Playing Up / Novi Sad Theatre Festival
The interdisciplinary intergenerational game ‘Playing Up’ will be implemented at the Danube Park on 13 May from 12 p.m. This inclusive game will be presented as part of the programme of the international ‘‘Novi Sad Theatre Festival’’, which will be held within the ‘‘Fairy Tales of the Future’’ programme unit.
‘Playing Up’ is an author’s project by Sibylle Peters, a director from the Theatre of Research (Germany), created in collaboration with the Live Art Development Agency – LADA (United Kingdom) and Tate Modern (United Kingdom).
‘Make clothes out of food, lie on top of a car, dance with animals, try bagism, start ketchup fights, remotely control parents, invent your own version of performance sports, look for miracles, deconstruct electrical appliances and build advanced machines of the future!’
‘Playing Up’ is an inclusive, interdisciplinary and intergenerational game that invites children and adults to explore the world of living art together.
The game interprets conceptual ideas in simple language, provides a safe space for re-examining the relations between generations and calls for critical reflection on living art, questioning its limits and relationship with the natural and social sciences.
The game consists of a set of 37 cards/tasks. Each describes a work of living art, which needs to be answered with a performative reinterpretation. Tasks are divided into six categories: body and perception; outside and around; collections and memories; beings and objects; challenges and dangers; science and reflection.
‘Playing Up’ is a project that refers not only to the art that children watch, enjoy and learn from, but also to the art that children create. It raises questions: what art can provide to children and what children can provide to art.
The game is intended for children older than six years of age and adults. You can find more information on the link.
‘Playing Up’ project is supported by Goethe-Institut in Serbia.
The Festival Programme:
Saturday, 7 May at 7.15 p.m. – ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ (Youth Theatre – Novi Sad Serbia)
Saturday, 7 May at 11 a.m. – ‘Invisible Lands‘ (‘Livsmedlet’ (‘Grus Grus Teatteri’) – Turku, Finland)
Duration: 50 min / Recommended age: 14+
Sunday, 8 May at 7 p.m. – ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ (‘Maribor Puppet Theatre’ – Maribor, Slovenia and ‘Rijeka City Puppet Theater’ – Rijeka, Croatia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Monday, 9 May at 7 p.m. – ‘The Emperor’s New Clothes’ (‘Herceg Novi Theatre’ and ‘Herceg Novi April Theatre Festival’ – Herceg Novi, Montenegro)
Duration: 80 min / Recommended age: 7+
Tuesday, 10 May at 5 p.m., small stage – ‘Silent Boy’ (‘Theatre for Children Kragujevac’ – Kragujevac, Serbia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Tuesday, 10 May at 7 p.m., small stage – ‘Chrono-Dwarves’ (‘Bratislava Puppet Theater’ – Bratislava, Slovakia)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 8+
Wednesday, 11 May at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Coffee Kingdom’ (‘Puppet Theater Zadar’ – Zadar, Croatia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 6+
Thursday, 12 May at 11 a.m., small stage – ‘Three Musketeers’ (‘Alfa Theater’ – Pilsen, Czech Republic)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 8+
Thursday, 12 May at 7 p.m., small stage – ‘Seven Ravens’ (‘Children’s Theatre of the Republic of Srpska’, Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Duration: 60 min / Recommended age: 6+
Friday, 13 May at 12 p.m., Danube Park and Youth Theatre – ‘Playing Up’ (Fundus Theater – Theater of Research from Hamburg, Germany, LADA and TATE gallery from London, England)
Duration of the play is subject to change / Recommended age: 7+ and adults
Friday, 13 May at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Mahmud’ (‘Ptuj City Theatre’ – Ptuj, Slovenia)
Duration: 50 min / Recommended age: 12+
Saturday, 14 May at 11 a.m., small stage – ‘Chaplin’ (‘Puppet Theatre Košice’, Slovakia)
Duration: 55 min / Recommended age: 6+
Saturday, 14 May at 12 p.m., Danube Park – ‘Playing Up’ (Fundus Theater – Theater of Research from Hamburg, Germany, LADA and TATE gallery from London, England)
Duration of the play is subject to change / Recommended age: 7+ and adults
Saturday, 14 May at 3 p.m. and at 7 p.m., big stage – ‘Gerda’s Room’ (‘Osobnyak Theatre’, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
Duration: 90 min / Recommended age: 12+
Sunday, 15 May at 12 a.m., Youth Theatre – ‘Mouse Maus House Haus That Is Puss in Boots’ (Drama Studio of the Center for Culture – Pozarevac, Serbia)
Duration: 35 min / Recommended age: 5+
Sunday, 15 May at 7.30 p.m., Youth Theatre – ‘Metamorphoses’ (Youth Theatre – Novi Sad Serbia)
Duration: 45 min / Recommended age: 15+
You can buy tickets for the plays within the ‘Novi Sad Theatre Festival’ at the box office of the Youth Theatre. The individual ticket price is RSD 500, while the group ticket price is RSD 350.
Admission to the premiere of the play ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ in the city centre is free.
Photo: Promo