International Association of Theatre for Children and Young People Association

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Association Internationale du Theatre pour l´Enfance et la Jeunesse

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Showcase 2025

Hi PerformanCZ: Visitors’ Program of Artistic Creation with special focus on Creative Education in Theatre for Children and Young People

May 20 – 25, 2025

PROGRAM

Tuesday, May 20 (Prague)     

16:15 – 17:00  Welcome to the guests                    

17:30 – 18:30  Young Spectator Club (presentation and discussion) / Divadlo v Dlouhé (club)                                                                 

Young people: a surprisingly diverse, picky, and hard-to-assess audience.

19:00 – 21:00  Divadlo v Dlouhé: Golem (12+, 120 minutes with intermission) / Divadlo v Dlouhé (main stage)

21:00 Dinner / Divadlo v Dlouhé (club)      

                                                           

Wednesday, May 21   (Prague)                     

9:30 – 10:00    Damúza: Eyjú (from 10 months to 3 years, 30 minutes) / Prostor KUK 

10:15 – 10:45  Vyšehrátky festival (presentation, discussion) / Prostor KUK         

11:00 – 12:00  Roundtable: Theatre for Children and Taboo / Prostor KUK

What do we imagine and what does taboo mean in theatre for children and young audience?

What is so untouchable in art today that it raises questions and attempts at correction? Is the guideline a social norm, a code of ethics or a personal moral attitude, or something else? What is the trigger for a crackdown on a theatrical work intended for children? Is today’s time necessarily conducive or directly exposed to recommendations or even prohibitions? What is meant by free creation and what do children “”need”” to see and experience in the theatre?

Moderated by Hana Strejčková

12:30 Lunch

14:00 – 15:00  Tour to Minor Theatre / Minor Theatre       

15:00 – 16:30  Minor Theatre’s extra-theatre activities program (presentation and discussion) / Minor Theatre                                                                                                                                  

An insight into Minor Theater’s creative and educational programs for children, youth and schools.

19:00 Dinner

20:30 – 21:15  Dramaturgical introduction to Dance of Death / Arts and Theatre Institute         

22:00 – 23:00  Geisslers Hofcomoedianten: Dance of Death (60 minutes) / Malostranský hřbitov cemetery    

Thursday, May 22 (Prague)                          

10:00 – 12:00  Sightseeing

Join Kateřina Červenková and Jakub Philipp on a guided walk through Old Prague’s historic heart. Explore Prague from a perspective of two locals. 

12:30 Lunch

14:00 – 16:00  Association of Theatre Educators (presentation and discussion) / Rehearsal rooms of National Theatre

The meeting at the National Theatre will be an opportunity to get briefly acquainted with the accompanying activities we offer to the audience and the activities of the Association of Theatre Educators. We consider networking and foreign inspiration very valuable, so we have invited drama teachers from 7 other Czech theatres – to inspire and be inspired. Together, in a kind of speed dating, we will share experiences and insights into how to attract young audiences to the theatre today and pass on our enthusiasm for this kind of art.               

18:00 – 18:45  Migač, Hermannová, Pichler: Hoops and Loops (12+, 45 minutes) / Alfred ve dvoře       

18:45 – 19:15  Discussion with the creators of Hoops and Loops / Alfred ve dvoře

20:00 Dinner

Friday, May 23 (Brno)                       

8:30 Departure to Brno

12:00 Lunch

13:30 – 15:30  Meeting: Artistic Creation with special focus on Creative Education in Theatre for Children and Young People (presentations, networking) / Polárka Theatre (small stage)        

16:00 – 18:30  Workshop A – Kjell Moberg: Making performing arts for, and with young audiences (block 1) /          Polárka Theatre (small stage)

19:00 – 19:50  Polárka Theatre: The First Time (13+, 50 minutes) / Polárka Theatre (big stage)

20:30 Dinner

Saturday, May 24 (Brno)                               

9:00 – 11:30 Workshop A – Kjell Moberg: Making performing arts for, and with young audiences (block 2) / Radost Theatre (big stage)

12:00 Lunch

13:15 – 14:15  Petra Jeroma: Audience development (presentation) / Radost Theatre  (big stage)   

15:00 – 15:40  Naive Theatre Liberec: The Red Balloon (3+, 40 minutes) / Goose on a String Theatre (cellar)  

15:50 – 16:50  Workshop B – Petra Jeroma: Let’s talk! (block 1) / Goose on a String Theatre (bar)        

17:30 – 18:20  Minor Theatre: Hamlet Junior (8+, 50 minutes) / Polárka Theatre (big stage)      

18:30 – 19:30  Workshop B – Petra Jeroma: Let’s talk! (block 2) / Polárka Theatre (small stage)

20:00 Dinner

Sunday, May 25 (Brno)                                 

9:00 – 10:30 Workshop B – Petra Jeroma: Let’s talk! (block 3 – evaluation) / Reduta Theatre (Mozart Hall)      

11:00 – 11:45 Terén: Little Visitors (4+, 60 minutes) / Goose on a String Theatre (CED studio)

12:30 Lunch

14:00   Departure to Prague

Visitors’ Program is organised by the PerformCzech team based in the Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague and in collaboration with the Czech ASSITEJ Centre, Theatre World Brno and several Czech theatres.