre work with an interactive
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
FRIMay 15th
10:00 a.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby) / performance for schools
Havel Honzrek Macek Kaer
Divadlo Feste / CZ
Original blend of classic methods of theatre work with an interactive
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
5:00 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
Thomas Steyaert / BEL
VerTeDance / CZ
Tereza Ondrov, Veronika Kotlkov-Knytlov
and Helena Arenbergerov in a wolf-like choreography by the member
of the legendary Flemish Ultima Vez dance company led by Thomas Steyaert.
and Helena Arenbergerov in a wolf-like choreography by the member
of the legendary Flemish Ultima Vez dance company led by Thomas Steyaert.
7:00 p.m.Moravian Theatre
J. Nekvasil A. Bezina
National Theatre Prague / CZ
Visually impressive staging of a well-known court hearing led against
Milada Horkov, one of the most prominent victims of the early stage
of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. The performance won
the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award in the Music Theatre
category. Winner of the Alfrd Radok Award for Best Female Performance
of 2008 (Soa erven). Winner of the Alfrd Radok Award for Best
Theatre Music Score of 2008 (Ale Bezina).
Directed by: Ji Nekvasil
Milada Horkov, one of the most prominent victims of the early stage
of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. The performance won
the Sazka and Divadeln noviny Biweekly Award in the Music Theatre
category. Winner of the Alfrd Radok Award for Best Female Performance
of 2008 (Soa erven). Winner of the Alfrd Radok Award for Best
Theatre Music Score of 2008 (Ale Bezina).
Directed by: Ji Nekvasil
9:30 p.m.Theatre of Music (Divadlo hudby)
Havel Honzrek Macek Kaer
Divadlo Feste / CZ
Original blend of classic methods of theatre work with an interactive
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
reconstruction of negotiations between the Civic Forum and
Czechoslovak representatives of totalitarian power in November 1989.
Directed by: Ji Honzrek
SATMay 16th
10:00 a.m.Moravian Theatre / behind the curtain
Sawomir Mroek
Teatr Provisorium & Kompania Teatr Lublin / PL
A case study of two emigrant fates, two different worlds
and a couple of unrelentingly diverse personalities
of the intellectual AA and the simple-minded XX in a brand new,
revealing treatment by the Polish director Witold Mazurkiewicz.
The performance will be subtitled in Czech.
and a couple of unrelentingly diverse personalities
of the intellectual AA and the simple-minded XX in a brand new,
revealing treatment by the Polish director Witold Mazurkiewicz.
The performance will be subtitled in Czech.
5:00 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
Opona, o.p.s. / CZ, PL, SK
Contemplation upon the real life in a society distorted
by the communist totalitarian regime seen through the eyes
of young generation of professional theatre performers.
Part of the project Circus of Totalitarianism.
Directed by: Petra Tejnorov
by the communist totalitarian regime seen through the eyes
of young generation of professional theatre performers.
Part of the project Circus of Totalitarianism.
Directed by: Petra Tejnorov
8:00 p.m.Moravian Theatre / behind the curtain
George Orwell
Divadlo Petra Bezrue Ostrava / CZ
A shocking sci-fi dystopia or dark visions from the Czech past?
The first-ever Czech stage version of the world-famous fiction allegory
featuring suggestive depiction of some of the means
used to manipulate the human individuality and mind.
Directed by: Jan Mikulek
The first-ever Czech stage version of the world-famous fiction allegory
featuring suggestive depiction of some of the means
used to manipulate the human individuality and mind.
Directed by: Jan Mikulek
11:00 p.m.Theresian Armoury / courtyard
Teatr Novogo Fronta
DOPPELGNGER
Hermetisches Theaterkabinett II.
Hermetisches Theaterkabinett II.
TNF & Comp. / CZ, D, GRE, PL, RUS
Circus farce, grotesque dance and stern metaphysical images
brought together in a large picturesque open-air coproduction
by actors and performers from five European countries.
brought together in a large picturesque open-air coproduction
by actors and performers from five European countries.
SUNMay 17th
9:30 a.m.Moravian Theatre / behind the curtain
George Orwell
Divadlo Petra Bezrue Ostrava / CZ
A shocking sci-fi dystopia or dark visions from the Czech past?
The first-ever Czech stage version of the world-famous fiction allegory
featuring suggestive depiction of some of the means
used to manipulate the human individuality and mind.
Directed by: Jan Mikulek
The first-ever Czech stage version of the world-famous fiction allegory
featuring suggestive depiction of some of the means
used to manipulate the human individuality and mind.
Directed by: Jan Mikulek
5:00 p.m.Konvikt / theatre hall
Opona, o.p.s. / CZ, PL, SK
Contemplation upon the real life in a society distorted
by the communist totalitarian regime seen through the eyes
of young generation of professional theatre performers.
Part of the project Circus of Totalitarianism.
Directed by: Petra Tejnorov
by the communist totalitarian regime seen through the eyes
of young generation of professional theatre performers.
Part of the project Circus of Totalitarianism.
Directed by: Petra Tejnorov
8:30 p.m.Moravian Theatre
Kung Shang-Ren
Divadlo v Dlouh Prague / CZ
Both visually and acting-wise brilliant, stylized love story
full of passion, plot schemes and striving for power
set against the background of the social destruction
besetting the ruling Ming Dynasty in the early 17th-century China.
Directed by: J. A. Pitnsk
full of passion, plot schemes and striving for power
set against the background of the social destruction
besetting the ruling Ming Dynasty in the early 17th-century China.
Directed by: J. A. Pitnsk
11:30 p.m.Upper Square (Horn nmst)
Dcalages / CZ & FR
Street performance of the Czech-French ensemble
loosely inspired by the old Japanese Obasute legend.
loosely inspired by the old Japanese Obasute legend.