From 8 to 18 June 2023, the festival will present artists from more than 100 countries, showcasing live performances, fluid and innovative performance spaces, exhibiting major scenographic works, exploring possibilities of digital technologies and much more.

The discussion forum, PQ Talks, will feature renowned international guests: award-winning playwright, producer, performer and artistic director of the Kampala International Theatre Festival in Uganda, Asiimwe Deborah Kawe, Ukrainian cultural collective IZOLYATSIA or German stage designer Katrin Brack.

The PQ Talks  will address various forms of performance design and scenography in a range of cultural, political, historical and technological contexts, using three formats:
Discussion Panels and Roundtables, Flash Talks, and Keynote presentations.

Keynote speakers will appear on the stage of the Jatka78 theatre as follows:

9 June – Asiimwe Deborah Kawe
10 June – Dušan David Pařízek
11 June – Katrin Brack
14 June – Julian Maynard Smith
15 June – Oksana Sarzhevska-Kravchenko, Mykhailo Glubokyi (IZOLYATSIA)

You can find out more information on the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space here.