Producing Theatre II. 2

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Code	Completion	Credits	Range	Language Instruction	Semester
206PDB2	ZK	3	2T	Czech	summer

Subject guarantor

Jiří SULŽENKO

Name of lecturer(s)

Jiří SULŽENKO

Learning outcomes of the course unit

To prepare bachelor study students for indepedent working in theatre operations or in continuing to master's study. This course prepares students for managing material from the basics of the study, necessary, not only, for successful performance in the final bachelor's exam, creating an orignal bachelor's thesis but, also for future independent activity in the organizational and mangerial duties in theatre.

This course continues the classes in Basic Theatre Production and Theatre Production I, continuing information from other instructors and in the final semester of bachelor's study, adding information about theatre structures, construction investment and theatre buildings and their operation. The course covers issues in building managment and issues regarding which services, in theatre operations, to outsource. The students are familiarized with legislation 137/2006 Sb. on public tenders, and with proposal competitions, and registering multi-round competitions. Also, students are acquainted with historic and contemporary trends in theatre architecture. The second part will focus on theatre internal and external monitoring activities. This will focus on manners of theatre audits. Upon completion of the course the student will have a better bearing in following the public tender legislation. The students will be acquainted with the fundamentals of audits and monitoring activities.

Mode of study

Instruction is in the form of a moderated dialogue between the instructor and the students. Discussions about the developing study material and assigned course work and an analysis of material used in different theatres. There are analyses of relevant establishments and their application to the theatre environment.

Prerequisites and co-requisites

Completion of following subjects:

206ZDP1&2 - Basics of Theatre Producing 1&2

206PDA1&2 - Producing Theatre I. 1&2

206PDB1 - Producing Theatre II. 1

Course contents

A main BA studies course. Instruction in theatre operations in the final semester of bachelor studies linked to the real situation in Czech theatre introducing and summarizing the mutual relations of reperatory theatre operations principles.

V VI. Semester instruction on the following range of topics:

Legal status: funded organizations, s.r.o, o.p.s, registered offices.

Organizational structure:

organizational rules,
single and multiple ensemble theatre.

Staging implementation:

creation, preparation,
schedule,
financial security.

Repertoire theatre vs. independent project

preparations, premier, closing,
staging meetings, sales meetings,
set design, lighting, main and dress rehearsals,
set strike - set, costumes, props.

Manager in theatre:

managment tools,
strategy and planning,
theatre budget, finance resoure use,
staging financing.

Theatre administration:

maintenance, reconstruction,
technical materials provisions,
technical materials storage, primary use.

Auditing:

external audit,
internal audit.

Personnel management:

recruitment,
training,
compensation - pay, wage, royalty payments, contract workers.

Assessment methods and criteria

Credits are awarded based on:

activity in the course

development and presentation of the semester work

completion of the final exam

During the semester, this course requires a study of the necessary material and active participation in the course which is a requirement for participation in the exam.

The exam is written and based on the number of required points follows an oral test. The overal evaluation is comprised of 40% of the assessed activity in the course, 30% from the written exam and 30% from the oral.

Conditions for successful completion of the course: active participation in the course, development and presentation of the semester work and completion of the final exam.

Schedule for winter semester 2018/2019:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2018/2019: