Programme of the Archa Theatre for February 2001
Thursday, February 2
8:00 p.m.
Unforgettable World of Dreamers
Gulliver's Travels III.
The third in a series of improvisational performances for an orchestra, actors and film projections. The stage project of musician and visual artist Jaroslav Kořán is presented in the framework of the Studio of the Archa Theatre.
Friday, February 2
8:00 p.m.
Unforgettable World of Dreamers
Gulliver's Travels III.
Monday, February 5
8:00 p.m.
Levellers
The British punk-folk group comes to Prague for its' second time - this time with their latest album "Hello Pig".
Presented in collaboration with 10:15 Promotion.
Caution: the titles and descriptions of the activities of the improvisational performances of Vizita Theatre are merely route-identification. The creators do not feel obliged to follow them.
Tuesday, February 6
8:00 p.m.
Three Times Two (Tři krát dvě)
Performing: Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Zbrožek, Alan Vitouš, Lighting: Viktor Zborník.
Wednesday, February 7
8:00 p.m.
Three Plus Four (Tři plus čtyři)
Performing: Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Zbrožek, Jaromír Honzák, Lighting: Viktor Zborník.
Thursday, February 8
8:00 p.m.
Two Times Three (Dva krát tři)
Performing: Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Zbrožek, Lighting: Viktor Zborník.
Saturday, February 10
Built-In Mixtures (Míchání s vestavbami)
Performing: Jaroslav Dušek, Radomil Uhlíř, Zdeněk Konopásek, Lighting: Viktor Zborník.
Political films I.
A look at the Czech society from the dramatic perspective of its political events.
Discussions with the film's authors and their invited guests will follow the film presentations.
Sunday, February 11
8:00 p.m.
The Moravian Hellas (Moravská Hellas)
Director Karel Vachek, 1963, 32 min.
By an Allied Election (Spřízněni volbou)
Director Karel Vachek, 1969, 90 min.
Monday, February 12
8:00 p.m.
The Velvet Revolution Walk (Sametová revoluční procházka)
Director Jan Růžička, 2000, 30 min.
The Opposition Contract Like a Binocular (Opoziční smlouva jako kukátko)
Director Jan Gogola Jr., 1999, 2x 25 min.
Wednesday, February 14
8:00 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Mark Ravenhill: Faust is Dead (Faust)
Prague premiere.
The second play by British author, whose first play "Shopping and Fucking" started the wave of the "cool" dramatic. Directed by Jiří Pokorný.
In the framework of the Festival of Ten Years of Brno's Kabinet of Muses.
Thursday, February 15
8:00 p.m.
HaDivadlo, Brno
Mark Ravenhill: Faust is Dead (Faust)
Saturday, February 17
8:00 p.m.
Husa na provázku Theatre, Brno
The Engineer of Human Souls, based on the novel of Josef Škvorecký (Příběh inženýra lidských duší podle Josefa Škvoreckého)
The "jazz revue" based on the motives found in the novel of the contemporary Czech author who was inspired by traditional and modern jazz and rock. The revue is penetrated with music and selected songs of the juvenile poetry of Škvorecký, Kainar, as well as Shakespeare.
Directed by Ivo Krobot, script by Petr Oslzlý and Ivo Krobot, music by Zdeněk Kluka.
The Prague premiere.
Sunday, February 18
8:00 p.m.
Husa na provázku Theatre, Brno
The Engineer of Human Souls, based on the novel of Josef Škvorecký (Příběh inženýra lidských duší podle Josefa Škvoreckého)
Monday, February 19
8:00 p.m.
Husa na provázku Theatre, Brno
The Engineer of Human Souls, based on the novel of Josef Škvorecký (Příběh inženýra lidských duší podle Josefa Škvoreckého)
Yellow Submarine 2001
The annual celebration of contemporary music and the Award of the independent association of musical critics, Periskop.
Friday, February 23
8:00 p.m.
Petr Váša & Ty syčáci
The Öggg Special Project
The first evening of the double-concert premiere with the honouring of the private musical award Yellow Submarine.
Saturday, February 24
8:00 p.m.
Vladimír Merta and friends
Táborská cesta / Sabot & Co.
The second evening of the double-concert premiere with the honouring of the private musical award Yellow Submarine.
Sunday, February 25
8:00 p.m.
Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense (USA, 1986)
Only one showing!
Remember "Burning Down the House" sung by David Byrne in his Big Suit? The legendary film that still turns cinemas into dance halls, directed by Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) comes to the Archa Theatre.
Monday, February 26
8:00 p.m.
Massimo Schuster
Mushroom or A Public Confession with a Guaranteed Corpse
French puppeteer Massimo Schuster brings his production of the play by Bulgarian author Cvetan Marangozov, in which a dead man speaks about the imperious and tyrant régime.
Presented in the collaboration with French Institute and under the support of AFFA.
Wednesday, February 28
8:00 p.m.
Plastic People
From Bojanovice to the Spanish Hall (Z Bojanovic do Španělského sálu)
The premiere of the future documentary film about the history of the legendary underground group, "The Plastic People of the Universe". Directed by Jana Chytilová.
In the foyer, you can see the exhibition of the Association of Photographers and their Guests, Prague - the Cultural Heritage.