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Cover: Lenka Lagronová: Království / Kingdom direction Štěpán Pácl opening DISK theatre 7. 4.2006 photo Pavel Kolský

MARTINA ČERNÁ: EDITORIAL 9

PAVLA PETROVÁ: FUNDING CULTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 13

MARTIN J. ŠVEJDA: HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 21

BOHUMIL NEKOLNÝ: THE THEATRE NETWORK IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 23

VLADIMÍR HULEC: THEATRE FESTIVALS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 25

PAVEL ŠTOREK: STAGIONE THEATRES & INDEPENDENT CULTURAL CENTRES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC 27

VLADIMÍR MIKULKA: CZECH DRAMA THEATRE 29

LENKA ŠALDOVÁ: CZECH OPERATIC THEATRE 31

NINA MALÍKOVÁ: CZECH PUPPETRY THEATRE 33

VLADIMÍR MIKULKA: CZECH EXPERIMENTAL, VISUAL AND NEW WRITING THEATRE 35

NINA MALÍKOVÁ: CZECH BLACK-LIGHT THEATRE 37

ONDŘEJ CIHLÁŘ: CZECH NEW CIRCUSS 39

JANA NÁVRATOVÁ: CZECH DANCE 41 DIRECTORY

THEATRES 43 THEATRES WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY 43 DRAMA THEATRES 48 MUSICAL THEATRES 57 PUPPET THEATRES 58 EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW WRITING THEATRES 61 BLACK-LIGHT THEATRES 65 DANCE THEATRES 66

THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS 68

THEATRE FESTIVALS 77

THEATRE VENUES 90

THEATRE SCHOOLS 102

THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS 107

THEATRE AND DANCE AWARDS 114

INDEX OF CZECH NAMES 117

INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES 122 10 EDITORIAL

ABOUT THE ARTS AND THEATRE EDITORIAL INSTITUTE

Czech Theatre Guide is published by the ATI in the same publishing series as the Czech Dance Guide, the Czech Music Guide and the Czech Literature Guide. The ATI is a governmental non-profi t organisation founded by the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic. It was established in 1959 as the Theatre Institute. In 2007 the institute changed its name to the Arts and Theatre Institute. Martina Černá The mission of the ATI is to provide the Czech and international public with a comprehensive range ABOUT THE CZECH THEATRE GUIDE of services in the fi eld of theatre and individual services connected to other branches of the arts The Czech Theatre Guide represents the continua- (music, literature, dance and visual arts). The ATI tion of the Arts and Theatre Institute’s (ATI) series collects objects and work relating to the theatre, of titles published in the past as the Czech Thea- processes and provides access to them, pursues tre Directory. In its ‘Directory’ section the Czech research, initiates and participates in international Theatre Guide presents up-to-date information projects, and publishes literature related to theat- on Czech theatres, theatre and cultural instituti- re, arts and research. ons and organisations, theatre festivals, venues, and schools, periodicals, publishing houses and The ATI focuses through the work of its depart- awards in the fi eld of theatre. A new feature in the ments (International Cooperation and PR, and guide is the section titled ‘Contexts of the Czech the Dance, Literature, and Music sections) on Theatre’, which off ers an orientation in the current international cooperation in the fi eld of theatre, Czech theatre scene and an overview of the do- dance, literature, and music, and it also organises zens of entries in the Directory. The ‘Contexts’ are an artists in residence programme. A unique and written by top Czech cultural theorists and theat- important international cooperative event is the re and dance critics and their texts primarily focus Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and on contemporary artists and productions in the Space. The main goal of the International Co- context of development since 1989. operation and PR Department is the promotion of Czech culture and in particular theatre abroad and the provision of information about theatre companies from abroad appearing in the Czech Republic. It prepares the concepts, dramaturgy and production background for international and local projects, festivals, exhibitions, seminars, and conferences, and it also organises such activities. It collaborates with Czech and foreign theatre and arts organisations, institutions and universities. It actively participates in international networks and it develops Czech activities connected with international non-governmental theatre organisations. It provides contacts and information about Czech theatre abroad and about foreign theatre at home, prepares publications and informational materials about Czech theatre for distribution abroad, and participates in the preparation of books for publication by the Arts and Theatre Institute.

Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague, photo Viktor Kronbauer CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 11

ABOUT THE CZECH REPUBLIC lions of citizens of their property. In 1960 the new Constitution changed the offi cial name of the sta- The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in the te to the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (ČSSR). centre of Europe with a territory of 78,865 m2. In the late 1950s and early 1960s the country ex- The country borders with Poland, Germany, Aus- perienced a gradual political though, which culmi- tria and Slovakia and is currently divided into 14 nated in 1968. The liberalisation movement known administrative regions. Since 2004 the Czech Re- as the Prague Spring was then suppressed with public has been a member of the EU. At the end of the invasion of Warsaw Pact troops on 21 August 2011 the Czech Republic had a population size of 1968. This invasion was followed by a wave of 10.5 million. The capital city of the Czech Repub- emigration, especially of educated people, to de- lic is Prague with a population of approximately mocratic countries in Europe and America, which 1,249,000 inhabitants. exacerbated the economic decline the country had experienced since being incorporated into The history of the Czech state stretches back to the Soviet bloc. Czechoslovak territory was there- the 9th (Greater Moravia) and 10th (the fi rst Bo- after occupied by Soviet troops, until 1991, when hemian state) centuries. Historically, the periods they defi nitively left the country, and the norma- of greatest political infl uence and cultural achie- lisation regime suppressed civic freedoms for the vement were in the 13th and 14th centuries (the next two decades. During the Velvet Revolution in last Premyslids, Charles IV) and in the 16th century 1989 Czechoslovakia changed its political regime. (Rudolf II). In 1526 the Habsburg dynasty ascen- In 1993 the country was peacefully divided into ded to the Czech throne and retained it thereafter, two independent states: the Czech Republic and incorporating the land into the Habsburg Empire. Slovakia. On 1 January 1993 the Czech Republic In the late 18th century began the fi rst stirrings of was founded. It began joining Western European the Czech National Revival, an attempt to revive political structures. On 12 March 1999 it became a Czech culture and language, and eventually to at- member of NATO and on 1 May 2004 it joined the tain political power through parties representing European Union. In 2004 it signed the Schengen the ethnic Czech population. After the defeat of Agreements, on which basis it became part of the the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the First World Schengen Area on 21 December 2007. Václav Ha- War the Czech lands won independence on 28 vel was the fi rst president of the new Czech state. October 1918 and became part of the new Czecho- The current president of the Czech Republic is slovak Republic, which also included the territory Václav Klaus. of Slovakia and Carpathian Ruthenia. Between the two world wars Czechoslovakia was a democratic ABOUT THE CURRENT CZECH state with a highly developed economy. In Sep- CULTURAL SCENE tember 1938, under pressure from Nazi Germany and European powers, Czechoslovakia was for- The Czech Republic ranks among Europe’s major ced to accept the Munich Agreement and cede cultural centres. It off ers a wide range of unique the border regions (the Sudetenland) to Germany. experiences to people with an interest in the arts The southern regions of Slovakia and Carpathian and history. Both Prague and other Czech cities Ruthenia were annexed by Hungary and a small and regions off er visitors a variety or architectural part of Czechoslovak territory (mainly the region and historical gems to admire. It is the birthplace around Těšín) was obtained by Poland. The state of international renowned composers like Bedřich territory that was left formed the Second Repub- Smetana, Antonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček or Gustav lic. On 14 March 1939 Slovakia declared indepen- Mahler – to name just a few. The Czech visual arts, dence, and on 15 March 1939 the German military such as the paintings of Alfons Mucha or works assumed control of the remaining Czechoslovak by contemporary artists such as Jan Švankmajer territory under the Protectorate of Bohemia and or Petr Nikl to name at least those, who are con- Moravia. In May 1945 the Allied forces liberated nected also with theatre, are represented in art Czechoslovakia and a formally democratic state collections around the world. There are also many was re-established. In February 1948 the Commu- Czech writers whose works have transcended the nist Party of Czechoslovakia seized power, and boundaries of the Czech Republic, such as Franz the country became a totalitarian state and part Kafka, Karel Čapek and Milan Kundera. Miloš For- of the Soviet bloc. Structures of civil society were man is one of the top directors in the world and his destroyed, from the abolition of the self-governing works are a part of both Czech and American fi lm lands (1949) to the suppression of free communi- history. Czech theatre is best known for outstan- ty and economic life. Extensive nationalisation of ding fi gures such as Václav Havel, Otomar Krejča, property and monetary reform (1953) robbed mil- Alfréd Radok, and Josef Svoboda, for its puppet 12 EDITORIAL

tradition and its technological primacy in the ﬁ eld HLAVNÍ MĚSTO PRAHA / CITY OF PRAGUE of black-light theatre, and for its young generation of artists engaged in interdisciplinary projects STŘEDOČESKÝ KRAJ / and experimental theatre. We hope that the Czech CENTRAL-BOHEMIAN REGION Theatre Guide helps you to discover some names Praha in the theatre you may have not known before and provides you with an inspirational encounter with JIHOČESKÝ KRAJ / SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION the Czech theatre and arts scene. The Czech The- České Budějovice atre Guide is available to you for easy navigation through the Czech theatre scene. Updated infor- PLZEŇSKÝ KRAJ / PILSEN REGION mation can be also obtained from the website of Plzeň the ATI www.idu.cz and the information portal on Czech theatre www.theatre.cz. KARLOVARSKÝ KRAJ / KARLOVY VARY REGION Karlovy Vary

ÚSTECKÝ KRAJ / ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM REGION Ústí nad Labem

LIBERECKÝ KRAJ / LIBEREC REGION Liberec

KRÁLOVÉHRADECKÝ KRAJ / HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ REGION Hradec Králové

PARDUBICKÝ KRAJ / PARDUBICE REGION Pardubice

VYSOČINA / VYSOČINA REGION Jihlava

JIHOMORAVSKÝ KRAJ / SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION Brno

OLOMOUCKÝ KRAJ / OLOMOUC REGION Olomouc

ZLÍNSKÝ KRAJ / ZLÍN REGION Zlín

MORAVSKOSLEZSKÝ KRAJ / MORAVIAN-SILESIAN REGION Ostrava CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 13

DE LIBEREC REGION PL ÚSTÍ NAD LABEM REGION HRADEC KRÁLOVÉ REGION KARLOVY VARY REGION PRAHA

PARDUBICE REGION MORAVIAN-SILESIAN CENTRAL-BOHEMIAN REGION REGION PILSEN REGION OLOMOUC REGION

VYSOČINA REGION

ZLÍN REGION SOUTH BOHEMIAN REGION SOUTH MORAVIAN REGION

SK AT 14 FUNDING CULTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Denationalisation of cultural facilities was a very FUNDING CULTURE important step in the process of democratisation. This process is also very closely connected with IN THE CZECH the Territorial Reform of Public Administration in the country. The Act on Municipalities released REPUBLIC the local authorities from organisational subordi- nation to the state and it allowed them to establish cultural institutions. Many cultural institutions were transferred to them from the state level – mainly theatres. Withy the establishment of new higher territorial units (14 regions) dozens of mu- Pavla Petrová seums, galleries and libraries were transferred from the state to the regions. After the Second World War, the territory of Czechoslovakia, as it was then known, fell under The fi rst modern strategic document in the fi eld Soviet infl uence. This was one of the main reasons of culture was elaborated in 1996 for the Minis- why the Communists seized power for 50 years try of Culture in the form of the White Book – a after the ‘February revolution’ in 1948. In 1960, study that clarified the relation of the state to the state changed its name to the Czechoslovak culture and gave examples of cultural policies Socialist Republic. Methods of totalitarian power from other European countries. It also included a and economic problems aroused ever-growing proposal for modernising the grant system of the resistance, which culminated in the Prague Spring Ministry of Culture. The fi rst government policy on of 1968 and general liberalisation in all fi elds in- culture in the history of the Czech republic was cluding the fi eld of culture. All these eff orts were ratifi ed by Government Decree No. 401 in April suppressed in August of the same year with the 1999 and it was called the Strategy of Eff ective invasion of Warsaw Pact troops. After an unsuc- Cultural Support. In 2001 this was followed by the cessful attempt at democratisation, the so-called government’s adopting the Cultural Policy in the normalisation started after 1969; it can be char- Czech republic 2001-2005. Provisions connect- acterised as a period when all individuals and ed with the membership of the Czech Republic activities that did not agree with the Soviet oc- in the European Union and reform of the public cupation were persecuted by the state. Many im- administration ranked among the main topics of portant Czech personalities from the fi elds of art cultural policy. In 2008, the government approved and culture were persecuted at that time. At the the National Cultural Policy 2009-2014. This is a beginning of the 1980s, pressure for democracy document that focuses on understanding culture started to grow more intensively, resulting in the as a discipline in which it is useful to invest time, ‘Velvet Revolution’ in November 1989. This proc- energy, and human and fi nancial potential. ess brought essential political, social and economic changes to the Czechoslovakian society The starting point of the National Cultural Policy and it has changed the shape of culture in the was the formulation of a so-called vision of the Czech Republic. national cultural policy, i.e. of what role culture should play in society to fully use its often ne- Until 1989, there was a dense network of ideologi- glected potential and what is the role of the state cally controlled and endowed cultural facilities in this fi eld. Based on this vision ‘four objectives of – libraries, cultural centres and houses, cinemas, cultural policy’ were articulated – economic and theatres, museums, monuments, observatories social dimensions; civic dimension – personal de- etc. This network was centralised in the 1950s velopment; the role of the state, the regions, and and structurally reorganised in the 1970s. At the the municipalities in supporting the conservation beginning of the 1990s, there was a mass priva- and development of cultural values; the role of the tisation and denationalisation of this network. All state in formulating the rules. In this respect the state institutions like book publishers and music National Cultural Policy does more than previous industries, fi lm studios, circuses or art agencies strategies to intervene in and support ‘culture as a were privatised. Some state ideological cultural sector that in the coming years can play a funda- institutions were closed. State funds like the mental role in the development of Czech society Czech Music Fund and others were transformed and on which to a large degree the economic, en- into foundations according to a new Act on Foun- vironmental and social development of the state dations. can depend’. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 15

Following from these conceptual materials a grant system was gradually developed at the state level and modelled on it also at lower levels, i.e. the regions and towns. Strategic documents in the ﬁ eld of cultural began to emerge and new tools of support for culture and the arts were created.

The central body of state administration for the fi eld of culture is the Ministry of Culture. It supports the arts, cultural activities, and care for cultural heritage through subsidies paid out of the national budget’s chapter for ‘Culture’. It es- tablishes 30 state-managed organisations and 1 public benefi t organisation. Two state funds also operate on the state level: the Czech Republic State Fund for the Support and Development of Cinematography and the State Cultural Fund of Photo archive the Czech Republic. Both funds are established in accordance with the law. Administration of Regional and local authorities play a very impor- these funds is executed by the Ministry of Cul- tant role in cultural policy. The regions support ture which is responsible for the management of the development of culture and establish regional fund fi nances. Decisions about the distribution of libraries, museums and galleries, regional thea- funds are made by the fund councils, which are in- tres, orchestras and institutes of archaeological dependent collective bodies whose members are preservation from their budget. The regions also elected by the Chamber of Deputies of the Parlia- co-create fi nancial, conceptual and legislative as- ment of the Czech republic. The Czech Republic sumptions for the development of culture in the State Fund for the Support and Development of region in conformity with concepts of the govern- Cinematography is the only tool of public fi nan- ment of the Czech republic and recommendations cial support for independent cinematographic of the Ministry of Culture. Culture is included in production in the country. The Fund currently has the Programmes of Development of all 14 of the several funding sources. One steady source of regions. The programmes also place a new em- revenue is from the commercial utilisation of fi lms phasis on culural diversity. Towns and municipali- on which the fund holds copyright (fi lms made ties adhere to the law on municipalities, accod- from 1965 to 1990) is the best source in this area. ing to which they are responsible for the overall Another steady source of income is the charge cultural development and needs of their citizens. of 1 CZK added to the price of tickets in cinemas. Some municipalities are the administrators of cul- The State Cultural Fund of the CR should support tural institutions, in particular municipal libraries, the creation, realisation and promotion of works galleries, and museums, theatres, orchestras, and of artistic value, editorial activities in the area of other specialised cultural institutions. Many towns non-periodical and periodical publications, the announce competitions for cultural projects to acquisition, restoration and preservation of cul- apply for support. Some towns, especially the tural monuments and collection works, exhibition larger ones, have their own cultural policy. and lecturing activities, the promotion of Czech culture abroad, the organisation of cultural festi- Cultural policy is of course also shaped by civil so- vals, exhibitions and similar cultural activities, and ciety and initiatives in this fi eld that have emerged cultural projects of ethnic minorities etc. By law over time in the Czech Republic. This level has an this fund has several sources of income (apart influence on the transformation of the cultural from other yields from public appeals and lotter- policies of towns and also influences cultural ies), but the fund has actually never fulfi lled its policy at the state level. The biggest infl uence is mission; it had some activity back in 2006, but evident in the changes in grant and other support since then has been inactive. The Fund currently systems in the fi eld of culture and in the establish- does not have an appointed Council, and the Min- ment of advisory bodies and more. istry of Culture is considering possible forms of its continuation or whether to dissolve it. 16 FUNDING CULTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Public expenditure on culture and ﬁ nancing from private sources

From the start of the 1990s to 2007 the Ministry of Culture’s total expenditures on ‘Culture’ had an overall rising tendency. From 2008 they began to decrease again, primarily in connection with the state budget deﬁ cit and the ongoing economic crisis. For a comparison, the table shows data for selected years.

EXPENDITURE OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE (BILLIONS OF CZK)

1995 1998 2000 2004 2006

Total expenditure 3.32 4.40 5.37 6.55 7.10

2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

Total expenditure 8.30 7.94 7.84 7.70 7.30

Source: Ministry of Culture

In 2009 there was a further decrease in expenditure from 2008, which was already decreased. There was also a decrease in 2010. In 2008, 0.8% of the public budget was allocated to culture; in 2011 a further cut is expected to 0.62% of the public budget. For 2011 the budget for culture is set at 7.3 billion Czk, of which 1.4 billion Czk will be allocated to churches and religious societies, so that approximately 0.5% of the public budget will be left for culture.

As of 31 December 2009 the Czech Republic had a population of 10 506 800. The uniform exchange rate of the Czech National Bank for 2009 was 26.50 Czk for 1 Euro. Public budget expenditure on culture at every level of public administration in 2009 was equal to 2568 Czk or 97 Euro per capita. Expenditure on culture in 2009 amounted to 1.62% of total public expenditure. The table below shows public budget expenditure on culture as a share of GDP.

PUBLIC BUDGET EXPENDITURE ON CULTURE AS A SHARE OF GDP (BILLIONS OF CZK)

2001 2006 2007 2008 2009

GDP 2 352.2 3 222.4 3 53.5 3 689.0 3 627.2

On culture* 17.4 23.4 24.1 24.5 27.0

In % 0.74 0.73 0.68 0.66 0.74

Source: Czech Statistical Offi ce, Ministry of Finance of the CR (ARIS database) and NIPOS (expenditure of regional administration).

* Sum of expenditures at the state level (Ministry of Culture and other central bodies) and expenditures of administrative units

The current tax system in the Czech republic is not especially supportive of philanthropy or patronage. The system advantages sponsors over donors.The costs of promotion and advertising are tax deductible costs and sponsors can apply the full sum to their tax base. The deductible ‘gifts’ item, however, is limited as a percentage of the tax base. In practice this means that sponsorships are realised in the form of contracts on advertising, co-operation, the lease of space, rather than as direct donations.In the ﬁ eld of culture international ﬁ lm and music festivals are traditionally the most successful at the area of obtaining sponsorship. Data are not summarily collected and there are no studies in this area targeting culture. However, cultural institutions generally complain that there has been a decline in corporate sponsorship in connection with the economic crisis. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 17

Tools of support for the arts It supports visual arts projects through grants and it organises and co-organises exhibitions. It The conditions of grant procedures at the level also grants scholarships to the best students of of the state and municipalities are modifi ed every sculpture. The Czech Architecture Foundation year. Recently, topics focused on interdiscipli- supports projects focusing on exhibition and pub- nary projects (in the fi eld of art and music) have lishing activities in the fi eld of architecture and it emerged. The state grants for supporting exhibi- facilitates foreign architecture exhibitions in the tion projects (www.mkcr.cz) focus on young artists, Czech Republic. The foundation does not organ- theoreticians and curators up to the age of 35 years. ise its own projects and it does not contribute to The capital city of Prague has a similar programme the operation of architects’ professional activities offering one-year grants for young artists in all or architecture schools (www.nca.info). With the fi elds of the arts (www.praha-mesto.cz). A relative- denationalisation of these originally state cultural ly new tool of state support are contributions for funds, in conformity with the law the Ministry of creative or study purposes or state scholarships Culture established two new funds – the Czech have been provided since 2008 according to the Republic’s State Fund for the Support and Devel- Act on some kinds of support. Creative scholar- opment of Cinematography and the State Cultural ships can be provided for a period of 6 months Fund. to 2 years with the possibility of extending this to 1 year. The outcome must be the creation of Arts and professional organisations, an artwork in conformity with the Copyright Law. interest groups, non-profi t organisa- The study scholarship includes a study residence tions, and advisory bodies for at least one month at a signifi cant art, science or other specialised workplace. The study schol- Professional arts organisations are founded in the arship is off ered to people up to the age of 35. form of civic associations that are able to execute Nevertheless, the Czech Republic still lacks tools their own activities in the Czech Republic (CR). for supporting the mobility of artists. There are no Some of them are supported by grants from the short-term travel grants, travel bursaries or other Ministry of Culture. The majority (except for writ- funding like „go and see“ grants, market develop- ers’ associations) are fi nanced only on a project ment grants, and others. basis. The Czech Writers’ Guild and some other associations in the fi eld of literature are excep- The transformation of cultural funds to founda- tionally fi nanced on an annual basis. There is no tions occurred in 1993 and 1994; it was based on special endowment instrument for their support the Act on the Transformation of Cultural Funds, in general and their survival is dependent on the whereby they were denationalised. These in- contributions of their members. Professional art- cluded the Czech Literary Fund Foundation, the ists’ organisations are associated in the Council Czech Music Fund Foundation and the Czech Art of Professional Artists’ Associations (www.ruo. Fund Foundation. Foundations obtain their mon- cz) which is a member of the European Council ey from estate yields (immovables), from dona- of Artists. The Council of Professional Artists’ As- tions and from sponsor subsidies. The Czech Lit- sociations includes such main arts organisations erary Fund Foundation (www.nclf.cz) is currently as the Czech Literary Translators’ Guild, the Czech one of few alternatives for supporting new valu- Writers’ Guild, the Society of Czech Architects, the able works of original literature and translation, Union of Authors and Performers, the Association theatre, fi lm, journalism, science, radio, television of Music Artists and Musicologists, the Associa- and entertainment. The foundation awards grants tion for Radio Production, the Union of Visual Art- for publishing or the creation of non-commercial ists of the Czech republic, the Actors’ Association, literature, theatre, science and fi lm artworks and the Czech Film and Television Union, the Associa- periodicals. It grants scholarships for production tion of Photographers and the ITI – Czech Centre of new art and science projects and it gives annu- of the International Theatre Institute. al awards. The Czech Music Fund Foundation supports the development and promotion of Czech The development of society has also ushered music culture and off ers grant programmes. The in the rise of new civic initiatives and associa- foundation has also established a public benefi t tions. Since around 2004 in Prague especially organisation, the Music Information Centre and initiatives have arisen periodically in ad hoc re- the Czech Music Fund (www.nchf.cz). The Czech sponse to critical situations in the sphere of cul- Visual Art Foundation (www.ncvu.cz) underwent ture brought on by cuts in funding, the ignorance a more unrestrained process of denationalisation. of officials, corruptions, the failure to adhere to 18 FUNDING CULTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

binding concepts approved by the bodies of rep- This system was put together over several dec- resentative democracy and, unfortunately, a lack ades and in some fields (e.g. amateur theatre) of transparency in actions and the distribution goes back as far as the interwar First Republic. of funding.Other problems have been a lack of It was completed in the 1970s, when a network communication with the professional community of so-called cultural-education facilities over- and wilful and a-conceptual action at every level saw the regional and sometimes also the district of public administration. Such initiatives have showcases. With the demise of this network after included 4 Points for Culture and For a Cultural November 1989, amateurs in individuals fi elds of Prague aimed at combating the lack of concept the arts had to decide whether they wanted to at Prague’s City Council. One of the boldest have such a system, and in the fi rst third of the initiatives recently is the informal For a Cultural 1990s, when grant systems were still just forming Czech Republic, which concentrates on the com- at the levels of both the state and local authori- mon goals of representatives of non-governmen- ties, had to see to bringing them about. The cur- tal, non-profit cultural and arts organisations and rent system thus did not emerge by offi cial decree other figures working in the fields of non-profit by derives from the free wishes of citizens, which activities in various arts and cultural fields across can be clearly interpreted as the articulation of a the Czech republic. The initiative arose in March need for culture. 2009 in direct response to the drastic financial cuts in the sphere of culture. The organisers of regional showcases are cultural facilities, leisure facilities for children and young There are advisory bodies for issues relating to children, civic associations, individuals, business culture and the arts at the level of the state and in entities. Their fi nancing is based on a multi-source most large towns, including Prague.The Ministry principle. The Ministry of Education annually con- of Culture, for instance, has the Council for the tributes to children’s advancement shows through Arts, an advisory body made up of representa- NIPOS-ARTAMA (60-70 showcases in the disci- tives of the non-profi t sector and cultural institu- plines of theatre, recitation, dance, folklore and tions. The Council’s functions include overseeing choir singing). The Ministry of Culture contributes the fulfi lment of the Concept for More Eff ective to each regional showcase. Other sources are Support of the Arts 2007–2013, proposing and contributions from towns that organise the event, initiating conceptual, organisational, and legisla- grants from the regions and participants’ fees. tive measures in the fi eld of the arts, discussing, assessing, consulting on, and preparing opinions Unlike advanced democratic states, where the and recommendations relating to the arts, moni- main subjects of non-professional arts are non- toring the activities of organisations in the arts governmental organisations with nationwide under the Ministry, and offer initiatives for re- scope and with signifi cant fi nancial support from search on theoretical and practical issues in the public resources, in the Czech Republic the major fi eld of the arts. nationwide non-governmental organisations work only in two disciplines – folklore (Folklore Associa- Amateur arts activities and popular tion of the Czech Republic) and dance for children culture and youth (Czech Dance Organisation). The Czech Choir Union and the Czech Association of Photog- Something very specifi c to the Czech Republic is raphers endeavour to be the main representative its support for amateur arts activities – the state bodies in their fi elds. In other disciplines, there can annually supports a system of so-called regional be more than one association (e.g. in amateur thea- advancement and nationwide showcases. The tre there are 10) or just one with limited scope (e.g. non-professional artistic activities of children, the Wind Band Association of the CR) or none at young people and adults have access to the all. This diverse situation is the result of the break nationwide showcases through ‘advancement in tradition caused by the totalitarian period and shows’. The nationwide and regional showcases a persistent negative attitude towards collective are thus part of one system and groups or indi- groups. The operations of such associations are fi - viduals interested in presenting their work take nancially limited nowadays, and in many cases it is part in one of the competitive regional showcas- impossible for the state to support their operation. es, while the nationwide programme is comprised Two state-funded organisations operate as profes- of productions nominated in these regional shows sional and co-ordination centres for amateur artis- (direct advancements) or were recommended by tic activities: NIPOS (for the majority of disciplines) regional committees (decided by the programme and the National Institute of Folk Culture (NÚLK) in council of the nationwide show). Strážnice (traditional folk culture). CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 19

When we look back in history, the most active the Ústínad Labem Region. The situation is more fi elds are amateur theatre, with about 3000 en- complicated in the capital city of Prague, where sembles, and choirs, of which there are about these activities do not play as important a role 1700. The Folklore Association of the Czech re- in local culture and do not enjoy the same level public has more than 10 000 registered children of public support as in other regions (e.g. little and young people as members. Amateur artistic support for the regional advancement shows). activities are currently growing considerably as a result of the rising living standards and the fi rmly Documents on cultural policy established system of support for these activities from the state, regions and smaller regional or- State cultural policy for 2009–2014, ganisations and associations. Ministry of Culture CZ, 2009. www.mkcr.cz A characteristic feature of the Czech Republic is the diversity of activities represented in indi- Concept of More Eff ective Support of the Arts vidual regions. This fact is the result of tradition, in 2007–2013, Ministry of Culture CZ. demographic development, especially after the www.mkcr.cz a www.divadlo.cz/koncepceumeni/ Second World War, and the distinct development after 1989. All-embracing artistic groups Concept for the Development of Libraries in the exist in the Hradec Králové region thanks to the Czech Republic 2004–2010. cooperation of the regional funding organisa- Prague: Ministry of Culture CZ, 2004. tion IMPULS with civic associations (e.g. the www.mkcr.cz East-Bohemian Free Association of Amateur Drama); there are many disciplines which can Concept of Eff ective Care of Traditional Folk be documented by the number of companies Culture in the CR for 2011-2015, and individuals in regional showcases and by Ministry of Culture CZ the list of award winners at the state level. The http://www.mkcr.cz/assets/kulturni-dedictvi/ Pardubice Region is very active in the tradition regionalni-a-narodnostni-kultura/Koncepce-a- of puppet and dramatic theatre, recitation, film jine-ustavujici-dokumenty/KONCEPCE-ucinnej- and photography; there is also a regional re- si-pece-o-tradicni-lidovou-kulturu-v-CR-na-leta- search facility (as a department of the Regional 2011-az-2015.doc Library). Another region that has a very active amateur arts culture is Moravia, with dance and Concept of Eff ective Care of Movable Cultural music folklore, non-professional music activi- Heritage in the CR for 2010–2014, ties like choir singing, brass music (especially Prague: Ministry of Culture CZ the South Moravian and Moravian-Silesian Re- (Concept for the Development of Museums), gions), theatre, dance for children and adults, Ministry of Culture of the Czech republic, 2010 and visual arts activities. The South Moravian http://www.mkcr.cz/assets/kulturni-dedictvi/ and Olomouc Regions are traditional centres of muzea-galerie-a-ochrana-moviteho-kulturniho- chamber and symphonic music. Western Bohe- dedictvi/koncepce/KONCEPCE.doc mia supports folklore, theatre and dance disciplines as well as being a centre for brass mu- Concept of Support and Development of Czech sic. The South Bohemia Region is very active in Cinematography and the Czech Film Industry chamber and symphonic music, as well as music 2011- 2016 and the Strategy for the Competi- and dance folklore. The Central Bohemia Region tiveness of the Czech Film Industry 2011–2016, favours theatre, as well as chamber and sym- Ministry of Culture CZ, 2010 phonic music. The former border regions are in http://www.mkcr.cz/cz/media-a-audiovize/ an inconvenient position from a demographic kinematografi e/koncepce-podpory-a-rozvoje- point of view because the Second World War ceske-kinematografi e-a-fi lmoveho-prumys- and post-war expulsion of the German inhab- lu-2011---2016-79977/ itants resulted in a break in the continuity of traditional cultural events. Currently, some dis- Essays on Culture 2004–2009, ciplines have managed to link up with this tra- Ministry of Culture CZ, 2009. dition again, e.g. in the Liberec Region, dance, www.mkcr.cz choir singing, amateur theatre and photography are very active thanks to the efforts of leading Statistics on Culture 2009, NIPOS, 2010 personalities and active groups. Amateur thea- http://www.nipos-mk.cz/wp-content/up- tre, choir singing and amateur film flourishes in loads/2009/03/Statistics-on-culture-2009.pdf 20 FUNDING CULTURE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Key organisations and portals Grant-giving bodies

Decision-making bodies ECONNECT database of grants Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic http://nno.ecn.cz/index.stm?apc=nF2xx1-- www.mkcr.cz &r[0]=k Offi ce of the Government of the Czech Republic www.vlada.cz/cz/urad-vlady/default.htm State Cultural Fund of the Czech Republic www.mkcr.cz/statni-fondy/statni-fond-kultury- cr/default.htm Professional associations Czech Republic State Fund for Support and Council of Professional Artists’ Associations Development of Czech Cinematography www.ruo.cz www.mkcr.cz/statni-fondy/statni-fond-pro-pod- poru-a-rozvoj-ceske-kinematograﬁ e/default.htm Czech Film Chamber www.ﬁ lmovakomora.cz Czech Visual Art Foundation www.ncvu.cz IFPI International Federation of the Phonograph- ic Industry National group Czech Republic Czech Literary Fund Foundation www.ifpicr.cz/ www.nclf.cz

Association of Historical Settlements in Bohemia, Czech Architecture Foundation Moravia and Silesia www.nca.info www.shscms.cz Foundation and Centre for Contemporary Arts Association of Professional Workers of Cultural www.fcca.cz Heritage www.spppp.eu OSA Music Foundation www.osa.cz Association of Museums and Galleries of the Czech republic Theatre grants – DILIA http://www.cz-museums.cz/amg/faces/web/ www.dilia.cz amg/titulni Civic Forum Foundation Association of Galleries of the Czech republic http://archiv.radio.cz/nadace-of/faq.htm http://www.radagalerii.cz/index_an.html International Council of Museums ICOM Czech-German Fund for the Future www.cz-icom.cz www.fondbudoucnosti.cz

The Association of Art Critics and Theoreticians Life of an Artist Foundation http://www.galeriekritiku.cz/search. www.nadace-zivot-umelce.cz php?rsvelikost=sab&rstext=all-phpRS- all&rstema=8 Nadání Josefa, Marie a Zdeňky Hlávkových Foundation Czech centres of non-governmental organisa- www.hlavkovanadace.cz tions ITI, AICT, ASSITEJ, OISTAT, UNIMA, SIBMAS, FIRT a Czech Music Council Czech Science Foundation – GAČR / Grantová http://institute.theatre.cz/centra.asp agentura České republiky www.gacr.cz/international.htm CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 21

Cultural research and statistics Culture / arts portals

The Arts and Theatre Institute Intercultural Dialogue www.idu.cz www.mezikulturnidialog.cz

ProCulture DIVADLO portal www.proculture.cz www.theatre.cz and www.divadlo.cz

NIPOS The Arts Institute www.nipos-mk.cz www.culturenet.cz

Czech Statistical Offi ce Czech Literature portal www.czso.cz www.czlit.cz

Department of Cultural Studies Czech Music of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University www.czechmusic.org in Prague www.kulturologie.cz Information system abART – visual arts http://abart-full.artarchiv.cz/ Theatre Faculty of JAMU in Brno http://difa.jamu.cz/english Kormidlo – a catalogue of civic society links www.kormidlo.cz

Labyrint cultural guide-book www.labyrint.net/bedekr/

Artsinfo www.proculture.cz/artsinfo

New Web www.novasit.cz

Taneční aktuality www.tanecniaktuality.cz

Design website www.designportal.cz

Czechdesign.cz www.czechdesign.cz

Museums and galleries in the Czech Republic www.cz-museums.cz 22 HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE

the Homeland Theatre (Vlastenské divadlo), the HISTORICAL ﬁ rst professional company to perform in Czech as well as German. In 1783 Nostic Theatre (Nosti- HIGHLIGHTS OF THE covo divadlo; later the Estates Theatre/Stavovské divadlo) opened and in 1787 and 1791 hosted the CZECH THEATRE world premieres of Mozart’s Don Giovanni and La clemenza di Tito.

