Workshops and informal meetings with authors working in the field of theatre will occur over the entire ten day event. The rich program will include scenography, lighting design, sound design, theatre costumes, puppet theatre and various types of theatre technology. The workshops will be held in the Central Hall of the Industrial Palace (in the centre of the Scenofest exhibit), at the Alfred in the Courtyard Theatre and the NoD Experimental Space, as well as on many streets throughout the city of Prague. The results of the workshops will be presented to the visitors of the Prague Quadrennial.
Organisers of this year's event will work with French scenographer and architect Jean-Guy Lecat (long-time collaborator of director Peter Brook). Lecat will lead a five-day workshop, Adaptation of a Space to the Theatrical Process Today. Another 60 workshops will be conducted by artists from several countries including USA, Great Britain, the Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, and Finland. Other designers will also share their experiences with the young artists, including Japanese puppeteer Myako Kurotani, American scenographer and light designer Madeleine Sobota, South African scenographer and costume designer Sarah Roberts, Polish-Canadian scenographer and designer Teresa Przybylski, British scenographer Peter Bond, Peter Farley and Michael Spencer, Russian sound designer and composer Igor Drevalev and Kevin Purcell who has worked with, among other artists, Cameron Mackintosh and Andrew Lloyd Weber. The series of workshops will also include many other leading Czech artists from right here in the Czech Republic (Jana Zbo?ilová, Lib?na Rochová, Radka Mizerová, and Marek Be?ka).
Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2007. Detailed information about the workshops and the workshop leaders can be found at www.scenofest.org. The registration form can be found at http://www.pq.cz/en/registration.html. All workshops will be conducted in English, and the registration fee for each workshop is 5 EUR. Participants can register for a maximum of three workshops.
Scenofest creates an interactive centre of artistic collaboration where emerging artists and established theatre professionals from all over the world meet and exchange ideas, thoughts, but primarily and most importantly inspire one another. Scenofest is a cooperative project of the Prague Quadrennial and the International Organization of Scenographers and Theatre Technicians - OISTAT (www.oistat.org).
The Prague Quadrennial is the only exhibition of its kind and magnitude in the world that exhibits contemporary stage designs and theatre architecture. In addition to the displays, the event offers its spectators and participants with a unique platform for encountering the theatre culture and artists from all over the world. The participants will receive unforgettable opportunities of trading experiences, discovering new theatre trends and technical possibilities, and gaining on-hands experience of the new working methods by participating in the workshops. For the 11th edition of the Prague Quadrennial, the organizers anticipate the participation of 4 000 foreign theatre professionals and students.
(Lee Baldock)
