Spectaculo Interesse is an international puppetry festival organized by the Ostrava Puppet Theatre.
The festival is biennial, held every odd year at the turn of September and October.
The festival offers the festival audience and the professionals a showcase of the most interesting things that have been recently created in the field of puppet theatre.
The festival's dramaturgy focuses on distinctive theatre productions in which the puppet plays an important role. In addition to purely puppet productions, the festival presents any other productions that work with the means and principles of puppet theatre.
The dramaturgical selection is in no way limited by the genre of the productions or the target group. The festival is intended for both adult and child audiences.
Priority in the selection is given to productions and projects that have been created since the last SI. However, in the case of exceptionally successful projects of an earlier date, this rule may be broken.
Productions are selected by a five-member dramaturgical board headed by the theatre director.
The programme of the festival is divided into the main - competitive and accompanying - non-competitive.
All productions in the main programme are evaluated by a three-member international jury, which awards the main prize and three individual prizes at the end of the festival.
The main programme is open to professional theatres, ensembles,independent theatre groups and individuals from the Czech Republic and abroad.
The accompanying programme includes mainly non-competitive theatre performances for children and adults, workshops, expert discussions, concerts, lectures and seminars, thematic exhibitions,etc.
