PLAVO theatre is a theatre laboratory which ideology is based on principles established by reformers of XX century theatre – Constantin Stanislavsky, Antonin Artaud, Jerzy Grotowski, Eugenio Barba and Odin Teatret, as well as Italian director Massimo Giannetti. Theatre which exists with the idea to serve theatre, not to be its servant, theatre which explores deeper levels of human communication, theatre which has the idea of moving boundaries of human perception, theatre which lives the utopia of reconciliation of anthropology and society, and theatre which presents a critical attitude – these are our basic premises. We are a group of people who, cherishing a seed of anarchism in ourselves, use theatre as the place which has credibility and in which some serious things about the world that surrounds us could be said. In the middle of our attention is man as a human being. Even the actor is a man, human being, and afterwards an actor. Theatre is the place of human touch with life, not with its imitation.
PLAVO pozoriste in Serbian language or PLAVO theatre means Blue Theatre.
Activities of PLAVO theatre:
- Creation of theatre productions and presentations based on a laboratory work and their performing in the country and abroad;
- Education of all interested in researching approach to theatrical work through theatrical workshops, seminars or longer continuous pedagogical processes. Special emphasis is put on educational work with the youth and children with the aim of opening of their horizons for new prospective about arts and culture in general. Other important aspect is using of possibilities of laboratory theatre in development of civil society in work with vulnerable groups where revitalizing power of theatre could be felt in the wider community;
- Organisation of international theatrical meetings and festivals.
Status of PLAVO theatre:
PLAVO theatre is a professional independent theatre company, non-government and non-profit organization.
Donors of PLAVO theatre:
From 1995 our donors have been: Open Society Fund, Swiss Cultural Program Pro Helvetia, European Union (Delegation of European Commission to Serbia), European Cultural Foundation, City Council of Belgrade, Ministry of Culture of Serbia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Serbia, Italian Institute for Culture, Goethe Institute Belgrade, Polish Embassy in Belgrade, German Embassy in Belgrade, Central European Initiative and various sponsors.
PEDAGOGY
Regular activities of PLAVO theatre include education of all interested in research approach to work in theatre through theatre workshops, seminars and longer continuous pedagogy processes. Special emphasis is on educational work with the youth and children with the aim of opening of their horizons for new views of arts and culture in general. Other important aspect is using of possibilities of laboratory theatre in development of civil society when theatre becomes an active power which could revitalize community.
Regular activities of PLAVO theatre include education of youth through theatre workshops and professional seminars. PLAVO theatre so far realised many different kinds of educational projects in which we tried to bring closer the idea of contemporary theatre to people in our country and abroad.