PUF 1995.-1999.

2000.

INDEX OF THE FESTIVAL

Total number of the plays: 11
Croatian plays: 4
Foreign plays: 6
Co-production: 1
Number of the performers: 75
Sites: Quarry Stoja, Fižela Street, Ex – army barracks “Karlo Rojc”, Portarata, Istrian National Theatre, “Pula” cinema, Plateau in front of the Department store
Countries participant: The Czech Republic, Spain, Great Britain, USA, Switzerland, Slovenia, Sweden

The theatre critic, Suzana Marjanić, said this edition of the festival to be the “Melting point of the body and the space” (Zarez, No. 36-37). Anyway, the 6th PUF gathered 11 plays and performances round the idea of the “site specific theatre”. The focus of the festival slipped again from the body to the space, which it has been exploring during its first three editions.


LIST OF PERFORMANCES

1. Anno Domini 2000th, Czech-Croatian co-production
2. Daska, Sisak, “Harms case”
3. Pico Sol y La Danaus, Barcelona, Spain, “Del planet basura”
4. Spark International, London, United Kingdom: “Eh, Joe”
5. Dr. INAT, Pula: “Pink dreams”
6. Milan Kohout, Boston, USA
7. Trafik, Rijeka: “Walker”
8. Andrayas Cie, Geneva, Switzerland: “Requiem pour une bequille”
9. Pino Ivancic, Pula: “Tanz Šćapuni”
10. Vlasta Delimar, Zagreb: “Talk with the warrior or woman has gone”
11. The Strcj, Ljubljana, Slovenia
12. SU-EN Butoh Company, Almunge, Sweden: “Scarpa – The Truck”

2001.

INDEX OF THE FESTIVAL

Total number of the plays: 11
Croatian plays: 4
Foreign plays: 7
Co-production: 1
Number of the performers: 76
Seminars: Butoh, headed by Sussana Akerlund
Sites: Istrian National Theatre, Ex – army barracks “Karlo Rojc”, Seaside resort Zelenika, Industrial – waste dump “Jadranmetal”, Church of “Marija Formoza”
Countries participant: Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sweden, The Czech Republic, USA

“We want to erase the difference between the alternative and the classical theatre. Our intention is to get out of the folds.” (Nebojša Borojević in the interview for Glas Istre, 5th of July)
The 7th PUF will be remembered in the theatre memory for the absence of theatre critic in the daily press.


LIST OF PERFORMANCES

1. Anno Domini 2001, the Swedish-Croatian co-production
2. Donna Coppola, Boston, USA: Performance
3. D.B. Indos – House of Extreme Music Theatre, Zagreb: “Swing”
4. Pino Ivancic, Pula: “… stop it … / Hommage a nice Peet & All electricians”
5. Lumber, Sisak, “Society of dead writers”
6. Yusuf Hadžifejzović, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina: Performance
7. Silo Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands: “Planetarium Silo”
8. New Front Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic: “Primary symptoms of name loss”
9. Stateless, New York, USA: “The Filament Cycle”
10. SU-EN Butoh Company, Almunge, Sweden: “Headless”
11. Dr. INAT, Pula: “Rubik’s Well”

2002.

INDEX OF THE FESTIVAL

Total number of the plays: 12
Croatian plays: 5
Foreign plays: 6
Co-production: 1
Number of the performers: 72
Concerts: 1
Seminar: Butoh, headed by Gregor Weber
Sites: Istrian National Theatre, Portarata, Forum, Marketplace, Ex – army barracks “Karlo Rojc”, The History Museum of Istria
Countries participant: Croatia, Monte Negro, Germany, Sweden, Czech Republic, Denmark

The 8th PUF began with the socially engaged action “Ring Around Rojc”. Gathered in this ring were a few hundreds of people from Pula and tourists. They all encircled the 22 000 square meters large building, an army barrack, which will one day become a multimedial centre.
“. let’s call for peace and protection for the army barracks “Karlo Rojc”: let’s make it forget its original purpose, let’s transform it from a place of war-preparation and suffering, to a place of well-being and a shelter for young people.” (Appeal for the action “Ring Around Rojc”)


