Industry Program
21ST MAY – 27TH MAY
INDUSTRY PROGRAM
The 16th TWB presents another opportunity for both domestic and foreign professionals to meet. A rich programme is prepared which includes gatherings, discussions, sharing advice, and a variety of practical workshops, interconnecting the international theatrical world. Thanks to the auspices of the Czech ASSITEJ centre, a number of foreign guests specialising on creative education and audience engagement will come to Brno. Simultaneously, the three-day professional gathering of theatrical dramaturges Visible dramaturgy will take place. Apart from traditional discussion formats focusing on an interview with the foreign guests, a special episode of the CED Talks series will be held as part of the festival on the topic of Collective leadership as well as a meeting at a round table dedicated to the issues of international co-production. A continuous reflection of the festival will be provided in Theatrocene — a multimedia newsletter edited by students of the Department of Theatre Studies of the Masaryk University.
Visible dramaturgy
21ST MAY – 24TH MAY
As part of the festival, the third professional gathering of dramaturges will take place whose programme will include a discussion with international presence on the topic of the role of dramaturges in international projects and about the non-hierarchical leadership of cultural institutions, followed by an independent workshop with HR experts focused on the specifics of dramaturgical work. At the end of the gathering, the Association of theatrical dramaturges will be officially established on Saturday 24th May.
Visitors’ Program ASSITEJ
23RD MAY – 25TH MAY
Since 2001, the Czech ASSITEJ centre has held the Theatre display for Children and Young People, since 2022 taken over by the Visitors’ Programme for Foreign Theatre Professionals. This year’s auspices were granted to the Theatre World Brno festival.
The programme is focused on creative theatrical education of children and young people, development of audience engagement, both expert and informal debate, and networking.
For this occasion, the festival has prepared a special showcase for children and young people with thematical workshops by the Norwegian director Kjella Moberga and the German dramaturge and educator Petra Jeroma.
Echoes of the Malá inventura Festival
26TH MAY – 27TH MAY
Malá inventura is an international festival of new theatre which has presented and supported distinctive projects of Czech independent and experimental theatre for over 20 years. It takes place in Prague at the end of February and, as so-called Echoes of the festival, in other parts of the Czech Republic and even beyond its borders. A long-standing collaboration with the Nová síť service organisation and the Malá inventura festival in Prague has led to this year’s first ever Echoes of the festival in Brno, showcasing two productions — Fairy Tales and Wandervogel, including a joint discussion about the future of independent theatre in Brno.
Already passed:
22. 5.
CED Talks: Collective leadership
22. 5. / 16.00–17.30
WHERE: The Goose on a String Theatre / Provazek cellar (small stage)