What's New > Prague Quadrennial 2027 - Open Calls
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Theme: Absences and Silences, as spaces of potential for new scenographic futures
2027 will mark sixty years since the founding of the Prague Quadrennial—sixty years of continuous existence despite various turbulent events and multiple crises across the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Over these sixty years, PQ has become a home for an ever-growing community of artists, theorists, and students dedicated to scenography and performance space. It has solidified its role as the largest international platform, a vital meeting place and space for exchange, to which we can return every four years.
Despite the complex moment we find ourselves in—or perhaps because of it—this significant anniversary calls for a special recognition. Such long continuity is rare, and it provides a foundation upon which we, and future generations, can build. At the same time, this anniversary offers an opportunity to reflect on this home we have created for global scenography. How has PQ evolved over these sixty years? What and how has been presented? What new styles, approaches, and tendencies have emerged?
Program of PQ 2027
The program structure of PQ 2027 builds on the continuity of previous editions. Its core will once again include two major exhibitions curated by participating countries and regions: the Exhibition of Countries and Regions and the Student Exhibition.
These will be accompanied by program sections prepared by the Curatorial team of PQ, presenting contemporary scenography and performance design in various ways:
- PQ Performance Space – focused on performance space and theatre architecture
- PQ Talks – a series of critical conversations on scenography
- PQ Performance – a program of live performances, both on and off stage
- PQ Studio – an educational platform for both students and established practitioners
- PQ Publication Cultures – exploring publications and knowledge communities around scenography
- PQ Hive – a program for wider audiences, children, young people, and families
- PQ 60 – program marking the 60th anniversary of PQ
Open Calls
Open calls for these program sections were published on October 1, 2025. Deadlines of individual Open Calls run throughout 2026; the earliest are for PQ Performance and PQ Performance Space, due January 31, 2026.
The deadline for registration of countries and regions is November 30, 2025.