LIST OF PERFORMANCES

1. Opening PUF, citizens participate: Ring-performance
2. Anno Domini 2002nd, Croatian-German co-production, “Pulp paradox”
3. Daska, Sisak, “Pif, Paf, Poof”
4. Daska, Sisak: “Waiting for bread”
5. Dr. INAT, Pula, “Small forms”
6. Jednojka / Unit, Prague, Czech Republic: “The life of Mr. Fun Tasty” “
7. New Front Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic: “Vagabond Adam Kadmon”
8. Gregor Weber, Germany: “Kafka”
9. Jednojka / Unit, Prague, Czech Republic: “Passenger / Passenger”
10. KIC Budo Tomovic, Theatre Dodest Montenegro, Podgorica, Montenegro: “Umir”
11. Bunny, Facade Group, Zagreb: “Maid jump or spring in a dead end”
12. Roma Pralipe Theatre, Mulheim, Germany: “Carmen”

2003.

INDEX OF THE FESTIVAL

Total number of the plays: 14
Croatian plays: 7
Foreign plays: 6
Co-production: 1
Number of the performers: 61
Concerts: 1
Sites: MMC Nemeš, Ex – army barracks “Karlo Rojc”, Portarata, Istrian National Theatre, Forum
Countries participant: Croatia, Belgium, Germany, Norway, Italy, The Netherlands, Bosnia and Herzegovina


The bliss of the primordial theatricality of the spontaneous sons of the arts has on the 9th PUF clashed with the impotence of the authority that is unable to find out why the ancient Athena spent much more money on theatre than on the fleet. The 9th PUF was inaugurated with the protestation letter “Not to be or not not to be” written by the four founders of the festival. With this protestation letter they reacted to the bureaucratic distribution of money in culture, criticised the payment of non-artistic festivals, attacked the supporting of the petty-bourgeois manners towards culture and reacted to the refusal of giving the official status of dramatic artist to the members of the groups who founded PUF. The direct motivation for this protest was the fact that after 27 years of work the City Council of Sisak has refused to give to Daska the financial support for the year 2003. This protest coloured the whole atmosphere of the festival and a newspaper-polemic was born.


LIST OF PERFORMANCES

1. Anno Domini 2003, Czech-Croatian co-production
2. New Lodge crazy moms, Zagreb
3. Lero, Dubrovnik: “Hidden garden”
4. Theatre NOR, Stamsund, Norway: “Lonesome Butt / Lone Butt”
5. Lero, Dubrovnik: “Dialogue of beauty”
6. Lero, Dubrovnik: “Roses from the South”
7. Theatre NOR, Stamsund, Norway: “Gathering for bad times / expensive for bad weather”
8. Theatre Envol, Halija “Devil machine”
9. Vlasta Delimar and Milan will spend Christmas night, Zagreb: Performance
10. Anne Henderson Group, Amsterdam, The Netherlands: “Blue disco”
11. Silo Theatre, Amsterdam, Netherlands: “60 degrees stupnjeva/60”
12. Mostar Youth Theatre, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Labyrinth”

2004.

INDEX OF THE FESTIVAL

Total number of the plays: 14
Croatian plays: 5
Foreign plays: 8
Co-production: 1
Concerts: 3
Sites: Ex – army barracks “Karlo Rojc”, Istrian National Theatre, Kandler’s street, Casoni Vechi (fort Monte Paradiso)
Countries participant: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, The Netherlands, Poland, Argentina, Croatia


LIST OF PERFORMANCES

1. Pino Ivancic, Pula: “Life is Hot Pepper”
2. Halka Tresnakova, Czech Republic: “On her couch”
3. Anta Agni, Slovakia: “Fire Group Show”
4. Anno Domini 2004, German-Croatian co-production: “Room service”
5. Forgotten Fish Memory Orchestra, Netherlands: “The philsophical egg”
6. Fičo Ballet Company, Slovenia: “1:0”
7. Andrzej Sadowski, Poland, Mickiewicz State Theatre – a & a & a: “The Story”
8. Various authors: Exhibition Opening: “20 years of INAT,” “Theatrical poster Predrag Spasojevic,” “Theatrical Costumes Marine Štembergar”
9. Robert Franciszty, Zagreb: “Against the correction of skin and fur”
10. Gregor Weber, Germany: “Kaspar Hauser”
11. Theatre Dr. INAT, Pula: “Circles” (work in progress)
12. Damir Bartol Indos, Zagreb: “Man is a wolf”
13. Theatre KUFER Theatre: “Morning”
14. Teatro El Rayo misterioso, Argentina: “La consagracion de las furias”