Theatre in the Context of Poverty, Poverty in the Context of Theatre. The Issue of Poverty and Social Exclusion Demonstrated on Psota [Poverty], Production of Pôtoň Theatre
Theatre in the Context of Poverty, Poverty in the Context of Theatre. The Issue of Poverty and Social Exclusion Demonstrated on Psota [Poverty], Production of Pôtoň Theatre

Summary/Abstract: Pôtoň Theatre started out as an amateur ensemble, but over time, it has evolved into an independent professional theatre. Right from the outset, it has been operating in Levice region, in a nationally and denominationally mixed territory, rich in turning points in history and also in constant social changes which have had a profound impact upon the poetics of its theatre professionals and on its crucial themes. The ramifications of various reprisal measures (for instance, the so-called Beneš decrees) and the 20th century transformation processes (new stratification of society and a marked weakening of the farming life or centrally managed industrial life in the region after 1989) have dramatically and permanently changed the fates of the inhabitations of the region and their ordinary lives. Documentary-oriented form of theatre with a distinct social message which is shaped in the process of own field research, has become a unique method of production of Pôtoň Theatre largely thanks to the environment, in which it is based.

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