The 19th century, shaped by the ongoing Nation- al Revival movement, saw the establishment of modern Czech-language theatre and the emer- Martin J. Švejda gence of such founding fi gures as Václav Kliment Klicpera, Jan Nepomuk Štěpánek, Josef Kajetán The origins of the history of theatre in the Czech Tyl, and Bedřich Smetana; from the 1850s thea- lands are the elements of theatre present in the tre’s prevailing function as entertainment for the rituals and customs of the Slavonic tribes that people was fulfi lled by newly emerging itinerant began setting in the region in the 5th century companies, and from the 1860s and 1870s arenas AD. The history of theatre as such can be traced were set up that operated in the summer. The from the 12th century, when there is evidence of opening of the National Theatre (Národní divad- the existence of both secular (minstrels) and li- lo) in 1883 marked a high point in Czech theatre’s turgical theatre, the latter forming part of church struggle for self-determination. From the second ceremonies. In the 15th century, the course of half of the 19th century German-language thea- theatre history was interrupted by the Hussite tre was faced with a thinning German population, movement and its restrictive religious stance on which had made up the majority of its audiences. theatre. That situation only changed at the turn of The new modern art trends of late 19th-century the 16th century under the infl uence of the Ren- Europe infiltrated Czech theatre with a slight aissance in Europe. Students at the university in delay but provided it with powerful impulses – Prague began reading and performing the Greek whether in the fi eld of Realist drama (the plays of and Roman Classics; theatre spread to the towns Gabriela Preissová, Vilém and Alois Mrštík, Alois and municipalities; and theatrically oriented fes- Jirásek, Ladislav Stroupežnický, Jaroslav Hilbert) tivities organised to mark important state events, and Realist directing (Jaroslav Kvapil), Expres- coronations, weddings and provincial assemblies sionist directing (Karel Hugo Hilar), psycholog- began to be held at the homes of the nobility. In ical-analytical acting (Hana Kvapilová, Eduard the fi rst half of the 17th century theatre activity Vojan), and opera production (the composers An- was hindered by the Thirty Years War. A tradition tonín Dvořák, Leoš Janáček, the conductor Karel of Humanist theatre was embodied in the Latin Kovařovic, the opera singer Ema Destinová). education plays of Jan Ámos Komenský, but with the arrival of the Jesuit order in the Czech lands The independent Republic of Czechoslovakia was Jesuit theatre began to prevail. From the start of founded in 1918 and as a stable democracy estab- the 17th century companies of professional Ital- lished good conditions for the development of the ian, English, and eventually even German itinerant theatre arts. Eff orts to create Expressionist and actors performed in the Czech lands, not just at Symbolist theatre peaked during the fi rst post- court festivities, but even on stages open to the war years; in the second half of the 1920s a mod- public. ernised version of analytical-psychological theatre emerged in the form of a civilist, neo-classical The era of Italian opera began in the fi rst half of concept, as represented in the plays of Karel and the 18th century took off and was given a boost Josef Čapek, František Langer, and in the direc- by the famous 1723 Prague staging of the opera torial styles of Karel Dostal and Karel Hugo Hilar. Costanza e Fortezza by the Habsburg court com- Czech theatre absorbed important impulses from poser Johann Joseph Fux to mark the corona- Europe through the work of Prague’s New German tion of Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI as King Theatre (Nové německé divadlo). The infl uence of of Bohemia. The tradition of performances in the French and Soviet theatre gave rise to an avant- Czech language was maintained in small towns garde stream in Czech theatre, characterised by and villages through folk drama and puppetry strong directorial and scenographic components theatre. The early stages of the political and cul- (the directors E. F. Burian, Jiří Frejka, Jindřich tural awakening of the Czech nation in the late Honzl, the scenographers František Tröster and 18th century helped lead to the establishment of František Zelenka). With the escalation of inter- CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 23

national political tensions in the second half of the 1930s, Czech theatre became politically engaged and leaned towards works addressing the present. The Nazi Occupation of Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s then forced Czech theatre to retreat towards more entertaining and generally humanistically oriented work. The Second World War and the expulsion of the German population led to the deﬁ nitive demise of a centuries-long tradition of a bilingual (Czech and German) theatre culture in the Czech lands.

The development of Czech theatre after 1945 was heavily inﬂ uenced by political events in the country and the totalitarianism of the Communist regime. During the repressive 1950s theatre became a propagandist tool of the Communist regime. The Estates Theatre in Prague (Stavovské divadlo), photo archive The mild thaw of the regime in the late 1950s created a more relaxed situation, and the more freely functioning theatre of the 1960s produced many valuable and prized works. The directors Alfréd Radok, Otomar Krejča, and Jan Grossman, the playwrights Václav Havel and Josef Topol, the scenographer Josef Svoboda, Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo Na zábradlí), Theatre Beyond the Gate (Divadlo Za branou) and the Drama Club (Činoherní klub) became names of European and world renown. After the occupation of Czecho- slovakia in 1968 a restrictive and dogmatic form of Communist regime returned and Czech theatre again found itself with constraints on its creative freedom, and the focal points of theatrical activity shifted in terms of geography and genre from the centre to the periphery; most progressive work was carried on outside Prague (at Studio Ypsilon The barroque theatre in Český Krumlov, photo archive in Liberec, the Drama Studio/Činoherní studio in Ústí nad Labem, Theatre on a String/Divadlo na provázku in Brno) and in companies devoted to some other branch of the theatre arts than drama (pantomime – Ctibor Turba, Boleslav Polívka; puppetry theatre – DRAK Theatre). In the second half of the 1980s, as the Communist regime moved towards its demise, a formerly passive civil society became active and with it so too did Czech theatre, which in 1989 became one of the centre stages of revolutionary political change in the country.

Set design by the famous scenographer Josef Svoboda for the production František Hrubín: Srpnová neděle, direction Otomar Krejča, opening National Theatre 25. 4. 1958, photo Jaromír Svoboda 24 THE THEATRE NETWORK IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

THE THEATRE NETWORK IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Bohumil Nekolný

One of the positive social consequences to occur since 1989 is that there has been a stratifi cation and diversification of cultural services directly connected with the arts and thus also theatre. At National Theatre and New Stage, Prague, photo archive the very start of the 1990s, a normal public and private sector emerged and began operating, ropean average. Most of the public theatres are breaking the socialist monopoly on state culture self-suffi cient once they can maintain an attend- under the previous regime. The Czech theatre ance rate of around 30%. In the Czech Republic, system comprises a public network of theatres, the survey section on ‘Theatre’ also encompasses a private commercial theatre sector, and non- opera and dance, which is not usually the practice profi t theatre activities. Only the National Theatre in some European countries, where opera is clas- with the State Opera are state run, falling under sifi ed, for instance, under ‘Music’. The scope of our the Ministry of Culture. Most public theatres are surveys corresponds more to the wider concept managed and funded by towns. These theatres of ‘Performing Arts’, which is commonly used in are usually state budgetary organisations, and a EU countries. few are public benefi t companies or limited liabil- ity companies. There are only two theatres that The stable number of theatres in the public thea- are run by a region (one is Těšínské Theatre in tre network, the number of permanent theatres and Český Těšín, which stages productions in Czech companies and a consistent number of premieres and Polish, and the other is Horácké Theatre in and performances each year (observed in a long- Jihlava). Statistics from 2009 indicate that there term time series) indicates that the Czech theatre are 43 public theatres and 43 commercial thea- system as a whole is relatively stable. This is not al- tres in the country. Non-profi t entities are run by ways a positive situation. There are also a number a civic association or public benefi t company and of stagione that run theatre productions but do 2009 statistics indicate there are 48 such entities. not have a resident company. Total public budg- However, in fact there are at least twice as many et expenditures on theatre (2009) amounted to professional theatre (and dance) companies in 3,158,851,000 CZK, of which 806,335,000 CZK was the Czech Republic than the number cited by sta- from the state budget, 202,676,000 CZK was from tistics. regional budgets, and 2,149,840,000 CZK was from the budgets of town and municipality budgets. The An asset of the Czech theatre infrastructure is Ministry of Culture off ers a number of grant pro- that it covers the entire territory of the state, al- grammes, both in support of professional theatre, though naturally there is a higher concentration and in support of project diversifi cation. A number of theatres in the capital. The theatre sector as of towns have introduced a grant policy, and to a a whole has approximately 7,500 employees and smaller extent the regions are also moving in this 4,000 people working on the basis of a contract direction. But the cities are still a major subsidiser of services or author agreement. More than 5.5 of the public theatre network. This is an unstable ar- million people attend the theatre each year, which rangement that can only be fi xed by genuinely (and in a country of 10 million inhabitants is the Euro- not just declaratively) introducing the principle of pean average. In 2008, commercial theatres had cooperative fi nancing. Public budget cooperation attendance records of 1.5 million people, indicat- is essential for fi nancing the theatre arts, which are ing that these entities already occupy one-quar- expensive, but as yet there is no cooperation be- ter of the theatre market. The average attendance tween the private and public sector in the area of rate is around 80%, which is better than the Eu- operating theatre. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 25

An analysis of the number of premieres in the examples of which are the puppet theatres in Hra- Czech Republic by genre reveals that classical dec, Liberec and Pilsen. ballet premieres and performances have declined while premieres in the fi eld of dance and move- To conclude, the Czech theatre is stable in struc- ment theatre have risen dramatically in number. ture and performance outcome, and one of its However, there has also been a significant de- particular assets is the sector’s diversifi cation into crease in the number of opera titles (by almost public, commercial, and non-profi t theatres. 10%), primarily owing to a shortage of funding (or the high costs) of this genre. The underfund- ing of opera becomes obvious when the ‘most subsidised’ opera theatres, the Opera of the Na- tional Theatre and the Prague State Opera, are compared to their closest and most natural coun- terparts abroad—Vienna and Berlin. Berlin opera stages receive in nominal value as much as four times the amount of funding, and this is so even though the subsidy per viewer is equal to 1140 CZK at the National Theatre Opera and 720 CZK at Prague State Opera. Similarly, state operas in Vienna receive four to fi ve times the amount of public budget funding that the Czech National Theatre gets and as much as six to seven times what the Prague State Opera receives. Despite the international character of opera as a genre (and as a commercial cultural commodity), over Janáček Theatre, Brno, photo archive the course of five years there was more than a 20% decline in the export of a traditional Czech cultural product—opera. This is an alarming fi nd- ing. The gap between the number of foreign companies performing in the country and the number of Czech companies abroad is growing, as the demand of Czech theatre as an export commodity is declining, even at prestigious festivals and top stages abroad. The priorities of the country’s cultural policy need to be adjusted. Moreover, all this is taking place while the country is already a full member of the EU and thus faces no administrative obstacles to crossing borders. The quality of Czech theatre arts (even in an international comparison) is mainly being upheld by alternative groups Viliam Dočolomanský’s Farm in the Cave (Farma v jeskyně), the ‘new circus’ poetics of Ros- tislav Novák, and the various unorthodox projects of the Forman Brothers Theatre. Even small dra- Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Ostrava, photo archive ma stages that have won numerous awards and prizes, like Divadlo Komedie and Dejvické divadlo, are struggling to survive. ‘Quality’ is not yet a de- termining criterion or priority in the allocation of public resources. The prestige of Czech theatre is also founded on the country’s theatre festivals, many of which now have a tradition of almost two decades, festivals like the Pilsen International ‘Theatre’ Festival, the International Festival of the Theatre of European Regions in Hradec Králové, and the Tanec Praha international dance festival. Czech puppet theatre continues to rank among the permanent assets of domestic theatre arts, 26 THEATRE FESTIVALS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

THEATRE FESTIVALS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

Vladimír Hulec

If we look at the map of theatre festivals or festivals where drama, dance, performance or site-spe- ciﬁ c projects form a large part of the programme, we ﬁ nd that there are many such events going on across the Czech Republic. The biggest and most International festival Theatre of Europan Regions, Hradec Králové, important festivals are the Pilsen International photo archive ‘Theatre’ Festival (Mezinárodní festival divadlo Plzeň), the International Festival of Theatre of Eu- focus more on drama, it also hosts many puppet- ropean Regions (Mezinárodní festival Divadlo ev- ry, cabaret, and musical shows and performances ropských regionů) in Hradec Králové, Tanec Praha focused on physical theatre and the new circus. international dance festival, the Prague Festival of German-language Theatre (Pražský divadelní fes- Tanec Praha is a small international dance festival tival německého jazyka) and in the past two years that emerged shortly after 1989 and 2011 marks Theatre World Brno (Divadelní svět Brno). its 23rd year. The festival spotlights contemporary dance theatre and brings top dance productions Each year in the early autumn, the Pilsen Inter- from around the world to Prague. It has hosted national ‘Theatre’ Festival showcases the best the dance companies of Pina Bausch and Merce productions by Czech theatre companies from Cunningham, the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, the past season, along with top productions from Jiří Kylián and the Nederlands Dans Theater, and abroad. The festival was founded in 1993, not long many more. In recent years it has also devoted after the 1989 revolution. Its purpose was and still itself to exploring experimental European dance is to transcend theatre borders between East and groups as part of the European Dance Laboratory West. It brings together prominent Czech thea- project, and its Dance Platform provides space for tre artists, critics, and theorists, and it is probably Czech contemporary dance groups. the most prestigious theatre festival in the Czech Republic. Prague Festival of German-language Theatre also imports top theatre groups to Prague - but By contrast, the International Festival of Theatre in this case the focus is European drama com- of European Regions in Hradec Králové, which was panies from German-speaking countries. This ex- founded in 1995 and takes place every year in late clusive event, which originated in 1996 out of an June, just before the theatres break for the sum- initiative put forth by the Czech playwright Pavel mer, serves as a ‘pleasant’ theatre get-together Kohout and continues the tradition of Prague as and a farewell to the past season. The sheer num- the Central European space where Czech, Ger- ber of events and performances it encompasses man and Jewish cultures merged fundamentally makes it the biggest theatre event in the coun- influences the domestic theatre space. It could try. Professional, semi-professional, independent, even be said that modern Czech theatre now has and amateur companies and groups converge connective links to the German theatre space on Hradec Králové and perform in the festival’s and to playwrights and directors such as Chris- main programme and in the Open-Air programme toph Marthaler, Elfriede Jelinek, Thomas Bern- at various venues around town, indoors, outside hard, Frank Castorf, Marius von Mayenburg and in the park, the streets, and the squares, under others. A primary example is the current Prague tents or under the open sky. There is a reason the Chamber Theatre (Pražské komorní divadlo) of festival is nicknamed ‘Czech Avignon’. It off ers a Dušan D. Pařízek, as well as work by directors like very open programme, and although it tends to Michal Dočekal, Thomas Zielinski, Daniel Špinar, CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 27

and Tomáš Svoboda. provides a venue for theatre with oriental inﬂ u- ences, and of Transteatral, aimed at Ibero-Ameri- Theatre World Brno was founded in 2010. It can culture. The cultural programme in the capital sprang from the Theatre in Motion festivals that also includes a number of summer commercial were occasionally organised in the 1980s by the events. One is the Summer Shakespeare Festival, local experimental company Goose on a String which is held on the grounds of Prague Castle, Theatre (Divadlo husa na provázku) and from a but in recent years has also travelled to Brno and group of likeminded theatres that in the 1990s Bratislava. There are also showcases of amateur were associated within the Centre for Experimen- theatre and theatre school productions, such as tal Theatre (Centrum experimentálního divadla - Zlomvaz, a theatre event organised by the Faculty CED). The latter joined up with other professional of Drama of the Academy of Performing Arts, and theatres in Brno: National Theatre Brno (Národni Setkání/Encounter, organised by the Theatre Fac- divadlo Brno) and Brno City Theatre (Městské di- ulty of JAMU in Brno. vadlo) and together they are working to create a large central European theatre festival that aims A thriving festival scene to focus on a diff erent theme each year. In 2010 outside Prague too the festival’s thematic focus was the playwright Václav Havel; this year it is William Shakespeare. Prague is not the only festival locale and some festivals held outside Prague have a long history. Prague: a city of theatre festivals Examples include the music festivals Smetana’s Litomyšl and Janáček’s Hukvaldy, the One-Man Next to these big events, other theatre festivals Theatre festival in Cheb, the international pup- are organised throughout the year in the Czech petry festivals Spectaculo Interesse in Ostrava Republic, festivals oriented towards different and Skupa´s Pilsen, the Beyond Borders Interna- genres or with various geographical or other foci. tional Theatre Festival (Bez hranic) in Těšíň, which Most of them take place in Prague. The biennial assembles Czech Polish, Slovak, and Hungarian Opera Festival focuses on Czech opera; site-spe- theatres, the Czech-Slovak Zlín Encounter Festi- ciﬁ c theatre and arts are the domain of the 4+4 val, Brno Wide-Open (Dokořán Brno), an opera, Days in Motion festival; Czech alternative thea- music, and operetta festival, and the Ostravar tre is the theme of the festival ‘…příští vlna/next Festival, which showcases theatres from Ostrava. wave…’; ‘Children on Dlouhá’ and the 13+ Festival Other festivals outside the capital have emerged organised by Theatre on Dlouhá Street (Divadlo relatively recently and include both commercial na Dlouhé) are devoted to children’s theatre, as festivals such as the Grand Festival of Laughter in is the Showcase for World Theatre Day for Chil- Pardubice, a venue for comedy theatre. dren and Young People organised by the Czech centre ASSITEJ. Puppetry is at the centre of the We must not forget, however, the oldest con- One Flew Over the Puppeteer’s Nest festival tinuously organised theatre festival in the world, (Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem) organised each Jirásek’s Hronov, held in the home town of the autumn. The Summer Letná Festival, which takes Czech writers Alois Jirásek and Egon Hostovský place in Letná Park in late summer, is a growing and the artist and writer Josef Čapek. The year and increasingly more important festival that fo- 2010 was the 80th anniversary of this amateur cuses on the ‘new circus’ format that has now be- theatre festival with historical roots in the time of come very popular in the Czech Republic. Dance the nineteenth-century Czech National Revival. is the focus of the annual Czech Dance Platform and the New Europe Festival, which is an international festival of contemporary dance and dance theatre organised around the Jarmila Jeřábková Award for the best original choreography. There are a number of other, ‘small’ festivals that have emerged since 2000, such as the outdoor and street theatre festival Behind the Door or the Zero Point Festival. Bringing Czech and foreign theatre together is the objective of ‘Creative Africa or We’re All Africans’ (Tvůrčí Afrika aneb Všichni jsme Afričani), a festival devoted to contemporary - mainly francophone - African theatre, and Cres- cent over Prague (Půlměsíc nad Prahou), which 28 STAGIONE THEATRES & INDEPENDENT CULTURAL CENTRES IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

In the early 1990s the Czech Republic had a STAGIONE THEATRES unique opportunity to advance the development of stagione theatres with European dimensions & INDEPENDENT and dramaturgy, an opportunity it unfortunately did not take full advantage of. One of the first CULTURAL CENTRES important events was the opening of ROXY Ex- perimental Space in 1990 at the initiative of the Linhart Foundation. This Prague venue, which IN THE CZECH has since expanded to include a gallery and NOD theatre, still functions today. Another ex- REPUBLIC traordinary cultural event in this field was the reconstruction of E. F. Burian Theatre in Prague, a former classic repertory theatre, into Archa Theatre (Divadlo Archa). Archa continues oper- Pavel Štorek ate as a production house, providing artists with the production and technological infrastructure The idea and function of stagione theatres is in which to pursue creative work. This method a departure from the traditional system of rep- of work facilitates the development of independ- ertory theatres, which have their own company. ent projects and co-productions, while also al- The stagione venue is seen as an open space lowing the venue to host domestic and foreign (a studio and rehearsal hall) where various dance, companies. The opening of this theatre in 1994 theatre, musical, film, and multi-media perform- was a promising sign for the emergence of other ances are staged. In the Czech Republic, where arts houses with a similar format, but owing to the tradition of repertory theatre is very strong, constant conceptual disputes over the transfor- and where almost every theatre building has its mation of individual theatres this did not entirely own company, it is a rare and unusual concept. come about. Nonetheless, the cultural network of non-repertory theatres in the Czech Repub- And if repertory theatres are a part of Czech na- lic has slowly managed to grow. In 1997, at the tional tradition and thus are typically supported initiative of arts personality Ctibor Turba, Alfred by the state and the municipalities, almost the ve dvoře was founded, a theatre that continues very opposite can be said of Czech performing to stage progressive artistic productions and arts. Czech artists were only able to read in a unique authorial projects. Around the turn of handful of theatre publications and magazines the millennium the above-mentioned islands of about the dramatic developments in the per- non-repertory theatre expanded with addition forming arts in Western Europe in the 1970s and of Moving Station, a venue in Pilsen, and Ponec 1980s, as at that time trips abroad were ‘directed’ Theatre (Divadlo Ponec) in Prague, which be- towards places like Varna, Split, and Stralsund. came the first venue devoted to contemporary The sad fact is that even after two decades of professional dance and movement theatre. In freedom, in terms of independent art, the coun- 2006 an industrial site in the Prague district of try still sits on the margins of the European thea- Holešovice was renovated and turned into the tre network, and not just for artistic reasons, but multifunctional cultural centre La Fabrika – prob- also and especially owing to the country’s cultur- ably the first theatre in the Czech lands to be al policy. The existing network of repertory thea- built with private funding since 1881. Newly es- tres in the Czech Republic is the main and almost tablished non-repertory venues in Prague that the only area of the theatre arts that automati- warrant mention include the residency and pres- cally receives public funding. Most independ- entation space Meetfactory, the studio dance ent projects and cultural centres literally have space Hala Alta, the cultural centre Zahrada, and to scrape by with funds insufficient to maintain UFFO in Trutnov. a venue or even pay the performers and others involved in their productions. The current conditions drive independent artists into a situation where, paradoxically, they are entirely dependent on the limited available grant opportunities, and it is no accident that the most talented graduates of Czech schools look abroad for work. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 29

Ponec Theatre, Prague, photo archive Continuo Theatre Malovice, photo Viktor Kronbauer

Moving Station in the former train station, Pilsen, photo archive 30 CZECH DRAMA THEATRE

CZECH DRAMA THEATRE

Vladimír Mikulka

Prague and Brno, the capitals, respectively, of Bo- hemia and Moravia, are the natural hubs of Czech theatre, which evolved in traditional competition with German theatre, which was older and strong- Jiří Voskovec, Jan Werich, Dora Viceníková: Korespondence V+W, er. It was only at the turn of the 20th century direction Jan Mikulášek, opening National Theatre Brno – Reduta that Ostrava, the capital of Silesia, joined Prague 5. 11. 2010, photo Viktor Kronbauer and Brno as the third theatre centre. Symboli- cally these three cities are also home to the large Silesian Theatre in Ostrava), include the traditional theatre houses designated ‘National Theatres’. town theatres in Prague and other large towns (Vi- The drama companies at these National Theatres nohrady Theatre/Divadlo na Vinohradech, Munici- (and their predecessors) were the stages that set pal Theatres of Prague, Brno City Theatre/Městské the tone of Czech-language ‘drama’ up until the divadlo Brno, J. K. Tyl Theatre Pilsen/Divadlo J. K. 1960s. Their competition came from the large Tyla Plzeň, Klicpera Theatre/Klicperovo Divadlo in urban theatres with a similar artistic orientation, Hradec Králové, F. X. Šalda Theatre/Divadlo F. X. such as Vinohrady Theatre (Divadlo na Vinohra- Šaldy in Liberec, Moravian Theatre/Moravské di- dech) in Prague (and until the Second World War vadlo in Olomouc). Most of them are part of multi- the German-language theatre houses). company theatre houses primarily geared towards conservative urban audiences. In the 1960s a number of small but artistically influential chamber theatres emerged (Theatre Prague, Brno, and Ostrava are home to most of beyond the Gate/Divadlo za Branou, Theatre on the small chamber theatres, companies that pos- the Balustrade/Divadlo Na zábradlí, Drama Club/ sess their own unique poetics shaped either by Činoherní klub). The 1970s and the 1980s saw tradition (Drama Club Prague, Theatre on the Bal- the rise of studio-type theatres, which over time ustrade in Prague, Goose on a String Theatre in moved away from their initial experimental poet- Brno, Petr Bezruč Theatre/Divadlo Petra Bezruče ics to focus on straight drama (Goose on a String Ostrava, Aréna Ostrava) or by their artistic direc- Theatre in Brno/Divadlo Husa na Provázku Brno, tor (Dejvice Theatre Prague / Dejvické divadlo, Drama Club Ústí nad Labem/Činoherní studio Ústí Prague Chamber Theatre/Pražské komorní di- nad Labem). In the 1990s (after the Communist re- vadlo in Prague, Theatre in Dlouhá Street/Divadlo gime and its administrative restrictions collapsed) v Dlouhé Prague). These small stages that today many directors and actors from chamber and stu- tend to be regarded as instrumental in shaping dio theatres moved to the large theatre houses the direction of Czech drama theatre, and they are and the dividing line between large conservative also the ones that win the most critics’ awards. theatres and small progressive stages became more pronounced. Another important change in The past decade has witnessed the emergence of the 1990s was the appearance of numerous pri- a new generation of Czech theatre artists, who, vate, tabloid theatres devoted to musicals and a unlike their predecessors, take a much less insti- relaxing drama repertoire. tutional approach to theatre. These are loosely organised companies formed out of a production In the ﬁ rst decade of the twenty-ﬁ rst century, the team and a circle of likeminded colleagues work- most visible Czech drama venues are still the large ing together ad hoc. The dividing line between historical stages, which, alongside the trio of Na- drama and experimental theatre is more blurred in tional Theatres (National Theatre in Prague, Na- these cases, but some of the new theatre groups tional Theatre in Brno, and the National Moravian- are clearly oriented primarily towards drama the- CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 31

atre (A-Studio Rubín Prague, Letí Theatre Prague, of playwrights and has already made a name for Buranteatr Brno). himself with his unbridled, almost sitcomish poetics. Remarkable playwrights among women´s Traditionally, directors have been the driving force authors are Kateřina Rudčenková, Radmila Adam- behind Czech dramatic theatre, while the play- ová, Daniela Fischerová. wright has always occupied a slightly worker position. This has made strong authorial adaptations of classic plays or of texts originally not written for the theatre or more recently of ﬁ lms all the more popular.

There are generational lines that run through the Czech theatre scene and to date are still influenced by the turning point of 1989 and the re- laxation of censorship. In the 1990s Czech theatres fell into the hands of the generation of artists that had already established themselves profes- sionally before the fall of the Communist regime, and almost simultaneously a new group of young directors arrived on the scene, most of whom to that time had only worked in the relatively free amateur theatres. These individuals are today the Karl Kraus: The Last Days of Mankind, direction Katharina Schmitt, most prominent ﬁ gures in Czech theatre: they in- opening Pražské komorní divadlo – Divadlo Komedie 22. 4. 2011, clude, from the older generation, Miroslav Krobot, photo Viktor Kronbauer Hana Burešová, and Ivan Rajmont, and from the generation now in their forties Jan Antonín Pitín- ský, Vladimír Morávek, Jiří Pokorný, and Michal Dočekal. Petr Lébl, who passed away prematurely, is widely regarded to have been the most talented Czech director and his era at Theatre on the Balustrade is still held up as symbolising Czech theatre’s ‘postmodern’ departure from traditional theatre.

The fi rst decade of the twenty-fi rst century has seen a younger generation of directors begin to establish themselves, most of them however favour guest directing over putting together a company of their own (the exception is Dušan D. Pařízek and his Prague Chamber Theatre). This generation of directors now in their thirties in- Elfi rede Jelinek: Co se stalo, když Nora opustila manžela aneb cludes Jan Mikulášek, Ondřej Sokol, and Jiří Havel- Opory společnost / What Happened after Nora Left Her Husband; or ka, and two of the youngest are Daniel Špinar and Pillars of Society, direction Michal Dočekal, opening National Theatre 15. 5. 2010, photo Lucie Jansch Štěpán Pácl.

