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Dramaturges, artistic directors, cultural managers, critics, researchers, artists and other performing arts professionals are invited to take part in the Hi PerformanCZ: Visitors’ Program Text-Based Productions and Performances of New Plays. The Visitors’ program will take place on March 15-19, 2023 in Prague and in Brno. It is organized by the PerformCzech team based in the Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague and in collaboration with several Czech theatres.
Free accommodation, meals, tickets for shows and accompanying program will be provided for selected participants. Come and see performances with English subtitles, discussions with artists and production teams, lectures, presentations and visits to venues in Prague and in Brno. Let’s exchange contacts and to initiate cooperation with Czech professionals.
Please do not hesitate to contact us with any enquiries:
Veronika Nádeníčková
International Cooperation Department
E: veronika.nadenickova@idu.cz
PRELIMINARY PROGRAM
Wednesday, March 15 (Prague)
- 17:00 Official opening, welcome to guests
- 19:00 National Theatre – The Bacchae
Thursday, March 16 (Prague)
- 10:00 Prague City Theatres – Tesla
- 14:00 PerformCzech presentation, roundtable “The Particularities of Staging Classics and Contemporary Plays
- 16:00 National Theatre – Eyewitness (online)
- 19:00 Theatre on the Balustrade – Woodcutters / 19:00 Švanda Theatre and Spitfire Company – The Man Owns the Penis, the Vagina Owns the Woman
Friday, March 17 (Prague)
- 9:30 Dramaturgical introduction to „Emil, or About Hácha“ with the creative team
- 10:00 D21 Theatre – Emil, or About Hacha
- 11:45 Discussion with the creative team from „Emil, or About Hácha“
- 14:30 Roundtable “Contemporary Drama in and from the Czech Republic”
- 16:00 Lachende Bestien – Like Lions or The Fall and Rise of Mr. B.
- 19:00 Pod Palmovkou Theatre – The Magnificent 294
- 22:00 Discussion with the creative team from „The Magnificent 294“
Saturday, March 18 (Brno)
- 14:00 National Theatre Brno – The Owners of the Keys
- 16:00 Discussion with representatives and artists from the National Theatre Brno
- 19:00 National Theatre Brno – The Increased Difficulty of Concentration
Sunday, March 19 (Brno)
- 10:00 / 10:30 Visit to the Tugendhat Villa
