Crossing the boundaries of artistic genres with endless fantasy. The International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27 September – 2 October 2019) will present theatre collectives who have freedom in their very DNA.Their plays promise audiences a unique experience. A clown show for adults. Folklore stripped to the bone by radicals of nonverbal drama. Such epithets…
Outspoken and original productions addressing our society’s problems, pushing at the boundaries of traditional drama. Theatre companies from Hungary and Germany will appear at the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27 September – 2 October 2019) to confront audiences with the limits imposed on the freedoms of vulnerable classes of society and the abuse of national pride. “Re-evaluation…
Our fight for freedom has not come to an end with the fall of communism. Stories of men and women who face systematic manipulation are still written in today’s, free age. Some are told byplays in the main programme of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27 September – 2 October 2019). Gaining one’s freedom is fundamental, but…
The use and abuse of freedom is a theme that has occupied humanity since times immemorial. Productions in the main programme of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra (27 September – 2 October 2019) prove that it remains relevant today. Overblownemotions and actions escalate a love story with discordant,even sinister undertones. Devastating freedom shown in…
30th anniversary of the fall of Communism lends an opportunity to celebrate the freedom we won, and yet also to contemplate the faces of freedom in the world today. The 28th edition of the International Festival Divadelná Nitra (27. 9. – 2. 10. 2019) opens space for lively debate about freedom, unfreedom and the fragile…
Along with the productions within the main programme, Divadelná Nitra presents a range of off-programme events reflecting the Festival leitmotif: faces freedom. Festival visitors will have an opportunity to speak with interesting guests about (un)freedom when saving the Earth, or – in the Public Livingroom – about freedom of religion, as well as .pod lampou about the…
It is with deep sadness and regret that we have learned of yesterday’s passing of director Eimuntas Nekrošius from the MENO FORTAS Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania. A remarkable , director and actor. His productions regularly earned him awards at many local and international theatre forums. We were fortunate to witness his extraordinary work at the…
On 8 January 2019 in Bratislava,President Andrej Kiska awarded highest national honours for the final time in office. These were conferred onto 30 personalities – 15 women and 15 men. Among these was Darina Kárová, who was awarded the Order of Ľudovít Štúr I. Class for outstanding merits in developing the field of culture and performing arts and for…
Almost 300 plays, more than 5 000 photographs and about 250 video recordings of productions staged over the course of 27 years of the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra will soon be available thanks to our new unique Open Archives project at www.dnarchivy.sk As part of a new project titled Open Archives of Divadelná Nitra (research…
The Audience Programme Board has convened for the first time. March saw the first activities for the prepared international project Be SpectACTive!, whose purpose, among other things, is to activate local audiences. The first of the project’s outputs was the formation of the Audience Programme Board, which joins 30 residents from Nitra and allows them to…