Meeting Point | ENG

Meeting Point | ENG

28. března 2023

Be the best British version of yourself!

Young people with different accents, temperaments, and life experiences. Their birthplaces are scattered all over Europe, yet they are all in the same place - the Miss Brexit London pageant. The contestants try to convince viewers of their commitment to the UK so they can continue to live the British dream. However, only one of them can win. What does one have to erase from one’s life to become someone different and 'better' - to become British? An existential journey towards stability and better opportunities, but one that forces self-denial, is presented by students from the London College of Music, University of West London, in Miss Brexit at the Husa na provázku Theatre.

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28. března 2023

Shorter Baton? It Is Your Turn!

The Earthquake Concert by the Austrian ensemble Max Reinhardt Seminar presents three short biographies, three human lives, connected (in addition to their philosophy of life) by the common time in a mental hospital.

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28. března 2023

Only the Spice Girls Were Missing

Our identity is partly formed by our nationality, our local culture, and the social and historical context in which we grew up. In a way, these represent us – even more so in the context of an international festival. And this is something that needs to be used in the theatre.

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27. března 2023

No/opportunities for non/endless growth

A performance-oriented society forces never-ending production. Can we not only focus on economically profitable performance, but also look at other aspects of life, as well? The performance Cannibals has stirred up a topic that is extremely relevant at the moment.

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27. března 2023

Sacrificing health in the name of the theatre

The lived reality of young artists. What are we willing to sacrifice for the final applause? For recognition? Everything, even our health. But that’s what’s expected. We’re artists, after all, aren’t we?

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27. března 2023

What are the limits of (musical) absurdity?

Among the regular participants of the festival Setkání/ENCOUNTER are groups from the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). This year they presented to the audience a musical adaptation of Brecht's well-known opera The Beggar's Opera. However, the opera’s protagonist Mackie Messer is slightly in the background and the theme of power takes priority. But what kind of power are we talking about here? Is it social power - who rules who? Is it the power of money - which so clearly moves the world? Or is it the power of masculinity - where men are the ones who stand at the head of the masses? Basically, all three answers are correct in this production.

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Meeting Point | ENG

27. března 2023

There’s rats, watch out for them

This year, DAMU is represented by students of the Department of Drama Theatre with a subversive satire called The Beggar's Opera or The Case of the Bouncer. This unexpected syncretism of all possible and impossible genres blurs the boundaries between the fictional world and real, ongoing political controversies.

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27. března 2023

The Gathering of the Herd of Ants or the Great Opening

The blissful spring weather was unexpectedly replaced by minor hurricanes with a dusting of snow. Although the weather didn't turn out quite as we had hoped, this taste of January winter didn't interfere with the opening ceremony of the thirty-third annual Encounter/Encounter International Theatre Festival. For this official Corona-FREE year, the festival was attended by university theatre companies from Austria, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Germany, Slovenia, and Georgia. Over the course of five days we can expect a varied, educational, and above all experience-rich programme full of theatre performances, discussions, and workshops.

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27. března 2023

Alex! You're funny!

Aleksandra Gosławska's raw and live-action monodrama Stand-up from the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Arts in Warsaw is an authentic account of the contemporary theatre environment, where students struggle for recognition in their field. A Faustian dilemma in the form of an endless marathon to reach success and recognition at the expense of one’s physical and mental health.

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