V4 Improv Connect 2.0: Stories Without Borders
Shows and Tours
Public Performances Across the V4 and Beyond
The Tours are the public-facing highlight of V4 Improv Connect 2.0: Stories Without Borders. They bring the project’s main artistic result to audiences in Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland and beyond: a newly developed improvisational theatre format designed to be multilingual, story-first and accessible across language barriers.
Many international improv performances and workshops in the region are presented mainly in English. While this makes international collaboration possible, it can unintentionally exclude local audiences—especially people who do not normally attend English-language theatre.
Stories Without Borders explores a different approach. Language remains an important part of the performance, but audiences do not need to understand every spoken word to follow the story. Words work alongside music, movement, physical expression, character, emotion and clear theatrical storytelling.
The performances are directly connected to the Improv LABs in each partner country, where the format is researched, tested and refined through cross-border collaboration. The Tours are where this creative work meets a live audience.
Through performances in theatre and festival settings, the project aims to reach new audiences, increase the visibility of improvisational theatre and strengthen its recognition as a full-fledged art form with artistic, cultural, social and educational value.
The performances will also be documented. At the end of the project, the resulting format and selected resources will be shared online under a Creative Commons CC BY licence, allowing other artists and theatre groups to learn from, perform and adapt the work.
Current Tour Schedule
The format will continue to develop as it travels from city to city. Each performance will reflect what the international ensemble has discovered during the creative LAB connected to that city.
Lublin, Poland — First Public Performance
Show: V4 Improv Connect 2.0 presents Stories Without Borders
Date: Saturday, 12 September 2026
Time: 18:30
Venue: Akademia Sztuki Nowoczesnej, Lublin
Festival: Part of Dreams Republic Festival 2026
Eight performers from Slovakia, Czechia, Hungary and Poland will present the first public version of the new format following two intensive days of training, rehearsal and development with external expert Arkadiusz “Arek” Ziętek.
Because the performance is improvised, the version created in Lublin will exist only once. Its discoveries will then travel with the ensemble and influence the next stage of the project.
Read more about the Lublin LAB and performance
Budapest, Hungary
Performance date: Saturday, 31 October 2026
Venue and performance time: To be announced
The Budapest performance will build on the work begun in Lublin, allowing the team to test, develop and strengthen the format with a new local audience.
Bratislava, Slovakia
Performance date: Saturday, 20 February 2027
Venue and performance time: To be announced
The Bratislava edition will continue the format’s artistic development while bringing the international ensemble and project results to audiences in Slovakia.
Prague, Czechia
Performance date: Saturday, 6 March 2027
Venue and performance time: To be announced
The Prague performance will present the format following the final partner-city LAB in Czechia.
Fifth International City
Beyond the four V4 partner cities, Stories Without Borders will also travel to a fifth international city for a special flagship performance.
The destination will be announced by the end of 2026.
Are you representing a theatre, festival, municipality or cultural organisation interested in hosting or collaborating with V4 Improv Connect? Contact us at hello@isac-eu.org.
Additional venues, performance times, audience information and ticket details will be added to this page as they are confirmed.
Past Performances
Phase 1 of V4 Improv Connect
The first V4 Improv Connect brought together artists and theatre communities from Slovakia, Czechia, Poland, Hungary and North Macedonia.
During its five-city journey in 2024, the international ensemble trained together, shared artistic methods, created new long-form formats and presented public performances across the region.
Phase 1 Tour Stops
- Bratislava, Slovakia: 13 April 2024
- Prague, Czechia: 10–12 May 2024
- Lublin, Poland: 27–29 September 2024
- Budapest, Hungary: 25–27 October 2024
- Skopje, North Macedonia: 29 November–1 December 2024
Explore the first V4 Improv Connect project
Prague Performance
Show: V4 Improv Connect: Bulvar + Impro Therapia
Date and time: 11 May 2024 at 19:30
Venue: Divadlo D21, Belgická 276/20, Prague, Czechia
Bratislava Performance
Show: V4 Improv Connect – The Big Show
Date and time: 13 April 2024 at 19:30
Venue: Teatro Colorato, Bratislava, Slovakia
Lublin Performance
Show: V4 Improv Show: Long Forms of Improv Performances
Date and time: 28 September 2024 at 18:00
Venue: Eastern Theatre / Teatr Wschodni, Lubartowska 30A, Lublin, Poland
Budapest Performance
Show: V4 Improv Connect Impro Show
Date and time: 26 October 2024 at 19:00
Venue: Itt és Most Társulat, Erkel utca 15, Budapest, Hungary
Skopje Performance
Show: V4 Improv Connect Impro Show
Date and time: 30 November 2024 at 19:00
Venue: KIC – Salon 1919, Skopje, North Macedonia
The project is co-financed by the Governments of Czechia, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia through Visegrad Grants from the International Visegrad Fund. The mission of the fund is to advance ideas for sustainable regional cooperation in Central Europe.
