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Martin Kukucka & Lukás Trpisovský graduated in 2004 in Stage Direction and Dramaturgy from the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at Prague’s DAMU (Prague Academy of Performing Arts), where they studied under Prof. Josef Krofta and Prof. Miloslav Klíma. They are currently continuing with postgraduate study. Their projects are best described as multi-genre or crossover. SKUTR have already been awarded a string of prizes – the Evald Schorm Prize, Josef Hlávka prize, the Grand Prix at the international festival ZLOMVAZ in 2004 and the Grand Prix and the Audience Prize at the 2007 FIST International Festival in Belgrade. They have been nominated in three consecutive years for the Alfréd Radok Prize, in the category ‘Talent of the year”. They have collaborated with Archa Theatre on the long term project Archa.lab, as part of which they have created the author..s productions Nickname (2004), A child in her mind (2005), Understand (2005), 8 – Birds Black, Tits Great and The weepers (2007). They also work with other leading Czech theatres – The National Theatre in Prague (Heroes, 2006), Theatre on the Balustrade (Velvet, 2005), Divadlo Petra Bezruce (Should I stay or should I go, 2007) - and with Czech Radio. They have collaborated with the theatre academies V--MU in Bratislava, PWST in Wroclaw and DAMU in Prague to prepare several international projects - MacBeth (2003), Masakra (2003), Paradise of the Heart, Labyrinth of the World (2006). For the festival of new cirque Letní letná they prepared an open-air project Master and disciple (2007). Their work has been presented at many festivals all over Europe and, in addition to their directing work, they have led workshops in Prague, Wroclaw, Bratislava, Belgrade, Mostar, Pustevny, Banská Bystrica

Martin Kukucka & Lukás Trpisovský graduated in 2004 in Stage Direction and Dramaturgy from the Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at Prague’s DAMU (Prague Academy of Performing Arts), where they studied under Prof. Josef Krofta and Prof. Miloslav Klíma. They are currently continuing with postgraduate study. Their projects are best described as multi-genre or crossover. SKUTR have already been awarded a string of prizes – the Evald Schorm Prize, Josef Hlávka prize, the Grand Prix at the international festival ZLOMVAZ in 2004 and the Grand Prix and the Audience Prize at the 2007 FIST International Festival in Belgrade. They have been nominated in three consecutive years for the Alfréd Radok Prize, in the category ‘Talent of the year”. They have collaborated with Archa Theatre on the long term project Archa.lab, as part of which they have created the author..s productions Nickname (2004), A child in her mind (2005), Understand (2005), 8 – Birds Black, Tits Great and The weepers (2007). They also work with other leading Czech theatres – The National Theatre in Prague (Heroes, 2006), Theatre on the Balustrade (Velvet, 2005), Divadlo Petra Bezruce (Should I stay or should I go, 2007) - and with Czech Radio. They have collaborated with the theatre academies V--MU in Bratislava, PWST in Wroclaw and DAMU in Prague to prepare several international projects - MacBeth (2003), Masakra (2003), Paradise of the Heart, Labyrinth of the World (2006). For the festival of new cirque Letní letná they prepared an open-air project Master and disciple (2007). Their work has been presented at many festivals all over Europe and, in addition to their directing work, they have led workshops in Prague, Wroclaw, Bratislava, Belgrade, Mostar, Pustevny, Banská Bystrica