Former President Václav Havel is still the most famous Czech playwright. He returned to writing for the stage with his play Leaving (Odcházení). Arnošt Goldﬂ am is one member of the older generation of dramatists still writing and still seeing his works staged, and he is also a classic example of the double role played by many theatre artists in the position of both playwright and director, as is the most successful Czech playwright in recent years Petr Zelenka and his colleagues Jiří Pokorný and David Drábek. The very proliﬁ c Petr Kolečko belongs to the youngest generation 32 CZECH OPERATIC THEATRE

tion, who have largely tied in with the tradition CZECH of Czech opera theatre that dates from the 1960s dominated by powerful scenography. In the 1990s OPERATIC Daniel Dvořák and Jiří Nekvasil declared war on opera norms and clichés in alternative companies THEATRE and then cultivated a postmodern form of aesthetics inspired, among other things, by clip culture. This was reflected in the productions they did while working for the State Opera Prague and the National Theatre. At present Daniel Dvořák is the director of the National Theatre in Brno (Národní Lenka Šaldová divadlo in Brno) and Jiří Nekvasil is director of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre (Národní The Czech Republic has ten opera companies, two divadlo moravskoslezského) in Ostrava. Until re- of which are in Prague. Regional opera companies cently remarkable stage projects were being de- share their local theatre building with other com- veloped in Ostrava by the duo of director Luděk panies (usually drama and ballet) and are part of Golat and the scenographer Jaroslav Malina. The the network of burgher theatres that emerged in director Michael Tarant off ers emotive, energetic, the 20th century to replace the former German op- colourful theatre. Ján Zavarský creates modern era scene. In the summer, opera is also performed sets using current light and colour designs for outdoors, for instance, at the unique revolving the- the directors Martin Otava (director of František atre in the castle park of Český Krumlov. Xaver Šalda Theatre / Divadlo Františka Xavera Šaldy in Liberec) and Karla Štaubertová. Directors In the new social circumstances that emerged after from the young generation have also emerged in 1989, Czech operatic theatre underwent a transfor- recent years with original aesthetic concepts for mation as it newly found itself in the European the- opera theatre: Jiří Heřman (head of opera at the atre context. The existing, closed operatic ensem- National Theatre in Prague), Rocc (head of the bles broke up, in part owing to the arrival of new opera in Brno), and Tomáš Studený. Young Czech performers, and a shift in staging style occurred conductors are also making a name for themselves owing to an influx of celebrated directors who at home and abroad: Tomáš Netopil, Tomáš Hanus, challenged the traditional notion of opera theatre. Robert Jindra, etc. Prague’s National Theatre (Národní divadlo) was the most important centre of innovation and was The dramaturgy at most theatres is relatively con- the fi rst to call in professionals from abroad as well servative and dominated by the classics, mainly as drawing on domestic drama, dance, and fi lm di- Italian (Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini), French rectors (e.g. Jozef Bednárik, Vladimír Morávek, Jan (Georges Bizet, Charles Gounod), and Czech works Antonín Pitínský, Ctibor Turba). In 1993, the State (more Bedřich Smetana and Antonín Dvořák, and Opera Prague was founded (Státní opera Praha), less Leoš Janáček, who in this country, surprisingly, where the distinctive dramaturgical-production is regarded as too modern). Regional theatres reg- programmes of Karel Drgáč and then Jiří Nekvasil ularly stage classic operettas. The theatres in Lib- and Daniel Dvořák picked up on the tradition of erec and Ostrava have in recent years turned their the interwar Neues Deutsches Theater and the focus more towards forgotten works: the company post-war 5th May Opera (Opera 5. Května; works in Liberec has staged Puccini’s fi rst full-length op- by, e.g., Hans Krása, Alexander Zemlinsky, Emil era Edgar, Bellini’s La Sonnambula and Rubinstein’s František Burian). The third major hub of eff orts The Demon; and the Ostrava company, under to modernise stage language in the 1990s was Jiří the direction of Luděk Golat, has put on Auber’s Kajetán Tyl Theatre (Divadlo Jiřího Kajetána Tyla) La Muette de Portici, Alfano’s Cyrano de Bergerac, in Pilsen under the direction of Petr Kofroň, where Halévy’s La Juive, the operas La Lupa and Vita by Nina Vangeli and Jiří Pokorný created distinctive the contemporary Italian composer Marco Tutino, and surprising interpretations of works, approach- and is now offering Giordano’s Fedora and Hin- ing them from the viewpoint of man in the late demith’s Cardillac. Other regional theatres insert 20th century. High points of opera theatre in the unusual works in their repertoire usually once Czech Republic in the past two decades have been every one or two seasons: Delibes’ Lakmé played the productions staged by David Pountney, Robert at the North Bohemian Opera and Ballet Theatre Wilson, and David Radok. in Ústí nad Labem, Salieri’s Falstaff at the South The character of individual companies today is Bohemian Theatre in České Budějovice, the world influenced by members of the middle genera- premiere of Martinů’s Den dobročinnosti (Day of CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 33

Charity) and Weinberger’s Švanda dudák (Shvan- da the Piper) were staged at the Silesian Theatre in Opava, Rossini’s La gazza ladra was put on in Olomouc, and Martinů’s Julietta and Haydn’s La Speziale in Brno.

Contemporary operatic works only rarely make it onto the stage of the old established theatre houses (Emil Viklický’s Phaedra at the State Opera in Prague; the creative duo Aleš Březina and Jiří Nekvasil’s Tomorrow There Will... (Zítra se bude...); Tomáš Hanzlík’s The Tears of Alexander the Great (Slzy Alexandra Velikého)), and young composers tend to work in small companies off ering an aesthetic and conceptual alternative to the large stages: Ensemble Damian (Tomáš Hanzlík, Vít Zou- har) and Ensemble Opera Diversa (Ondřej Kyas, Jiří Nekvasil, Aleš Březina: Zítra se bude / Tomorrow there will be..., Pavel Drábek). direction Jiří Nekvasil, opening National Theatre 9. 4. 2008, photo Viktor Kronbauer Many of the performers that arrived in the Czech Republic in the early 1990s (most of them from Eastern Europe) made the country their second home and have become core members of local companies (e.g. Valentin Prolat, Jevhen Šokalo, Christina Vasileva, Anatolij Orel, Alexandr Beň). In the following decades more singers came to the Czech Republic from around the world and impart- ed an international character to Czech opera companies; top artists include the Italians Gianluca Zampieri and Luciano Mastro, WeiLong Tao from China, Rafael Alvarez from Mexico, Agnieszka Bo- chenek-Osiecka from Poland, Anda-Louise Bogza from Romania, and Valeria Vaygant from Russia. Alongside internationally recognised performers from the middle generation, such as Ivan Kusnjer, Aleš Briscein and Eva Urbanová, a young genera- Bohuslav Martinů, Vítězslav Nezval, Henri Ghéon: Hry o Marii / The tion of remarkable performers has emerged: for Miracles of Mary, direction Jiří Heřman, opening National Theatre 29. 10. 2009, photo archive example, Kateřina Jalovcová, Kateřina Kněžíková, Jana Kačírková, Adam Plachetka, Zuzana Šveda.

In 2009 the theatre in Ostrava was invited to join the Armel Opera Competition and Festival, through which participating theatres are then able to be broadcast performances on the arts channel Mezzo, and in 2010 the theatre in Pilsen took Os- trava’s place. In order to economise and to improve the quality of productions, theatres have in recent years sought co-production partners at home and abroad (e.g. Liberec works with Chemnitz and Štětín, České Budějovice with Pasov). Since 1993 Prague has hosted the biennial Opera Festival, where different companies are able to compare their standards and artistic direction. This festival brings out a unique feature of the Czech opera network, which is that even the smallest opera companies are able to create productions of good professional quality. 34 CZECH PUPPETRY THEATRE

CZECH PUPPETRY THEATRE

Nina Malíková

At home and abroad, Czech puppetry theatre is regarded as a characteristic feature of the national culture. This fact has much to do with the history Vít Peřina: James Blond, direction Tomáš Dvořák, of Czech puppetry theatre. opening Alfa Theatre 14. 12. 2009, photo archive

Earliest recorded mentions of puppetry theatre still Czechoslovakia – and especially Prague and (mostly references to string puppets) in the Czech Pilsen – became a genuine mecca for puppeteers. lands date from the end of the Thirty Years War, In Prague, Czech puppeteers succeeded in found- when various puppetry troupes from abroad (fi rst ing the international puppetry organisation UNIMA English and then German and Italian) began ap- in 1929. Alongside traditional puppetry theatre, a pearing in the country. These performances were modern variety blossomed and became the do- well received and inspired numerous domestic main of even now famous fi gures like Josef Skupa, followers. The subsequent activities of itinerant Jiří Trnka, Jan Malík, and others who introduced Czech puppeteers are characteristic of the history new ideas into (not just) Czech puppetry theatre. of Czech puppetry theatre generally: puppetry was almost the only form of theatre to reach areas The development of post-war professional Czech outside large urban centres, and it helped to sus- puppetry theatre began to make headway in 1948 tain the Czech language and national awareness with the introduction of the Theatre Act, which and served to broaden the cultural horizons of its in a legal, social, and artistic sense put puppetry audiences. theatre on a level par to that of other stage forms. In the late 1950s an off ensive against academism For several centuries the Czech puppetry scene in Czech puppetry theatre – which was organisa- was dominated by string puppets (marionnettes à tionally and artistically influenced by the Soviet fi ls). They were extremely popular in the 17th, the model – occurred as the Academy of Perform- 18th, and even the 19th centuries, and especially ing Arts (founded in 1952) began producing its during the period of the ‘puppetry renaissance’. fi rst graduates and they their fi rst performances. According to historians, this period occurred It was through these artists (e.g. Jiří Srnec, Jan around the turn of the 20th century, when a num- Švankmajer) that in and after the late 1960s Czech ber of pioneers of Czech puppetry made it their modern theatre began exploring new opportuni- goal to draw attention to puppetry as a signifi cant ties and found them in puppetry theatre, which art form and win it equal recognition among other provided the ‘small stages’ (e.g. Theatre on the forms of theatre and in doing so were instrumental Balustrade/Divadlo Na zábradlí and Semafor) that in raising its popularity. Spurred by these eff orts, were emerging at that time with a way of enriching in the early 20th century original Czech decora- their tools of expression. Even Spejbl and Hurvínek tions began to be created for family puppetry Theatre became home to a company with a bold theatres, the first mass-produced puppets were idea of theatre: Salamandr (comprised of Miloš Kir- manufactured, and a number of plays were devel- schner and others). Travels abroad brought back oped for puppetry theatres run by families or clubs a fascination with théâtre dóbjets, to which do- and associations in Bohemia. In 1912 the magazine mestic innovations were added to ultimately cre- Loutkář (Puppeteer) was fi rst published and is now ate the world-famous genre of ‘black-light theatre’. the oldest continuously published periodical of its This form of theatre had an immediate infl uence on kind in the world. This targeted promotion of pup- several theatre groups, but because of the political petry theatre gave rise to numerous amateur and crisis in 1968 members of this theatre emigrated association-run puppetry theatres. What was then and infl uenced theatre abroad. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 35

In the rich palette of Czech professional pup- ingly, even circus tents. Chateaux and chateau petry theatres that emerged after 1949 a position gardens, deconsecrated churches, and abandoned of special note is occupied by DRAK Theatre, a train stations and factory halls: such places have slightly younger company. When the director Jo- been the sites of performances, for instance, by the sef Krofta joined this East-Bohemian puppetry Puppet Ensemble of the South Bohemian Theatre theatre, it entered its most illustrious and famous (Jihočeské divadlo) in České Budějovice, Serpens era. Under Krofta’s direction, DRAK became one Association (Sdružení Serpens), the Forman Broth- of just a handful of theatres that managed over ers’ Theatre (Divadlo bratří Formanů), La Fabrika, the course of several decades to maintain a strong the Ostrava Mining Museum (Hornické muzeum v artistic profi le dedicated to innovative dramaturgy Ostravě), and the Handa Gote group, and even by and unconventional, collective dramatic creations. puppetry festivals (Skupova Pilsen, Spectaculo In- With uncommon creative inventiveness the theatre teresse). brought its puppets face to face with their human co-performers within a single stage space, creat- For many years the director Tomáš Dvořák has ing new relationships between them. These experi- been gaining fame for his work at Alfa Theatre (Di- ments and the results they produced on stage then vadlo Alfa) in Pilsen and at Naïve Theatre (Naivní infl uenced other theatres. This search for and dis- divadlo) in Liberec. His work visibly draws inspira- covery of a common theatre language is also the tion from traditional puppetry theatre. It uses tra- source of the many joint international projects that ditional marionettes and hand puppets in unique emerged later in cooperation with theatre artists and audience-pleasing spectacles (some examples in Poland, Slovakia, Denmark, France, and Japan. of such productions include The Headless Knight / (Bezhlavý rytíř) and Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves After 1989 the right legislative conditions emerged (Alibaba a čtyřicet loupežníků) at Naïve Theatre in for small theatres, groups, and generation compa- Liberec, or The Three Musketeers (Tři mušketýři), nies to form outside the fi xed network of profes- a production with which Alfa Theatre has enjoyed sional puppetry theatres. Examples of generation enormous success both at home and abroad). companies included the now popular Cakes and Opportunities to take stock of the profession do- Puppets (Buchty a loutky), Continuo Theatre (Di- mestically and internationally are provided by vadlo Continuo), the Forman Brothers’ Theatre puppetry festivals such as the biennial Skupova (Divadlo bratří Formanů), and, later, by companies Pilsen and Mateřinka, focusing on puppetry for formed by graduates of the new puppetry depart- preschool-age children, the international festival ments at post-secondary institutions, such as the Spectaculo Interesse, and the all-encompassing Department of Alternative and Puppet Theatre at One Flew Over the Puppeteer’s Nest, a festival that the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Perform- assembles professionals and amateurs from every ing Arts in Prague. Currently the competition for branch of Czech puppetry theatre. the public’s favour is waged between the statu- tory ‘stone’ theatres (i.e. the companies that have In addition to the Department of Alternative and their own buildings, sometimes their own work- Puppet Theatre at DAMU, there is also currently a shops, and, above all, are subsidised by the town puppetry department at the College of Acting in or region in which they are located), independent Prague. Graduates of the Department of Alterna- professional groups, and the ever growing number tive and Puppet Theatre apply their talents in the of amateur companies that have been making a broadly defi ned fi eld of puppetry theatre ranging name for themselves with their progressive style from alternative and drama theatre to cooperation of puppetry. The biggest successes in this respect with independent groups that tend to use a com- have consistently been in the area of stage design, bination of dramatic methods, movement thea- where, alongside the middle and older genera- tre, music, new circus, and puppets in their work. tions of artists (Petr Matásek, Pavel Kalfus, Alois Such individuals include Jiří Adámek, Petr Vodička, Tománek, Jaroslav Milfajt, Irena Marečková, Ivan Jan Jirků, Jiří Havelka, Petra Tejnorová, the group Nesveda, Tomáš Žižka), the young and young- SKUTR (Lukáš Trpišovský, Martin Kukučka), and est generations have also begun to move to the Jakub Vašíček, whose work resonates especially fore (Martin Chocholoušek, Robert Smolík, Dáda with the young generation. There are also, how- Němeček, Jakub Kopecký, Renata Pavlíčková). In ever, a number of interesting progressive amateur connection with the less normative view now tak- puppeteer companies (DNO Theatre, Quiet Stag/ en of puppetry, new and unorthodox spaces have Tichý jelen, Tate Iumni), whose artistic vision and begun to be sought out – whether this means for progressive dramaturgy bode well for the future of experimentation in the form of street productions the fi eld of puppetry theatre as a whole. or the use of non-theatre structures and, increas- 36 CZECH EXPERIMENTAL, VISUAL AND NEW WRITING THEATRE

CZECH EXPERIMENTAL, VISUAL AND NEW WRITING THEATRE

Vladimír Mikulka

The first wave of experimental, visual and pro- grammatically nondramatic theatre surfaced in Czechoslovakia in the 1960s and 1970s. All of these fi rst-generation companies typically had to Jiří Adámek: Teritorium, direction Jiří Adámek, walk a line between being banned and often be- opening Jedefrau.org / Roxy NoD 23. 1. 2010, photo Viktor Kronbauer ing literally forcibly politicised – in the Communist state, circumstances were such that any activity are also clubs where theatre does not necessar- outside the system was automatically suspicious ily dominate their programmes but it is a solid and often also persecuted. However, the position part of their dramaturgy, usually alongside mu- of unoffi cial centres of resistance to political pow- sical and visual art events: Meet Factory Prague, er and state cultural policy won these companies Akropolis Palace (Palác Akropolis) Prague, Glass a level of respect and popularity that is entirely Meadow (Skleněná louka) Brno, and Club 29 unfathomable today. (Klub 29) Pardubice. Many experimental and visual theatres move between venues with their After the fall of the Communist regime, Czech ex- productions, and in all the large towns and cities perimental theatre scene de facto broke up, many various venues emerge that are occasionally used key figures took permanent engagements with for theatre productions. One such place in Prague drama companies or left the theatre altogether. is the remarkable former sewage treatment plant Most companies, moreover, proved unable to in Bubeneč, and a unique site is the Mystery Boat cope in the new conditions and gradually discon- (Tajemství), specially adapted for theatre. tinued activity. Over the course of the 1990s, however, a generation of experimental theatres took A phenomenon of the 2000s has been the emer- shape that were more fl exible and better adapted gence of companies that are explicitly devoted to the new funding system and were often able to to New Circus theatre, thus following in the foot- draw on an international cast. These companies, steps of modern Czech clownery (with fi gures like along with some veteran groups, are what today Ctibor Turba, Bolek Polívka and Boris Hybner), a form the core of the scattered Czech ‘alternative’ mixed genre that gradually evolved more out of scene (which is how these theatres are summarily puppet theatre. The Forman Brothers Theatre is referred to in the Czech Republic). the most striking example, but it has worked ex- tensively abroad during the past decade and only Several theatres and clubs that usually also serve occasionally returns to the Czech Republic. A very as stagione venues and production centres are commercially successful project of recent years is the main hubs of Czech experimental and visual La Putyka, currently the only Czech company that theatre. The most prominent and ‘most offi cial’ takes more of an ‘athletic’ approach to New Cir- among them is Archa in Prague, which, alongside cus and alongside actors also engages specialists staging productions of its own, regularly hosts from outside thespian ranks. major domestic and especially foreign guests. Operating in a similar fashion are some smaller Straddling movement theatre and New Circus is and often dramaturgically bolder clubs and thea- one of the veterans of the genre, Continuo Thea- tres such as Prague’s NoD Roxy, Alfred ve Dvoře tre (Divadlo Continuo), which alongside small in- and La Fabrika, Konvikt Theatre in Olomouc, and timate productions also enthusiastically takes on Stadion in Brno. Ponec Theatre serves as a similar large open-air projects. Krepsko Theatre, with its centre for movement and modern dance thea- intimate chamber poetics, is the very opposite tre. And alongside these primary venues there and combines clownery and music with acrobatic CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 37

elements. Jiří Adámek and his group Boca Loca Lab are among the more successful experimental groups, possessing their own distinct stage language and working almost musically with speech, as are the ‘technological’ performers Handa Gote. Prague-based SKUTR and Spitfi re Company are energetic representatives of a form of theatre that alternates between movement, clownery, drama and musical theatre. Both of these companies, however, revolve around relatively narrow production and directorial teams that choose whom to work with for each individual project. A major fi gure in the Czech alternative theatre scene in the past fi fteen years is Miroslav Bambušek, who in his productions tries to combine painful historical and political themes with a site-specifi c approach. Understand, direction: SKUTR, opening Archa Theatre 2. 5. 2010, photo archive Improvisational companies form an important and unique part of Czech non-drama theatre and the best-known representative of the genre is Vizita Theatre (Divadlo Vizita), which since the 1980s has devoted itself entirely to improvisation. The founder and currently the only permanent member of Vizita, Jaroslav Dušek, can be described as the direct successor to the tradition of verbal improvisation that has been advanced in Czech theatre since the 1960s by Ivan Vyskočil (generally recognised as the ‘father of the genre’); but there are many other companies that practise a similar form of improvisation. The opposite pole is represented by the unique visual art and musical improvisations pursued by Petr Nikl, one of the foremost artists in the Czech Republic.

Ivan Arsenjev, Veronika Švábová, Petr Forman: Obludárium, direction Petr Forman, opening Forman Brothers Theatre 9. 9. 2008, photo Irena Vodáková 38 CZECH BLACK-LIGHT THEATRE

The discovery of black-light theatre is not en- CZECH tirely accurately ascribed to Czech puppeteers, evidently because Czech puppeteers employed BLACK-LIGHT and inventively elaborated an early version of this visual magic and took it onto the stage in the mid- THEATRE 20th century. The phrase ‘black-light theatre’ is indelibly linked to the names of the founders and leading fi gures of the fi rst Czech black-light theatre group Jiří Srnec and Hana and Josef Lamek. The specifi c phenomenon of a ‘black-light theatre’ that breathes poetic life into objects soon be- Nina Malíková came a familiar synonym around the world for any spectacle of this type. Other Czech artists began The principle behind ‘black-light theatre’ derives to take advantage of the possibilities off ered by from an old illusionist trick involving a visual ef- black-light theatre; for instance, puppeteers (Naďa fect: with the right lighting, a black object against Munzarová, Ivan Kraus, Jiří Středa, Jiří Procházka a black backdrop will be invisible to the audience. and others), who created their own groups at Black-light theatre uses this technique to control home and abroad, each of which with its own po- the movement of figurative and non-figurative etics, means of expressions, and audience. puppets and actors (so that, for instance, they appear to be suspended in space) that are moved The world-renowned Laterna Magika used diff er- about on stage by guides dressed entirely in ent techniques and was not quite correctly linked black and separated from the space in front of with black-light theatre. This history of Laterna them by a curtain of light. The objects then seem Magika starts in 1958, when the director Alfréd to ‘fl oat’ in space and can be handled or encoun- Radok and the stage designer Josef Svoboda ters by actors moving about on stage who are not created a performance called Magic Lantern (Lat- concealed in black. The technique of black-light erna magika) for the Czechoslovak Pavilion at the theatre is also used in tandem with other tradi- World Fair that year in Brussels. This name was tional puppetry techniques, so that the cover of then given to the theatre in Prague that staged the black theatre takes the place of the screen or the programme after its very successful run in frame or serves to simplify the technique of con- Brussels and that then literally travelled the entire trolling the puppets. Sometimes luminescent col- world with its productions. A name much associ- ours are used to highlight particular objects (or ated with this stage medium—which makes little even to heighten the sense of illusion). use of words and instead works with projections, dance, music, light, and pantomime—is that of its co-founder, the famous Czech stage designer Josef Svoboda. The aim that Laterna magika works towards even today is to devise ways of achieving a specifi c form of theatre capable of telling a sto- ry using various themes and techniques. Recent productions on the stage of Laterna magika have tended mostly to employ light design, movement, and modern computer technology (e.g. using a virtual projection screen, onto which an image is projected in front of the stage).

Movement, visual metaphor, the fantastical animation of objects, the atmosphere of poetic dreams, the gags in the shows, and the fact that most programmes are intelligible even without words is why the productions of black-light companies have become standard entertainment and tourist attractions. There are currently several black-light theatre groups operating in Prague. Alongside the now legendary black-light theatre of Prague of Jiří Srnec (Černé divadlo Jiřího Srnce), which has a permanent venue in Prague, but mostly performs CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 39

outside the country, there are also Ta Fantastika, National Black Light Theatre, Image Theatre (Di- vadlo Image) and František Kratochvíl’s Sketched Theatre (Kreslené divadlo Františka Kratochvíla). The black-light technique is no longer used as frequently as it was in puppetry performances by Czech professional and amateur companies or on the drama stage, but it still forms part of the programme at Laterna magika and is often used in children’s television programmes.

Legendy magické Prahy / Legends of Magic Prague, direction Jiří Srnec, opening Laterna Magika 3. 3. 2011, photo Lukáš Žentel

Antología, direction Jiří Srnec, opening The Black-Light Theatre of Jiří Srnec 6. 4. 2012, photo archive 40 CZECH NEW CIRCUSS

CZECH NEW CIRCUSS

Ondřej Cihlář

The contemporary trend of new circusss theatre emerged out of a synthesis of theatre and circusss arts and it fi rst reached the Czech Republic Rostislav Novák: La Putyka, direction SKUTR, as a new source of inspiration shortly after the opening La Fabrika 21. 4. 2009, photo Viktor Kronbauer fall of the Iron Curtain. New circusss arrived in the Czech Republic in the mid-1990s as a ‘new genre’, tacts in the West and allowed an infl ux of street but it was also able to draw on trends already fa- theatre, music and art happenings, was crushed miliar from earlier domestic fusions of theatre and by the Soviet invasion in August 1968. Founded circusss arts. in 1974, Ctibor Turba’s extraordinary Circuss Al- fred (Cirkus Alfréd), which made clownery the In the interwar period, Czechoslovakia was one theme of its productions, was a revelation, but its of the centres of European avant-garde art, and appearance occurred at perhaps the least oppor- artists of various genres were well informed of tune time in society. It drew on pantomime, slap- cultural developments in France, Russia, and Ger- stick, situation comedy, and humour and it held its many. The multinational culture of interwar demo- performances in an old circusss tent. Major fi gures cratic Czechoslovakia made the country a melting of Czech pantomime and clownery such as Boris pot in the Central European space, where Czech, Hybner and Boleslav Polívka passed through this German, and Jewish cultures merged and mixed company, which enjoyed enormous success in the with Russian, French, and other cultural infl uenc- second half of the 1970s, especially abroad and es. During this period, circusss arts were a theme particularly in France, until its demise in 1979. In of fascination to painters, poets, and, understand- the ensuing years Turba turned his attention to ably, also theatre artists. Reform tendencies reso- teaching, both abroad and at home. In the 1980s nated most with the members and supporters of he founded the company Alfred and Co. (Alfréd a Devětsil Union of Modern Culture (Svaz moderní spol.), which in 1986 staged an important produc- kultury Devětsil), whose theatre wing, the Lib- tion called Declownifi cation (Deklaunizace). erated Theatre (Osvobozené divadlo), founded in 1925 by Jindřich Honzl and Jiří Frejka, staged Another distinctive fi gure linked with the advance the experimental Circuss Dandin (Cirkus Dan- of circusss arts in the theatre was Boleslav Polív- din) under Frejka’s direction. A tradition of thea- ka. He and his partners created their own brand of tre clownery was also established at this time by clown performances at Brno’s Goose on a String Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich, fi gures in another, Theatre (Divadlo Husa na provázku). more popular wing of the Liberated Theatre. They invented their own brand of clowns with masks After the 1989 Velvet Revolution the new circusss directly inspired by the style of make-up used by concept began emerging in the Czech republic, the Fratellini brothers. Programmatic interest in especially in connection with performances by circusss poetics and principles and in clownery visiting foreign companies. By this time Ctibor reappeared in Czechoslovak theatre in the 1970s. Turba had become a celebrated and esteemed The social changes that swept the Western world teacher of theatre clownery and slapstick per- in the late 1960s coincided with a temporary thaw formance at major theatre schools in the circusss in the totalitarian conditions in socialist Czecho- arts abroad (Dimitri, CNAC), and thanks in part to slovakia, which had been part of the Eastern bloc his contacts key French New Circusss fi gures and since the end of the Second World War. The hope companies soon began performing in Prague. for reform promised by the Prague Spring, which In a short time Czech theatre productions inspired off ered a brief opportunity for artists to make con- by new circusss began to emerge, drawing to a CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 41

greater or lesser degree on the earlier domestic tically and directorially unique work, wholly in founding stones of circusss arts in the theatre: the spirit of circuss poetics, is the internationally pantomime, clownery, and even street theatre and successful Obludárium by the Forman Brothers’ puppetry theatre. An important development was Theatre (Divadlo bratří Formanů). the involvement of the Forman Brothers, a Czech puppetry theatre group, in Bouda / La Baraque, Education and training in this fi eld is also dynami- a project by the legendary French new circusss cally developing and making it possible for anyone company Voliére Dromesko in 1996. Caspar’s in the public to advance their skills in this area. Kolín Mime-orial (Kašparův Kolínský mimoriál), to The oldest recreational centre off ering instruction which foreign new circuss companies were invited in circuss arts and their use in the theatre is Cirkus to take part, was founded in 2000, and in 2003 LeGrando in Brno, founded in 2005. A training its director, Jiří Turek, launched the first Czech space was opened in 2010 in Prague by Cirqueon new circuss festival Summer Letná (Letní Letná), – New Circuss Centre (Centrum pro nový cirkus – which over the years has hosted legendary com- Cirqueon). The Summer Letná Festival is organis- panies such as Les Colporteurs, Cirque Baroque, ing circuss workshops for the public in four Czech Trottola, and Cirkus Cirkör. In 2011, Cirk-uff , the towns. In 2010 Cirkoskop – New Circuss Institute second festival in the Czech Republic devoted (Cirkoskop – Institut nového cirkusu) was found- solely to new circuss, was founded in Trutnov. ed for the purpose of publishing and new circuss studies. The last three institutions are all members Some of the most noteworthy Czech theatre of Circostrada Network, the international network companies in the fi rst wave of groups infl uenced of new circuss professionals. by new circuss poetics include: Theatre Continuo (Divadlo Continuo), TEJP Theatre Jihlava (Divadlo New circuss has become a fully integrated thea- T.E.J.P.), the Forman Brothers’ Theatre (Divadlo tre genre in the Czech Republic and one that pro- bratří Formanů), Krepsko, Circuss Sacra, and Bil- duces more and more original productions each bo Compagnie. Most of these groups still use cir- year. Owing to Czech theatre’s traditional interest cuss poetics rather as the theme of their perform- in circuss arts and poetics, which at some peri- ances, in the sense that they are more ‘playing at ods was very strong, this genre was able to build circuss’ in their productions, but on occasion even on a firm foundation, which contributed to the they are now beginning to use real circuss skills. rapturous reception of new circuss in the Czech Republic and off ers a promise of the continued Since around the mid-2000s there has been a rise use and development of these traditions to en- in the number of new groups founded by thea- rich and advance new circuss with typically Czech tre artists who have spent time at circuss schools, approaches to circuss arts in the theatre. In re- workshops, and exchanges abroad. With these cent years there has also been a rise in demand new groups and given the dynamic progress that at higher education theatre arts institutions for some members of the original groups have made classes in circuss arts. Students can now encoun- in advancing their circuss skills, there are now ter these sources of inspiration at school and it is performances that genuinely resemble the new hoped that in the near future it will be possible to circuss work observed in its current major Euro- set up and promote a more complex programme pean centres: France, Scandinavia, and the UK. of instruction in circuss arts and synthetic theatre Rostislav Novák’s Cirk La Putyka, which is pop- concepts. ular with both audiences and the media, brings together professional gymnasts, dancers, and theatre artists on stage. Its fi rst, eponymous, and permanently sold-out production garnered Cirk La Putyka a string of domestic awards, including ‘Production of the Year 2009’. Another important ensemble from the new generation is Cirkus Mle- jn, which focuses mainly on aerial acrobatics and was founded by Eliška Brtnická and Jana Klimová, graduates of the Department of Pantomime at HAMU. This is also the specialty of the artists in Décalages, formerly of Theatre Continuo. Aman- itás and Cirque Garuda is a group that combines theatre imagery, circuss arts, street theatre, and a fi re show. And a visually captivating and artis- 42 CZECH DANCE

CZECH DANCE

Jana Návratová

In Czechoslovakia contemporary dance began to develop as an independent dance genre for the stage after 1989. Out of almost nothing, or from Divadlo / Theatre, direction Viliam Dočolomanský, just amateur activities and an almost muffl ed his- opening Farm in the Cave 10. 2. 2010, photo Viktor Kronbauer torical reference to modernism, a basic professional infrastructure was successfully put togeth- engaging in their own experimental and crea- er in which several professional artistic groups tive work. They have enjoyed successes with solo managed to establish themselves. works and duets that typically exude a strange, mystical atmosphere and use modern, artificial The community of professional dance artists has music, an unusual, physically demanding dance gradually grown, but Prague remains the centre vocabulary, and expressive light design (Lenka of the dance arts and the place where the biggest Bartůňková: Libera me, Library/Knihovna, Dagmar opportunities for dance creation, presentation, Chaloupková: Gaia, Dora Hoštová: Tore, Kateřina communication, and education are located. Nev- Strupecká: Da Capo). ertheless, in the Czech Republic the only dance groups that really function are the small independ- The work of TOW, which innovatively employs ent companies (of 2–7 people) that have strong the aesthetics of laser light, is unique, even on an artistic management capable of making decisions international scale, and is cultivated down to the on both the casting of individual projects and the ﬁ nest detail. The choreographer Petra Hauerová group’s artistic direction. composes multimedia choreography with a philosophical twist and strong expressive force (Tur- The contemporary dance scene is choreographi- ing Machine, Theory/Teorie). Unfortunately, the cally quite diverse and the nature of the genre demanding nature of her productions means that makes it syncretic. Contemporary dance works performances are few in number and it is diffi cult use methods ranging from pure dance abstraction to transfer her productions to spaces other than (e.g. Mirka Eliášová, Michal Záhora, Jan Kodet), those in which the works were conceived. art-technology approaches (e.g. Petra Hauer- ová’s TOW group), and conceptual choreography Prized works in the Czech contemporary dance (e.g. Ioana Mona Popovici), to dance theatre (e.g. scene are projects that involve adult professionals DOT504, Farm in the Cave, NANOHACH, etc.). But dancing with child dancers. There have been sev- many artists cannot be pigeonholed into a single eral such projects and they are usually described stream, as their works move between streams and as family productions. They deal with serious top- vary considerably in terms of style (e.g. Lenka ics, such as isolation, emigration, the search for Bartůňková). truth, and courage in everyday life, but they approach these themes in such a way that the pro- Graduates of the Duncan Centre dance conserva- ductions are suitable for both juvenile and adult tory traditionally leave a strong mark on the audiences. VerTeDance and Lenka Tretiagová Czech contemporary dance map. The school’s have both created projects of this kind. philosophy takes a modified approach to Dun- can’s dance principles (working with the core Farm in the Cave (Farma v jeskyni) is an altogeth- of the body while respecting the laws of nature er unique group headed by the director Viliam and physics; individual expression; a personal Dočolomanský and comprised of students from the approach to education) and guides students to- Department of Authorial Creativity and Pedagogy wards mastering modern dance techniques and at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Perform- CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 43

ing Arts. The company undertakes anthropological Theatre in Olomouc. There is almost no collabora- field research in different parts of the world and tion between the old established theatre houses masters the dance, movement, musical, and vocal and the independent dance scene. techniques of the given society and studies its forms of cultural expression. The material thus acquired The Czech Republic’s most important dance festival then forms the basis from which they develop their is the International Tanec Praha Festival (founded works of music and movement, the quality of which in 1989 and held each year in June). That festival’s has won them accolades from prestigious festivals team also organises the Czech Dance Platform and critics around the world. Viliam Dočolomanský (founded in 1996 and held each year in April). The is a winner of the European Theatre Award. The international 4+4 Days in Motion Festival, which company’s work has also produced valuable theo- has been running for fifteen years, maintains an retical fi ndings in the fi elds of interpretation, acting interesting dramaturgical profi le, focusing on site- performance, and cultural anthropology. specifi c projects; the festival is held in Prague and off ers a programme fi lled mainly with experimental The Czech independent scene has benefited and innovative projects, but it also off ers lectures enormously from the work of 420PEOPLE, the on urbanism, architecture, ecology, and new tech- company founded by Václav Kuneš and Nataša nologies. Novotná, who after concluding their engagement with the prestigious Nederlands Dans Theater decided to work in the Czech Republic. Alongside original dance projects by Václav Kuneš, 420PEO- PLE off ers choreographed works by internationally renowned artists (e.g. Ohada Naharina) and projects developed in cooperation with artists from abroad (e.g. Michael Schumacher). They also host foreign artists and develop teaching projects for professionals. As well as forming a bridge between the domestic and international scenes 420PEOPLE also links the worlds of contemporary and classical dance and works to aestheti- cally enrich both genres. 420PEOPLE’s repertoire typically features outstanding dance performances and exhibits a purity and subtleness that are altogether unique within the context of contemporary Czech dance.

