Thursday, March 26
- 4:00 p.m.
Ludwik Solski State Higher School of Theatre in Kraków
Puppet Department in Wrocław
TUMBLEWEED (TURLAJGROSZEK) by Tadeusz Słobodzianek and Piotr Tomaszuk
Pedagogical supervision – Aleksander Maksymiak
Music arrangement – Zbigniew Piotrowski
Presentation by third-year students
Turlajgroszek by Tadeusz Słobodzianek and Piotr Tomaszuk takes the form of a morality play addressing the question of choosing between spiritual and material values. The text has been adapted for students of the Puppet Department as part of the course “Acting in Puppet Theatre.” The performance also serves as their examination presentation. An essential element of the work on the roles is the relationship between actor and puppet.
- 6:00 p.m.
Academy of Performing Arts – Theatre Faculty (DAMU), Prague
FAIR (JARMARK)
Performance by fourth-year students
Stage adaptation and direction – Marketa Schartova
Fair introduces to the stage characters from traditional puppet theatre derived from commedia dell’arte: the Italian Pulcinella, the English Punch, the Russian Petrushka, the Czech Kašpárek, and the French Guignol. These popular characters appear in situations typical of fairground theatre, grotesque performance, clown theatre, acrobatics and variety stage traditions.
- 7:15 p.m.
Theatre Arts Academy – St. Petersburg
“A TALE FOR LITTLE IDA”
by Hans Christian Andersen
Friday, March 27
- 4:00 p.m.
Aleksander Zelwerowicz Theatre Academy in Warsaw
Puppet Arts Department in Białystok
ASAGAO
based on a play by Yamada Kahashi
Presentation by third-year students
Pedagogical supervision – Wiesław Czołpiński - 6:00 p.m.
ROBIN FROM THE SACK
Presentation by third-year students
Pedagogical supervision – Barbara Muszyńska - 9:00 p.m.
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
Figurentheater Program
CLARA’S DREAM
based on “The Sandman” by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Stage adaptation and direction – Werner Knoedgen
Saturday, March 28
- 10:00 a.m.
Academic Session:
“Puppet Theatre and the Art of the Late 20th Century”
Papers by:
Prof. Henryk Jurkowski
Prof. Jan Berdyszak
Dr Marek Waszkiel
Agnieszka Koecher-Henzel
Jolanta Góralczyk
Aleksander Maksymiak - 4:00 p.m.
Ludwik Solski State Higher School of Theatre in Kraków
Puppet Department in Wrocław
“THE OVERCOAT”
by Nikolai Gogol
Graduation performance by fourth-year students
Directed by – Józef Frymet - 6:00 p.m.
State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart
Figurentheater Program
“THE DEATH OF TINTAGILES”
by Maurice Maeterlinck
Stage adaptation and direction – Frank Soehnle
