21.10. RTV1 Jutarnji program

The “Quartet” Association was founded by four theatres: Theatre du Rictus, (Nantes, France) and Theatre Quartier Libre (Ancenis, France), Géza Gárdonyi Theatre (Eger (Gárdonyi Géza Színház), Hungary); Serbian National Theatre, Novi Sad, Serbia; and the Western Bohemian Theatre (Západočeské divadlo) (Cheb, the Czech Republic). The main idea which engendered the Association is based on the conviction that theatres originating from different theatrical traditions and functioning after different production models (in this case as a theatrical troupe and/or municipal, regional and national theatre) can collaborate on a number of levels, and even jointly organise a theatre festival.
Each of the mentioned theatres will stage a production on the same topic – Visions of Europe, which is actually also the title of the Festival. The shows will be staged in approximately the same production conditions so that they can be presented in a similar way within the four Festival editions – in Novi Sad, Eger, Ancenis and Cheb. Each theatre is to produce a show after a text written by a domestic playwright staged by a domestic director. The first cycle, with four Festival editions, first of which will be held at the Serbian National Theatre on 30 October 2008, will last until March 2010.
The separate festival editions will offer each of the theatres an opportunity to present their own visions of Europe, test the reaches of their productions in front of a foreign audience, weigh their own production in the context of different production models, but also to gain different theatrical experiences. Each Festival edition will be prepared and realised with participation of a team of producers and managers delegated
from all Association Members.