Professional awards attempt to draw attention to 420PEOPLE: Package, choreography Shusaku Takeuchi, the key components of dance work – choreogra- opening Piazzetta of the National Theatre 19. 9. 2010, photo archive. phy and interpretation. In 2002–2009 there was a ‘dance newcomer of the year’ award and the professional community gives an award for the best dance interpretation of the year. The winners’ names are a ‘who’s who’ of key ﬁ gures in Czech contemporary dance.

The country’s important contemporary dance venues include the stagione theatres in Prague – Ponec, Archa, NoD, Alfred ve dvoře, Duncan Cen- tre Theatre, and in recent years Studio Alta. These centres have diff erent spatial and technical infra- structures, but all of them operate as both studios and production houses. The network of contemporary dance venues outside Prague is compara- tively thin and is the permanent desideratum of the Czech dance community. Stable links in the DOT504: 100 Wounded Tears, choreography Jozef Fruček regional dance network include Pardubice’s The- and Linda Kapetanea, opening Ponec Theatre 22. 2. 2009, atre 29 (Divadlo 29), Brno’s Barka, and Konvikt photo archive 44 THEATRES / THEATRES WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY

THEATRES WITH MORE THAN THEATRES ONE COMPANY

Centrum experimentálního divadla (CED) Centre for Experimental Theatre (CED)

The CED organises the activities of several theatre companies: Goose on a String Theatre (Divadlo Husa na provázku), HaTheatre (HaDi- vadlo) and Theatre at the Table (Divadlo U stolu). Another of its activities is Project CED, which supports and searches for artistic activities and organises theatre projects and festivals.

Zelný trh 9, 602 00 Brno T +420 542 123 411 www.ced-brno.cz Director: Petr Oslzlý E [email protected] Deputy Director: Petra Vodičková E [email protected] T +420 542 123 453 Assistant to the Director: Sandra Donáczi E [email protected] T 420 542 123 421

GROUPS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE CENTRE FOR EXPERIMENTAL THEATRE:

Divadlo Husa na provázku Goose on a String Theatre

Zelný trh 9, 602 00 Brno www.provazek.cz Artistic Director: Vladimír Morávek E [email protected] Intendant: Eva Yildizová E [email protected] T + 420 542 123 454) Manager: Soňa Kalužová E [email protected] T + 420 542 123 431

Capacity of the Venue: Main Hall (120–200), Elizabethan Stage (250), Cellar Stage (70)

Stage dimensions: Main Stage: width (14m) x depth (9m) x height (8m); Elizabethan Stage: width (10.5m) x depth (10m) x height (open air); Cellar Stage: width (6m) x depth (6.5m) x height (4.5m) CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 45

HaDivadlo Divadlo F. X. Šaldy HaTheatre F. X. Šalda Theatre

Alfa pasáž Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet Poštovská 8d, 602 00 Brno companies. www.hadivadlo.cz Artistic Director: Marián Amsler Zhořelecká 344/5, 460 37 Liberec 1 E [email protected] T +420 485 104 188, +420 485 104 288 Manager: Marie Navrátilová www.saldovo-divadlo.cz E [email protected] Director: Martin Otava T + 420 530 331 077 E [email protected] Deputy in charge of operations: Vít Prýmek Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] Black-box Stage (145–200), Head of Marketing: Alena Čvančarová Studio on the Stairs (40) E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Opera Company: Stage dimensions: Martin Doubravský E [email protected] Black-box Stage: Artistic Director of the Drama Company: width (10–12m) x depth (14m) x height (6.5m) Michal Lang E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Divadlo u stolu Alena Pešková Theatre at the Table E [email protected]

Zelný trh 9, 602 00 Brno Capacity of the Venue: F. X. Šalda Theatre (484), www.divadloustolu.cz Small Theatre (160) Artistic Director: František Derfler E [email protected] Stage dimensions: Manager: Ilona Šumná Hájková F. X. Šalda Theatre: [email protected] T +420 542 123 420 width (9m) x depth (12m) x height (15m)

Capacity of the Venue: (70) Divadlo J. K. Tyla

Stage dimensions: J. K. Tyl Theatre width (6m) x depth (6.5m) x height (4.5m) Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet companies. The theatre is also organizer of the Projekt CED International Festival Theatre. Project CED Prokopova 14, 301 00 Plzeň T +420 377 226 743, +420 378 038 048 Zelný trh 9, 602 00 Brno www.djkt-plzen.cz www.ced-brno.cz Director: doc. Jan Burian Manager: Ondřej Navrátil PR: Eva Ichová E [email protected] E [email protected] T +420 542 123 428) T +420 378 038 026

M +420 724 602 754 Artistic Director of the Opera Company: Jiří Pánek E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Drama Company: Juraj Deák E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Jiří Pokorný E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Musical and Operetta Company: Roman Meluzín E [email protected] 46 THEATRES / THEATRES WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY

Capacity of the Venue: Great Theatre (446), Kultura pro Kladno Chamber Theatre (446), Theatre Club (60–80) Culture for Kladno Stage dimensions: An organization providing cultural events in the Great Theatre: City of Kladno. The organization is administrator width (10m) x depth (15m) x height (19m) of the Kladno City Theatre, Lampion Theatre and Chamber Theatre: Castle Gallery. width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (15.8m); Theatre Club: Divadelní ulice 1702 width (13m) x depth (9m) x height (2.5m) 272 01 Kladno www.kulturaprokladno.cz Jihočeské divadlo South Bohemian Theatre Divadlo Lampion Lampion Theatre Repertory theatre with drama, opera and ballet companies. It also runs a summer theatre with Lampion Theatre is a company focusing mainly a revolving auditorium in Český Krumlov. on children’s theatre.

Dr. Stejskala 19, 370 47 České Budějovice Divadlo Lampion T +420 386 711 222 nám. Starosty Pavla č. 4, 272 01 Kladno www.jihoceskedivadlo.cz T +420 312 242 732 Director: Jiří Šesták www.divadlolampion.cz E [email protected] Director: Blanka Bendlová Manager: Jana Dvořáková E [email protected] E [email protected] Manager: Antonín Prynke Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: E [email protected] Attila Egerházi E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: (186) Artistic director of the Drama Company: Martin Glaser E [email protected] Stage dimensions: Artistic director of the Opera Company: width (6m) x depth (5m) x height (3.5m) Miroslav Veselý E [email protected] Artistic director of the Puppet Company: Městské divadlo Kladno Jevgenij Ibragimov E [email protected] Kladno City Theatre

Capacity of the Venue: Repertory theatre focusing on modern drama. South Bohemian Theatre (253), Divadelní 1702, 272 01 Kladno Little Theatre (90), T +420 312 242 732 Open-Air Theatre with a Revolving Auditorium in www.divadlokladno.cz Český Krumlov (644), Metropol House (532) Director: Blanka Bendlová E [email protected] Stage dimensions: Manager: Antonín Prynke Historical building: E [email protected] width (8m) x depth (16m) x height (7m) Metropol House: Capacity of the Venue: (448) width (12m) x depth (16m) x height (8m) The Little Theatre: Stage dimensions: width (9m) x depth (8m) x height (5m) width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (5m) The Revolving Auditorium in Český Krumlov: Open-air Space Městské divadlo Brno Brno City Theatre

In the two theatre houses, there operate theatre ensembles which cooperate in all theatrical genres: drama, musical, operetta, ballet. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 47

Lidická 16, 602 00 Brno T +420 585 500 111 T +420 533 316 301 www.moravskedivadlo.cz www.mdb.cz Director: Josef Podstata Director: Stanislav Moša E [email protected] E [email protected] Manager: Jitka Weiermüllerová Manager: Dana Filipi [email protected] E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Opera Company: T +420 533 316 319 Miloslav Oswald PR: Lucie Broučková E [email protected] E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Drama Company: T +420 603 162 088 Michael Tarant E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Drama Productions (380), Music Productions Robert Balogh E [email protected] (680)

Capacity of the Venue: Large Theatre (424) Městské divadlo v Mostě Most City Theatre Stage dimensions: width (12m) x depth (12m) x height (17m) A repertory theatre with two scenes - Municipal Theatre and Variety Theatre focusing on classic Národní divadlo works of drama and theatre for children, young National Theatre people and their parents.

Municipal Theatre Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet Divadelni 15, 434 01 Most companies. It also operates Laterna Magika T +420476 700 251 and Prague State Opera. www.divadlo-most.cz Laterna Magika ﬁ rst debuted before an audience Director: Jiři Rumpik at EXPO 58 in Brussels. Since then it has been E [email protected] active both on its home stage in Prague and on PR and Marketing: Ivana Bonaventurova numerous tours that have travelled the world. E [email protected] Ostrovní 1, 112 30 Praha 1 Capacity of the Venue: (500) T +420 224 901 448 E [email protected] Stage dimensions: www.narodni-divadlo.cz width ( 12 m) x depth (12m) x height (7 m) General Director: Ondřej Černý E [email protected] Variety Theatre Artistic Director of the Opera Company: Topolová 1278, 434 01 Most Rocc T +420 476 700 175, +420 476 702 059 E [email protected] www.divadlo-rozmanitosti.cz Artistic Director of the Drama Company: Artistic Director: Tomaš Alferi Michal Dočekal E [email protected] E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Capacity of the Venue: (138) Petr Zuska E [email protected] Artistic Director of Laterna Magika: Stage dimensions: Zdeněk Prokeš width (6m) x depth (5m) x height (4m) E [email protected] New Stage Director: Štěpán Kubišta Moravské divadlo Olomouc E [email protected] Moravian Theatre Olomouc Capacity of the Venue: Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet National Theatre Building (995), companies. Estates Theatre (659), New Stage (401), Kolowrat Theatre (80) třída Svobody 33 771 11 Olomouc Stage dimensions: National Theatre Building: 48 THEATRES / DRAMA THEATRES

width (14.5m) x depth (14m) Capacity of the Venue: Janáček Theatre (1055), Estates Theatre: Mahen Theatre (569), Reduta Theatre (259), width (14m) x depth (16.5m) x height (21.5m) Small Stage (70) New Stage: width (15m) x depth (15m) Stage dimensions: Kolowrat Theatre: Janáček Theatre: width (10m) x depth (7m) width (5m) x depth (4m) x height (8m) Mahen Theatre: width (5m) x depth (4m) x height (8m) Státní opera Praha Reduta Theatre: Prague State Opera width (5m) x depth (4m) x height (8m)

The Prague State Opera resides in the building which on January 5, 1888 was opened as a Národní divadlo moravskoslezské Prague German stage. Nowadays it runs an opera National Moravian-Silesian Theatre and a ballet company. Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet Legerova 75, 110 00 Praha 1 companies. T +420 296 117 211 Artistic director: Rocc Čs. legií 148/14, 701 04 E [email protected] Ostrava – Moravská Ostrava www.opera.cz T +420 596 276 111 Director: Ondřej Černý www.ndm.cz E [email protected] Director: Jiří Nekvasil Artistic Manager: Anna Tesařová Secretary: Drahomíra Kaletová [email protected] E [email protected] PR: Jaromír Pavlík T +420 596 276 213 E [email protected] International Relations: Adriana Polarczyk E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: T +420 596 276 29 Main Historical Hall (1061) Artistic Director of the Opera Company: Robert Jindra Stage dimensions: E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Drama Company: width (12m) x depth (15m) x height (8m) Pavel Šimák E [email protected] Národní divadlo Brno Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Igor Vejsada National Theatre Brno E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Musical and Operetta Repertory theatre with drama, chamber drama, Company: Gabriela Haukvicová-Petráková opera, and ballet companies. Capacity of the Venue: Dvořákova 11, 657 70 Brno Antonín Dvořák Theatre (517), T +420 542 158 111 Jiří Myron Theatre (665), rehearsal room (50-60) www.ndbrno.cz Director: Daniel Dvořák Stage dimensions: E [email protected] Antonín Dvořák Theatre: Assistant to the Director: Michaela Cvetlerová Main Stage: E [email protected] E [email protected] width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (17m) T +420 542 158 254 Back Stage: Artistic Director of the Opera Company: width (8m) x depth (6m) x height (6m) Eva Blahová Jiří Myron Theatre: E [email protected] Main Stage: Artistic Director of the Drama Company: width (13m) x depth (15m) x height (21m) Zdenek Plachý Back Stage: E [email protected] width (8m) x depth (6m) x height (4.5m) Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Lenka Dřímalová E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Reduta Theatre: Petr Štědroň E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 49

Severočeské divadlo opery a baletu DRAMA THEATRES Ústí nad Labem North Bohemian Theatre of Opera A Studio Rubín and Ballet Ústí nad Labem Theatre and music club with a ﬁ xed repertoire focusing on authorial productions. Repertory theatre with opera and ballet companies. Malostranské nám. 9/262, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 257 221 158 Lidické náměstí 10, 400 01 Ústí nad Labem www.astudiorubin.cz T +420 475 258 600 Director: Ondřej Glazar www.operabalet.cz E [email protected] Director: Tomáš Šimerda Production: Lenka Chalupová E [email protected] E [email protected] Marketing: Eva Frýdlová T +420 777 799 527 E [email protected] T +420 724 307 676 Capacity of the Venue: Artistic Director of the Opera Company: (60 seated, 100 concerts) Milan Kaňák E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: Stage dimensions: Theatre Stage: Vladimír Nečas width (5m) x depth (5m) x height (3.5m) E [email protected] Concert Stage – dance variant: width (5m) x depth (2.5m) x height (2.5m) Capacity of the Venue: (454)

Stage dimensions: Buranteatr width (10m) x depth (8m) x height (14m) Young generation repertory theatre focusing on modern drama. Slezské divadlo Opava Silesian Theatre Opava Stadion, Kounicova 22, Brno T +420 773 662 131 www.buranteatr.cz Repertory theatre with drama, opera, and ballet Director: Zetel companies. E [email protected] Production: Kamila Zetelová Horní náměstí 13, 746 69 Opava E [email protected] T +420 555 537 411 www.divadlo-opava.cz Director: Jindřich Pasker Centrum experimentalního E [email protected] divadla (CED) PR: Jarmila Sejkorová E [email protected] Centre for Experimental Theatre (CED) T +420 724 984 215 Artistic Director of the Opera Company: See page 43 Damiano Binetti E [email protected] Artistic Director of the Drama Company: Company.cz Roman Groszmann E [email protected] Repertory theatre focusing on classic and mod- Artistic Director of the Ballet Company: ern drama operating in Strašnické divadlo and Martin Tomsa Divadlo Komedie. Capacity of the Venue: (361) ul. Solidarity 1986/53, 100 00 Praha 10 T +420 774 133 404 Stage dimensions: www.strasnickedivadlo.cz width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (5m) Director: Eva Bergerová E [email protected] Economic Manager: Tomáš Baloun T +420 775 198 653 E [email protected] 50 THEATRES / DRAMA THEATRES

Činoherní klub Divadelní sdružení CD 2002 Drama Club CD 2002 Theatre Company

Repertory theatre devoted to modern drama. CD 2002 focuses on its own authorial projects and adaptations of classical fairy-tales. Ve Smečkách 26, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 296 222 125-8 Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 www.cinoherniklub.cz T +420 222 326 982 Director: Vladimír Procházka www.CD2002.cz E [email protected] Director: Václav Luks Production: Ondřej Kárník E [email protected] E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: (180) Stage dimensions: Divadelní společnost Petra Bezruče width (7.5m) x depth (4.5m) x height (8m) Petr Bezruč Theatre Company

Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem Repertory theatre specialising in drama with performances for adult and youth audiences. Drama Studio Ústí nad Labem 28. října 120, 702 00 Ostrava Generation theatre operating on the repertory T +420 596 618 363-4 system and focusing on modern drama. www.bezruci.cz Director: Jiří Krejčí Varšavská 767, 400 03 Ústí nad Labem – Střekov E [email protected] T +420 475 531 428 Secretary: Johana Dubová www.cinoherak.cz T +420 603 209 720 Director: Vladimír Čepek E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: Manager: Jana Válková Main Stage (110), Mortuary‘ Pit (40) E [email protected] Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: Main Stage: Main Hall (130) width (8m) x depth (5m) x height (6.5m); Mortuary‘ Pit: Stage dimensions: width (7m) x depth (2.5m) x height (2.5m) width (10.5m) x depth (7.5m) x height (4.5m) Divadelní spolek Frída Dejvické divadlo Frída Theatre Company Dejvické Theatre Theatre company that stages authorial projects. Repertory theatre devoted to modern chamber drama. Zelný trh 4, 602 00 Brno T +420 542 216 709 Zelená 15a/1084, 160 00 Praha 6 www.frida.cz T +420 233 339 108 Director: Martin Trnavský www.dejvickedivadlo.cz Manager: Marcela Mikysková Director: Eva Kejkrtová Měřičková E [email protected] E [email protected] Manager: Lukáš Průdek E [email protected] Divadlo Anfas Theatre Anfas Capacity of the Venue: (135) An association of professional actors, directors, Stage dimensions: and artists that specialises in youth theatre as width (5.5m) x depth (7.5m) x height (4m) well as performances for adults.

Sládkovičova 1268, 140 00 Praha 4 T +420 604 998 008 www.anfasdivadlo.cz CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 51

Director: Petr Mikeska Divadlo Járy Cimrmana Production: Jiří Novotný E [email protected] Jára Cimrman Theatre E [email protected] Theatre penned by the duo Ladislav Smoljak and Zdenek Svěrák, whose plays revolve around Divadlo Antonína Dvořáka the character of a ﬁ ctitious Czech polyhistorian Antonín Dvořák Theatre named Jára Cimrman. The Company has its seat in the ŽIžkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana - see Repertory drama and operetta theatre that pre- page 101. pares theatre productions and other cultural events. Štítného 5, 130 00 Praha 3 Legionářů 400, 261 02 Příbram VII T +420 222 711 515 T +420 318 625 691 www.cimrman.at www.divadlopribram.eu Director: Zdeněk Svěrák Director: Petr Bednář Manager: Václav Kotek E [email protected] E [email protected] Artistic Director: Milan Schejbal

Capacity of the venue: Big Stage (463), Small Divadlo Letí Stage (147), Cinema (397), Variety Hall (1,200) – Centrum současné dramatiky Theatre Letí Stage dimensions: Big Stage: – Centre for Contemporary Drama width (12m) x depth (15m) x height (18m) A generation theatre that focuses on staging Small Stage: works by contemporary Czech and international width (7m) x depth (5m) x height (3.5m) playwrights.

Divadlo Bez zábradlí Čapkova 4, 140 00 Praha 4 T +420 775 290 483 Theatre Without a Balustrade www.divadlo-leti.cz Director: Martina Schlegelová Private repertory theatre with an audience- E [email protected] friendly repertoire and popular actors. T +420 774 448 479 Production: Magdaléna Zelenková Divadlo Bez zábradlí, Jungmannova 31 E [email protected] 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 775 290 483) T +420 224 494 604, +420 224 494 601 www.bezzabradli.cz Director: Karel Heřmánek Divadlo Na Fidlovačce Manager: Hana Heřmánková Theatre Na Fidlovačce E [email protected] Private repertory theatre with an audience- Capacity of the Venue: (296) friendly repertoire and popular actors. Stage dimensions: Křesomyslova 625, 140 00 Praha 4 width (10m) x depth (8.5m) x height (5.5m) T +420 261 215 722 www.fidlovacka.cz Director: Tomáš Töpfer Divadlo Feste E [email protected] Feste Theatre Capacity of the Venue: Authorial generation theatre that focuses on Main Stage (526), Small Stage (100) social and political themes. Stage dimensions: Třída Kapitána Jaroše 23, 602 00 Brno width (10m) x depth (13m) x height (8m) T +420 777 862 614 www.divadlofeste.cz Director: Jiří Honzírek Production: Klára Mišunová E [email protected] 52 THEATRES / DRAMA THEATRES

Divadlo Na Jezerce Divadlo Na zábradlí Theatre Na Jezerce Theatre on the Balustrade

Private repertory theatre with an audience- Repertory theatre that primarily stages Czech friendly repertoire and popular actors. premieres of plays by contemporary Czech and international playwrights. Na Jezerce 1451, 140 00 Praha 4 – Nusle T +420 241 400 772 Anenské nám. 5, 115 33 Praha 1 www.divadlonajezerce.cz T +420 222 868 868 Director: Jan Hrušínský www.nazabradli.cz Manager: Lubica Ferencová Director: Doubravka Svobodová E [email protected] E [email protected] PR Manager: Alexandra Poláková Capacity of the Venue: (205) E [email protected] T +420 739 023 171 Stage dimensions: width (9.5m) x depth (7m) x height (6m) Capacity of the Venue: Striped Hall (175), Eliade’s Library (55)

Divadlo Na tahu Stage dimensions: Na tahu Theatre Striped Hall: width (4.5m) x depth (6m) x height (12m) An amateur company with a repertoire devoted Eliade’s Library: mainly to the works of Václav Havel. width (5.5m) x depth (12m)

Mánesova 20 120 00 Praha 2 Divadlo pod Palmovkou T +420 603 554 031 Theatre pod Palmovkou www.divadlo.cz/divadlonatahu Director: Andrej Krob Repertory theatre focusing on classic works of E [email protected] drama.

Capacity of the Venue: Paměť Studio (66) Zenklova 34, 180 36 Praha 8 T +420 283 011 127 Stage dimensions: www.divadlopodpalmovkou.cz width (7m) x depth (4.5m) x height (2.5m) Director: Petr Kracik PR and Marketing: Barbara Tůmová E [email protected] Divadlo na Vinohradech Theatre on Vinohrady Capacity of the Venue: Divadlo pod Palmovkou (320), Repertory drama theatre and the main repre- Small Stage (70) sentativy theatre stage of the City of Prague. Stage dimensions: Náměstí Míru 7, 120 00 Praha 2 Main Stage: T +420 296 550 111 width (8m) x depth (14m) x height (5.4m), www.dnv-praha.cz Small Stage: Director: Jindřich Gregorini width (7m) x depth (7.5m) x height (2–6m) E [email protected] Artistic Director: Martin Stropnický Divadlo Polárka Capacity of the Venue: (629) Polárka Theatre Stage dimensions: Repertory theatre dedicated to children width (15m) x depth (19m) x height (23m) and young people.

Tučkova 34, 602 00 Brno T +420 724 042 852 www.divadlopolarka.cz CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 53

Director: Roman Burián Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] Main Hall (297), Club (60) Manager: Bronislava Krchňáková E [email protected] Stage dimensions: width (12m) x depth (8m) x height (7m) Capacity of the Venue: (144)

Stage dimensions: Divadlo Tramtarie width (6m) x depth (7.5m) x height (4.2m) Tramtarie Theatre

Divadlo Radka Brzobohatého A club chamber theatre.

Theatre of Radek Brzobohatý Hynaisova 11, 772 00 Olomouc T +420 777 703 946 A private repertory theatre with an audience- www.divadlotramtarie.cz friendly repertoire and popular actors. Director: Petra Němečková E [email protected] Opletalova 5/7 111 44 Praha 1 Capacity of the venue: (70) T +420 222 246 269 www.divadlorb.cz Stage dimensions: Director: Hana Gregorová width (6m) x depth (4.5m) x height (3m) E [email protected] Manager:Pavla Procházková E [email protected] Divadlo Ungelt

Capacity of the Venue: (273) Ungelt Theatre

Stage dimensions: Private repertory theatre with no permanent width (11m) x depth (6m) company and focusing on an audience-friendly and featuring popular actors.

Divadlo Silesia Malá Štupartská 1, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 828 081 Silesia Theatre www.divadloungelt.cz Summer Stage: A club theatre that specialises in contemporary Nový Svět, 118 00 Praha 1, works by Czech, Polish, and Slovak authors. www.letniscena.cz Director: Milan Hein Vyhlídalova 252/25, 713 00 Ostrava-Heřmanice E [email protected] T + 420 603 743 620 Manager: Jiří Pritz www.divadlosilesia.cz E [email protected] Director: Jiří Vobecký E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: Divadlo Ungelt (80) +420 603 743 620 Summer Stage (209)

Divadlo Šumperk Stage dimensions: Divadlo Ungelt: Šumperk Theatre width (7m) x depth (3m) x height (3.5m) Summer Stage: Repertory theatre specialising in drama. width (7m) x depth (4m) x height (4m)

Komenského 3, 787 01 Šumperk T +420 583 214 061-2 Divadlo v Dlouhé www.divadlosumperk.cz Director: René Sviderski Theatre in Dlouhá E [email protected] T +420 583 283 820) Repertory drama theatre. Head of Commercial Services: Helena Pokorná T +420 583 214 062 Dlouhá 39, 110 00 Praha 1 Commercial Services: Veronika Zetochová T +420 224 826 807, +420 221 778 611 T +420 583 283 366 www.divadlovdlouhe.cz 54 THEATRES / DRAMA THEATRES

Director: Daniela Šálková Stage dimensions: E [email protected] Big Stage: Production: Markéta Lelková width (9m) x depth (12m) x height (9m) E [email protected] Small Stage: width (9m) x depth (14m) x height (6m) Capacity of the Venue: Main Hall (412), Cafe (60) Stage dimensions: Klicperovo divadlo Main Stage: Klicpera Theatre width (8m) x depth (11m) x height (4m) Repertory theatre focusing on modern drama. It Docela velké divadlo also organises the Theatre of European Regions Quite a Great Theatre Festival. Dlouhá 99, 500 01 Hradec Králové A theatre focusing on drama for children and T +420 495 514 590-1 young people. www.klicperovodivadlo.cz Director: Ladislav Zeman Rooseveltova 279, 436 01 Litvínov E [email protected] T +420 602 416 688 (Director) Manager: Svatava Šteinerová T +420 602 278 743 (Manager) E [email protected] www.docelavelkedivadlo.cz Director: Jurij Galin Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] Main Hall (407), Beseda Studio (120), Attic Stage Manager: Jana Galinová (50) E [email protected] Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: Main Stage: Big Hall (360), Chamber Hall (280), width (12m) x depth (11m) x height (12m) Small Hall (60), club (40) Beseda: width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (6m) Stage dimensions: Big Stage: width (7.5m) x depth (6m) x height (11m) Komorní činohra Praha Chamber Stage: Chamber Drama Theatre width (7.5m) x depth (6m) x height (11m) Small Stage: Repertory chamber theatre focusing on modern width (5m) x depth (5m) x height (4m) straight drama. Club: width (5m) x depth (5m) x height (4m) Zenklova 34, 180 36 Praha 8 / sídelní: Bořanovická 24 182 00 Praha 8 Horácké divadlo Jihlava T +420 283 011 127 Horácké Theatre Jihlava www.komornicinohra.cz Director: Jiří Bábek Repertory theatre devoted to traditional drama. E [email protected]

Komenského 1359/22, 586 47 Jihlava Komorní scéna Aréna T +420 567 161 000 www.hdj.cz Chamber Stage Arena Director: Josef Fila E [email protected] Repertory chamber theatre focusing on modern Operations Manager: Bohumil Šmergl straight drama. E [email protected] T +420 567 161 062) Třída 28. října 2, 701 85 Ostrava Commercial Services Manager: Vladislava Lacková T +420 596 130 622 E [email protected] www.divadloarena.cz Director: Renáta Huserová Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] Big Hall (305), Small Hall (100) Artistic Director: Ivan Krejčí E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 55

Capacity of the Venue: (96) Nina Koubová E [email protected] Stage dimensions: width (7.5m) x depth x (6m) x height (6m) ABC Theatre and Small Stage ABC Vodičkova 28, pasáž U Nováků, 110 00 Praha 1 Capacity of the Venue: (636) Malá scéna Zlín Stage dimensions: depth (10m) x width (7.5m) Little Scene Zlín Small Stage ABC Capacity of the Venue: (56) Stage dimensions: Repertory chamber theatre that focuses depth (10m) x width (7.5m) x height (5.5m) on contemporary drama and modern stagings of classic works. Rokoko Theatre Václavské náměstí 38, pasáž Rokoko Štefánikova 2987, 760 01 Zlín 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 776 575 307 Capacity of the Venue: (220) www.malascenazlin.cz Stage dimensions: Director: Renata Švrčková depth (10.5m) x width (5.9m) E [email protected] T +420 776 575 307 width of forestage (8.5m) x height (5m) Secretary: Hana Mrázková E [email protected] T +420 773 235 555 Městské divadlo Brno Brno City Theatre Capacity of the Venue: Main Stage (300), Small Stage (120) See page 45

Stage dimensions: Main Stage: Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav width (12m) x depth (18m) x height (3.5m); Mladá Boleslav City Theatre Small Stage: width (7m) x depth (9m) x height (4.5m) Repertory theatre focusing on traditional drama and musicals.

Masopust třída T. Bati 4091/32, 761 87 Zlín Carnival T +420 577 636 111 www.divadlo.zlin.cz An independent theatre company focusing on Director: Petr Michálek E [email protected] chamber drama projects. Capacity of the Venue: Saská 3/520, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 777 256 360 Main Hall (687), Studio Z (161), www.maso-pust.cz Workshop 9472 (80) Director: Štěpán Pácl E [email protected] Stage dimensions: PR and promotions: Martina Moudrá Main Stage: E [email protected] width (13m) x depth (20m) x height (6.4m) Studio Z: Městská divadla pražská width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (4m) Workshop 9472: Municipal Theatres of Prague width (4m) x depth (4m) x height (2.7m)

Complex of repertory municipal theatres of the City of Prague. Městské divadlo v Mostě Municipal Theatre Most The Municipal Theatres of Prague V Jámě 1, 110 00 Praha 1 See page 46 www.MestskaDivadlaPrazska.cz Director: Ondřej Zajíc PR: Kristina Maixnerová E [email protected] 56 THEATRES / DRAMA THEATRES

Pražské komorní divadlo www.studiodva.cz Director: Michal Hrubý Prague Chamber Theatre E [email protected] Manager: Alžběta Brabencová Repertory chamber theatre focusing mainly on E [email protected] contemporary German-language drama.

