Allstar Refjúdží Band — A Band with a Story / Akcent Dance Party | FESTIVAL AKCENT 2014

When the band was formed in 2008, several members lived in the refugee camp. In the course of time musicians from Armenia, Syria and China obtained permanent residence in the Czech Republic. They have passports, they can travel, but they stayed loyal to the band. The musical arrangements of Michael Romanyshyn have, in contrast to the lyrics of the songs and to the fates of their authors, a vigour that gets everyone out of their seats.

Come and dance!

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SOUVENIR SHOP 2 – An interactive installation by Eliška Vrbová and Renata Malá
A memory shop in the form of a non-traditional jukebox. Instead of your favourite songs you can choose a trip down memory lane with a miner from Kladno or a grandmother from the Ore Mountains.
Located in the foyer of the theatre throughout the festival.

5. TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OD DOCUMENTARY THEATRE

Prague – Archa Theatre and Baráčnická rychta / Plzeň – KC Peklo

November 20—30

Complete program of the festival

The co-organizer of Akcent is  Plzen 2015 – European Capital of Culture.

The following performances will be presented in Plzen:

Thursday, 20 November, 19:30 , Plzen – KC Peklo theatre - video
Kim Hwang (South Korea) – Pizzas for the people
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il loved pizza. He decreed that the whole nation must taste this delicacy. But in Pyongyang there is only one pizzeria. Kim Hwang created a video in which he teaches North Koreans how to bake pizza themselves. With the help of Chinese businessmen he smuggled disks with the video into North Korea. The result of all this is the subject of Hwang's film-theatre performance.
In Korean with Czech and English subtitles.

Thursday, 27 November, 19:30, Plzen – KC Peklo theatre
Barbora Schneiderová / Storytelling CZ and Plechárna Černý most
Sheet Metal Suburb
Five stories from the Prague suburb of Černý Most. Who can best tell you about the houses, streets and people in Černý Most? Those who live there. The storytellers are people from the suburb, neighbours and friends. You can meet them every day in the same bus or convenience store.  Five different perspectives on life in the suburbs.

Sunday, 30 November, 19:30, Plzen – KC Peklo theatre
Jana Svobodová, Philipp Schenker / Theatre Archa – vadí-nevadí.cz / Who's a chicken and who's a hero?
In the small East Bohemian town of Kostelec nad Orlicí three communities live side by side: long-time ethnic Czech residents, Roma, and foreigners in the local refugee camp. A team from the Archa Theatre together with representatives of all these groups created a moving theatrical depiction of life in a regular town.