Tue 25 02, 20:00
Thu 09 01, 20:00

Debata pro loutky:
Are the russian tanks coming back?

debate puppets
The Debate for Puppets Collective brings a unique debate format to contemporary issues in which the audience does not know the identity of the debaters! This time on the growing anxiety over Russian aggression and the past and future situation in Ukraine. Debate with moderator Timofey Kozhukhov.

On the morning of February 24, 2022, Russia attacked Ukraine. Troops with Nazi symbols are fighting there and nobody cares, he claimed. Let us be brave like the Ukrainians. Let's thank them for dying so we can live, he wrote. The politician, who likes to talk about "there is no war in Kiev" behind closed doors, admitted that the anti-Ukrainian remarks were aimed at a domestic audience, but he himself is ready for constructive relations.
At the table with Putin?

This state is prosecuting its own citizens to please the Ukrainians! Supporters came to the court to support the woman and applauded her for her speeches in the hallway.
Rockets on the right, rockets on the left, and we're dealing with gay marriage.
More than 11 million people have left their country in six months of war.

Is anxiety about Russian aggression rising? Are the Russian tanks coming back to us?

A puppet debate with guest host Timofey Kozhukhov.

Production team
Directed by: Samuel Špilar and Doubravka Dostálová
Concept: Samuel Špilar and Doubravka Dostálová, Štěpán Gajdoš and Kateřina Císařová
Production managment: Barbora Jonášová and Žanda Špánková

Hosted by: Aicha Roubíčková, Tim Kožuchov
Dj: Daniel Ficek
Puppeteers: Václav Němec, David Bolech, Zbyněk Rohlík, Matouš Fendrych, Anastázie Dobrodinská, Václav Ponikelský, Matěj Šíma, Gagik Chilingaryan 

Among the revealed guests in the past were, for example, the personalities Jan Cina, Daniela Špinar, Pavel Novotný, Jan Špaček, Jan Hřebejk, Marta Ljubková, Petr Uhlíka, Lenka Králová, Jiří Havelka

DEBATE FOR PUPPETS
is a project and now a collective, which originated at DAMU and which moved in June to a new cultural space dedicated to young adults, ARCHA+. It is a debate project based on the secret identities of the individual guests. We are interested in how much a person's consciousness of who they are talking to influences their communication. Whether it's based on what they say, how they behave, or even how they look. Therefore, neither the audience nor the moderator of the debate knows the identity of the guests, which opens up the space for a discussion without prejudice and with more openness.

Each Guest is given an 'avatar' or alter ego – a puppet who will perform in his place that evening. A puppet that is neutral, has no recognizable character, and thus allows the viewer to form an opinion of the discussant based solely on their thinking and attitudes. For this reason, the format is called Debate for Puppets.