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CZECH REPUBLIC
JAMU - Janacek Academy of Music and Performing Arts
Theatre Faculty - Theatre Management Studio
Mozartova 1
662 15 Brno
Czech Republic
Director: Doc. Mgr. Jan Kolegar
Phone: + 42 5 42 21 01 36
Fax: + 42 5 42 21 01 36
E-mail: office.difa@jamu.cz
Web site: www.jamu.cz
Background, orientation and purpose
The Theatre Management Studio has existed since 1990 within the Theatre Faculty of Janacek
Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno. The studio prepares three types of specialised theatre
managers in its BA and MA study programmes. Students also gain knowledge of other fields of cultural
management, though the emphasis is on the field of theatre.
Students are given the opportunity to undertake several short-term attachments in different cultural
institutions, meet experts in theatre and cultural management from abroad and make use of their
organisational abilities while managing shared projects in the Marta theatre studio and during the
International Festival of Art Schools Setkani/Encounter.
Programme(s) and qualification(s)
BA / MA in Theatre Management.
BA in Stage Technology and Management.
PhD in Theatre Creation, specialisation in Theatre Management.
Duration
BA / MA in Theatre Management - 3 years/5 years (full-time).
BA in Stage Technology and Management - 3 years.
PhD in Theatre Creation, specialisation in Theatre Management - 3 years.
Content
BA in Theatre Management:
The main object of the Programme is to produce theatre managers who are able to fill intermediate
positions in a theatre and to work independently. Their specialisation should be management of
artistic ensembles, theatre marketing departments, artistic agencies and cultural projects. Students
have to pass state examinations in the history of Czech theatre; the history of world theatre;
management; theatre operation, theatre management and economics.
MA in Theatre Management:
The goal of the Programme is to produce theatre managers who can manage theatres and cultural
institutions, international cultural projects, national and international festivals as well as being able to
initiate and run local government cultural agencies, at the same time working in the cultural field.
BA in Stage Technology and Management:
The goal of the programme is to create theatre managers who are able to lead technical teams
working in the following fields: stage light, stage sound, and stage construction. As stage managers,
they are able to run theatre technical background thanks to their complex knowledge of all theatre
problems, deep knowledge of theatre stage technology, good knowledge of foreign languages, and
their creativity. They should also be able to start and run their own agency. In the course of study
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