Once again, the programme of the 2016 Divadelní Svět Brno International Festival features musical works. Musicals will be represented by the Zlín City Theatre with the production called Malované na skle (Painted on Glass), guests from Israel will present the cabaret Dům u jezera (The House at the Lake), and the Brno National Theatre will perform Bohuslav Martinů’s The Epic of Gilgamesh.
The 7th annual festival will be subtitled "Progressive Theatre Festival", emphasising mainly the theme of uprooting, and a line of documentary theatre. This year, leading theatre companies from France, Israel, Germany, Slovakia, and Slovenia will perform during the festival.
Martin Glaser, director of Brno National Theatre, who organises the festival, said the following about the upcoming event: "Following the successful restart of DSB, we want to maintain emphasis on progressive forms of drama, music and physical theatre during the 7th annual event. Due to the current events in Europe, we emphasise the theme of refugees, and a form of documentary theatre not very widely known to the Brno audience. Since we were very pleased with the interest in foreign performances last year, this year we are also bringing a number of truly exclusive theatres and productions." The international festival will take place on 27-31 May 2016 in Brno theatres.
The Polish musical Malované na skle by writers Ernest Bryll and Katarzyna Gärtner will be performed by the Zlín City Theatre directed by Hana Mikolášková. In the story with the theme of Jánošík, the lead role of the outlaw is played by Tomáš David, an actor originally from Brno and a JAMU graduate. The spectacular Bohuslav Martinů's oratorio The Epic of Gilgamesh will be presented by the opera ensemble of the Brno National Theatre, directed by Jiří Heřman, with the musical arrangement by Marko Ivanović. Jiří Brückler j. h., Kateřina Kněžíková, Václav Čížek and others will be featured in the lead roles.
The festival's international guest and a representative of musical theatre is the Israeli actress, singer and director Yael Rasooly, who will bring the production of Dům u jezera (The House by the Lake) to Brno. The production crosses the boundaries of musical cabaret and contemporary puppetry art for adults.
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