The International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra 2020 ended two weeks ago. More than 100 people came onto stage during the closing ceremony on 30 September. Barely ten of these were performers; the remainder were those responsible for the festival’s organisation. Members and associates of staff: managers, curators, editors, graphic designers, translators and interpreters, photographers,…
Association Divadelná Nitra complies with all directions of the Regional Public Health Authority in Nitra, the Notice of the Director of the Andrej Bagar Theatre in Nitra, and the ADN Directive. These reasons have necessitated changes to the main and accompanying programme of the ITF Divadelná Nitra 2020. Below you will find the complete main…
Association Divadelná Nitra, Slovakia together with its partners Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Poland; Trafó – House of Contemporary Arts, Hungary; Arts and Theatre Institute, Czech Republic; Visual and Performing Arts Centre ART CORPORATION, Belarus; Center for Cultural Projects Azart, Moldova; announce an open call for young theatre critics from VISEGRAD GROUP – Slovakia, Hungary, Czech…
A botanist who wants to evacuate Slovakia and found the first fully–green country without people, or an investor bent on buying up real estate around the Antarctic. These and other characters will take centre stage and show us how we might come to cope with the climate crisis. A leading figure in Slovak contemporary dance,…
World-famous Bulgarian native Christo, by his full name Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, died in New York on Sunday 31 May 2020 aged 84. His art, which saw him elaborately wrap buildings, landmarks and objects, was once also an inspiration to us – joining a number of Slovak artists from Nitra, we presented an installation titled Lo!…
Each year, the main programme of Divadelná Nitra is created by seasoned theatre professionals with many years worth of experience, and their curatorial selection reflects the theme of the given festival year. For 2020, the Board of Curators has grown by four colleagues from Dotyky a spojenia Festival, who, in addition to their selection in…
When we conceived the theme for the 29th International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra in late 2019, we had not suspected the power and urgency it would gain over the spring of 2020. All of a sudden, we are all in that territory. TERRITORY ETHOS. We are occupied by questions concerning living space, protection of privacy,…
Imagine you wake up one day and want to turn on some music – but music has disappeared. No theatres or cinemas play. Galleries, museums, and libraries are closed. Architecture has vanished, and even your favourite design pieces are nowhere to be found. Everything has gone silent and empty. The world has lost art. What…
In celebration of World Theatre Day, Association Divadelná Nitra sends its best wishes to all theatres and theatre-makers in Slovakia and abroad. Like many other human endeavours and societal activities at this time, theatre has never before been in the current predicament. Cancelled performances, empty theatre halls, premieres postponed indefinitely. Communication with audiences moved online.…
Since 1962, the theatre community is celebrating World Theatre Day on 27 March, declared by the International Theatre Institute (ITI). Divadelná Nitra (in 2020 will be held from 25 to 30 September) will commemorate this day, as do many theatre artists, theatre lovers and theatre institutions around the world. On this day occasion, the International…