ENGAGED NON-FICTION THEATRE AND A PLAYFUL FÉERIE IN TICHO A SPOL. Cover Image

ENGAGED NON-FICTION THEATRE AND A PLAYFUL FÉERIE IN TICHO A SPOL.
ENGAGED NON-FICTION THEATRE AND A PLAYFUL FÉERIE IN TICHO A SPOL.

Author(s): Elena Knopová
Subject(s): Theatre, Dance, Performing Arts, Poetry, Civil Society, Politics and society, Drama, Sociology of Art
Published by: Ústav divadelnej a filmovej vedy SAV
Keywords: TICHO a spol; engaged theatre; documentary theatre; chamber theatre; fairy-tale féerie;

Summary/Abstract: The authoress maps out five years of the activity of Divadlo TICHO a spol. (Theatre Silence and Co.), which was started as an association of theatre practitioners. The paper describes a multi-level platform which includes a permanent theatre scene TICHO a spol., a platform of independent guest theatres, the theatre of handicapped creative professionals, songster and literary s cene and other visual and film activities, as well as organising public debates on important social issues. The paper also characterises the drama poetics of TICHO a spol., which its theatre professionals, under the guidance of the founder and dramaturge Viki Janoušková, refer to as “thinking theatre”. The paper contains analyses of five productions of TICHO a spol.

  • Issue Year: 63/2015
  • Issue No: Special
  • Page Range: 3-21
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: English
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