International network
for contemporary
performing arts

Réseau international
pour les arts du spectacle
contemporains

Rete internazionale
per le arti performative
contemporanee

コンテンポラリー
パフォーミングアーツ
国際ネットワーク

Internationales Netzwerk
für zeitgenössische
darstellende Künste

Международная сеть современного 
исполнительского 
искусства

Red internacional
para las artes escénicas
contemporáneas

Internationaal netwerk
voor hedendaagse
podiumkunsten

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Rede internacional
para as artes performativas
contemporâneas

الشبكة الدولية
لفنون الأداء
المعاصرة

Alþjóðlegt
tengslanet
í sviðslistum

Xarxa internacional
d'arts escèniques
contemporànies

Rhwydwaith rhyngwladol
ar gyfer celfyddydau
perfformio cyfoes

Rrjeti ndërkombëtar
për artet skenike
kontemporane

Διεθνές δίκτυο
για σύγχρονες
παραστατικές τέχνες

Međunarodna mreža 
za savremene 
scenske umjetnosti

Mezinárodní síť 
pro současné 
divadelní umění

International netværk
for kontemporær
scenekunst

Internasionale netwerk
vir kontemporêre
uitvoerende kunste

თანამედროვე საშემსრულებლო
ხელოვნების
საერთაშორისო ქსელი

Nemzetközi hálózat
a kortárs
előadóművészetért

國際當代表演藝術網絡

líonra idirnáisiúnta
na taibhealaíona
comhaimseartha

Starptautiskais tīkls
laikmetīgai
skatuves mākslai

Netwerk internazzjonali
għall-arti performattivi
kontemporanji

Międzynarodowa sieć
na rzecz współczesnych sztuk
performatywnych

Internationellt nätverk
för samtida
scenkonst

Međunarodna mreža
savremenih izvođačkih
umetnosti

Международна мрежа
за съвременни
сценични изкуства

Rrjet ndërkombëtar
për arte skenike
bashkëkohore

Міжнародная сетка
сучасных
перфарматыўных мастацтваў

Međunarodna mreža
za suvremene
izvedbene umjetnosti

国际当代表演艺术网络

Rahvusvaheline
kaasaegsete etenduskunstide
võrgustik

현대 공연 예술을 위한 국제 네트워크

Tarptautinis tinklas
šiuolaikinis
scenos menai

Интернационална мрежа
за современа
изведувачка уметност

شبکۀ بین المللی
برای هنرهای نمایشی معاصر

Rețeaua internațională
pentru artele spectacolului
contemporan

Medzinárodná sieť
pre súčasné
scénické umenie

Çağdaş
gösteri sanatları için
uluslararası iletişim ağı

Archa Theatre International Summer School

Archa's program is increasingly focused on theatre that draws from real sources. Documentary theatre, collective creation or devised theatre are terms that describe theatre performances that immediately focus on social problems and reflect current social and political issues. The artistic rendering of everyday reality leads not only to the exploration of thematic levels, but also specific artistic approaches. A new theatre language is born, one different from that of traditional theatre productions.

On the basis of many years of experience with documentary theatre projects and thanks to the interest of the artists who focus or want to focus on this kind of work, the Archa Theatre has decided to open an international summer school devoted to the methods and techniques of documentary theatre and theatre creation in the social context generally.



The Archa Theatre International Summer School is a platform for the development of practical skills and effective methods of cooperation in the creation of contemporary theatre.



Over the course of nine days, instruction will be provided by:

Jana Svobodová – The viewpoints technique in the context of social-specific theatre

Jaroslav Hrdlička – Video art and story

Jan Burian – Music and sound as a starting point for drama

Philipp Schenker – Objects in the context of personal stories

Pavel Kotlík – Light as space

Ondřej Hrab – Theatre and sociology / The historical roots of social-specific theatre



Foreign lecturers:

Pieter De Buysser (Belgium) – Creation and production of own text

Henk Keizer (the Netherlands) – Theatre in non-traditional locations (in the countryside, in prison and other places)



Each course will revolve around the creation of a small performance, which will be presented at the end of the summer school in the Archa Theatre.

The summer school is intended for artists and students with an active interest in documentary theatre as well as theatre professionals.

The courses will be in English without translation into Czech.

A component of the course is mandatory participation in collective work. Participants will receive a certification of course completion.

Tuition: EURO 300 (CZK 8,000) – includes daily practical exercises, 16 lectures, study materials, refreshments and tickets to the accompanying program

Where: Archa Theatre, Na Poříčí 26, Prague 1, Czech Republic

Applications: If you are interested in taking part in the Archa Theatre International Summer School, please send your professional CV and a one-page letter describing why you want to apply by 1 June 2016.

Please send the materials to: [email protected]





In exceptional cases, applicants can request a discount on the tuition.

The Archa Theatre has a limited number of accommodation options available.

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