Jungmannova 1, 110 00 Praha 1 Studio Saint Germain T +420 224 222 484 – 5 Saint Germain Theatre www.prakomdiv.cz Director: Dušan D. Pařízek A chamber theatre with no permanent company E [email protected] Promotion, PR: Michaela Korcová focusing on modern French drama. E [email protected] Rock Café (Nový horizont spol. s r.o.) Národní 20, 110 00 Praha 1 Slovácké divadlo Uherské Hradiště T +420 224 933 947 www.rockcafe.cz Slovácké Theatre in Uherské Hradiště Director: Lukáš Růžek Manager: Tonda Troup Repertory theatre focusing on classic and E [email protected] modern drama. Capacity of the Venue: (70) Tyršovo nám. 480, 686 12 Uherské Hradište Stage dimensions: T 420 572 551 346, +420 572 557 720 width (8.5m) x depth (4.5m) x height (3m) www.slovackedivadlo.cz Director. Igor Stránský E [email protected] Studio Ypsilon Manager: Naděžda Slachová E [email protected] Repertory theatre focusing on modern drama and chamber musicals. Capacity of the Venue: Big Hall (378), Small Hall (80) Spálená 16, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 947 119 Stage dimensions: Big Stage: www.ypsilonka.cz width (7m) x depth (13m) x height (5m) Director: Jan Schmid Public relations: Ilona Smejkalová E [email protected] Spolek Kašpar T +420 777 015 670 Kašpar Theatre Capacity of the Venue: Repertory theatre focusing on modern and Hall (180), Small Stage (101) classic drama works with the seat in Divadlo v Celetné - see page 95. Stage dimensions: Big Stage: Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 width (8m) x depth (8m) x height (5.5m) T +420 222 326 843, +420 608 327 107 Small Stage: www.divadlovceletne.cz width (5.5m) x depth (6.5m) x height (3.2m) Director: Jakub Špalek E [email protected] Manager: Blanka Štrayblová Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově E [email protected] Švandovo Theatre in Smíchov

Studio DVA Repertory theatre focusing on modern chamber drama. Some performance with English subtitles. Private repertory drama and musical theatre focusing on an audience-friendly repertoire and Štefánikova 57, 150 00 Praha 5 featuring popular actors. T +420 234 651 111 www.svandovodivadlo.cz Director: Daniel Hrbek Novomlýnská 5, 110 00 Praha 1 E [email protected] T +420 222 222 598 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 57

Head of UTP: Zdeněk Dřevikovský Západočeské divadlo v Chebu E [email protected] West Bohemian Theatre Cheb Capacity of the Venue: Main Hall (300), Studio (64) Repertory theatre focusing on modern and traditional drama and performances for young Stage dimensions: people. Main Stage: width (9.5m) x depth (8m) x height (5.5m) Divadelní nám. 10, 350 11 Cheb T +420 354 547 711 Studio: www.divadlocheb.cz width (6m) x depth (18m) x height (5.7m) Director: Miloš Ružička E [email protected] Manager: Šárka Holanová Těšínské divadlo Český Těšín E [email protected] Těšín Theatre Český Těšín T +420 354 432 522

Repertory chamber theatre focusing on classic Capacity of the venue: and modern drama. It stages productions in West Bohemian Theatre (240), Studio D (60) Czech and Polish. Ostravská 67, 737 35 Český Těšín Stage dimensions: T +420 558 746 022–3 width 10.5m) x depth (10m) x height www.tdivadlo.cz Director: Mgr. Karol Suszka Deputy for Operations and Finance: Iris Heclová E [email protected]

Capacity of the Venue: (377)

Stage dimensions: width (8 m/15m) x depth (15m) x height (4.75m)

Východočeské divadlo Pardubice East Bohemian Theatre Pardubice

A repertory theatre focusing on traditional drama and chamber musicals.

U Divadla 50, 531 62 Pardubice T +420 466 616 411 www.vcd.cz Director: Petr Dohnal E [email protected] PR: Radek Smetana E [email protected]

Capacity of the Venue: Main Hall (452), Chamber Hall (110)

Stage dimensions: Main Stage: width (14m) x depth (10–14m) x height (14m); Chamber Hall: width (6m) x depth (3–4 m) x height (6m) 58 THEATRES / MUSICAL THEATRES / PUPPET THEATRES

MUSICAL THEATRES Hudební divadlo Karlín Karlín Music Theatre Opera theatres The only theatre in Prague focusing on classi- See Theatre with more than one company, cal operetta and classic musicals. This musical page 43-48. theatre off ers comedies with songs, operettas, musicals, and occasionally ballets or concerts.

Divadlo Broadway Křižíkova 10, 186 17 Praha 8 Broadway Theatre T +420 221 868 404 www.hdk.cz Director: Egon Kulhánek Musical and drama theatre. Production: Jan Křehla E [email protected] Na Příkopě 31, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 722 949 552 T +420 225 113 310 www.divadlo-broadway.cz Capacity of the Venue: (921) Director: Oldřich Lichtenberg E [email protected] T +420 225 113 120) Stage dimensions: width (12m) x depth (up to 30m) x height (8m) Capacity of the Venue: (764)

Stage dimensions: width (13m) x depth (12m), and 6m x 5m for background projections

Divadlo Hybernia Hybernia Theatre

Theatre specialized in music and musicals.

Náměstí Republiky 4, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 221 419 414, +420 221 419 416 www.hybernia.eu Director: Lubomír Messinger Business Manager: Michal Izakovic E [email protected] T +420 602 331 886

Capacity of the Venue: (900)

Stage dimensions: width (12m) x depth (16m) x height (9m) CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 59

PUPPET THEATRES E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: Buchty a loutky The Theatre Tent Obludarium (120), Cakes and Puppets Mystery Theatre Boat (50-170)

An independent alternative puppet theatre Stage dimensions: that stages productions for children and adults. Obludarium width: (24m) x height (12m) Its original scripts combine a unique sense of Mystery Theatre Boat: width (8m) x depth (12m) humour, special creative elements, puppets and x height (2.80m) original live music. Divadlo Drak a Mezinárodní institut Myslbekova 9, 169 00 Praha 6 T +420 234 651 249 ﬁ gurálního divadla www.buchtyaloutky.cz DRAK Theatre and the International Director: Marek Bečka E [email protected] Institute of Figurative Theatre Manager: Daniel Schenk E [email protected] DRAK Theatre ranks among Czech theatres with T +420 776 572 685 a long tradition and it stages plays for audiences of every age, from nursery school students, to Divadlo Alfa grandfathers and grandmothers. It is the co- organiser of the International Festival Theatre Alfa Theatre European Regions.

This high-quality regional puppet theatre com- Hradební 632, 500 03 Hradec Králové pany has a long history. Since 1967 it has been T +420 495 512 510 the co-organiser of the Skupa´s Plzeň festival. www.draktheatre.cz Director: Eliška Finková Rokycanská 7, 312 01 Plzeň E [email protected] T +420 378 038 451, +420 378 038 479 Artistic Director: Jakub Krofta www.divadloalfa.cz Manager: Dominika Špalková Director: Tomáš Froyda E [email protected] E [email protected] Manager: Marcela Mašínová Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] DRAK Theatre (164), Studio (70)

Capacity of the Venue: Stage dimensions: Theatre Alfa (250), Alfa Club (80) DRAK Theatre: width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (6m) Stage dimensions: Studio: width (12m) x depth (8 m) x height (6 m) width (9.8m) x depth (13m) x height (4.6m)

Divadlo bratří Formanů Divadlo Lampion Forman Brothers Theatre Lampion Theatre

The Forman Brothers Theatre is not a strictly See page 45 deﬁ ned company of actors and artists complete in itself, but rather a free association of people who enjoy working together and who have in Divadlo Líšeň common more than just their approach to work. Líšeň Theatre

Stržná 33, 165 00 Praha 6 An independent professional theatre company T +420 775 177 576, whose approach typically involves a strong ele- www.formanstheatre.cz Directors: Petr Forman, Matěj Forman ment of stylisation based on experimenting with Production: Klára Doubravová design, sound, music and movement. A substan- E [email protected] tial part of the company’s repertoire comprises Lída Vacková marionette productions for adults. 60 THEATRES / PUPPET THEATRES

Obecká 13, 628 00 Brno Divadlo Radost T +420 728 898 500 www.divadlolisen.cz Puppet Theatre Radost Director: Luděk Vémola E [email protected] Drama and puppet theatre for children and Manager: Kateřina Slámová Bartošová adults. E [email protected] Bratislavská 32, 602 00 Brno T +420 545 321 273 Divadlo loutek Ostrava www.divadlo-radost.cz Theatre of Puppets Ostrava Director: Vlastimil Peška E [email protected] Theatre of Puppets Ostrava is the only profes- Manager: Petr Jančařík E [email protected] sional puppet theatre for children and adults Capacity of the Venue: (220) in the region of North Moravia. It organises the international competition and festival of puppet Stage dimensions: theatre and kindred stages forms. Big Stage: width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (5m) Pivovarská 3164/15, 728 32 Ostrava 1 T +420 596 110 500, +420 596 100 524 Small Stage: www.dlo-ostrava.cz width (7m) x depth (5m) x height (10m) Director: Jarmila Hájková Summer Stage: E [email protected] width (6m), depth (6m) T +420 596 100 504 Production: Ivana Kytlicová E [email protected] Divadlo rozmanitostí T +420 596 100 526 Variety Theatre

Capacity of the Venue: (176) See Municipal Theatre in Most p. 46.

Stage dimensions: Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvínka width (11m) x depth (12m) x height (4.7m) Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre

Divadlo Minor Spejbl and Hurvínek marionette theatre was Minor Theatre established by Josef Skupa in 1930. The principal characters of all the theatre’s performances The theatre focuses on performances for children are Spejbl and Hurvínek – father and son – who and shows aimed at attracting adults, so it has represent two generations, each with a diff er- something to off er the entire family. ent view of the world. The children’s repertoire includes modern adaptations of fairytales and Vodičkova 6, 110 00 Praha 1 dramatic excursions into the world of fantasy T +420 222 231 702 and allegory. Plays intended for teenagers reﬂ ect www.minor.cz on the problems of that age group, while adults Director: Zdeněk Pecháček are off ered satirical comedies. E [email protected] Manager: Daniela Deutelbaum Dejvická 38, 160 00 Praha 6 E [email protected] T +420 224 312 380, 721 259 234 www.spejbl-hurvinek.cz Capacity of the venue: Director: Helena Štáchová Main Hall (224), Small Stage (100) Manager: René Hájek E [email protected] Stage dimensions: width (10m) x depth (9m) x height (4.5m) Capacity of the Venue: (280)

Stage dimensions: width (10.5m) x depth (9m) x height (7.5m) CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 61

Divadlo Tineola Žatecká 1, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 819 322-324 Tineola Theatre www.mozart.cz Director: Jan Dvořák The Tineola Theatre is a modern puppet theatre Manager: Petr Vodička that co-operates with many puppet theatres in E [email protected] Europe and with various artists and organisations in the Czech Republic and abroad. Tineola Capacity of the Venue: (260) organises workshops and lectures relating to the art of puppet theatre. Stage dimensions: width (5m) x depth (3m) x height (3m) Ke Dvoru 6, 160 00 Praha 6 T +420 222 955 411 www.tineola.cz Studio dell’arte Director: Michaela Bartoňová Manager: Radka Hájková Studio dell´arte was established in 1990 and E [email protected] is an independent puppet theatre that stages productions for children and street and evening Jihočeské divadlo performances for adults. South Bohemian Theatre Ant. Janouška 15, 370 08 České Budějovice T +420 776 110 128, 776 110 138 See page 45. www.dellarte.cz Director: Stanislava Kočvarová T +420 776 110 128 Naivní divadlo Liberec Manager: Sylva Malinková T +420 776 110 138 Naive Theatre Liberec E [email protected]

The Naive Theatre Liberec was established in 1949 and was one of the fi rst professional puppet Teátr Víti Marčíka theatres in former Czechoslovakia. Although this Theatre of Vít Marčík Czech theatre has fl ourished in various directions, for the past sixty years it has become fi xed in the Víťa Marčík is a comedian and clown in the minds of both audiences and professionals as proper sense of the words. With unconcealed theatre that gives excellent puppet performances. delight he acts out familiar stories intended to entertain the public. Audiences, real people, are Moskevská 32/18, 460 31 Liberec the targets of his unbridled improvisation. T +420 485 253 677 www.naivnidivadlo.cz Hosín 182, 373 41 Hluboká nad Vltavou Director: Stanislav Doubrava Drahotěšice 15, 373 41 Hluboká nad Vltavou E [email protected] T +420 608 860 885 www.teatr.cz Capacity of the Venue: Director: Vítězslav Marčík Main Hall (186), Studio (70) Production: Pavel Šmíd E [email protected] Stage dimensions: width of the stage (12.5m), width of the portal (6.40m) x depth (8.2m) + forestage (2.9m) x height of the stage (10m), height of the portal (3.2m); blackbox is available

Národní divadlo marionet National Marionette Theatre

The National Marionette Theatre was created in 1991 and has staged more than 20 premieres of traditional puppet performances for both adults and children. 62 THEATRES / EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW WRITING THEATRES

EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW Cirk La Putyka WRITING THEATRES A contemporary circus group, Cirk La Putyka aims to transcend the boundaries between Barevný děti acrobatics, modern dance, puppetry, concerts, Colourful Children and sports.

Colourful children is a theatre group established Šumavská 21, 120 00 Praha 2 by people of diff erent nations, nature and profes- T +420 775 07 1110 www.laputyka.cz sions. The association organizes dance lectures, Director: Rostislav Novák multicultural events and theatre productions. Manager: Vít Novák E [email protected] Žižkova 33, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 775 071 110 T +420 602 409 311 www.barevnydeti.org Director: Tereza Dobiašova Décalages – divadlo v pohybu Contact person: Zuzana Hochova Décalages – Theatre in Motion E [email protected] T +420 724 722 774 A Franco-Czech theatrical ensemble based in Prague that uses a poetic, visual language and Bílé divadlo Ostrava combines aerial acrobatics, music, dance, stage White Theatre Ostrava design, and drama. Sokolovská 104/85, 186 00 Praha 8 The White theatre Ostrava is a free artistic as- T +420 222 352 091-2 sociation that has been working with stage and www.decalages.eu paratheatrical experiments for more than 29 Director: Salvi Salvatore years. Manager: Judita Hoffmanová E [email protected] Jan Číhal T +420 734 445 261 B. Nikodema 4477, 708 00 Ostrava – Poruba T +420 605 135 963 www.biledivadlo.cz Depresivní děti touží po penězích Director: Jan Číhal Depressed Children Long for Money Contact person: Jan Číhal E [email protected] An independent artistic group that creates theatre projects in unorthodox locations. Bohnická divadelní společnost Žíšovská 1628, 190 16 Praha 9 Bohnice Theatre Company T +420 606 689 283 www.depresivnideti.eu The theatre company of Bohnice Psychiatric Director: Martin Falář Clinic is an open, creative society of patients and E [email protected] their friends from the ranks of professional art- T +420 606 869 283 ists. Their experimental productions are geared towards drama and art therapy. Divadlo Anička a letadýlko Jagellonská 15, 130 00 Praha 3 Annie and the Little Plane Theatre T +420 777 648 402 www.bohnicka.cz This company creates authorial stage produc- Director: Martin Učík tions that are combinations of puppet shows, E [email protected] object theatre, and acting and that work with live music on stage.

Anenská 5, 602 00 Brno T +420 776 841 851 www.letadylko.cz Director: Petr Pola E [email protected] Anička Duchoňová E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / CONTEXTS OF THE CZECH THEATRE 63

Divadlo Archa Divadlo Facka Archa Theatre Slap Theatre

Presenting a wide range of contemporary dance, The distinct feature of Slap Theatre’s productions theatre, music, ﬁ lm and multimedia performance, is how it combines circus skills with elements of Archa Theatre also strives to present its own pro- non-verbal theatre. Among its other activities jects showcasing diverse innovative ideas and pro- is the development of site-speciﬁ c projects. gressive theatrical forms on an international scale. Lidická 13, 602 00 Brno Na Poříčí 26, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 608 417 817 T +420 221 716 111 www.divadlofacka.cz www.archatheatre.cz Director: Sergej Sanža Director: Ondřej Hrab Contact person: Silvie Sanža E [email protected] E [email protected] Manager: Katarína Dudáková T +420 608 417 817 E [email protected] E [email protected] T +420 221 716 120 Divadlo Kvelb Kvelb Theatre Capacity of the Venue: Big Hall (100 – 1200), Small Stage (80–120) A mix of puppet, alternative, and street theatre, itinerant clown theatre, movement and creative Stage dimensions: theatre, and a parade of scarecrows. Big Stage: maximum dimensions: Divadlo Kvelb width (12 m) x depth (12–24 m) x height (7 m) Staroměstská 9, 370 04 České Budějovice Small Stage: T +420 603 380 381 width (6 m) x depth (10–14 m) x height (4.5–7 m) www.kvelb.com Contact Person: Pavel Lukáš E [email protected] Divadlo Continuo T +420 603 380 381 Continuo Theatre Divadlo Mimotaurus Movement, live music, puppets, physical acting, circus techniques, dance, and striking visual styli- Mimotaurus Theatre sations – all these elements come together to create the unmistakable poetics that characterise The theatre combines elements of street per- each and every production. formance, visual art, puppet shows, and traditional theatre. Švestkový dvůr Malovice 35, 384 11 Malovice Veletržní 14, 170 00 Praha 7 T +420 222 352 091-2 T +420 777 596 106 www.continuo.cz www.mimotaurus.com Director: Pavel Štourač Director: Dominik Tesař Contact Person: Zuzana Bednarčiková T +420 777 596 106 E [email protected] T + 420 777 790 709 Divadlo Neslyším I Cannot Hear Theatre Divadlo DNO DNO Theatre This company’s productions are enjoyed both by hearing impaired spectators and by people A company that mixes humour, music, without this disability. and puppetry. Cejl 87, 602 00 Brno Štefánikova 318, 511 00 Hradec Králové 11 T +420 515 297 165 T +420 777 868 572 www.neslysim.cz www.divadlodno.cz Director: Monika Kurincová Director: Jiří Jelínek 64 THEATRES / EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW WRITING THEATRES

Divadlo Sklep Handa Gote Research & Development Sklep Theatre An artistic group that pursues conceptual, This company of 34 actors performs on average post-dramatic theatre drawing in turns on sound four times a month. The theatre deﬁ nes its activ- installations, movement and dance theatre, live ity as focusing not only on theatre, but also on music, creative theatre, and technology. ﬁ lm, records, and CD markets. JEDEFRAU.ORG / Handa Gote Zemědělská 14, 160 00 Praha 6 Jasná I 1181/6, 147 00 Praha 4 – Braník T +420 607 700 002 T +420 244 468 173 www.handagote.com www.divadlosklep.cz www.jedefrau.org Director: Jiří Burda www.myspace.com/handagote Contact Person: Andrea Schinková Contact Person: Maria Cavina E [email protected] E [email protected] T +420 244 468 173 T +420 607 700 002

Divadlo VOSTO5 JOHAN – centrum pro kulturní VOSTO5 Theatre a sociální projekty This generation theatre stages authorial works JOHAN – Independent Centre for that combine the poetics of modern cabaret Cultural and Social Projects derived from text-appeals with satirical observa- tion and above all an ability to create authorial The Independent Centre for Cultural and Social productions based on hyperbole, improvisation, Projects in Pilsen is a member of Trans Europe and spoofi ng. Halles, an international network of cultural centres based in former industrial buildings. It Litovická 11, 161 00 Praha 6 organises art projects (original artistic work in T +420 608 920 937 the fi elds of the performing arts and visual arts, www.vosto5.cz festivals, theatrical and para-theatrical projects, Director: Petr Prokop E [email protected] exhibition projects, production work, consultation), educational projects, and community- oriented social work. Experimentální prostor Roxy / NoD Roxy / NoD Experimental Space Havířská 11, 301 00 Plzeň T +420 604 281 500, +420 775 131 309 www.johancentrum.cz See page 96. Director: Roman Černík Contact Person: Lenka Hodoušová E [email protected] Farma v jeskyni Farm in the Cave Stage dimensions: Main Stage: International organisation that focuses on the width (5.5 m) x depth (6 m) x height (8 m) creation, development, and exploration of human ‘Stairwell’ Stage: expression. It searches for physical articulations width (4.5m) x depth (3m) x height (5m) that express what cannot be expressed by any other means and fi nds expression on uncharted musical territory, through fragments of culture, Krepsko and in the human touch, the architecture of space, and personal statements. Krepsko theatre group is known for its absurdist black humour, a twisted and poetic playfulness, S. K. Neumanna 1893/11, 182 00 Praha 8 and the use of the non-verbal language of gentle T +420 739592481 clownery. Krepsko has presented its tragicomi- www.infarma.info cal performances in theatres and festivals in over Director: Viliam Dočolomanský 20 countries around the world. Contact Person: Anna Kršiaková E [email protected] c/o Jiri Zeman T +420 739 592 481 Varšavská 19, 120 00 Praha 2 T +420 777 961 710 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 65 www.krepsko.com Studio Damúza Director: Linnea Happonen Contact Person: Linnea Happonen Damúza Studio E [email protected] Studio Damúza is an open experimental platform. Its primary focus is puppet and visual theatre. Malé divadlo kjógenu Brno The Little Theater of Kyogen Karlova 26, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 604 878 918 Professional theatre company devoted to staging www.damuza.cz Director: Jan Bubal traditional Japanese kyogen comedies in Czech. E [email protected] Manager: T +420 736 510 802 Contact Person: Barbora Kalinová www.kjogen.cz E [email protected] Director: Igor Dostálek +420 776 777 914 Contact Person: Tomáš Pavčík E [email protected] T +420 603 466 237 Teatr Novogo Fronta

SKUTR The origin of Teatr Novogo Fronta lies in St. Petersburg, Russia, where this theatre company was established in 1993. In 1994 the theatre set- SKUTR’s productions combine dance, movement, tled in Prague, Czech Republic. Performances of acrobatics, puppetry, projections, light design, the Teatr Novogo Fronta are constructed from text, and music. images which stand on the frontier between FixPoint, s.r.o. mysticism and abstraction, circus art and mod- Hájecká 1654/16, 100 00 Praha 10 ern dance, where the main force is the action, T +420 608 327 597 improvization and tension amplifi ed by the www.skutr.org ridiculousness of human tragedy. Director: Lukáš Trpišovský Contact Person: Tereza Rychnovská Probiont o.s. E [email protected] Minská 4 T +420 608 327 597 101 00 - Praha 10 www.tnf.cz Spitfi re Company Contact Person: Lucia Šimášková T +420 734 445 138 E [email protected] The Spitfi re Company is an artistic platform, where physical, visual, music, and dance theatre come together. Veselé skoky

T +420 724 900 718 Veselé skoky theatre combines dance, commedia www.bezhlavi.cz dell‘arte, silent comedy, ballet, pantomime, jazz, Director: Petr Boháč swing and step. Contact Person: Aneta Kafková E [email protected] Divadlo v Celetné T +420 724 900 718 Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 608 964 913 Stage Code www.veseleskoky.cz Director: Miroslav Hanuš Contact Person: David Havel Most of Stage Code’s theatre experiences derive E [email protected] from an object. It pursues site-speciﬁ c and physi- T +420 608 964 913 cal theatre as well as modern mime.

Fr. Křížka 36, 170 00 Praha 7 www.alfredvedvore.cz 66 THEATRES / BLACK-LIGHT THEATRES / DANCE THEATRES

BLACK-LIGHT THEATRES Venue: Srnec Theatre passage Broadway All Colours Theatre – ACT Na Příkopě 31, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 225 113 352, +420 774 574 475 The company was formed in 1989 to create E [email protected] a theatre that combined black light theatre, as www.srnectheatre.com a traditional Czech theatre form, with elements Director: Jiří Srnec & Dana Srncová of musical performance, dance and pantomime. Production: Srnec Productions E [email protected] Interart Production, a.s. M +420 604 343 619 Rytířská 31, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 221 610 114 Srnec Theatre www.blacktheatre.cz Passage Broadway Director: Michal Kocourek Capacity of the venue: (753) Production Manager: Eva Bělovská Stage dimensions: width (13 m) depth (11 m) T +420 224 212 810 height (5 m)

Capacity of the Venue: (208) Zbraslav Theatre - venue for reahearsals and occassional performances Stage dimensions: Capacity of the venue: (220) width (7.5 m) x depth (5.9 m) x height (3.4 m) Stage dimensions: width (12 m) depth (12 m) height (4,5 m) Černé divadlo Animáto The Black-Light Theatre Animato Černé divadlo Metro Metro Black-Light Theatre Black-light productions draw on the principles of Laterna Magica’s theatre-large-screen projec- The only black light theatre in Prague that dem- tions, with special light eff ects, music, dance, and onstrates its unique technique at the end of each puppets, combined with theatre and mime. performance.

Na Příkopě 10, 110 00 Praha 1 Divadlo Metro T +420 281 932 665, +420 222 244 358 Národní 25, 110 00 Praha 1 www.blacklighttheatreprague.cz T +420 221 085 276 Director: Jan Pajer www.divadlometro.cz E [email protected] Director: Michal Urban T +420 737 441 495) Manager: Daniela Urbanová E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: T +420 602 316 346 (80–100) Capacity of the Venue: (222) Stage dimensions: width (7 m) x depth (8 m) x height (4.5 m) Stage dimensions: width (8.5 m) x depth (4.8 m) x height (4 m) Černé divadlo Jiřího Srnce The Black-Light Theatre Divadlo kouzel Pavla Kožíška of Jiří Srnec Magic Theatre of Pavel Kozisek

The ﬁ rst black light theatre in the world, cur- Unique theatre that off ers productions for chil- rently performing in Prague as well as tour- dren and presents an amazing show with various ing abroad. Founded in 1961 by Jiří Srnec, the unique surprises, successful world illusions, and inventor and founder of the black light theatre beautiful women. technique as we know it nowadays. Mírové náměstí 44, 250 65 Líbeznice u Prahy Offices and mailing address: T +420 731 176 659 U lékárny 597 www.divadlokouzel.cz 156 00 Praha 5 Director: Pavel Kožíšek Czech Republic Produkce: Petra Pavlíková T +420 257 921 835 E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 67

T +420 731 176 659 DANCE THEATRES

Capacity of the Venue: (245) 420PEOPLE

Stage dimensions: 420PEOPLE was founded in 2006 by Nataša width (8 m) x depth (7 m) x height (8 m) Novotná and Václav Kuneš so that they could pursue their own choreographic and improvisa- Divadlo Ta Fantastika tional work. They also wanted to pass on the ex- Ta Fantastika Black-Light Theatre perience and contacts they gained from dancing with top international dancers while working for companies like Nederlands Dans Theatr and from Divadlo Ta Fantastika stages multi-media, non- cooperating with world-class choreographers. verbal projects and black light theatre productions. 420PEOPLE o.s. Hvězdova 35, 140 00 Praha 4 Karlova 8, 110 01 Praha 1 www.420people.org T +420 222 221 366 Director: Václav Kuneš, Nataša Novotná www.tafantastika.cz Manager: Marta Lajnerová, Director: Julius Hirsch E [email protected] T +420 602 331 128

Capacity of the Venue: (407) Bohemia Balet

Stage dimensions: The company is comprised of the Prague Dance width (9 m) x depth (6 m) x height (4 m) Conservatory´s students and graduates. It works with Czech and foreign choreographers and its Image Theatre repertoire is very broad, encompassing classical dance works, contemporary choreography, and Czech and domestic character dance. A classic black-light theatre that combines the principles of black light theatre with non-verbal Křížovnická 7, 110 00 Praha 1 acting. T +420 222 32 49 77, +420 602 339 519 www.bohemia-balet.cz Pařížská 4, 110 00 Praha 1 Director: Jaroslav Slavický T +420 222 314 448, +420 222 329 191 Contact Person: Zuzana Gančevová www.imagetheatre.cz E [email protected] Director: Alexander Čihař T +420 606 672 570 E [email protected] Artistic Director: Eva Asterová Technical Manager: Pavel Plocek DekkaDancers

Capacity of the Venue: (290) Founded in 2009 by Tom Rychetský, Viktor Konvalinka (both dancers and choreographers at Stage dimensions: the National Theatre in Prague) and Pavel Hejný width (10 m) x depth (7 m) x height (5 m) ) (photographer, media artist), DekkaDancers are a free and independent association of profes- Laterna magika sional artists.

See page 46. Tom Rychetský Křižíkova 52, 180 00 Praha 8 T +420 603 824 612 www.dekkadancers.com Director: Tom Rychetský, Viktor Konvalinka, Pavel Hejný Contact person: Tom Rychetský E [email protected] T +420 603 824 612 68 THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

Divadlo Ponec - scéna pro současný Ballet. Currently, Pavel Šmok´s choreographies tanec a pohybové divadlo remain in the key repertoire and other choreographers are invited for cooperation every year. Ponec Theatre - Venue for Contemporary Dance and Movement Wolkerova 24/3, 160 00 Praha 6 T +420 910 807 635 Theatre www.prazskykomornibalet.cz Director: Ladislava Jandová See page 95. E [email protected] E [email protected] DOT504 Taneční centrum Praha – konzervatoř DOT504 is the ﬁ rst fully professional modern Dance Centre Prague – Conservatory dance company in the Czech Republic. DOT504 focuses on the physical technique of dance and Dance Centre Prague is one of the largest and the company’s members are considered to be oldest contemporary dance organisations in some of the best dancers in the Czech Republic. the Czech Republic. Originally an underground dance company, it later came under the patron- Národní 25, 110 00 Praha 1 age of Charles University and is now a non-proﬁ t T +420 221 085 282 organisation. www.dot504.cz Director: Lenka Ottová Pod Žvahovem 463, 152 00 Praha Manager: Šárka Pavelková T +420 220 611 980 E [email protected] www.tanecnicentrum.cz T +420 606 664 433 Director: Vlasta Schneiderová Contact Person: Karolína Bulínová Capacity of the Venue: E [email protected] Small Hall (90) T +420 734 409 848

Stage dimensions: width (10m) x depth (10m) VerTeDance

NANOHACH VerTeDance was offi cially established in 2004 after a long period of informal cooperation between its members, namely, Tereza Ondrová and The company consists of young dancers and Veronika Knytlová, both of whom are independ- choreographers who have extensive experience ent dancers, choreographers and teachers. in the professional ﬁ eld of dance theatre. The company regularly performs in traditional theatre Na Neklance 3232/38, 150 00 Praha 5 settings, but it also often appears in public T +420 728 161 262 spaces such as train and subway stations, factory www.vertedance.com halls, galleries, and gardens. Director: Tereza Ondrová Contact Person: Markéta Faustová Na Zámyšli 26/4, 150 00 Praha 5 E [email protected] T +420 257 217 069, +420 732 271 309 T +420 773 915 501 www.nanohach.cz Director: Honza Malík Contact Person: Honza Malík E [email protected] Daniela Hodaňová E [email protected]

Pražský komorní balet Prague Chamber Ballet

The Prague Chamber Ballet dates back to the 1960s. The choreographer Pavel Šmok connected to the original idea of the Ballet Prague in 1975 with the new name of the Prague Chamber CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 69

THEATRE Art Prometheus Art Prometheus is an association that specialises ORGANIZATIONS/ in the ﬁ eld of theatre production and culture management in general. It aims to provide an INSTITUTIONS alternative space in the ﬁ eld of culture and link it to the social sphere.

Sokolovská 104/85, 186 00 Praha 8 T +420 222 352 091, +420 222 352 092 www.artprometheus.cz Director: Jakub Vedral E [email protected] E [email protected]

Asociace profesionálních divadel ČR Association of Professional Theatres in the Czech Republic

The aim and activity of the association is cooperation on fostering good conditions for theatre work, the coordination of activities, and the provision of assistance for all members of the association.

