Programme

XX. FLORA THEATRE FESTIVAL Olomouc 13th – 22nd May 2016

FRI 13th May
5.00 pm Na Cucky Theatre / Wurmova Street 7 TICKETS
J. Kozubková – A. Krausová – J. Křivánková
Kolonie
The world premiere of a stage research of the phenomenon of violence revisiting the traditional polarity of good and evil.
7.30 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Ingun Bjørnsgaard Prosjekt
An intimate physical game varying between introverted hesitation and sheer exuberance transformed into a witty communication of seven dancers. A sky-high production of the star of the Scandinavian scene Ingun Bjørnsgaard and renowned Norwegian composer of contemporary music Henrik Hellstenius.
Ceremonial opening of the XX. Flora Theatre Festival
9.15 pm Konvikt / bailey
concert / voluntary entrance fee
11.00 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
SAT 14th May
10.00 am ArtUm Centrum TICKETS
Catharina Vehre Gresslien & Marianne Haugli
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3.30 pm Na Cucky Theatre / Wurmova Street 7 TICKETS
J. Kozubková – A. Krausová – J. Křivánková
Kolonie
A stage research of the phenomenon of violence revisiting the traditional polarity of good and evil.
5.30 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Viktor Ullmann
Moravian Theatre Olomouc
A superb production of the multi-layered metaphoric opus of the Prague based Jewish-German composer and Arnold Schoenberg’s student directed by Jan Antonín Pitínský. The last performance of the Czech Opera Production of the 2014/2015 Season at Olomouc theatre stage!
8.30 pm S-klub TICKETS
Mia Habib
Kompani Haugesund
A captivating turquoise cartoon of a daring Norwegian choreographer. Political, cultural and historical symbols conveyed through various types of dance gestures invigorated by live music.
9.45 pm Konvikt / circus tent
concert / voluntary entrance fee
10.45 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
SUN 15th May
11.00 am S-klub TICKETS
Mia Habib
Kompani Haugesund
A captivating turquoise cartoon of a daring Norwegian choreographer. Political, cultural and historical symbols conveyed through various types of dance gestures invigorated by live music.
2.00 pm Konvikt / circus tent
Spolu Olomouc
The best representatives of our planet are solving difficult situations during an adventurous reconnaissance flight! After the production there is a collective improvisation workshop for the audience and the performers. │ Free entry
3.00 pm Wurmova Street 7 / Fresco hall TICKETS
Jon Filip Fahlstrøm
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4.00 pm Na Cucky Theatre / Wurmova Street 7 TICKETS
J. Kozubková – A. Krausová – J. Křivánková
Kolonie
A stage research of the phenomenon of violence revisiting the traditional polarity of good and evil.
7.00 pm Konvikt / K3 TICKETS
Piotr Stanek
Katarzyna Kania & Dominika Wiak
A physically demanding dance duet focusing on the theme of a woman's status, her desires, and ambitions through the eyes of a man.
8.00 pm Vertigo Club
DJ set / free entry
MON 16th May
5.30 pm S-klub TICKETS
Jan Mikulášek – Dora Viceníková and Co.
Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague
An original production focusing on actor's life, acting, pretending, and faking on stage. Is acting really a dream profession? Is the director always right? What is not allowed on stage? Why shouldn't kids and animals do theatre? The director Jan Mikulášek asks and tries to answer these questions.
8.00 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Wolfram Lotz
Burgtheater Vienna
Ingenious adaptation of the contemporary text by a young German dramatist inspired by Conrad's novella “Heart of Darkness” and Coppola's film “Apocalypse Now” – awarded the Best German-speaking Production of 2015! Directed by: Dušan D. Pařízek
with Czech subtitles
10.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
concert / voluntary entrance fee
11.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
TUE 17th May
5.00 pm S-klub TICKETS
Jan Mikulášek – Dora Viceníková and Co.
Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague
An original production focusing on actor's life, acting, pretending and faking on stage. Is acting really a dream profession? Is the director always right? What is not allowed on stage? Why shouldn’t kids and animals do theatre? The director Jan Mikulášek asks and tries to answer these questions.
7.30 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Peter Handke
Volkstheater Vienna
An exclusive production starring the "face" of the jubilee Flora Theatre Festival – Stefanie Reinsperger – the Actress of 2015 (a prestigious critic's award of the Theater heute magazine) in an experimental staging of a "narrative" play of the doyen of Austrian drama. Directed by: Dušan D. Pařízek
with Czech subtitles
10.00 pm Konvikt / K3 TICKETS
Katja Brunner
Volkstheater Vienna
A minimalist adaptation of the controversial play of a young Swiss playwright openly exposing an incestuous relationship, and physical and psychological forms of domestic violence. Directed by: Calle Fuhr
with Czech subtitles
11.15 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
WED 18th May
5.00 pm S-klub TICKETS
Jan Mikulášek – Dora Viceníková and Co.
Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague
Eight tenants living through the brief moments of happiness, love, loneliness and despair in the two-floor stage design of Marek Cpin. “Life in a nutshell” through the eyes of dramaturge Dora Viceníková and director Jan Mikulášek as well as the whole creative ensemble of Divadlo Na zábradlí.
7.30 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Thomas Bernhard
Volkstheater Vienna
An original dramatization of the essential novel of one of the most important Central European writers and playwrights of the 2nd half of the 20th century performed by the exceptional personalities of the German-speaking theatre scene – Lukas Holzhausen and Rainer Galke. Directed by: Dušan D. Pařízek
with Czech subtitles
9.30 pm Moravian Theatre
Dušan D. Pařízek
free entry
10.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
concert / voluntary entrance fee
11.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
THU 19th May
4.30 pm S-klub TICKETS
Jan Mikulášek – Dora Viceníková and Co.
Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague
Eight tenants living through the brief moments of happiness, love, loneliness and despair in the two-floor stage design of Marek Cpin. “Life in a nutshell” through the eyes of dramaturge Dora Viceníková and director Jan Mikulášek as well as the whole creative ensemble of Divadlo Na zábradlí.
7:30 pm Dům u parku / Palackého 21
United-C Eindhoven

