Contemporary Baltic drama
Outcome from the residency programme for emerging playwrights from Central and Eastern Europe
For the third year running, the Rekultur production platform is bringing up-and-coming figures in contemporary drama from Central and Eastern Europe to Kutná Hora. This year, Rekultur is inviting three playwrights from the Baltic states: Gabrielė Česevičiūtė (Lithuania), Oliver Issak (Estonia) and Linda Šterna (Latvia).
The mentorship programme, combined with the genius loci of Kutná Hora and the focused time provided by the artistic residency, creates favourable conditions for artists to engage in experimentation with text and leads them to present newly created dramatic writing. In the final phase of the residency, three Serbian dramaturgs and directors are joining the process.
This presentation will takes the form of an authors’ reading followed by a discussion, with a special appearance by Corrie Tan, President of the Asian Dramaturgs Network. The outcome of the residency programme is an invitation to observe and participate in the process of creating a play, as well as an opportunity to gain an author’s perspective on themes that resonate across the Baltic states.
AUTHORS Gabrielė Česevičiūtė (Litva), Oliver Issak (Estonsko), Linda Šterna (Lotyšsko)
DIRECTION / DRAMATURGY Simo Đukić (Srbsko), Maša Pavlović (Srbsko), Nina Plavanjac (Srbsko)
MENTORING Patrik Boušek a Matouš Danzer
CURATOR OF THE RESIDENCY PROGRAMME Ewa Zembok
PRODUCER Rekultur
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kirsten Simmo (Estonian Theatre Agency, Estonia), Rusnė Kregždaitė (MMLab, Lithuania), Anna Sīle (Dirty Deal Teatro, Latvia), Maija Pavlova (Ģertrūdes ielas teātris, Latvia), Andrej Nosov (Heartefact, Serbia), and Milan Vračar (Kulturanova, Serbia).
The project is implemented in cooperation with the Kutná Hora International Theatre Festival, with the support of the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic, the State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic, and the town of Kutná Hora.
We would like to thank Kutná Hora UNESCO World Heritage Site and the Municipal Tyl Theatre in Kutná Hora for their cooperation.
The project was funded by the European Union and implemented by the Goethe-Institut. This work was produced with the financial assistance of the European Union. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.
