PROGRAMME

Street game project which will open the festival and liven up various
Olomouc locations with energetic stories that once took place there.

Romantic comedy about the “cutest matchmaker of all time”. Adaptation of a novel by the most famous British writer directed by Šimon Dominik. / opening ceremony

David Prachař, Lucie Trmíková and dancers of the 420PEOPLE in production directed by Jan Nebeský inspired by the medieval Divine Comedy by Dante Alighiery.

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closes at 6 pm

with Nataša Novotná (420PEOPLE)

Juggling show and life music for small festival visitors as well as the big ones.

Jiří Havelka’s homage to the world of magic and film. Production for the whole family meets with great success at the local as well as world festivals; the production is suitable for spectators from 9 years of age.

David Prachař, Lucie Trmíková and dancers of the 420PEOPLE in production directed by Jan Nebeský inspired by the medieval Divine Comedy by Dante Alighiery.

The traditional festival guest finally returns to the Moravian Theatre stage!
Social drama by the Nobel Prize winner focusing on a deep personal story
on the background of social decline. The production is directed by Roman Polák,
the artistic director of the Slovak National Theatre.

Entertaining interactive game with festival prizes.

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Lyric production with mentally challenged actors about man’s fight with the nature.

Original fairy tale with mentally challenged actors.

Wild array of stories filled with black humour and absurdity adapted for stage by one of the most inventive directors of the Czech theatre scene – Anna Petrželková.

Signature piece of the prominent ensemble of our eastern neighbours is one of the most respected productions of the last season. Adaptation of metaphoric comedy directed by the awarded talent of Slovak theatre – Lukáš Brutovský.

Wild array of stories filled with black humour and absurdity adapted for stage by one of the most inventive directors of the Czech theatre scene – Anna Petrželková.

Taciturn detective story with elements of film noire where nothing is as it seems at first sight. Hotel halls, lonely streets at night gently exposed by director Jiří Havelka.

Multilayered “stage thriller” directed by Roman Polák reflects the political corruption, wild privatization and criminal affairs of the public life of the 90s and is considered the most controversial Slovak production of the last two decades.

Combination of electronic and acoustic music in distinctive atmospheric form performed by the composer and multimedia artist Tomáš Dvořák and his bend.

The story of three outcasts revives the memories of serial killers of the beginning of the past century in an original poetics of the flat theatre.

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Grotesque view of the theme of life and death, spiced up with exaggeration but also melancholic tones. Ingenious original collage of texts from Bernhard, Rilke or Nezval ranks among the most inventive productions of the past years.

Superb psychological drama in a modern concept by director Rastislav Ballek with excelling performance of Robert Roth or “a casual encounter of Dali, Roth and Ballek on a ping-pong table”!

Grotesque view of the theme of life and death, spiced up with exaggeration but also melancholic tones. Ingenious original collage of texts from Bernhard, Rilke or Nezval ranks among the most inventive productions of the past years.

Fascinating dance production with distinctive audio-visual elements inspired by thoughts and ideas of Stanisław Witkiewicz. Four amazing performers in a unique composition of a prominent Polish choreographer.

concert

The story of three outcasts revives the memories of serial killers of the beginning of the past century in an original poetics of the flat theatre.

Fascinating dance production with distinctive audio-visual elements inspired by thoughts and ideas of Stanisław Witkiewicz. Four amazing performers in a unique composition of a prominent Polish choreographer.

Timeless legacy of the masterpiece of world literary existentialism directed by Jan Mikulášek and performed by the ensemble of the Czech Theatre of 2014…!

Work-in-progress presentation of Franco-Czech creative team. Cooperation of a visual artist, a performer and a light designer exploring the theme of “body in space”.

Timeless legacy of the masterpiece of world literary existentialism directed by Jan Mikulášek and performed by the ensemble of the Czech Theatre of 2014…!

Discussion with the creative team and actors of the Divadlo Na zábradlí theatre.

Original project of Jiří Havelka and fresh graduates of Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at Academy of Performing Arts focuses on the boundary between intimacy and privacy. The personal confessions of young actors offer a unique insight into the hearts of one generation.

Two actresses of Josefstadt Theatre and a genius from Steinhof invite you to a family dinner. Merciless analysis of sibling relationships directed by Petr Nerušil.

Original project of Jiří Havelka and fresh graduates of Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at Academy of Performing Arts focuses on the boundary between intimacy and privacy. The personal confessions of young actors offer a unique insight into the hearts of one generation.

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Symbiotic endeavour of 20 child singers, daring creative team around Marek Piaček and two professional philharmonic players trying to interpret the legendary John Cage composition 4’33”!

Intimate drama based on the text written by a contemporary German author
taking inspiration from Miguel de Unamuno's novella. 
Directed by: Jan Žůrek

Dance production filled with emotions and fights nervously throbbing in a unique stage design and Petr Boháč’s direction.

(Sestra & Aid Kid)

Three fairy tales ripped to shreds by three inventive storytellers from the Theatre “to Shreds” (Na cucky).

Five dancers constantly on the run and an invisible sniper in the audience… Coproduction project of the Czech Republic and Norway created by choreographer Miřenka Čechová.

Premiere of one of the most famous operas combines historically instructed staging practice with improvisation and alternative instruments. Musical fairy tale in a new recast by Tomáš Hanzlík.

Dance production filled with emotions and fights nervously throbbing in a unique stage design and Petr Boháč’s direction.

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with Cécile da Costa (Spitfire Company)

discussion with the Spitfire Company members

Exciting “hunting piece” by renowned Slovak choreographer
and top Slovenian dancers.

Imaginative yet minimalist production directed by Jiří Havelka
accompanied live by Clarinet Factory. Czech dance production
of 2014 behind the curtain of the Moravian Theatre!

Search for physical and visual language of the contemporary surrealism
in a playful demonstration for freedom of the prawns…!
Directed by: Miřenka Čechová, choreography: Sharna Fabiano and team

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