Grammar School Pezinok, graduation 1994

1994 – 1999: Academy of Performing Arts, Faculty of Drama and Puppetry, Department of Dramaturgy,

1999 – 2002: Doctoral studies at the Academy of Performing Arts

1999 – 2004: lecturer at the Academy of Performing Arts, Department of Directing and Dramaturgy

 

1998 – 1999: SND Drama Theatre (Dramaturgy lecturer)

1999 – present: SND Drama Theatre (dramaturge)

 

Selection of dramaturgy conducted at the SND Drama Theatre

A. P. Chekhov The Seagull 1999 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

E. Ionesco The Chairs 1999 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

S. Martin Picasso... 2001 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

Ľ. Feldek Horror in the Gamekeeper´s Cottage 2002 (direction: P. Lančarič)

J.B.P. Moliere Don Juan 2002 (direction: P. Kerbrat – Fr.)

J. Glowacki The Fourth Sister 2002 (direction: Emil Horváth)

Timrava/Pavlac A Great Deal of Luck 2003 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

J. Murrell The Last Summer... 2004 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

Lahola/Pavlac Facing the Enemy

R. Olekšák Silence 2004 (direction: Ľ. Vajdička)

 

Guest dramaturgy (and dramaturgy collaborations)

State Theatre Košice

J. Barč-Ivan The End 2001 (direction: P. Lančarič)

N. V. Gogol Marriage 2003 (direction: P. Mankovecký)

Moliére Don Juan 2003 (direction P. Lančarič)

 

Jókai Theatre, Komárno

P. Shaffer Amadeus 2001 (direction: J. Czajlik)

 

A. Bagar Theatre, Nitra

A. J. Lermontov Masquerade 2002 (direction: J. Czajlik)

 

Municipal Theatre Bratislava

S. Mrozek The Party 2002 (direction: M. Vajdička)

P. Pavlac Fun(e)brak s.r.o. 2004 (direction: P. Lančarič)

 

Theatre Bárka – Budapest

T. Slobodzianek Prophet Ilja (Ilja Proféta) 2002 (direction: J. Czajlik)

 

Cooperation on international projects (European Theatre Convention)

 

Armin Petras - LEARNING EUROPE - half-year project of Thalia Theater Hamburg; Schauspiel Frankfurt; Lithuanian National Theatre; National Theatre Ljubljana; Theatre de la Ville Luxemburg; Slovak National Theatre

2004 (direction: six directors)

 

Attila Lörinczy - FAHIM – a collaborative project of the SND, Det Norske Teatret Oslo, Kaposvár Csiky Gergely

2004 (direction: Attila Réthly)

 

 

Dramatic texts

 

Garbage Dump (history J. Kalvína) 1995

The Hours (mystical testimony) 1996

Exhibition opening at the Passage (science and dramatic text) (the finale of "Drama 2000")

Deus Ex Machina (degeneration of words) (the finale of "Drama 2001")

(première 2003, Studio 12, direction: Patrik Lančarič)

The Hours (radio version) (realised at the SRo. 2003)

3.3.3 (spol. with Z. Haasová; picture from the world of showbiz) 2003

(première – 2003, State Theatre Košice)

Fun(e)brak s.r.o (the first episode of the theatre series) 2004

(première – 2004, Municipal Theatre Bratislava)

Partybr(e)akers (a play about memory) 2004

 

 

Mother Night (dramatisation of the novel by K. Vonnegut) 1994

The Revolt of the Angels (dramatisation of the novel by A. France) 1998

A Great Deal of Luck (dramatisation of a novel by B. S. Timrava) (première - 2003, Slovak National Theatre)

Facing the Enemy (dramatisation of Leopold Lahol's novel)

(première - 2004, Slovak National Theatre)

 

In 2001, he published a book of short stories called A GAME TO LAUGH, for which he won the Literary Fund Prize (debut of the year)

 

Favourite quote:

 

"I wrote the play to know how the playwright feels when someone performs it. But I felt nothing. And they didn’t want to play it for me!“

(Timrava/Pavlac: A Great Deal of Luck)