Ján Šimko

Slovakia

Ján Šimko

He studied psychology and theatre science. He was a co-founder of the Prague-based M.U.T. Theatre – an international association of inter-cultural character with strong focus on theatre, which operated from 1999 to 2005. In 2007 he founded in Bratislava the theatre association Tucet oriented towards authorial theatre. From 2007 – 2009 he worked as dramaturge and Artistic Director of Theatre Institut´s Studio 12 in Bratislava. As a dramaturge he also worked at the Akropolis Palace in Prague (1999 – 2002), at the Prague Theatre Festival of German Language (2002) and since 2007 he has been a member of the dramaturgical board for selecting foreign productions for the International Theatre Festival Divadelná Nitra. For this festival he curated “Parallel Lives – 20th Century through the Eyes of Secret Police” project. Since 2010 he has worked as chief dramaturge for the production of radio plays at the Literary and Dramatic Centre at Radio and Television of Slovakia.