We identified the following common themes as key: deep care for the quality of relationships and institutions; the assumption of personal responsibility; the creation of alliances and networks; new possibilities for leadership and the use of initiatives from all levels of the institution; reducing the difference between proclamations and performativity; transparency and the willingness to take action in public. A discussion on theatre as a cultural institution, with Alice Koubová, lecturer and researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Participants in the discussion:
- Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca / The Netherlands - Professor and Head of DAS Graduate School at the Academy of Theatre and Dance, Amsterdam University of the Arts in the Netherlands
- Agata Adamiecka-Site / Poland - Senior Lecturer and Ombudsman at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw; theatre researcher, critic and publisher
- László Upor / Hungary, Dramaturg, literary translator, essayist and Rector of University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest
- Martin Bernátek / Czech Republic, Assistant Professor, Area Head of Theatre Studies and Vice-Chair at the Department of Theatre and Film Studies, Palacký University Olomouc
Podcast Author: Alice Koubová / Czech Republic, Researcher at the Institute of Philosophy at the Czech Academy of Sciences.
Podcast Director: Jiří Šimek
Dramaturgy: Martina Pecková Černá and Co.
Production: Barbora Comer
Soundesign: Jan Čtvrtník