Ostrovní 1, 112 30 Praha 1 Mailing address: DJKT Prokopova 14, 301 00 Plzeň www.asociacedivadel.cz Chair: Jan Burian T +420 378 038 001 E [email protected]

Aura-Pont

Established in September 1990, the Aura-Pont theatre and literary agency has become one of the most important copyright agencies in the Czech Republic, representing not only literary, theatre and ﬁ lm authors, but also performers.

Veslařský ostrov 62, 147 00 Praha 4 T +420 251 554 938 www.aura-pont.cz Director: Petra Marková E [email protected]

Cirkoskop – Institut nového cirkusu Cirkoskop – New Circus Institute

The institute serves the needs of viewers, artists, groups and professionals, engages in activities aimed at the public and the media. The institute aims to cultivate the ﬁ eld of professional and general awareness of new circus and contribute to its promotion. 70 THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

Veletržní 32, 170 00 Praha 7 Arts and Theatre Institute T +420 776 089 656 Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 www.cirkoskop.cz T 224 809 118 Director: Ondřej Cihlář www.programculture.cz E [email protected] Head: Eva Žáková E [email protected] Cirqueon – Centrum pro nový cirkus Cirqueon – Centre for New Circus České středisko AICT (Mezinárodní asociace divadelních kritiků) Cirqueon is a project of long-term support for Czech Centre of AICT/IATC new circus in the Czech Republic. Its objectives (International Association of Theatre include running a training centre and a specialised information and documentation centre, Critics) support for the emergence of new production projects and providing artistic groups with trial The organisation’s mission is to bring together infrastructure. It also aims to education profes- theatre critics in countries with an advanced sionals in the fi eld of contemporary circus tech- theatre culture, coordinate international events niques and research in the fi eld of new circus. in the fi eld of theatre criticism, support bilateral relations between national centres, international Zahrada, o.p.s. meetings and exchanges. The primary goal is Malenická 1784, 148 00 Praha 4 to advance criticism as a fi eld, contribute to the T +420 604 713 414 development of its methodological foundations, www.cirqueon.cz protect the ethical and professional interests Project Coordinator, PR: David Kašpar of theatre, music and dance critics, and defend Operations Manager: Šárka Maršíková E [email protected] their rights.

Arts and Theatre Institute Česká hudební rada Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 809 132 Czech Music Council F +420 224 810 278 www.idu.cz The Czech Music Council is one of the national Chair: Petr Christov sections of the UNESCO non-government Inter- Secretary: Mirka Potůčková national Music Council (IMC) and a member of E [email protected] the European Music Council (EMC), the regional section of the IMC. It serves as an umbrella České středisko ASSITEJ organisation for most of the major individual organisations or associations in Czech music (Mezinárodní asociace divadel culture. pro děti a mládež) Czech Centre of ASSITEJ Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 (Association of Theatre for Children T +420 224 809 195 and Young People) www.chr.nipax.cz Chairman: Lukáš Hurník Secretary: Lenka Dohnalová The centre strives to advance theatre for children E [email protected] and young people through the exchange of experiences, by organising study trips for groups and individuals, and by organising trips abroad Česká kancelář Culture for theatre groups. The association is open to Czech Cultural Contact Point anyone in the ﬁ eld of theatre work for children and young people with an interest, regardless of nationality, background, race or political system The primary aim of the Czech Cultural Contact of the given country. The Czech Centre of AS- Point is to elevate the cultural sphere of Europeans SITEJ is also the main organizer of an annual founded on a shared cultural space and to do so showcase at the International Day of the Theatre advancing cultural cooperation between artists, for Children and Young People. The Czech Cen- cultural actors and cultural institutions in the coun- tre of ASSITEJ is also the main organizer of an tries participating in the programme in order to annual showcase at the International Day of the promote the development of European citizenship. Theatre for Children and Young People. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 71

Arts and Theatre Institute Vice-president: Jan Burian Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Secretary: Mirka Potůčková T +420 224 809 189 E [email protected] www.idu.cz E [email protected] Secretary: Alena Kulhánková E [email protected] České středisko SIBMAS České středisko FIRT (Mezinárodní (Mezinárodní organizace divadelních federace pro divadelní výzkum) knihoven a muzeí) Czech Centre of IFTR/FIRT Czech Centre of SIBMAS (International Federation for Theatre (International Society of Libraries and Research) Museums for the Performing Arts) The Czech Centre of SIBMAS brings together The organisation associates theatre artists from Bohemian, Moravian and Silesian libraries and around the world and forms specialised groups museums that have theatre collections, as well for the purpose of discussing current issues in as the archives of various theatres and libraries the theatre and theatre arts and promoting in- of specialised schools. The primary goal is to ternational contacts and cooperation. FIRT/IFTR exchange practical and theoretical information organises scientiﬁ c conferences and congresses from every area in which individual members and publishes the journal Theatre Research operate and to work together within the frame- International. In recent years the Czech centre work of national and supra-national projects. has regularly organised a conference on stage The Czech Centre of SIBMAS performs an edu- design as part of the Prague Quadrennial and cational role in the ﬁ eld of theatre studies in the has helped prepare the publication of selected broadest sense of the word. conference proceedings. Arts and Theatre Institute Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 809 167 T +420 224 809 133 F +420 224 811 452 F +420 224 811 452 www.idu.cz www.idu.cz Chair: Sylva Pracná Contact: Eva Šormová Secretary: Helena Hantáková E [email protected] E [email protected] Secretary: Mirka Potůčková E [email protected] České středisko UNIMA České středisko ITI (Mezinárodní loutkářská unie) (Mezinárodní divadelní ústav) Czech Centre of UNIMA Czech Centre of ITI (Union internationale de la (International Theatre Institute) marionnette)

The ITI is an international non-governmental The Czech Centre of UNIMA is part of the Inter- theatre organisation whose goal is to support the national Puppet Union, which was founded in international exchange of theory and practical 1929 in Prague. It is the oldest international thea- experience in the theatre arts by organising and tre organisation in the world that brings together supporting theatre festivals and initiating expert professional and amateur puppeteers and people seminars and symposia. The ITI has eight spe- interested in puppet theatre. cialised committees or project groups through which it pursues its work. Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Arts and Theatre Institute T +420 224 809 131 Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 F +420 224 810 278 T +420 224 809 132 www.idu.cz F +420 224 811 452 Chair: Nina Malíková www.idu.cz E [email protected] Executive director: Pavla Petrová Secretary: Alena Kulhánková E [email protected] E [email protected] President: Táňa Fischerová 72 THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

ČOSDAT – České středisko OISTAT Krátkého 1, 190 03 Praha 9 T +420 283 891 587 (Mezinárodní organizace F +420 283 893 599 scénografů, divadelních architektů www.dilia.cz Director: Jiří Srstka a techniků) E [email protected] ČOSDAT – Czech Centre of OISTAT Theatre Department T+F +420 266 199 876 (International Organisation E [email protected] of Scenographers, Theatre Literary Department T+F +420 283 890 598 Architects and Technicians) E [email protected] Music Department The aim and mission of the organisation is to T+F +420 266 199 876 support and advance scenography, theatre E [email protected] architecture, and arts-oriented theory and Media Department practice of theatre technicians, and to promote T +420 266 199 816 F +420 283 891 588 international cooperation and contacts in this E [email protected] ﬁ eld. The association also serves as the Czech Centre of OISTAT and appoints delegates to its working committees. Divadelní obec Theatre Community Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 809 102 Civic association of individuals founded in 1990 F +420 224 810 278 as a means of contributing to the promotion of www.idu.cz quality theatre work. Its main task today is co- Chair: František Fabián organising the International Festival Theatre in Secretary: Martina Černá Pilsen in the Czech Republic. E [email protected] Aura-Pont Radlická 99, 150 00 Praha 5 T +420 737 606 139 SČDK Chair: Jitka Sloupová (Sdružení českých divadelních kritiků) E [email protected] E [email protected] SČDK (Association of Czech Theatre Critics) Econnect Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Econnect uses information and communication www.divadlo.cz/scdk technology to support and strengthen the work Chair: Petr Christov and cooperation of NGOs, civic initiatives, and Secretary: Mirka Potůčková individuals promoting sustainable development, E [email protected] human rights, social justice, the conservation and development of cultural values, and active civic DILIA – Divadelní, literární, participation.

audiovizuální agentura Českomalínská 23, 160 00 Praha 6 DILIA – Theatrical, Literary T +420 224 311 780 www.ecn.cz and Audiovisual Agency E [email protected]

DILIA is an association of authors and other copyright owners. The association is authorised to Happy End Production some degree to engage in the activities of cultural agencies, publishing activities, and provide music The scope of this organisation’s activities encom- materials for dramatic-musical works. DILIA is a passes the production and promotion of projects member of CISAC (www.cisac.org), SAA (www. by talented young artists, the preparation of saa-authors.eu) and IFRRO art-therapy projects, and cooperation with top (www.ifrro.org). Its main activities are lending mu- Czech theatres. It focuses on bringing to life sic materials and scripts, licencing various kinds of and presenting its activities in a European and dramatic works, protecting copyrighted works. international context, whether by engaging in in- CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 73

ternational projects, participating in international Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 festivals, working with a wide range of foreign T +420 777 103 688, +420 777 833 692 artists, monitoring current events in the arts and www.svetelnydesign.cz event marketing outside the Czech Republic. Head of the Project: František Fabián E [email protected] E [email protected] Novovysočanská 588/9 190 00 Praha 9 T +420 603 864 595 Institut umění – Divadelní ústav www.hep.cz Executive Director: Jakub Matějka Arts and Theatre Institute E [email protected] The Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI) provides the Czech and international public with a comprehen- Herecká asociace sive range of services in the fi eld of theatre and – České středisko FIA individual services connected to other branches Actors Association of the arts (music, literature, dance and visual arts). The ATI collects objects and work relating – Czech Centre of FIA to the theatre and provides access to them, pur- (International Federation of Actors) sues research, initiates and participates in international projects, and publishes scholarly work. The Actors Association is an independent professional organisation operating in the Czech Celetná 17 Republic. Its aim and mission is to protect and 110 00 Praha 1 promote the professional rights of its members T +420 224 809 111 in the life of society, labour and social rights, the www.idu.cz www.divadlo.cz use of artistic output, and international coopera- www.theatre.cz tion. Each year the association hands out the www.czechtheatreport.cz Thálie Awards for outstanding artistic perform- www.pq.cz ances in four fields: drama, opera, musical or www.culturenet.cz other musical-drama genre, and ballet, panto- www.czechlit.cz mime, or other dance-drama genre. www.czechmusic.org www.mezikulturnidialog.cz Senovážné nám. 23, 110 00 Praha 1 Director: Pavla Petrová www.hereckaasociace.cz E [email protected] T +420 224 142 672, +420 224 142 434 F +420 224 142 690 President: Václav Postránecký Jedefrau Secretary: Martina Albertová E [email protected] The Jedefrau production company was established in 2007 in an attempt to bring the working conditions of independent Czech theatre Institut světelného designu companies to the level of professional standards. Institute of Lighting Design The company provides the administrative and organisational support necessary for implement- The Institute of Lighting Design was founded in ing various theatre projects. Jedefrau repre- 2008 and represents a creative and communi- sents the Boca Loca Lab and the Handa Gote cative platform for progressive lighting design. companies and organises other selected projects Its aim is to complexly fi ll the gap in the fi eld of by individual artists who do not have their own lighting design and related technologies (sound permanent theatre stage. – sound design, image – projection, working with images), which means that it strives to create an Zemědělská 14, 160 00 Praha 6 information base and network of contacts across T +420 607 700 002 the ‚light spectrum‘ of creative artists, compa- www.jedefrau.org www.myspace.com/handagote nies, and technicians, and pursues opportuni- Director: Maria Cavina ties to participate in regional and international E [email protected] projects, and fi nally it off ers an information E [email protected] service on events in the fi eld (presentations, exhibitions, lectures, fairs, etc.). One of the main activities is the School of Lighting Design. 74 THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

Jednota hudebního divadla Moravské zemské muzeum Union of Music Theatre – Oddělení dějin divadla Moravian Museum The Union is an open, independent, voluntary association of artists, theorists, lecturers and other – Theatre Department professionals who are associated with music theatre. The association also organises the festi- The Theatre Department is a study, documenta- val Opera. tion, research and cultural centre devoted to K Vltavě 18, 143 00 Praha 12 theatre in Moravia. Its collections include stage T +420 606 637 481 design, iconography, manuscripts, photographs, www.divadlo.cz/jhd audio and video recordings, marionettes, and Chair: Josef Herman puppets. E [email protected] Zelný trh 6, 659 37 Brno T +420 533 435 256 Městská knihovna v Praze www.mzm.cz – Divadelní a fi lmový úsek Head of Department: Jaroslav Blecha E [email protected] Municipal Library – Theatre and Film Department MOTUS This specialised section at the largest public library in Prague collects literature on the fi elds of MOTUS is a civic association that has been oper- theatre, costume design, scenography, fi lm, and ating inside and outside Alfred ve dvoře Theatre radio and television. since 2001. It provides a home to performance art, an open platform on which the public can Mariánské nám. 1, 115 72 Praha 1 encounter the work with independent artists. It T +420 222 113 389 is open to artists who want to create in new, sur- www.mlp.cz prising and unorthodox ways. It creates theatre Head of Department: Marie Valtrová in quotation marks – new performance, choreog- E [email protected], [email protected] raphy, discourse, workshops, and other creative undertakings, and it initiates activities related to Ministerstvo kultury České republiky theatre and to general cultural development in an open, democratic society. Ministry of Culture Czech Republic Veverkova 28, 170 00 Praha 7 The Czech Ministry of Culture is the central body T +420 233 376 985 of the government administration of art, cultural www.alfredvedvore.cz education and cultural monuments. It is con- Chair: Petr Šourek cerned with matters of churches and religious E [email protected] associations, matters of the press including the publishing of non-periodical press and other Muzeum loutkářských kultur Chrudim information publications, radio and television broadcasting (that are not otherwise established Chrudim Puppetry Museum by specifi c acts). It is also concerned with the execution of copyright law, and the production The museum was opened in 1972. Today the and commerce in the fi eld of culture. museum has around 45,500 objects in its collection, of which more than 8,500 are puppets from Maltézské náměstí 471/1, 118 01 around the world, as well as stage designs and Praha 1 – Malá Strana models, set pieces, art works with a puppetry www.mkcr.cz theme, posters and programmes, photographs, T +420 257 085 111 sound recordings, visual recordings, print materi- Minister: Alena Hanáková als, manuscripts, and other archive materials. The Head of Unit of Arts: Jana Vondráková museum collects and processes documents on E [email protected] the development of Czech and, where possible, Theatre Referent: Nataša Zichová E [email protected] world puppetry and exhibits puppets on its own premises and elsewhere in the Czech Republic and abroad.

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Břetislavova 74, 537 60 Chrudim Klementinum 190, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 469 620 310 www.nkp.cz www.puppets.cz www.klementinum.cz Director: Simona Chalupová T +420 221 663 111 E [email protected] General Director: Tomáš Böhm T +420 221 663 262 Muzeum marionet sv. Jošta Český Krumlov Národní muzeum St. Jobs Marionette Museum – Divadelní oddělení in Český Krumlov National Museum – Theatre Department The historical building of the former Church of St. Jobs contains an exhibition of old and modern The National Museum’s theatre collections Czech marionettes and complete puppet theatres, contain approximately 750,000 items. The col- including stage designs and curtains. The museum lections are diverse and document the history of also houses a sales gallery. the theatre arts from various perspectives, focusing especially on the history of both professional Latrán 6, 381 01 Český Krumlov and amateur theatre in Bohemia and Moravia. T +420 380 711 175 The collections are generally grouped according www.mozart.cz to the type of materials: the Manuscript Collec- Director: Petr Vodička tion, the Collection of Old Prints and the Library, E [email protected] the Collection of Theatre Posters (Signs) and Programmes, the Art Collection, which includes Nadace Český literární fond stage and costume designs, models, real theatre Foundation of the Czech costumes, paintings, and a separate puppetry collection, the Collection of Photographs and Literary Fund Negatives, the Collection of Sound Recordings, ‘Trofeje’ (Mementos) – three-dimensional items The Czech Literary Fund Foundation is one of in remembrance of diff erent theatre fi gures, the few secure, alternative sources of funding for and the Thematic Collection of Circus and Vari- a wide range of artistic, scientifi c and publica- ety Arts. tion projects. Its aim and mission is to support creative work and non-commercial projects in Václavské nám. 68, 115 79 Praha the fi eld of literature, science, theatre, fi lm, radio, T +420 224 497 111 television, journalist and entertainment. www.nm.cz Head of Department: Vlasta Koubská Pod Nuselskými schody 3, 120 00 Praha 2 E [email protected] T +420 222 560 081-2 F +420 222 560 083 www.nclf.cz NIPOS – Národní informační Director: Michal Novotný a poradenské středisko pro kulturu E [email protected] NIPOS – National Information and Consulting Centre for Culture Národní knihovna České republiky National Library of the The basic mission of NIPOS is to support cultural Czech Republic development, especially in the fi eld of socio- cultural and creative civic activities, at both the local and regional levels. It deals with amateur The National Library is one of the oldest public cultural activities, addresses copyright issues, libraries in the Czech Republic and has one of provides an information service and expert the largest collections. It collects, maintains, and consultation for the authorities, local govern- makes available domestic and foreign documents ment employees, state administration, civic in the social sciences and natural sciences, with associations, legal and physical entities and other a special focus on Bohemian studies. In terms of subjects, and it operates in the fi eld of local and the value of its collections, the National Library regional culture, making systematic use of the is one of the most important libraries in Europe theoretical and practical fi ndings of analytic and and the world. 76 THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

research activities in the ﬁ eld of culture, its own T +420 222 540 979 research and professional knowledge in various F +420 222 540 978 cultural spheres. NIPOS focuses its professional www.ruo.cz activity on obtaining and analysing knowledge Chair: Šimon Pellar Secretary: Marta Smolíková about the role and position of public culture E [email protected] services in the socio-economic development of the regions. Sdružení profesionálních loutkářů Blanická 4 P. O. Box 12, 120 21 Praha 2 Association of Professional T +420 221 507 900 Puppeteers www.nipos-mk.cz Director: Lenka Lázňovská The Association of Professional Puppeteers E [email protected] is comprised of artists of every profession in E [email protected] puppet theatre. The association’s mission is to support the development and new directions Nová síť in professional puppetry as well as its his- New Web Association torical and practical continuity. The association organises puppetry gatherings and contributes The New Web aims to connect people and to the organisation and ﬁ nancial backing of the organisations in an eff ort to make creativity professional shows Skupa’s Plzeň and Mateřinka and live art an organic part of everyday life. By festivals. supporting creativity and freedom of action the Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha association helps advance contemporary art and T +420 224 809 131 civil society in the regions of the Czech Republic www.profiloutkari.org and abroad. Chair: Nina Malíková E [email protected] Osadní 26, 170 00 Praha 7 T +420 777 760 765 www.novasit.cz SE.S.TA–Setkávání současného tance Chair: Jarmila Pávková E [email protected] SE.S.TA–Contemporary Dance Gatherings

SE.S.TA is a Centre for choreographic develop- ProCulture ment. SE.S.TA mediates continuing education for Czech dance professionals abroad, the The primary aims of ProCulture is to strengthen presentation of Czech performances abroad, the perception of the role culture and art play the presentation of foreign performances in the in the Czech Republic by pursuing a pro-active Czech Republic and the production of European cultural policy. ProCulture provides external as- performances with Czech participation. sistance to cultural institutions and organisations in the form of research and analysis, documenta- Pod Kaštany 8, 160 00 Praha 6 tion and monitoring, consultation, and educa- T 224 317 901, 608 653 653 tional activities. www.se-s-ta.cz Director: Marie Kinsky E [email protected] Seifertova 47, 130 00 Praha 3 Production, PR: Eva Papánková T +420 222 540 979 T +420 608 653 653 www.proculture.cz E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected]

Rada uměleckých obcí Taneční sdružení České republiky Council of Artists’ Organisations Dance Association of the Czech The Council associates professional artistic Republic organisations and is the Czech Republic’s representative in the European Council of Artists. The Dance Association is an open and voluntary organisation that brings together perform- ProCulture - Otevřená společnost ers, choreographers, teachers, ballet masters, Seifertova 47, 130 00 Praha 3 dramaturges, critics and theorists, and other CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 77

creative professionals working in the dance arts. Arts and Theatre Institute Its primary mission is to promote the advance- Celetná 17 ment of the dance arts in the Czech Republic, 110 00 Praha 1 employ all its means to improve the fi nancial and T +420 608 653 653 www.vizetance.cz social circumstances and status of people work- Chair: Nataša Novotná ing in the fi eld of the dance, create a platform for E [email protected] addressing artistic and creative problems in the fi eld of the dance arts, contribute to the creation and realisation of domestic and foreign projects, Za Česko kulturní support the advancement of theory and criti- For a Cultural Czech Republic cism, and create a space in which to promote the results of art work in the mass media. For a Cultural Czech Republic is an informal initiative that focuses on the shared objectives of Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 representatives of NGOs in the fi elds of culture Mailing address: and the arts and other individuals working on Taneční sdružení ČR Národní divadlo NGO activities in various arts and cultural fi elds Ostrovní 1, 112 30 Praha 1 across the Czech Republic. It constitutes a com- T +420 224 901 237 munity of people who are largely instrumental in www.tanecnisdruzeni-cr.cz shaping Czech performance culture at home and Chair: Zdeněk Prokeš its image abroad. E [email protected] T +420 777 108 194 www.zaceskokulturni.cz Teatrologická společnost PR: Jan Vávra Theatre Research Society E [email protected]

The Theatre Research Society is an open civic association of theatre arts scholars, theatre artists, and others interested in theatre and theatre research. Its mission is to maintain and improve communication among research departments or institutions and among experts, improve the dissemination of information among the professional community, organise lecture series and conferences, and help solve problems relating to research and teaching activity, historical monuments connected with the theatre, and contemporary theatre life.

Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 585 633 426 www.divadlo.cz/teatrologie Chair: Tatjana Lazorčáková E [email protected]

Vize tance Vision of Dance

Vision of Dance brings together arts professionals – dancers, choreographers, teachers, managers, theorists, and critics – and facilitates communication with state administration, minis- tries, and the government over the adoption and implementation of the Programme of Support for Contemporary Dance, Movement Theatre and Interdisciplinary Arts. 78 THEATRE FESTIVALS

THEATRE ...příští vlna/next wave… City: Prague, since 2010 Brno, and other towns FESTIVALS and locations in the Czech Republic.

Focus: experimental theatre aimed at an alternative approach to creative work and art – drama, dance, performing arts, visual arts, literature, music, and multi-media.

Periodicity: annual, around the second weekend in October

Příští vlna o.s. Novovysočanská 9, 190 00 Praha 9 www.nextwave.cz Contact person: Jakub Matějka E [email protected] Vladimír Hulec E [email protected]

4 + 4 dny v pohybu 4 + 4 Days in Motion

City: Prague

Focus: international theatre, dance, visual arts, architecture, ﬁ lm, music

Periodicity: annual, October

Čtyři dny o.s. Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 809 116 www.ctyridny.cz Contact person: Markéta Černá, Pavel Štorek, Denisa Václavová E [email protected]

Absolventský festival DIFA JAMU Graduation Festival of the Theatre faculty, Janáček Academy of Music and Perfoming Arts

City: Brno

Focus: showcase of productions by graduates of Theatre Faculty

Periodicity: annual, May

Divadelní studio MARTA Bayerova 5, 602 00 Brno T +420 542 591 511-12 www.marta.cz Contact person: Jan Kolegar CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 79

Akcent – Mezinárodní festival Babí léto v psychiatrické léčebně divadla s přesahem Bohnice Akcent Festival – International Indian Summer at Bohnice Festival of Theatre with Outreach Psychiatric Hospital

City: Prague City: Prague

Focus: theatre, music, site speciﬁ c projects, Focus (genre): national; alternative theatre pro- documentary movies, workshops ductions, for children and young people

Periodicity: annual Periodicity: annual, September

Divadlo Archa Ústavní 91, 181 02 Praha 8 Na Poříčí 26, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 284 016 111 T +420 221 716 111 www.babiletobohnice.cz www.akcentfestival.eu Contact person: Luboš Chlad Contact person: Petra Čechová E [email protected] Bezručova Opava ANPU Bezruč´s Opava City: Opava City: Prague Focus: multi-genre cultural festival Focus: international, alternative theatre, drama, puppetry, street theatre, for children and young Periodicity: annual, September people; foreign language Statutární město Opava Periodicity: all year Horní náměstí 69, 746 26 Opava T +420 553 756 306, +420 604 229 363 T +420 604 473 480 www.opava-city.cz/bezrucovaopava www.anpu.cz Contact person: Petr Rotrekl Contact person: Bela Schenková E [email protected] Boskovice – festival pro židovskou čtvrť APOSTROF – Mezinárodní festival Boskovice – Festival for Jewish nezávislých a amatérských divadel Quarter APOSTROF – International Festival of Independent and Amateur City: Boskovice Theatres Focus: international, multi-genre City: Prague Periodicity: annual, July Focus: international, multi-genre; foreign language, original stagings without simultaneous Boskovice T +420 731 503 823 translation www.boskovice-festival.cz Contact person: Čestmír Huňát Periodicity: annual, late June / early July E [email protected] Adéla Kebrdlová Marie Fišerová E [email protected] Truhlářská ul.31, 110 00 Praha 1 apostrof.webnode.cz Contact person: Akram Staněk E [email protected] T +420 773 226 170 80 THEATRE FESTIVALS

Česká taneční platforma Dítě v Dlouhé – Festival českého současného tance Children on Dlouhá a pohybového divadla City: Prague Czech Dance Platform – Festival of Czech Contemporary Focus: national productions, productions for Dance and Movement Theatre children and young people, drama

City: Prague Periodicity: annual, March - June Divadlo v Dlouhé Focus: showcase of contemporary Czech dance Dlouhá 39, 110 00 Praha 1 and movement theatre T +420 221 778 635, +420 221 778 611 www.divadlovdlouhe.cz Periodicity: annual, April Contact person: Karola Štěpánová E [email protected] Tanec Praha o.s. Husitská 24A/899, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 224 817 886 Divadelní Flora www.tanecniplatforma.cz Flora Theatre Festival Contact person: Kateřina Višinská E [email protected] City: Olomouc

České divadlo Focus: international; drama, alternative theatre, Czech Theatre contemporary dance Periodicity: annual, May City: Prague DIVADLO KONVIKT, o.s. Focus: national; drama; with sign language inter- UC UP Univerzitní 3, 771 80 Olomouc pretation T +420 776 736 263 www.divadelniflora.cz Periodicity: annual, January–December Contact person: Petr Nerušil E [email protected] FOIBOS a.s., umělecká agentura Bartoškova 26, 140 00 Praha 4 T +420 272 101 121-9 Divadelní Luhačovice www.ceskedivadlo.cz Theatrical Luhačovice Contact person: Josef Černý E [email protected] T +420 604 960 834 City: Luhačovice

Focus: drama Další břehy Next Shores Periodicity: annual, August

o.s. Divadelní Luhačovice City: Opava Masarykova 101, 763 26 Luhačovice T +420 775 571 893 Focus: festival of theatre, ﬁ lm, music www.divadelni.luhacovice.cz and poetry Contact person: Lubor Černobílá E [email protected] Periodicity: annual, April

Statutární město Opava Horní náměstí 69, 746 26 Opava T +420 553 756 306, +420 604 229 363 www.opava-city.cz/dalsibrehy Contact person: Petr Rotrekl CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 81

Divadelní pouť bez bariér Divadlo jednoho herce Theatre Pilgrimage Without Barriers International Monodrama Festival

City: Ostrava City: Cheb

Focus: drama, puppetry, productions for children Focus: monodrama (classic, alternative, puppets, and young people; for adults, productions disa- dance, multi-media) bled Periodicity: biennial (odd years), late Septem- Periodicity: biennial (even years), September ber-early October

Divadlo loutek Ostrava, příspěvková organizace, Západočeské divadlo Pivovarská 3164/15, 728 32 Ostrava – Moravská Divadelní nám. 10, 350 11 Cheb Ostrava T +420 354 547 711 T +420 596 100 500 www.divadlocheb.cz www.dlo-ostrava.cz Contact person: Zdeněk Bartoš Contact person: Jarmila Hájková E [email protected]

Divadelní svět Brno Entrée k Tanci Theatre World Brno Entree to Dance

City: Brno City: Hradec Králové

Focus: international; multi-genre, indoor and Focus: international; dance and movement works street; foreign language with subtitles Periodicity: annual, March Periodicity: annual, June Hradecká kulturní a vzdělávací společnost Radnická 2-10, Brno 658 78 Třída Československé armády 300 T 542 427 160 500 03 Hradec Králové www.divadelnisvet.cz T +420 495 513 966 Contact person: Sylvie Pospíšilová www.adalbertinum.cz E [email protected] Contact person: Miroslav Franc [email protected] Divadlo evropských regionů Festival divadel Moravy a Slezska Theatre of European Regions Festival of Moravian and Silesian City: Hradec Králové Theatres

Focus: international; all genres; City: Český Těšín

Periodicity: annual, June Focus (genre): international; drama, puppet theatre Klicperovo divadlo o.p.s. Dlouhá 99, 500 01 Hradec Králové Periodicity: annual, November T +420 495 514 590-91, +420 495 514 876 www.klicperovodivadlo.cz Těšínské divadlo Český Těšín Contact person: Svatava Šteinerová příspěvková organizace E [email protected] Ostravská 67, 737 35 Český Těšín T +420 558 746 022-3 www.tdivadlo.cz Contact person: Karel Suszka E [email protected] 82 THEATRE FESTIVALS

Festival hudebního divadla Opera Festival Nové Evropy Opera – Festival of Music Theatre – Cena Jarmily Jeřábkové New Europe Festival City: Prague – Jarmila Jeřábková Award Focus: national; opera City: Prague Periodicity: biennial (odd years), March Focus: international contemporary dance and Jednota hudebního divadla dance theatre festival and choreographic com- K Vltavě 18, 143 00 Praha 12 petition T +420 606 637 481, +420 606 633 905 www.festival-opera.cz Periodicity: annual, November–December Contact person: Lenka Šaldová E [email protected] Branická 41, 147 00 Praha 4 T +420 244 461 810 www.cjj.ecn.cz Festival IberoAmerických kultur Contact person: Eva Blažíčková TRANSTEATRAL E [email protected] E [email protected] Festival of IberoAmerican cultures TRANSTEATRAL Festival ProART City: Praha ProART festival

Focus: international; theatre, ﬁ lm, music, litera- City: Prague, Brno ture, symposia; Focus: international festival of dance, singing, Periodicity: annual, March–April acting and photography (workshops and performances) Transteatral, o.s. V Jámě 4, 110 00 Praha 1 Periodicity: annual, July T +420 602 589 513 www.transteatral.cz ProART Contact person: Lenka Bočková Patočkova 51 169 00 Praha 6 E [email protected] T +420 737 300 314 www.proart-festival.cz/festival.html Contact person: Alena Pajasová Festival integrace Slunce E [email protected] Integration of the Sun Festival

City: Prague Festival spisovatelů Praha Prague Writers´ Festival Focus: international; all art forms City: Prague Periodicity: annual, May and November Focus (genre): international; multi-media, drama; SUKUS o.s. foreign language Nitranská 9, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 728 248 925 Periodicity: annual, June–July www.festivalslunce.wz.cz Contact person: Vlasta Rydlová Revoluční 28, 110 00 Praha 1 E [email protected] kontaktní adresa – Národní 37/416, 110 00 Praha 1 T 224 241 312 www.pwf.cz www.literarni.cz Contact person: Michael March E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 83

Fringe Festival Praha Jsem spokojenej Prague Fringe I Am Satisﬁ ed Festival

City: Prague City: Prague

Focus: international; drama, movement, puppet Focus: international one-day festival of panto- theatre, dance, music; foreign language mime, movement theatre improvisation

Periodicity: annual Periodicity: annual, November

Budečská 16, 120 00 Praha 2 Adam Halaš www.fringe.cz Plzeňská 160/1125, Praha 5 Contact person: Steve Gove M 731 845 833 E [email protected] T +420 271 771 349 www.kinoaero.cz Contact person: Adam Halaš Grand Festival smíchu T +420 731 845 833 Grand Festival of Laughs Jovanka Vlčková T +420 731 174 290

