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.