8.00 pm S-klub TICKETS
Jan Mikulášek – Dora Viceníková and Co.
Divadlo Na zábradlí Prague
Eight tenants living through the brief moments of happiness, love, loneliness and despair in the two-floor stage design of Marek Cpin. “Life in a nutshell” through the eyes of dramaturge Dora Viceníková and director Jan Mikulášek as well as the whole creative ensemble of Divadlo Na zábradlí.
9.30 pm Konvikt / K3 TICKETS
Renan Martins de Oliveira
ME–SA & BOD.Y
A pure dance production of a Brazilian choreographer and four top dance artists which was able to stand up to the all-European competition and was selected as one of the twenty productions of the Aerowaves network.
10.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
concert / voluntary entrance fee
11.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
FRI 20th May
5.30 pm S-klub TICKETS
Sjón – K. Polívková – T. Hofová
Studio Hrdinů Prague
A co-production project based on a novel by one of the most distinctive contemporary Icelandic writers. A contemplation about the hunter and his shadow, barking foxes, dried cod heads, smoking opium, compassion, and scorn, as well as a snowy journey into the underworld… Directed by: Kamila Polívková
7.00 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
William Shakespeare
Moravian Theatre Olomouc
A late Shakespearian romance about a miraculous journey into the depths of the subconscious and dreams directed by the departing artistic director Michael Tarant.
9.15 pm Dům u parku / Palackého Street 21 TICKETS
Pauline Roelants – Maarten van der Put
United-C Eindhoven
A unique performance adapted to the inspiring premises of a new festival venue. A unique biotope inhabited by dancers and musicians creating a visually captivating world before the eyes of the moving audience, above their heads and under their feet.
10.45 pm Konvikt / circus tent TICKETS
Vosto5 Theatre
A theatre and music night of the improv classics – and the most regular festival guests – Jura, Ondar, Petar, and Kurt.
0.00 am Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
SAT 21st May
10.00 am ArtUm Centrum TICKETS
Pauline Roelants
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1.00 pm Divadlo na cucky
A meeting of representatives of the newly established fund for dancer's careers where the tasks and activities of the fund as well as important facts related to professional dance both in our country and abroad will be presented.
2.30 pm Konvikt / circus tent
Jakub Folvarčný
fairy tale / free entry
5.00 pm S-klub TICKETS
Adrienn Hód
Hodworks Budapest
An abstract choreography using the methods of improvisation staged into a very strictly structured form. A raw provocative "glittery show" of four naked dancers stimulating all your senses!
7.00 pm Moravian Theatre TICKETS
Marius von Mayenburg
Moravian Theatre Olomouc
A stone. A home. A family. A war. The past, the present, the memories and old sins, in the play written by a prominent German author about "guilt and redemption". Directed by: David Šiktanc.
9.15 pm Dům u parku / Palackého Street 21 TICKETS
Pauline Roelants – Maarten van der Put
United-C Eindhoven
A performance adapted to the inspiring premises of a new festival venue. A unique biotope inhabited by dancers and musicians creating a visually captivating world before the eyes of the moving audience, above their heads, and under their feet.
10.45 pm Konvikt / circus tent
concert / voluntary entrance fee
0.00 am Konvikt / circus tent
DJ set / free entry
SUN 22nd May
2.30 pm Wurmova Street 7 / Fresco hall TICKETS
Johann Adolph Hasse
Ensemble Damian
Premiere of a love-story opera of the royal daughter Semelé and the god Jupiter based on Ovid's Metamorphoses. Directed by: Tomáš Hanzlík
5.00 pm Dům u parku / Palackého Street 21 TICKETS
Christine Gaigg / 2nd nature & netzzeit / Klaus Schedl
A war brought from the screens of tablets and smartphones right to the faces of the audience… An experimental project of a renowned choreographer, supported by the emotional music composition created in co-production with the established dance festival ImPuls Tanz.
6.00 pm Dům u parku / Palackého 21
Christine Gaigg
Free entry
7.30 pm S-klub TICKETS
David Jařab
Studio Hrdinů Prague
A detective story with a surrealist feel about guilt and innocence, prejudice, empathy, and cultural ignorance. Postcolonial world in an intimate reflection of the author and director David Jařab – in the newest production of one of the most progressive Czech ensembles.
9.30 pm Vertigo Club
DJ set / free entry
SAT – SUN 14th – 15th May
Wurmova Street 7
VISEGRAD DANCE PLATFORM?
A two-day international conference attended by 50 Czech and foreign theatre experts – artists, art managers, and critics.