Programme of the Archa Theatre for December 1999
Festival Alternativa ´99
International Festival of Art on the Edge. Presented in collaboration with Unijazz.
Wednesday, December 1
7:30 p.m.
MCH Band (CZ), Spaceheads (GB), Palinckx (NL, Aus) + the winner of the Small Alternativa Award
The legend of Czech alternative rock; British drum'n'trumpet duo; Dutch-Australian musical collage plus other surprise.
Thursday, December 2
7:30 p.m.
The Brno Stage
Pavel Fajt & DJ Sayko; Sledě, živé sledě (Herrings, Live Herrings); Pluto; Dama Dama
Brno - the town of drummers. From dance music to rock to contemporary music.
Friday, December 3
7:30 p.m.
Tudósok (H), Korai Öröm (H), Fathy Salama Sharkiat (Egypt), The Atlas Project (F)
Mysterious Dr. Mariás and the "city folklore" from Hungary; world/jazz/pop Egyptian crossover; French electronic.
Saturday, December 4
7:30 p.m.
Welcome Worlds - Music from Philadelphia (USA)
New Ghost; Krakatoa; The Meneses/Makihara Percussion Duo; Stephen DiJoseph; the films of Peter Rose
A variety of acts from the Philadelphia scene from contemporary art-rock through groove to musical dada.
Sunday, December 5
7:30 p.m.
Čikori (CZ), Metamkine (F), Ossatura (I), Domácí kapela (CZ)
The new project of Iva Bittová and Vladimír Václavek; multimedia project from France; Italian improvisations; old-new group of Jan Brabec, drummer from the Plastic People of the Universe.
Tuesday, December 7
5:00 p.m.
Exhibition Opening of the Photographs of Aleš Mynář
Wednesday, December 8
8:00 p.m.
Sophocles: King Oedipus
Direction: J.A. Pitínský
This year's co-production of the Archa Theatre and the Ha Divadlo of Brno returns to the Archa Theatre. This production is a unique modern adaptation of the classic drama about irreversible fate. Ján Sedal performs in the title role.
Thursday, December 9
8:00 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Sophocles: King Oedipus
Saturday, December 11
8:00 p.m.
Divadlo Husa na provázku and HaDivadlo, Brno
Rozrazil 3/'99
After a ten year interlude, the theatres from Brno present the most recent issue of the stage magazine, Rozrazil. Contemporary and with no nostalgia, it returns to the specific genre of politic theatre.
Prague premiere.
Sunday, December 12
8:00 p.m.
Divadlo Husa na provázku and HaDivadlo, Brno
Rozrazil 3/'99
Final Prague performance.
Tuesday, December 14
8:00 p.m.
Vizita Theatre
Ú. H. T.(C.M.E.): Faster than drums
Central Musical Ensemble (Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér Lašéz + guests) flood the entire Archa theatre. V. Zborník illuminates the event.
Wednesday, December 15
8:00 p.m.
Vizita Theatre
Truth on the Run
The chamber duet (Pjér Lašéz + Jaroslav Dušek) have never hesitated going to the border. Indeed, it is lit by V. Zborník so that it cannot be crossed.
A special Christmas gift for children
In the afternoons of the Archa Theatre Film Series, we will also present a pageant of Christmas films for children.
Saturday, December 18
5:00 p.m.
Blinkity Blank, dir. + art. Norman McLaren, Canada 1964 (4 min.)
Hádanky za bonbón (A Candy for a Riddle), dir. + art.. Jiří Barta, CZ 1978 (8 min.)
O rybáři, který nikdy nic nechytil (The Fisherman Who Never Caught a Thing), dir. + art. Nina Čampulková, CZ 1985 (8 min.)
Krátký příběh (Short Story), dir. Milan Peer, art. J.Tippmann, CZ 1988 (2 min.)
Betlém (Bethlehem), dir. + art. Jiří Trnka, CZ 1962 (10 min.)
Jak postavit sněhuláka (How to Make Snowman), dir. + art. J. Ungrád, CZ 1981 (3 min.)
Jen počkej! -IV. (Just wait! - IV), dir. V. Kotěnočkin, art. S.Rusakov, SSSR 1972 (9 min.)
Sunday, December 19
5:00 p.m.
Animated Fairy tales of Jan Werich
Saturday, December 18
8:00 p.m.
El Dorado - Silent Film and Live Music
Directed by Marcel L´Herbier, France 1921 (100 min.)
The screening of the newly restored copy of the drama of one of the greatest personalities of the silent film era. Sibilla is a dancer in the El Dorado Cabaret in Seville. Ion order to cure her son, she returns to one of her old patrons, but he doesn't help her. She tries other things, but she is running out of resources...
Tonight, the live music of Vráťa Brabenec and guest will accompany the silent film.
Sunday, December 19
8:00 p.m.
El Dorado - Silent Film and Live Music
Tonight, the live music of Filip Topol will accompany the silent film.
Monday, December 20
8:00 p.m.
Finis Terrae - Silent Film and Live Music
Directed by Jean Epstein, France 1929, 82 minutes
A poetic work of famous filmmaker and philosopher, who prepared the way for neo-realism, ten years before its time. A story of fishermen living on the Brittany coast, performed by the open sea.
Zapomenutý orchestr Země snivců (Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamer´s World) will accompany this silent film.
Tuesday, December 21
8:00 p.m.
Finis Terrae - Silent Film and Live Music
This evening's screening, the live music of Zapomenutý orchestr Země snivců (Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamer´s World) will accompany the silent film.
Exhibitions in the Archa foyer:
Aleš Mynář - Photos