Focus Slovakia

17. and 18. October 2011

46^th edition of Maribor Theatre Festival will devote special attention to Slovak drama and theatre. On this occasion, we have published the book Contemporary Slovak Drama, edited by Alja Predan with Slovene translations of three contemporary Slovak plays:

• Viliam Klimáček: Hypermarket translated by Nives Vidrih,
• Vladislava Fekete: Brief Connections  translated by Alja Predan,
• Zuza Ferenczová, Anton Medowits: Solitaire.sk translated by Špela Sevšek Šramel.

All three plays will be presented as staged readings by the students of the Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television under the tutorship of the director Yulia Roschina. 
Elena Knopová, a theatre researcher and the author of the foreword for Contemporary Slovak Drama, will deliver a lecture on Slovak drama and theatre.

Vladislava Fekete, the curator of the Focus Slovakia and the director of the Theatre Institute in Bratislava, will present the history and operation of this renowned institution.

The performance M. H. L., conceived, directed, and performed by Sláva Daubnerová, and produced by the P.A.T. theatre and Štúdio 12 from Bratislava, will be shown within the Bridges international programme.

PROGRAMME
Monday, 17^th October 2011, at 3 p.m.
Prvi oder Prve gimnazije, Trg generala Maistra 1, Maribor: 

• Elena Knopová: Contemporary Slovak Drama – tradition, discontinuity, and diversity – lecture
• Alja Predan: Contemporary Slovak Drama/ Sodobna slovaška drama, presentation of the book 
• Questions, intermission
• Hypermarket, stage reading by the students of Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, directed by Yulia Roschina
• Brief Connections, stage reading by the students of Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, directed by Yulia Roschina
• Solitaire.sk, stage reading by the students of Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television, directed by Yulia Roschina
• Intermission
• Discussion
• Wrap-up at 6 p. m.

Tuesday, 18^th October 2011
at  4 p.m.
Komorni oder SNG Maribor, Slovenska 27, Maribor: 

• Mag. Vladislava Fekete: Theatre Institute in Bratislava (Divadelní ústav), lecture-presentation
• Discussion

at  5.30 p.m.
Mali oder SNG Maribor, Slovenska 27, Maribor

• Slavá Daubnerová   M. H. L. – produced by P.A.T. in Štúdio 12, Slovaška – theatre performance  (international programme Bridges)

at 7 p.m.
Reception by the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Slovenia at Rožmarin restaurant, Gosposka ulica 8, Maribor
H.E., dr. Marianna Oravcová, ambassador – a toast

Wednesday, 19^th October 2011, at 12.30 p.m.
Vetrinjski dvor Mansion, Vetrinjska ulica 30, Maribor

• Panel discussion on M. H. L.