Františák, Martin

While studying at the high school, he wrote texts and sang in punk bands. He studied drama at Janaček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno in 1993 – 1998 under Alexej Pernica, graduating with a thesis entitled Issues of Community as Islands of Stability. At the same time, he trained as director with Arnošt Goldflam, nevertheless without completing his studies. In 1999 – 2002 he chose half-isolation in the Beskydy Mountains working free-lance for theatres in Moravia and Bohemia. In 2004 he taught drama at the Elementary Arts Schools in Valašske Meziřiči and Zašova. In 2005 – 2007 he was the main director of Brno children´s theatre Polarka. In 2007 he made a TV series The Czechs as Poetry for Czech Television. In 2008 he became artistic director of the Petr Bezruč Theatre in Ostrava.