Wed 26 02, 10:00
Fri 10 01, 10:00

Debata pro loutky:
At the table with Putin?

for schools 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, the debate is whether there is room to address current political issues in schools?

Is there room to address current political issues at school?

With guest moderator Timofey Kozhukhov, we open a discussion on Russian aggression, the war in Ukraine, historical context and the views of the current political scene.

Students will have the opportunity to listen and later ask questions themselves. The debate will be followed by a lecturer's programme, which will actively involve students in the topic and give them the opportunity to absorb it in more depth.

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 Uhlík, 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.