For the second time the students from the Tomas Bata University – Faculty of multimedia communications, Department of Visual Arts present their work in Akropolis. Our Department has moved from Uherské Hradiště to Zlín, to the University seat. We have changed not only the city but also the theatre. Last year we cooperated with the theatre Slovácké divadlo, this year we are cooperating with the Theatre Městké divadlo in Zlín. The students of the third year applying for the bachelor degree had a great opportunity to visit a public rehearsal for Midsummer Night´s Dream by William Shakespeare, thanks to forthcoming attitude of its director Petr Michálek. The visit was connected with a task to create a poster about the performance. The visit might have been only a duty at first but it changed to an immediate success. It was interesting to see how the generation of the digital age raised by swift cuts of television movies accept the game between the actors and the audience – to believe in the story performed by the actor. It is visible on each of the poster how the authors understood the performance; the posters show their emotions and reactions to the play. Some of the students even spent their own money for a visit of another performance – Carmen based on Fagi. I hope for the cooperation between the school and the theatre to continue and that it will be advantageous for both sides – the students making acquaintances with the theatre and the theatre gaining new visitors.
