Programme of the Festival

The festival of solo performance for children
9th year, 26th – 27th February 2011, Prague Theatre Minor, Vodičkova 6, Praha 1

Preliminary program:

Saturday, the 26th February, 2011

14.00 Little Red Riding Hood, Miroslava Bělohlávková, Liberec
15.00 Snowdonia Giant, Catharine Aran, Gwynedd, Wales
16.30 Attention, moose! Matija Solce, Prague
18.00 Lime-tree, Jakub Maksymov, Jaroměř

Sunday, the 27th February, 2011

10.00 How Cuba went for Markyta, Naive Theatre Liberec
10.45 Three Spinners, The Naive Theatre Liberec
14.00 Arabic music workshop, Marwan Al-Solaiman, Prague
15.00 Snowdonia Giant, Catharine Aran, Gwynedd, Wales
16.30 Our Eman or Do not whimper! Antonín Novotný, Prague

Snowdonia Giant

Saturday February 26, and Sunday February 27, 2011, at 3 pm.

“I sing a short song about an old man who sits in the corner who has heard a tale from his father, and so he tells me,” said an old man from the corner. “From my dad he heard a rumour. He had heard it from his father.” And after him did I remember.
Beginning with a short tail about my grandfather who made a coat then a jacket, then a vest, then a hat, then a handkerchief, then a button, then a story, we then find ourselves in the hills of Snowdonia before the largest mountains in Wales were ever made. Here the giant Idwal lives with his daughter, Fflur, who works like a slave for him and is not allowed to speak to anyone. Picking blackberries on the hill, she meets a young man called Ffrancon and falls in love. They decide to run away to be married. Fflur cooks a huge breakfast for her father and after he’s fallen asleep, she goes to his bedroom and steals a comb, a razor and a mirror from his magic cupboard. She meets Ffrancon on his horse and they escape. The giant wakes up and finding the house empty, goes in search of his daughter. She sees her father galloping after them and throws the comb which turns into a forest, a razor which turns into a mountain and a mirror which turns into a lake. The giant, who can’t swim tries to jump over the lake, falls off his horse and drowns in the lake and Fflur and Ffrancon walk down the mountain to a village called Llanberis and get married.
Finish with the song again.

Cath Aran, the ‘official’ storyteller for Gwynedd, joins The festival of solo performance for children to recount tales from all over the world. She will whisk us away to a world full of giants and witches, goblins and fairies, and enthral her audience as they hear the voices and see the shadows of characters from lands long ago. Cath, who began her career in theatre, follows a great tradition of the ‘Cyfarwydd’ or storytellers who entertained in the courts of the Welsh Princes since the 6th century. Cath’s courts are now schools, colleges, community halls and festivals. Following her appearance at the festival AGOR DRYSAU, which takes place in Aberystwyth, Wales, she was invited to perform in Canada and Ireland.

Ugly duckling pilgrimage
Ugly duckling is looking for its place in life. All is mockery; it seems that nobody likes it. Duckling is trying hard, but everything seems to be futile. Everything is wrong, or the time will tell, and the duckling will find a place where it will be happy and where it will be among its relatives?
Students of Zoja Mikotová finally on the show.
Duration 45 min.
Divadlo Neslyším, Brno

The giant of Snowdonia
The giant Idwal lives with his daughter, Fflur, who works like a slave for him and is not allowed to speak to anyone. Picking blackberries on the hill, she meets a young man called Ffrancon and falls in love. They decide to run away to be married. Fflur cooks a huge breakfast for her father and after he’s fallen asleep, she goes to his bedroom and steals a comb, a razor and a mirror from his magic cupboard. She meets Ffrancon on his horse and they escape. The giant wakes up and finding the house empty, goes in search of his daughter. She sees her father galloping after them and throws the comb which turns into a forest, a razor which turns into a mountain and a mirror which turns into a lake. The giant, who can’t swim tries to jump over the lake, falls off his horse and drowns in the lake and Fflur and Ffrancon walk down the mountain to a village called Llanberis and get married.
Finish with the song again.
By Cath Aran
http://www.catharan.co.uk/english/piws3.html

Attention, moose!
Welcome in wilderness of cold Lapland! Here you can meet poor moose, who is trying to escape from hunter and his dog. Here you have to watch your step not to crush on a gnom, who is just collecting blackberries for his loved one. Here, where day lasts for half a year, long time ago lived two friends – a hen and old lady...Simple story about understanding between animals and human, about cruel life, which makes somebodey be born as a hen and the other one as a hunter.
Duration 45 min.
Teatro Matita

Little Riding Hood
There once was a girl and the girl's name was... It is actually one. Indeed, when she was one birthday, mom gave her a red cap-and-Red Riding Hood. She always wore on her head, the girl said no one other than Little Red Riding Hood
Duration 25 minut
Play: Miroslava Bělohlávková

Lime-tree
Drama Classics at the hands of young alternative player. Little-puppet theater in a cardboard box filled completely the idea of the festival, which is a close encounter with the theater. (If you want viewers to see something, to sit close.) Classic Lantern with the modern effects of life. Who is seen to be believed.
Duration 35 minut
Play: Jakub Maksymov

How Cuba went for Markyta
Kuba is trying to act as his mother advises him but he always mixes things up. Kuba is about to marry Markyta, he is to bring her a present but he misunderstands his mother’s advice and he makes a mistake. This way the chain of advice and their pointless fulfillment begins which is funny for the children because every little child is smarter than our silly Kuba.
Duration 25 minut
Naivní divadlo Liberec

Three spinners
Actually, the tale about two mothers. One wants to lazy daughter to bring to work, the other wants hardworking wife for his son. Lazy daughter from a poor cottage gets the castle, but she does not want to spin. Comes time for the three spinners. But in the end everything will be fine. Classic puppet with carved wooden marionettes.
Statutory Naive Theatre for the first time at the Festival!
Duration 25 minut
Naivní divadlo Liberec

Music workshop by Marwan Al-Solaiman
Favorite music workshop with examples of Arabic music and samples of decorative Arabic script.
Duration 45 min.

Our Eman or Do not whimper!
The circus, beautiful artists, a father and his son, who in his life does not know a barriers and constantly walking behind his goal.
Duration 35 minut
Play: Antonín Novotný
Divadlo Xaver

Tickets will be available from 15th January, 2011, at box-office of theatre Minor, or here:

Advance booking and sales for all performances at the Minor Theatre Box Office, Vodičkova 6, Praha 1. Box office is open Monday - Friday 10 a.m. - 1.30 p.m. and 2.30 p.m. - 8 p.m., Sat, Sun 11 - 6 and an hour prior to a start of a performance. Tel.: +420 222 231 351, e-mail: pokladna@minor.cz
Flat price per ticket 80 CZK, day ticket for Saturday 175 CZK, for Sunday 160 CZK, for both days 250 CZK.