City: Pardubice Kašparův kolínský Mimoriál Focus: international; drama, musical, pantomime, Kolín Kašpar Mimeorial alternative theatre City: Kolín Periodicity: annual, February Focus: international; mime, Východočeské divadlo U Divadla 50, 531 62 Pardubice non-verbal theatre T +420 466 616 411, +420 466 616 432 www.vcd.cz Periodicity: annual, September Contact person: Jana Uherová E [email protected] ALT@RT o.s. T +420 466 616 419 Nový lesík 2, 162 00 Praha 6 Lenka Moravcová T +420 739 615 148 E [email protected] www.mimorial.cz Contact person: Lucia Kašiarová E [email protected] Jiráskův Hronov Jirásek´s Hronov Křižovatky Olomouc – festival

City: Hronov napříč středoevropskou kulturou Crossroads Olomouc – Multicultural Focus: trans-genre showcase of amateur theatre Festival across Central European with international participation Cultures Periodicity: annual, July-August City: Olomouc T +420 491 483 314, +420 737 608 373 www.mestohronov.cz/jiraskuv-hronov Focus: international; multi-genre festival (theatre, Contact person: ﬁ lm, music) Simona Bezoušková E [email protected] Periodicity: annual, November T +420 603 584 489 Kollertová Marcela Olomouc 779 00, Řezáčova 424/14 E [email protected] T +420 775 182 502 (CZ) T +420 737 608 373 T +420 777 182 502 (international) www.crossart.cz Contact person: Pavla Bergmanová E [email protected] 84 THEATRE FESTIVALS

T +420 775 182 502 Loutkářská Chrudim Pavel Peč E [email protected] Puppeteer’s Chrudim T +420 777 182 502 City: Chrudim

Lesní slavnosti divadla Focus: national; showcase of amateur puppet Forest Theatre Fest theatre

City: Řevnice u Prahy Periodicity: annual, July

Focus: national; theatre productions for adults NIPOS-ARTAMA P.O.BOX 12 (Blanická 4), 120 21 Praha 2 Periodicity: annual, August T Nipos-Artama: +420 221 507 960 Chrudimská beseda: +420 469 660 660 MMC Praha s.r.o. www.nipos-mk.cz Novodvorská 994/138, 124 21 Praha 4 www.loutkarska-chrudim.cz T + 420 239 043142 Contact person: Štěpán Filcík www.divadlovlese.cz E [email protected] Contact person: Tereza Erbenová Jiří Kadeřávek E [email protected] E [email protected] T +420 603 532 249 Letní Letná Summer Letná Malá inventura

City: Prague (Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava, Small Inventory Frymburk-Lipno) City: Prague Focus: international; new circuss, theatre, music, Focus: new alternative visual arts theatre / movement, physical, dance, visual, non-verbal, mime, and experimental theatre Periodicity: annual, August-September

Společnost Gaspard Periodicity: annual – last week in February Vršovická 90, 100 00 Praha 10 www.letniletna.cz Nová síť Contact person: Jiří Turek Osadní 26, 170 00 Praha 7 E [email protected] T +420 775 766 417 Ivana Vrbíková www.malainventura.cz E [email protected] Contact person: Adriana Světlíková E [email protected] Letní shakespearovské slavnosti Mateřinka Festival Summer Shakespeare Festival City: Liberec City: Prague, Brno, Ostrava, Bratislava, Zvolen, Košice, Trenčín Focus: international puppet theatre festival with performances for preschool-age children Focus: open-air, national; drama, comedy; foreign language Periodicity: biennial (odd years), June

Periodicity: annual, June-September Naivní divadlo Liberec Moskevská 18/32, 460 31 Liberec AGENTURA SCHOK, spol. s r.o. T +420 485 253 677 Jiřská 6, 119 00 Praha 1 www.naivnidivadlo.cz T +420 220 514 275 Contact person: Stanislav Doubrava www.shakespeare.cz E [email protected] Contact person: Tereza Kalenská E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 85

Metropolitní léto hereckých Mezinárodní festival Divadlo osobností International Festival Theatre Metropolitan Summer City: Pilsen of Actor Celebrities Focus: Czech theatre showcase and selection City: Prague, Brno, Bratislava of remerkable international theatre productions especially form Visegrad countries; all genres Focus: national; drama, musical Periodicity: annual, September Periodicity: annual, June–September Mezinárodní festival Divadlo Novomlýnská 5, 110 00 Praha 1 Prokopova 14, 301 35 Plzeň T +420 222 222 598 T +420 378 038 183 www.studiodva.cz www.festivaldivadlo.cz Contact person: Michal Hrubý Contact person: Zdeněk Pánek E [email protected] E [email protected]

Mezi ploty Mezinárodní festival Janáček Brno Between Fences International Festival Janáček Brno

City: Prague City: Brno

Focus: theatre and music festival Focus: international festival devoted to the stage works of Leoš Janáček Periodicity: annual, May Periodicity: biennial (even years), autumn NedomYsleno Hrusická 2510/2, 141 00 Praha 4 Dvořákova 11, 657 70 Brno T +420 271 721 361 Česká republika www.meziploty.cz T +420 542 158 346, +420 724 754 538 Contact person: Robert Kozler, www.janacek-brno.cz Johanka Loučímová Contact person: Tomáš Cafourek E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] Mezinárodní den stepu T +420 724 754 538 Tap Dance Day Mezinárodní festival Nultý bod City: Prague Zero Point International Festival

Focus: international; dance, tap dance City: Prague

Periodicity: annual, May Focus: international; movement theatre, street theatre productions Studio Dlouhá 20, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 603 954 074 Periodicity: annual, July www.zig-zag.cz Contact person: Zdeněk Pilečky Podmoráň 174, Úholičky - Praha-Západ, 252 64 E [email protected] T +420 724 900 718 www.nultybod.cz www.bezhlavi.cz Contact person: Aneta Kafková E [email protected] E [email protected] 86 THEATRE FESTIVALS

Mezinárodní hudební festival Mezinárodní festival koncertního Český Krumlov melodramu Praha Český Krumlov International International Festival of Concert Music Festival Melodrama Prague

City: Český Krumlov City: Prague

Focus: international; opera Focus: international and national; concert melodrama Periodicity: annual, July–August Periodicity: annual, October–November Auviex, s.r.o. Perlitová 1820, 140 00 Praha 4 Společnost Zdeňka Fibicha, o.s. se sídlem T +420 241 445 404 v Českém muzeum hudby www.festivalkrumlov.cz Karmelitská 2, 118 00 Praha 1 Contact person: Jaromír Boháč T +420 257 257 734, +420 732 149 923 E [email protected] www. concert-melodrama.cz Contact person: Věra Šustíková E [email protected] Mezinárodní hudební festival Janáčkovy Hukvaldy Mezinárodní festival International Music Festival pantomimy neslyšících Janáček in Hukvaldy International Festival City: Hukvaldy of Pantomime by the Deaf

Focus: classical music, ballet, dance, drama, City: Brno opera, musicals Focus: international; pantomime Periodicity: annual, June–August Periodicity: biennial (odd years), November Fond – Janáčkovy Hukvaldy o.s. Hukvaldy 40, 739 46 Hukvaldy Brno, Divadlo Bolka Polívky. T +420 558 431 524 Jakubské náměstí, 602 00 Brno www.janackovyhukvaldy.cz T + 420 221 890 417 Contact person: Bernatský Pavel www.ecpn.cz E [email protected] Contact person: Jaroslav Paur T +420 603 846 204 Mezinárodní hudební festival Pražské jaro Mezinárodní operní festival Prague Spring International Smetanova Litomyšl Music Festival International Opera Festival Smetana’s Litomyšl City: Prague City: Litomyšl Focus: classical music Focus: international; opera, classical music Periodicity: annual, May-June Periodicity: annual, June–July MHF Pražské jaro, o.p.s. Hellichova 18, 118 00 Praha 1 Smetanova Litomyšl o.p.s. T +420 257 320 468 Jiráskova 133, 570 01 Litomyšl www.festival.cz T +420 461 612 575 www.prazskejaro.cz www.smetanovalitomysl.cz Contact person: Alena Svobodová www.operafestival.eu E [email protected] Contact person: Jan Pikna E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 87

Mezinárodní týdny tance OST-RA-VAR International Dance Weeks City: Ostrava City: Prague Focus: festival of drama theatres Focus: international; dance, from Ostrava dance theatre Periodicity: annual, November–December Periodicity: annual, January Národní divadlo moravskoslezské Čs. legií 148/14, 701 04 Ostrava Pod Žvahoven 463, 152 00 Praha 5 T +420 596 276 417 T +420 220 611 980 www.ndm.cz www.tanecnicentrum.cz Contact person: Jiří Nekvasil, Hana Spurná Contact person: Antonín Schneider E [email protected] E [email protected] Production: Karolína Bulínová E [email protected] Ostrovy v pohybu Islands in Motion Národní divadlo marionet National Marionette Theatre City: Pardubice

City: Prague Focus: national; contemporary dance, alternative theatre Focus: international and national; opera, puppet theatre, workshops, programmes for children Periodicity: annual, all year

Periodicity: annual, all year Gorkého 2222, 530 02 Pardubice T +420 603 814 441 Contact person: Jiří Dobeš Žatecká 1, 110 00 Praha 1 E [email protected] T +420 224 819 322-24 www.mozart.cz Contact person: Jan Dvořák, Manager, Otáčivé hlediště Český Krumlov Petr Vodička E [email protected] Revolving Theatre Český Krumlov

Národní přehlídka pantomimy City: Český Krumlov a pohybového divadla Focus: international and national; ballet, drama, National Showcase of Pantomime opera, productions for children and Movement Theatre Periodicity: annual, June–September City: Kolín Zámecká zahrada Český Krumlov Focus: pantomime, movement theatre, dance T +420 386 356 643 www.otacivehlediste.cz Periodicity: annual, April Contact person: Jiří Šesták E [email protected] Evropské centrum pantomimy neslyšících Vodova 35, 612 00 Brno T 603 450 739 www.ecpn.cz Contact person: Jindřich Zemánek 88 THEATRE FESTIVALS

Pražský divadelní festival České středisko UNIMA a Sdružení pro vydávání časopisu Loutkář německého jazyka Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Prague Festival of Theatre T +420 224 809 131 www.prelet.cz in German Language Contact person: Nina Malíková E [email protected] City: Prague

Focus: festival of German speaking theatres; Salon původní tvorby drama Salon of Original Creative Works

Periodicity: annual, November City: Brno

THEATER.cz, o.s. Focus: festival of rehearsed readings, drama, Karlovo nám. 28, 120 00 Praha 2 prose and poetry – original creative works T +420 222 232 303 www.theater.cz Periodicity: annual, March Contact person: Jitka Jílková E [email protected] Milan Neubauer Divadelní fakulta JAMU E [email protected] Mozartova 1, 620 00 Brno T + 542 59 1301 www.difa.jamu.cz Přehlídka ke Světovému www.salon11.webnode.cz Contact person: dni divadla pro děti a mládež E [email protected] Showcase for the World Day of Theatre for Children Skupova Plzeň and Young People Skupa’s Plzeň

City: Prague City: Plzeň

Focus: national; drama, puppet theatre, move- Focus: festival of Czech professional ment theatre puppet theatre

Periodicity: annual, March Periodicity: biennial, June

Arts and Theatre Institute / Czech Centre ASSITEJ Divadlo Alfa Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Rokycanská 7, 312 00 Plzeň T +420 224 809 189 T +420 378 038 451 www.theatre.cz/assitej www.divadloalfa.cz Contact person: Vladimír Hulec Contact person: Tomáš Froyda E [email protected] E [email protected] Alena Kulhánková E [email protected] Slovenské divadlo v Praze Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem Slovak Theatre in Prague

One Flew over the Puppeteer’s Nest City: Prague

City: Prague Focus: festival of Slovak theatre

Focus: showcase of Czech Periodicity: annual, September puppet theatre, performances for adults Divadlo Bez zábradlí Jungmannova 31, 110 00 Praha 1 Periodicity: annual, November T +420 224 494 601 www.bezzabradli.cz Contact person: Markéta Švýcarská T +420 224 494 601 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 89

Spectaculo Interesse Trialog 2012

City: Ostrava City: Brno

Focus (genre): international; puppet theatre Focus: Czech and Slovak drama theatres festival Periodicity: annual, January–March Periodicity: biennial (odd years), September Národní divadlo v Brně Divadlo loutek Ostrava Dvořákova 11, 657 70 Brno Pivovarská 3164/15, 728 32 Ostrava T +420 542 158 435 T +420 596 100 500 www.ndbrno.cz www.dlo-ostrava.cz Contact person: Pavol Juráš Contact person: Jarmila Hájková E [email protected] E [email protected] Ivana Kyticová E [email protected] Velká inventura Big Inventory Šrámkův Písek City: regions of the Czech Republic Šrámek’s Písek (Olomouc, Plzeň, Liberec, Brno, Pardubice)

City: Písek Focus: new theatre, alternative theatre, movement, physical, dance, visual, non-verbal, mime, Focus: showcase of experimental and experimental theatre amateur theatre Periodicity: all year Periodicity: annual, May Nová síť NIPOS-ARTAMA Osadní 26, 170 00 Praha 7 P.O.Box 12, Blanická 4 T +420 777 760 766 120 21 Praha 2 www.velkainventura.cz T + 420 604 433 485 Contact person: Dagmar Kantorková www.nipos-mk.cz E [email protected] www.artama.cz Contact person: Lenka Novotná E [email protected] Verdi Festival

TANEC PRAHA City: Prague Focus: opera City: Prague and other regional towns Periodicity: annual, August Focus: international festival of contemporary dance and movement theatre Státní opera Praha Legerova 75, 110 00 Praha 1 Periodicity: annual, June T +420 296 117 111 www.opera.cz Tanec Praha o.s. Contact person: Eva Tomanová Husitská 24A/899, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 224 817 886 www.tanecpraha.cz Contact person: Alena Brožová E [email protected] 90 THEATRE VENUES

Vyšehraní Zlomvaz

City: Prague City: Prague

Focus: international; drama, music, multi-genre Focus: international; theatre festival dramaturgy, theatre for children of post-secondary arts schools in the Czech and young people Republic and Slovakia (drama, puppetry, alternative theatre) Periodicity: annual, June Periodicity: annual, May www.vysehrani.cz Contact person: Martina Dimmerová Divadlo DISK T +420 775 300 724 Karlova 26, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 234 244 254, +420 234 244 253 E [email protected] VyšeHrátky www.zlomvaz.cz Contact person: Michal Lázňovský City: Prague E [email protected]

Focus: interactive scenographic objects, theatre workshops, fairy-tales, concerts – for children and their parents

Periodicity: annual festival in September + Saturdays at Vyšehrad once a month (except July–September)

Studio DAMÚZA, o.s. Karlova 26, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 604 282 443 www.vysehratky.cz Contact person: Ondřej Chalupský

Wolkerův Prostějov Wolker’s Prostějov

City: Prostějov

Focus: national; poetry

Periodicity: annual, June

Městský úřad, odbor školství a kultury, oddělení Duha – Kulturní klub u hradeb Školní 3643/4 796 01 Prostějov T +420 582 329 620 www.klubduha.cz/wp Contact person: Alice Gregušová E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 91

THEATRE Alfred ve dvoře Alfred in the courtayrd theatre

VENUES The venue helps create and present new performances and other creative works, runs debates and workshops, and initiates events outside theatre, such as cultural development activities aimed at fostering an open and democratic society.

Františka Křížka 36, 170 00 Praha 7 T +420 233 382 433 www.alfredvedvore.cz Director: Ewan McLaren Contact Person: Miroslav Valeš E [email protected]

Capacity of the Venue: Big Hall (95), Small Hall (25)

Stage dimensions: width (10m) x depth (6m) x height (15m)

Beskydské divadlo Theatre of Beskydy

A regional cultural centre that has been functioning since 1963. It operates on the stagione system and stages approximately 130 performances per season.

Divadelní 5, 741 01 Nový Jičín T +420 556 770 143 http://divadlo.novy-jicin.cz Director: Pavel Bártek E [email protected] Dramaturg: Alena Svobodová E [email protected] T +420 608 973 098

Capacity of the Venue: Big Hall (391), Small Hall (111)

Stage dimensions: Big Stage: width (9m) , depth (10m), height (5.5m) Small Stage: width (5m), depth (5m), height (3.5m)

Bezbariérové divadlo BARKA BARKA Barrier Free Theatre

A barrier-free theatre and cultural facility of the Wheelchair Users Group that operates as a moti- vational theatre space for companies devoted to minority cultural activities. 92 THEATRE VENUES

Svatopluka Čecha 35a, Na Rejdišti 1, 110 00 Praha 1 612 00 Brno – Královo Pole T +420 222 324 516 T +420 541 213 206 www.divadlokonzervatore.cz http://barka.unas.cz Director: Mgr. Veronika Pospíšilová www.ligavozic.cz E [email protected] Director: Zdeňka Vlachovská T +420 739 408 858 E [email protected] T +420 608 635 557 Stage dimensions: width (9.5m) x depth (17.3) x height (5.4m) Capacity of the Venue: (150)

Stage dimensions: DISK – divadelní studio DAMU width (9m) x depth (9m) x height (3.6m) DISK - Theatre Studio – Theatre Faculty of Academy of the Branické divadlo Performing Arts Theatre in Braník DISK is part of the Theatre Faculty of the Acad- The theatre operates on the stagione system and emy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU). DISK boasts a diverse programme (concerts, theatre, operates as a typical Czech repertory theatre, entertainment programmes, performances for the speciﬁ c feature being that all the artistic children and young people) dominated by comic functions are performed by teachers and stu- works with the motto therapy through laughter. dents of DAMU.

Branická 63/411, 147 00 Praha 4 Karlova 26 T +420 244 462 779, +420 244 462 813 116 65 Praha 1 www.branickedivadlo.cz T +420 234 244 254 Director: Jiřina Pachlová www.divadlodisk.cz E [email protected] Director: Michal Laznovsky T +420 244 462 813 E [email protected] Manager: Tereza Sochová E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: (350) T +420 234 244 254

Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: width (10 m) x depth (8m) x height (7 m) DISK (140), Small Stage Řetízek (40)

Café teatr Černá labuť Stage dimensions: Cafe Theatre Black Swan DISK: width (10m) x depth (10 m) x height (8 m); Small Stage Řetízek: width (4m) x depth (4.2m) x height (2.6m) Since 2002 the theatre focuses on quality productions – staging plays, concerts, performances and alternative art forms. Divadelní studio MARTA DIFA JAMU Na Poříčí 25, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 222 827 827 MARTA Theatre Studio www.cernalabut.cz of the Theatre Faculty of the Director: Iva Beňáčková E [email protected] Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Capacity of the Venue: (55) The Theatre Faculty has the opportunity of us- DiK – Divadlo Konzervatoře ing the Marta Theatre, where students present twelve new productions a year. They are also Theatre of the Conservatory involved in an ongoing series of street theatre projects. A stage for students enrolled in the ﬁ fth and sixth years of the music and drama sections of Bayerova 5, 602 00 Brno the Prague Conservatory. T +420 542 591 512 www.jamu.cz/studio-marta/ CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 93

Director: Jan Kolegar Divadlo Dobeška E [email protected] Dobeška Theatre Capacity of the Venue: (99–110) A cultural stage which is the home base of the Stage dimensions: Sklep Theatre Company and which off ers a di- width (7m) x depth (12m) x height (4.5m) verse cultural programme for every age group.

Jasná I. 1181/6, 147 00 Praha 4 Divadlo 29 T +420 244 468 173 www.divadlodobeska.cz Theatre 29 Director: Jiří Burda Production: Andrea Schinková Theatre 29 is a multi-genre cultural centre whose E [email protected] mission is to stage and support contemporary T + 420 244 468 173 non-mainstream art across the genre spectrum. Capacity of the Venue: (180) Svaté Anežky České 29, 530 02 Pardubice T +420 777 884 474 Stage dimensions: www.divadlo29.cz width (6m) x depth (4m) x height (4m) Programme director: Zdeněk Závodný E [email protected] T + 420 777 884 474 Divadlo Duncan Centre

Capacity of the Venue: Duncan Centre Theatre (110 seated spectators) A space for contemporary dance and dance theatre, this modern studio theatre is located in Stage dimensions: the building of the Duncan Centre Conservatory. ﬂ exible space, maximum dimensions: width (8m) x depth (9m) x height (7m) Branická 41/147, 147 00 Praha 4 T +420 244 461 810 Divadlo Archa www.duncanct.cz Artistic director: Eva Blažíčková Archa Theatre E [email protected] E [email protected] See page 62. Production: Marta Adamová E [email protected]

Divadlo Bolka Polívky Capacity of the Venue: (110) Bolek Polívka Theatre Stage dimensions: The oldest private theatre in Brno founded by width (7.5m) x depth (12m) x height (6m) the famous Czech actor Bolek Polívka. Divadlo Fráni Šrámka Jakubské nám. 5 602 00 Brno Fráňa Šrámek Theatre T +420 542 214 692, +420 542 214 903 www.divadlobolkapolivky.cz This theatre has hosted numerous drama pro- Director: Ladislav Krapek ductions, operettas, concerts, operas, and club E [email protected] programmes with performances from top artists Contact person: Alena Žilíková in their ﬁ elds. E [email protected] Centrum kultury Písek Tylova 69, 397 01 Písek Capacity of the Venue: (314) T +420 382 734 711 www.divadlopisek.cz Stage dimensions: Director: Ctirad Havel width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (4m) E [email protected] T +420 774 555 511

Capacity of the Venue: (380)

Stage dimensions: width (8m) x depth x (8m) x height (10m) 94 THEATRE VENUES

Divadlo Gong www.hamu.cz Director: Ludmila Stránská Gong Theatre E [email protected] T +420 234 244 126 Gong Theatre is the cultural and educational cen- Manager: Alena Honcová tre the district Prague 9. It is devoted to theatre E [email protected] performances for children and young people and T +420 234 244 127 off ers a diverse programme for adults. Capacity of the Venue: (50) Sokolovská 191, 190 00 Praha 9 T +420 266 311 629 Stage dimensions: www.kultura9.cz/gong.php width (5m) x depth (4.8m) x height (3m) Director: Josef Pavlata Manager: Zuzana Pavlatová E [email protected] Divadlo Kalich Kalich Theatre Capacity of the Venue: Big Hall (238); Small Hall (80) Theatre venue devoted mainly to music-hall productions. Stage dimensions: Large Hall: Jungmannova 9, 110 00 Praha 1 depth (12m) x width (12m) x height (4m) T +420 296 245 309 Small Stage: www.divadlokalich.cz depth (7m) x width (5m) x height (3m) Director: Michal Kocourek Manager: Jana Slunéčková E [email protected] Divadlo hudby Olomouc T + 420 296 245 301 Olomouc Theatre of Music Marketing: Michal Pleskot E [email protected] T + 420 296 245 309 The Olomouc Theatre of Music does not have a permanent company or repertoire. It hosts thea- Capacity of the Venue: (445) tre productions of various kinds and genres. Stage dimensions: Denisova 47, 779 00 Olomouc width (12m) x length (18m) x height (8m) T +420 585 223 565 www.divadlohudby.cz E [email protected] Divadlo Kampa Manager: Alexandr Jeništa E [email protected] Kampa Theatre

Capacity of the Venue: (120) A space for cultural self-discovery – through drama, speech, movement, voice, dance, tea, Stage dimensions: sound, secrets, and time. width (6m) x depth (6m) x height (2.80m) Nosticova 2a, 110 00 Praha T + 420 608 777 540 Divadlo INSPIRACE – HAMU www.divadlokampa.cz Manager: Klaudie Kovářová INSPIRATION Theatre – Music and E [email protected] Dance Faculty of the Academy of Dramaturg: Michaela Formanová E [email protected] Performing Arts Capacity of the Venue: (60–80) Inspiration is a small theatre devoted to theatre projects, pantomime, clowning and grotesque Stage dimensions: performances, as well as chamber opera and width (12m) x depth (7m) x height (4m) scenic of the students at the Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts.

Malostranské nám. 13, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 257 533 619 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 95

Divadlo Komedie Divadlo Na Prádle Comedy Theatre Na Prádle Theatre

A venue off ering drama productions. The theatre stages contemporary and classical plays, mime productions, puppet theatre, as well Jungmannova 1, 110 00 Praha 1 as other theatre genres and concerts, and it also T +420 224 222 484 - 5 hosts festivals. www.prakomdiv.cz Besední 3/487, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 257320421 Capacity of the Venue: (259) www.napradle.cz Director: Petr Hruška Stage dimensions: E [email protected] width (13m) x depth (10m) x height (5m) Manager: Alexandra Bošelová E [email protected]

Divadlo Konvikt Capacity of the Venue: Konvikt Theatre Theatre (150), Cafe Theatre – Chamber Stage (60) Stage dimensions: The based at the Palacký University in Olomouc width (5.7m) x depth (8m) x height (5m) showcases the contemporary drama and dance scene, stages new co-production projects, and organises festivals, in particular the international Divadlo Oskara Nedbala Flora Theatre Festival. Oskar Nedbal Theatre Umělecké centrum Univerzity Palackého Univerzitní 3, 771 80 Olomouc Theatre has without company. It annually T +420 585 633 803 (804) stages 160–200 performances, concerts, and www.divadlokonvikt.cz programmes through contracts with theatres, Director: Michaela Sikorová orchestras and agencies. It also hosts approxi- PR Manager: Zdeněk Vévoda mately 16 exhibitions a year. E [email protected] T +420 721 308 935 Divadelní 218, 390 01 Tábor T +420 381 254 701-2 Capacity of the Venue: (120) www.divadlotabor.cz/ Director: Karel Daňhel Stage dimensions: E [email protected] width (7m) x depth (13m) x height (4m) T +420 381 253 021, +420 605 254 566

Capacity of the venue: Divadlo Metro Big Hall (650), Small Hall (350) Metro Theatre Stage dimensions: The theatre of extraordinary possibilities, with Big Stage: a space for genre diff erence (drama, dance width (9m) x depth (9m) x height (5m) and classical ballet) off ering black-light theatre Small Stage: productions. width (6m) x depth (6m) x height (5m)

Divadlo Metro Národní 25, 110 00 Praha 1 Divadlo Palace Theatre T +420 221 085 276 Palace Theatre www.divadlometro.cz Director: Michal Urban Palace Theatre is an unsubsidised private stage Manager: Daniela Urbanová E [email protected] with a year-round programme (performances T 602 316 346 continue right through the summer).

Capacity of the Venue: (222) Václavské náměstí 43, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 228 814 www.divadlopalace.cz Stage dimensions: Director: Alexej Pyško width (8.5m) x depth (4.5m) x height (4m) 96 THEATRE VENUES

Divadlo pod lampou Divadlo SERPENS v Synagoze Theatre under the Lamp na Palmovce SERPENS Theatre in the Synagogue A space for non-commercial cultural activities in the fi eld of music, fi lm, theatre and above all for at Palmovka showcasing emerging musical groups, minority music genres, alternative culture and other The venue hosts theatre works in the site- activities in this cultural fi eld. specifi c space of a former synagogue, left in an unrepaired, raw state. The theatre is operated by Havířská 11, 301 00 Plzeň the SERPENS Association, which strives to tran- T +420 378 037 800 scend the boundaries between artistic fi elds and www.podlampou.cz organises theatrical, music and fi ne arts projects Director: Petr Choura in unusual spaces. E [email protected] T +420 602 211 324 Synagoga na Palmovce Production: František Klimt Ludmilina 601/4, 180 00 Praha 8 E [email protected] T +420 604 40 84 51 T +420 725 874 981 www.sdruzeniserpens.cz Director: Václav Špale Capacity of the Venue: (300) E [email protected]

Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: (40 - 100) width (5m) x depth (5m) x height (6m) Stage dimensions: width (5.5m) x depth (11m) x height (8.5m) Divadlo Ponec – scéna pro současný tanec a pohybové divadlo Divadlo u Hasičů Ponec Theatre U Hasičů Theatre – Venue for Contemporary Dance and Movement Theatre A theatre that uses the stagione system and focuses on a programme accessible to audiences. Ponec Theatre is the ﬁ rst permanent Czech Its productions target both adults and children. dance venue devoted to the creation of original Czech contemporary dance and movement thea- Římská 45, 120 00 Praha 2 tre. It also pursues international projects, artistic T +420 222 516 910 residencies and direct forms of cooperation with http://divadlouhasicu.sweb.cz Director: Tomáš Spurný other artistic genres. E [email protected] Tanec Praha o.s. Husitská 24A/899, 130 00 Praha 3 Capacity of the Venue: (358) T +420 222 721 531 www.divadloponec.cz Stage dimensions: Contact Person: Jitka Štecová width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (3m) E [email protected]

Capacity of the Venue: Divadlo v Celetné (dance: 110 / drama: 170) Theatre in Celetná

Stage dimension: Theatre venue off ering mainly drama produc- width ( 9 m) x depth (13m) x height (7 m) tions by the Kašpar Theatre.

Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 222 326 843, +420 608 327 107 www.divadlovceletne.cz Director: Jakub Špalek E [email protected] Manager: Blanka Štrayblová E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 97

Capacity of the Venue: (184) Capacity of the Venue: (536)

Stage dimensions: Stage dimensions: width (9.6m) x depth (8m) width (12m) x depth (12m) x height (5m)

Divadlo v Řeznické Dusíkovo divadlo Čáslav Theatre in Řeznická Dusík Theatre in Čáslav

A small theatre in Prague off ering a rich and Dusík Theatre is one of the oldest Czech rural interesting theatre programme. theatres (established in 1869). It is currently a semi-budgetary organisation that falls under the Řeznická 17, 110 00 Praha 1 administration of the Town of Čáslav and it is an T +420 222 230 996 important hub of cultural life in the town and the www.reznicka.cz surrounding area. Director: Yvetta Srbová E [email protected] Masarykova 194, 286 01 Čáslav Production: Lenka Dohnalová T +420 327 312 139, +420 327 314 545 E [email protected] www.kulturacaslav.cz/ Director: Eva Albrechtová Capacity of the Venue: (72) E [email protected] T +420 327 314 545 Stage dimensions: Production: Hana Tvrdíková width (4.8m) x depth (6.3m) x height (3.2m) E [email protected] T +420 327 312 139

Divadlo Za plotem Capacity of the Venue: (441) Za Plotem Theatre Stage dimensions: The cultural, social, and educational centre of width (8m) x depth (8m) x height (4m) Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital. Its aim and mission is to provide entertainment, off er space and in- Experimentální prostor ROXY / NoD frastructure for educating and be a place where people enjoy coming together. Roxy / NoD – Experimental Space Ústavní 249, BOX 49, 181 02 Praha 8 T +420 284 016 515 The programme of this performance space is http://dzp.webnode.cz/ divided into sections devoted to the following Director: Pavel Rada ﬁ elds: theatre, ﬁ lm, exhibitions, new music con- E [email protected] certs, workshops and discussion evenings. The theatre programming focuses on contemporary Capacity of the Venue: experimental and creation-based theatre. Main Hall (196); Blue Hall (40–60) Dlouhá 33, 110 00 Praha 1 www.roxy.cz (www.nod.roxy.cz) Dům kultury METROPOL Director: Jaroslav Stanko METROPOL House of Culture E [email protected] Director of NoD: Adam Halaš METROPOL House of Culture, located in the E [email protected] Production of ROXY club: Lenka Senová centre of the town of České Budějovice, has E [email protected] four halls. The theatre hall is suitable for theatre Producer: Ondřej Polák performances and concerts. E [email protected] T +420 731 166 682 Senovážné náměstí 2, 370 21 České Budějovice T +420 386 106 111 Capacity of the Venues: www.metropol-cb.cz NoD - Auditorium (80–150) Director: Petr Holba E [email protected] NoD - Gallery (50–120) Dramaturg: Jana Švarcová Roxy - Main Stage (300–800) E [email protected] Roxy - Chillout (50-100) 98 THEATRE VENUES

Stage dimensions: Kovářova 1615/4, 155 00 Praha 5 – Stodůlky NoD venue – Main Stage: T +420 235 314 734, +420 777 710 666 width (10m) x depth (13m) x height (4-6m) www.mlejn.cz NoD venue – Galleries: Director: Marie Navrátilová E [email protected] width (6.5m) x depth (12m) x height (3.5m) Production: Dagmar Roubalová ROXY klub venue – Stage: E [email protected] width (10m) x depth (5m) x height (4m) T +420 777 088 928 ROXY klub venue - Auditorium: width (12m) x depth (11m) x height (6m) Capacity of the Venue: (200) ROXY klub venue – Chillout: width (5m) x depth (10m) x height (3m) Stage dimensions: width (14m) x depth (5m) x height (7m) GOJA Music Hall Klub Lávka A music hall using the stagione system to host Lávka Club productions. A space for regular musical and theatre produc- Výstavište 170 00 Praha 7 – Holešovice tions and more. T +420 272 658 337 www.goja.cz Novotného lávka 1, 110 00 Praha 1 Director: František Janeček T +420 222 222 156 E [email protected] www.lavka.cz Production: Petra Benešová Director: Boris Gaydečka E [email protected] Assistant: Ilona Jaworská E [email protected] Capacity of the Venue: 864 Capacity of the Venue: (280) Stage dimensions: Karlovarské městské divadlo width (6m) x depth (4m) x height (5m) Karlovy Vary City Theatre La Fabrika The venue organises and creates theatre performances, one-off theatre projects, and other A multifunctional space for theatre, concerts, arts projects. The building was erected in 1886, and other events. designed by the architects Fellner and Helmer. It features paintings by Gustav Klimt, Ernst Klimt Komunardů 30, 170 00 Praha 7 and Franz Match. T +420 220 510 962 www.lafabrika.cz/ Divadelní náměstí 21, 360 01 Karlovy Vary Director: Richard Balous T +420 353 225 621 Production Assistant: Josef Balous www.karlovarske-divadlo.cz/ E [email protected] Director: Dana Neumannová Capacity of the Venue: (up to 230) Capacity of the Venue: (475) Stage dimensions: Stage dimensions: width (11m) x depth (22m) x height (7m) width (9.5m) x depth – without the orchestra (9m) x height (15m) MeetFactory – Mezinárodní KD Mlejn centrum současného umění Cultural Centre Mlejn MeetFactory – International Centre of Contemporary Art A multifunctional hall suited to peephole and arena theatre and with suspension points for MeetFactory Theatre was founded in 2008. The aerial acrobatics and home to the New Circus theatre’s programme focuses on authorial and di- company Cirkus Mlejn. rectorial projects and bringing foreign and Czech CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 99 artists together across the spectrum of art genres. Městské divadlo Děčín It off ers residency programme for artists. Děčín CityTheatre Ke Sklárně 3213/15, 150 00 Praha 5 T +420 251 551 796 The theatre serves as a host venue and is where http://meetfactory.cz Theatrical Děčín, the national showcase of ama- Director: Jan Horák teur theatre, takes place. The theatre has been E [email protected] operating for more than ninety years. T + 420 603 342 045 Production: Dominika Andraško Teplická 75, 405 02 Děčín E [email protected] T +420 412 530 630 T + 420 604 233 138 www.divadlodecin.cz Director: Jiří Trnka Capacity of the Venue: (80) E [email protected]

Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: (408) width (15m) x depth (8m) x height (5m) Stage dimensions: width (7.4m) x depth (11m) x height (4.8m) Metropolitní divadlo Praha Prague Metropolitan Theatre Městské divadlo Jablonec nad Nisou Prague Metropolitan Theatre is one of the big- Jablonec nad Nisou City Theatre gest modern Prague stages. It has an excellent, modern spacious amphiteathre hall with top A venue devoted to educational and social equipment and barrier-free access. events and the public use of authorial works.

Bubenské nábřeží 13/306 P.O.BOX 130, 170 04 Praha 7 – Holešovice Liberecká 5/1900, 466 01 Jablonec nad Nisou T +420 721 878 135 T +420 483 310 064, 420 483 310 079 www.metropolitnidivadlo.cz www.divadlojablonec.cz/ Director: Veronika Bartošová Director: Pavel Žur E [email protected] E [email protected] T +420 721 878 135 Assistant of the Director: Naďa Mrklasová Capacity of the Venue: (768) E [email protected]

Stage dimensions: Capacity of the Venue: (510) width (10m) x depth (10m) x height (7m) Městské divadlo Dr. Josefa Čížka Městské divadlo Český Krumlov v Náchodě Český Krumlov City Theatre Náchod City Theatre of Dr. Josef Čížek

An architecturally and technically a modern cul- An Art Nouveau building from 1914, the theatre tural house. The spaces, technical equipment and is connected to a cafe, restaurant and hotel. The facilities are suitable for organising conferences halls do not have elevated levels, so it is a mul- and social and cultural events. tifunctional space that can be used to organise various cultural and social events. Horní Brána 2, 381 01 Český Krumlov T +420 380 711 775 Masarykovo náměstí 74, 547 01 Náchod www.divadlo.ckrumlov.cz T +420 737 261 641 Director: Jan Vozábal www.beraneknachod.cz/cz/divadlo/ E [email protected] Director: Aleš Cabicar Dramaturg: Jaromír Hruška Director of the venue: Irena Kochová E [email protected] E [email protected] T + 420 737 261 641 Capacity of the Venue: (280) Capacity of the Venue: Stage dimensions: Big Hall (500), Small and Lecture Halls (120) width (12m) x depth (11m) x height (7m) 100 THEATRE VENUES

Stage dimensions: has been without a permanent company and Big Stage: operates on the stagione system. width (20m) x depth (14m) x height (15m) Small Stage: Smetanova 557, 280 02 Kolín 4 width (17m) x depth (8m) x height (8m) T +420 321 720 520 Lecture Hall: www.divadlokolin.cz Director: Luboš Růžička (18m) x depth (8m) x height (8m) E [email protected] T +420 604 608 429 Městské divadlo Prachatice Capacity of the Venue: (501) Prachatice City Theatre Stage dimensions: After undergoing renovation, the theatre was width (10m) x depth (12m) x height (15m) reopened in 2010. The entire building is barrier- free. The venue hosts various cultural productions. Městské divadlo Znojmo Znojmo Municipal Theatre Velké náměstí 2, 383 01 Prachatice T +420 388 607 226 www.kisprachatice.cz Pseudo-Renaissance building from 1900 de- Director: Jaroslava Vlčková signed by the Viennese architect Alexandr Graf. Manager: Vladimíra Čapková The theatre operates on the stagione system. E [email protected] Mailing address: Capacity of the Venue: (208) Znojemská Beseda Masarykovo náměstí 449/22, 669 01 Znojmo Address: Stage dimensions: Městské divadlo, nám. Republiky 20 Znojmo width (9.5m) depth (6.5m) x height (3.5m) T +420 515 224 324 Městské divadlo Prostějov www.znojmocity.cz Director: Dušan Varga Prostějov City Theatre E [email protected] Dramaturg: Alena Moravcová An important Moravian stage, this theatre is part E [email protected] of the Art Nouveau National House, which was declared a heritage site in 2008. The theatre Capacity of the Venue: (278) does not have a permanent company. Stage dimensions: Vojáčkovo nám. 1, 796 01 Prostějov width (7.7m) x depth (8m) x height (12m) T +420 582 329 600 www.divadloprostejov.cz Director: Alena Spurná Městské Tylovo divadlo v Kutné Hoře E alena.spurna@ divadloprostejov.cz Programme/Production: Eva Zelená Kutná Hora City Tyl Theatre E [email protected] The theatre organises theatre performances, Capacity of the Venue: concerts of classical and popular music, enter- Theatre Stage (513), Lecture Hall (150) tainment shows, programmes for children and young people, and it participates in all the events Stage dimensions: organised in the town. Theatre Hall: width (15m) x depth (14m) x height (9m) Masarykova 128, Kutná Hora Lecture Hall: T +420 327 561 176 http://divadlo.kh.cz width (6m) x depth (2.5m) x height (3.5m) Director: Jana Kozáková E [email protected] Městské divadlo v Kolíně Capacity of the Venue: (503) Kolín City Theatre Stage dimensions: A modern theatre designed by the important width (12m) x depth (14m) x height (16m) Czech architect Jindřich Freiwal. Since 1993 it CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 101

Palác Akropolis Capacity of the Venue: Akropolis Palace Big Hall: (180 seated + 100 standing) or (500 standing) Small Hall: Music club and venue. (50-70 seated or 150 standing); cafe (30-50) Kubelíkova 27, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 296 330 911 Stage dimensions: www.palacakropolis.cz Big Stage (without a high table/podium): Director: Lubomír Schmidtmajer width (13m) x depth (11m) x height (5.6m) E [email protected] with a high table/podium: Producer: Martin Poddaný width (10.5m) x depth (7m) x height (4.5m); E [email protected] Small Stage: width (7.5m) x depth (5-7m) x height (4m) Capacity of the Venue: Main Stage (250), Theatre Bar (50), Small Stage (30) Stálá divadelní scéna Klatovy Stage dimensions: Klatovy Theatre Main Stage: width (12.1m) x depth (6m) x height (6m) A theatre that operates on the stagione system Theatre Bar: without a permenent company. width (12.1m) x depth (11.2 m) x height (6m)

Denisova 148/1, 339 00 Klatovy Reduta Jazz Klub T +420 376 311 261 http://divadlo.klatovynet.cz/ A small experimental stage and a place of clever Director: Zdenka Koubová humor, timeless music and especially intellectual E [email protected] entertainment Capacity of the Venue: Národní třída 20, 110 00 Praha 1 Main Hall (470), Club (48) T +420 224 933 487 www.redutajazzclub.cz Stage dimensions: Director: Pragokoncert Bohemia a.s. width (8m), depth (14m) x height (12m) Chair: Alexandr Cach E [email protected] Studio ALTA Capacity of the Venue: ALTA Studio Theatre Hall (130); Jazz Hall (99)

Stage dimensions: Open space for contemporary dance and dance width (5m) x depth (5m) x height (4m) theatre. This modern studio theatre is located in an industrial building near the city centre and operated by the production unit ALT@ART. Stadec – Multikulturní centrum pro nezávislou tvorbu v Brně Výstaviště 21, 170 00 Praha 7 T +420 739 615 148 Stadec – Cultural Centre www.altart.cz for Independent Arts in Brno Artistic director: Lucia Kašiárová E [email protected] Production: Karolína Hejnová A space for independent professional arts E [email protected] subjects, the venue is primarily intended for stage forms – theatre, movement, dance and live Capacity of the venue: (80) performance accompanied by music. Stage dimensions: Kounicova 22, 602 00 Brno T +420 734 708 138 width (9m) x depth (9m) x height (5m) www.stadec.cz Director: Tomáš Kadlec E [email protected] 102 THEATRE SCHOOLS

Viola Capacity of the Venue: Main Hall (200), Studio (70) Viola is a poetry theatre. It does not have its own repertory company, and hosts an average Stage dimensions: of 25 guest performances every month. Main Stage: width (9.5m), depth (5.5m), height (5.5m) Národní třída 7, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 220 844 www.divadloviola.cz Zbrojovkapůl.cz Director: Miluše Viklická E [email protected] Building no. 7 of the Zbrojovka factory in Brno is Production: Ina Bradová currently occupied by an artistic association and E [email protected] run using private funding. The site hosts theatre and music productions, art and photography Capacity of the Venue: (75) exhibitions, and multimedia installations.

Stage dimensions: Lazaretní 1, 615 00 Brno – Židenice width (7m) x depth (2.5m) x height (5m) T +420 725 730 316 www.zbrojovkapul.cz Director: Matěj T. Růžička Vrchlického divadlo T +420 725 730 316 Vrchlický Theatre Capacity of the Venue: (500) The venue hosts theatre performances and folk, Stage dimensions: jazz and classical music concerts. Louny Town width (10m) x depth (20m) x height (5m) Gallery, focusing on artists with links to the town, is also part of Vrchlický Theatre. Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana

Osvoboditelů 411, 440 01 Louny Jára Cimrman Theatre in Žižkov T +420 415 653 141 www.divadlolouny.cz Jára Cimrman Theatre in Žižkov operates on a Director: Vladimír Drápal stagione system and falls under the administra- E [email protected] tion of the District of Prague 3. It is the home stage of the Jára Cimrman Theatre. Capacity of the Venue: Main Theatre Hall (261); Theatre Cafe (70) Štítného 5, 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 222 781 860 Stage dimensions: www.zdjc.cz Theatre Stage: Director: Jana Pazderníková width (8m) x depth (10m) x height (11m) E [email protected] Theatre Cafe: width (6m) x depth (10m) x height (4m) Capacity of the Venue: (230)

Stage dimensions: Vršovické divadlo MANA width (6m) depth (7m) x height (3.5m) MANA Theatre in Vršovice

A theatre space in the district Prague 10 intended for theatre, ﬁ lm, and music performances and visual arts presentations.

Centrum MANA, o.s. Husův sbor, Moskevská 34/967 101 00 Praha 10 – Vršovice T +420 774 941 946 www.centrummana.cz Director: Elen Strupková, Ivo Šorman Production: Jiřina Hůlková E [email protected] T +420 774 941 946 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 103

THEATRE Akademie múzických umění v Praze (AMU) SCHOOLS Academy of Performing Arts Prague

The Academy off ers courses in the arts at three faculties devoted to music, theatre and ﬁ lm.

Malostranské nám. 12, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 234 244 501 www.amu.cz Rector: doc. Ivo Mathé E [email protected] Head of the Administrative Office: Elen Belovská E [email protected]

Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze (DAMU) Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague

The Theatre Faculty is divided into seven departments covering every subject relating to the theatre, such as drama, alternative and puppet acting and directing, scenography, theatre management, author‘s theatre, drama education, and theatre criticism and theory.

Karlova 26, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 221 111 011 www.damu.cz Dean: doc. MgA. Jan Hančil E [email protected] Dean’s Office: Anna Krákorová E [email protected]

Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie múzických umění v Praze (FAMU) Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague

FAMU has eleven study programmes: directing, documentary ﬁ lm, screenwriting, cinematography, editing, sound design, animation, producing, new media, and still photography, as well as FAMU International, which off ers courses in English, including an MFA programme. FAMU is a founding member of CILECT, of the European League of Institutes of the Arts (ELIA), and of the European Association of Cinema and Television Schools GEECT (Groupement Européen des Ecoles de Cinéma et de Television).

Smetanovo nábřeží 2, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 234 244 301 www.famu.cz Dean: MgA. Pavel Jech E [email protected] 104 THEATRE SCHOOLS

Hudební a taneční fakulta Dětská opera Praha Akademie múzických umění Children’s Opera Prague v Praze (HAMU) The Children’s Opera Prague is a company Music and Dance Faculty of the of young artists between the ages of 8 and 20. Academy of Performing Arts Prague Týnská 7, 110 00 Praha 1 The Music and Dance Faculty is renowned for T +420 222 315 814 the outstanding quality of its teaching and the T +420 222 315 814 www.detskaoperapraha.cz individual approach it takes to its students. The Director: Jiřina Marková-Krystlíková non-verbal theatre department is one of the few Manager: Lubomír Krystlík such departments in the world. E [email protected]

Malostranské nám. 13, 118 00 Praha 1 T +420 234 244 111 Janáčkova akademie múzických www.hamu.cz Dean: Prof. Vlastimil Mareš umění v Brně (JAMU) E [email protected] Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno Ateliér herectví Václava Martince Václav Martinec Acting Studio The Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts is based in Brno and was founded in 1947. It was inspired by the fi gure of Leoš Janáček, The Václav Martinec Acting Studio off ers act- a composer who spent most of his productive ing lessons for thespians, a “Czech for Czechs” life in Brno. The academy now has two faculties course (teaching correct pronunciation and and teaches more than 500 students, preparing elocution) and preparatory classes for the admis- them for a future career in the arts. sion exams to theatre schools. Beethovenova 2 Římská 27, 120 00 Praha 2 662 15 Brno T +420 606 751 682 T +420 542 591 111 T +420 222 931 902 www.jamu.cz www.atelierherectvi.cz Rector: Prof. Ing. MgA. Ivo Medek, Ph.D. Garant, head teacher and team leader: E [email protected] Doc. Václav Martinec E [email protected] Divadelní fakulta Janáčkovy Budilova divadelní škola akademie múzických umění Budil Theatre School Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Budil Theatre School is based on the principles of the internationally renowned Jacques Lecoq Arts Brno School. Students are led to develop their creative potential and attain their own form of dramatic Courses in the schools study programmes in the expression. Since 2007 the school has been run- dramatic arts and dance are taught in ateliers ning an actors’ studio and workshops for begin- headed by major fi gures in the given fi elds. ners and advanced students. The structure of the ateliers varies between fi elds: some have just one atelier structured according to KD Mlejn programme year (theatre management and stage Kovářova 1615/4, 155 00 Praha 13, Stodůlky technology, stage design, radio and television T +420 724 068 336 dramaturgy and screenwriting, drama education www.budil.cz for the hearing disabled, drama education, dance Director: Vendula Burger teaching), while others have multiple individual E [email protected] ateliers (dramatic acting, musical acting, theatre dramaturgy, directing drama), each of which provides continuous instruction over the course of the study programme. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 105

DIFA JAMU Jeviště Mozartova 1, 662 15 Brno T + 420 542 591 307 Jeviště Language School www.difa.jamu.cz Dean: doc. MgA. Zbyněk Srba, Ph.D. Jeviště Language School off ers foreign-language E [email protected] courses that use the act and speak method®, which is based on dramatic acting and uses Hudební fakulta Janáčkovy scripts specially created for the purpose of language instruction. akademie múzických umění Music Faculty of the Janáček Čerchovská 5, 120 00 Praha 2 T +420 604 232 717 Academy of Music and Performing www.jeviste.cz Arts Brno School Director: Mgr. Barbora Dočkalová E [email protected] The aim of the Faculty of Music of JAMU is to provide students with the highest level of Katedra divadelních, ﬁ lmových education and thus ensure the professionalism of future soloists, conductors, teachers, music a mediálních studií, Filozoﬁ cká managers and members of all kinds of artistic fakulta Univerzity Palackého bodies. Department of Theatre, Film

Komenského nám. 6, 662 15 Brno and Media Studies, T +420 542 591 601 Philosophical Faculty, Palacký www.hf.jamu.cz Dean: doc. MgA. Vít Spilka University Olomouc E [email protected] The department off ers a curriculum comprising classic fi lm and theatre arts studies, media stud- Janáčkova konzervatoř ies, and practical training in other fi elds. Its credit a Gymnázium v Ostravě system and range of courses allow students to Janáček Conservatory create individual professional profi les with a view to their own ideas about their future careers. and Grammar School Ostrava Umělecké centrum UP This conservatory specialises in the combination Univerzitní 3, 771 80 Olomouc of music, dance and theatre studies combined T +420 585 631 111 with standard secondary and higher school www.filmadivadlo.cz education. Department Head: doc. PhDr. Jiří Štefanides E [email protected] Českobratrská 40, 701 62 Ostrava T +420 596 112 007 Katedra divadelní vědy, Filozofi cká T +420 596 112 028 www.jko.cz fakulta Univerzity Karlovy v Praze School Director: Mgr. Soňa Javůrková Department of Theatre Studies, E [email protected] Head of the Department of Music and Drama: Faculty of Arts, Charles Mgr. Václav Klemens University Prague E [email protected] Head of the Vocal Department: Mgr. Mária Adamíková The department ties in with a tradition of drama E [email protected] and theatre studies at the Faculty of Arts of Head of the Dance Department: Charles University and the work of the founding Mgr. Ivan Hurych generations of Prague structuralists and thea- E [email protected] tre arts scholars. It also however adopts a new approach, wherein it tries to respect the current demands of these fi elds, takes current developments in the fi eld of theatre into account, and provides the young generation with room for their own professional development, which is essential for the existence of the fi eld into the future. 106 THEATRE SCHOOLS

nám. J. Palacha 2, 116 38 Praha 1 tř. Kpt. Jaroše 45, 662 54 Brno T +420 221 619 226 T +420 545 215 674 dv.ff.cuni.cz T +420 545 215 568 Head of Department: Mgr. Petr Christov, Ph.D. www.konzervator.eu E [email protected] Director: MgA. Pavel Maňásek E [email protected] Head of the Music and Drama Department: Katedra divadelních studií, MgA. Hana Kobzová Filozoﬁ cká fakulta Masarykovy E [email protected] Head of Soloist Singing: Mgr.Petr Julíček univerzity Brno E [email protected] Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University Konzervatoř Duncan Centre Brno Duncan Centre Conservatory

Students in the Department of Theatre Studies The Duncan Centre is a space for contemporary must possess a deep interest in the theatre arts stage dance and dance theatre and currently the and the ability for creative work on a scholarly only state school in the Czech Republic system- level in the fi eld of the theatre arts. They should atically devoted to education in this sphere. be able to refl ect theoretically on contemporary and historical forms of theatre at a scholarly Branická 41/147, 140 00 Praha 4 level. Students in the bachelor and master’s pro- T +420 244 461 810 grammes systematically enhance their scope of +420 244 461 342 www.duncanct.cz knowledge with courses in the fi elds of aesthet- Director: Michal Záhora ics, art history and philosophy. E [email protected]

Arne Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno T +420 549 493 059 Pražská konzervatoř www.phil.muni.cz/kds Head of Department: Prague Conservatory doc. Mgr. Pavel Drábek, Ph.D. E [email protected] The conservatory specialises in a combination of music and theatre studies combined with standard secondary school education. The conserva- Konzervatoř a Vyšší odborná tory also has a popular music department, which škola Jaroslava Ježka was established in 1996. Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory Na Rejdišti 1, 110 00 Praha 1 and College T +420 222 327 206 www.prgcons.cz The conservatory is one of the few secondary Director: MgA. Pavel Trojan and post-secondary schools of this kind in the E [email protected] country that focuses on pop music, jazz and alternative art forms. Taneční centrum Praha Roškotova 4/1692, 140 00 Praha 4 – konzervatoř T +420 241 046 900 Dance Centre Prague www.kjj.cz Director: Mgr. Milan Purnoch – Conservatoire E [email protected] Dance Centre Prague is one of the largest and oldest contemporary dance organisations in Konzervatoř Brno the Czech Republic. The underground dance Brno Conservatory company was later placed under the patronage of the Charles University and is now run as a The conservatory specialises in a combination of non-proﬁ t organisation. music and theatre studies combined with standard secondary school education. Pod Žvahovem 463, 152 00 Praha T +420 220 611 980 www.tanecnicentrum.cz CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 107

Director: PhDr. Vlasta Schneiderová Thámova 221/7, 186 00 Praha 8 Contact: MgA. Karolína Bulínová – production T +420 222 315 866 E [email protected] www.tanecni-konzervator.cz T +420 734 409 848 Director: Jitka Tázlarová E [email protected] Taneční konzervatoř Brno Dance Conservatory Brno Vyšší odborná škola herecká Higher Specialised Acting School The eight-year programme of the conservatory includes classical ballet, modern dance tech- The school off ers a three-year acting course, at niques and character dance. Graduates the end of which successful students receive a of the conservatory often become members diploma. The school also has a puppet acting of traditional ballet companies, modern dance department and its own theatre, Pidivadlo. companies, musical productions, folk dance companies, etc. Hadovitá 1023/7, 141 00 Praha 4 T +420 241 482 422 Nejedlého 3, 638 00 Brno – Lesná T +420 603 836 149 T +420 545 222 431 www.vosherecka.cz T +420 548 529 081 Director: PhDr. Vera Kmochová www.tkbrno.cz E [email protected] Director: Mgr. Zdenek Kárný E [email protected] E [email protected] Zlínská soukromá vyšší odborná Taneční konzervatoř hlavního škola umění města Prahy a Bohemia Balet Private Higher Specialised Dance Conservatory of the City School of the Arts Zlín of Prague and the Bohemia Ballet The school off ers a three-year acting course, An eight-year conservatory that trains profes- at the end of which successful students receive sional dancers and provides secondary education a diploma. The school has its own studio theatre, with a school-leaving exam and higher vocational Mandragora. education terminating in a graduation exam. Bo- hemia Ballet is the Dance Conservatory’s dance Dřevnická 1788, 760 01 Zlín T +420 577 143 580 company, made up of the school’s students www.skolaumeni.cz and graduates and it gives performances in the www.hereckaskola.skolaumeni.cz Czech Republic and abroad. Director: Ivo Sedlácek E [email protected] Křížovnická 7. 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 222 323 592 +420 222 320 987 www.tkpraha.cz www.bohemia-balet.cz Director: Mgr. Jaroslav Slavický E [email protected]

Taneční konzervatoř Ivo Váni-Psoty Ivo Váňa-Psota Dance Conservatory

The Ivo Váňa-Psota Dance Conservatory in Prague was created with spiritual inﬂ uence of important personality of Czech and world ballet Ivo Váňa-Psota. The conservatory is an eight-year special school and provides its students with complex basic education, special practical and theoretical high-school education in dance and dance pedagogy. 108 THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

THEATRE A2 A2 is a biweekly periodical devoted to culture PERIODICALS in the broadest sense of the word and thus covering even goings on in society and politics. AND PUBLISHERS The editorial team endeavours capture quality performing arts in context – in the context of the other art forms, in the context of civil society, and in the context of the arts internationally.

Americká 2, 120 00 Praha 2 T +420 222 510 205 www.advojka.cz Editor-in-Chief: Libuše Bělunková E [email protected] E [email protected]

Language: Czech Periodicity: biweekly Electronic version: yes

Amatérská scéna Amateur Stage

The only national magazine devoted to amateur theatre of every kind, including youth theatre and artistic recitations. It provides information about festivals and shows, professional criticism, and interviews with interesting personalities.

IPOS – ARTAMA Blanická 4, 120 21 Praha 2 T +420 221 507 900 www.amaterskascena.cz Editor-in-Chief: Michal Drtina E [email protected]

Language: Czech Periodicity: 6x per year Electronic version: no

www.culturenet.cz

The culture portal run by the Arts and Theatre Institute presents current information from every branch of the arts, announces grant opportunities, seminars, conferences, job opportunities, opportunities to participate in international projects, and news on cultural policy. It also contains a directory of cultural institutions in the Czech Republic and abroad.

Arts and Theatre Institute Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 www.culturenet.cz Web administrator: Magdaléna Müllerová +420 224 809 134 E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 109

Language: Czech and English versions Časopis Disk – časopis pro studium Electronic version: yes scénické tvorby www.czechlit.cz Disk – Journal for the Study of Scenic Production The Czech literature portal run by the Arts and Theatre Institute provides information on This journal is prepared by the Institute for contemporary Czech literature. Its mission is to Dramatic and Scenic Art Research at DAMU promote Czech writers abroad. for the Basic Research Centre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and Masaryk Arts and Theatre Institute University in Brno. A quarterly publication, the Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 journal’s contents relate to the activities of the www.czechlit.cz institute and its aim is to contribute to the study Web administrator: Viktor Debnár of dramatic and scenic art based on reﬂ ections T +420 224 809 119 in a wider context. To this end it focuses both E [email protected] on those arts that traditionally belong to this ﬁ eld and on various aspects of other arts in the Language: Czech and English versions context of the general scenic qualities of life and Electronic version: yes the world in a media age. www.czechmusic.org Karlova 26, 116 65 Praha 1 T +420 234 244 287 casopisdisk.amu.cz The music portal run by the Arts and Theatre In- Editor-in-Chief: Jaroslav Vostrý stitute provides information on people, organisa- Secretary: Lucie Krůtová tions, and events in the Czech music scene. E [email protected]

Arts and Theatre Institute Language: Czech Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Periodicity: quarterly www.czechmusic.org Web administrator: Lenka Dohnalová Electronic version: yes (abridged) T +420 224 809 195 E [email protected] Divadelní noviny Language: Czech and English versions Theatre Newspaper Electronic version: yes A biweekly theatre magazine that reﬂ ects on Czech Theatre Czech and world theatre life and performances. Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 A representative review that covers the full T +420 224 809, +420 222 315 912 spectrum of important Czech theatrical events www.divadelni-noviny.cz published by the Arts and Theate Institute. Richly Editor-in-Chief: Jan Kolář illustrated, the periodical is published once a year E [email protected] in English. Language: Czech Arts and Theatre Institute Periodicity: biweekly, 22 issues per year Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Electronic version: yes T +420 224 809 124 www.idu.cz www.theatre.cz Divadelní revue Editor-in-Chief: Kamila Černá E [email protected] Czech Theatre Review

Language: English The Czech journal for theatre studies Divadelní Periodicity: 1 per year revue (Czech Theatre Review) was founded in Electronic version: yes 1989 at the Department for Czech Theatre Stud- ies, which is part of the Arts and Theatre Institute in Prague. It is currently published three times a year as a fully reviewed periodical, consisting 110 THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

of thematic sections dedicated to historical and www.divadlo.cz theoretical studies, analyses, essays, reviews, www.theatre.cz interviews, and documents related to Czech, as well as international theatre culture. Online information portal run by the Arts and Arts and Theatre Institute Theatre Institute. It provides comprehensive Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 information on domestic theatre events and T +420 224 809 133 some information on events abroad. It contains a www.divadlo.cz/revue vast database with information on premieres and Editor-in-Chief: Honza Petružela festivals and a directory of theatres and relevant E [email protected] institutions, lists of theatre literature and articles on events connected with theatre. The English- Language: Czech + English resumes language website is aimed at providing the Periodicity: 3 per year public abroad with current information in English Electronic version: no on Czech theatre, and it includes a quarterly newsletter, a database of productions for export, Divá Báze a directory of festivals, institutions, and periodicals, and other links and information. Wild Base Arts and Theatre Institute A news server on theatre in Olomouc and map- Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 ping theatre events in and outside Moravia with www.divadlo.cz reviews, interviews, and conferences. www.theatre.cz Web administrator: Klára Kadlecová 17. listopadu 19, 747 06 Opava 6 T +420 224 809 153 T +420 605 040 023 [email protected] www.divabaze.cz E [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Martin Zavadil E [email protected] Language: Czech and English versions Electronic version: yes Language: Czech Electronic version: yes i-divadlo.cz

Czech Theatre Review 1989-2009 Portal devoted to information and reviews on theatre focusing especially on drama, musicals, and alternative forms of theatre. The publication Czech Theatre Review 1989– 2009 comprises a selection of ten articles on Thaleia, o.s. theatre from the journal Divadelní revue (Thea- Za Devítkou 328, 252 25 Jinočany tre Review), originally published in the years www.i-divadlo.cz 1989–2009, in English translation. The individual Editor-in-Chief: Michal Novák texts focus on a variety of historical, as well as [email protected] theoretical issues related to Czech theatre cul- E [email protected] ture, from an analysis of Jesuit and puppet plays to discussions of theatre directing and theory of Language: Czech the 1990s. Electronic version: yes

Arts and Theatre Institute Institut umění – Divadelní ústav Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 809 133 Arts and Theatre Institute www.divadlo.cz/revue Editor-in-Chief: Honza Petružela The Arts and Theatre Institute is one of the most E [email protected] important publishers of theatre literature in the Czech Republic. The ATI regularly publishes Language: English books on theatre history and its present, theory Periodicity: irregular and criticism, plays, and publications aimed at Electronic version: no promoting the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, literature), and publications on cultural policy, and it also regularly publishes the periodi- CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 111 cal Czech Theatre (in English). Publications of Kult the ATI are available from www.idu.cz and from its e-shop Prospero at http://prospero.divadlo.cz. A monthly periodical with information on culture More about the Arts and Theatre Institute see published in Brno since 1999. Kult is a full-colour, page 72. free monthly cultural magazine with rich contents providing an overview of cultural events, interviews Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 with interesting personalities, reviews, culture tips, T +420 224 809 137 competitions, and more interesting reading. www.idu.cz E-shop: http://prospero.divadlo.cz Distribution of publications: Barbora Peroutková Šumavská 35, 616 00 Brno E [email protected] T +420 541 532 532, +420 777 221 983 www.kult.cz Editor-in-Chief: Radek Holík Harmonie E [email protected]

Harmony Language: Czech Periodicity: monthly A periodical devoted to classical music, jazz and Electronic version: yes world music. Core sections include reviews of new CDs and DVDs. Loutkář Novákových 8, 180 00 Praha 8 Puppeteer T +420 266 311 700 +420 266 311 703 www.muzikus.cz/casopis-harmonie Puppeteer is the oldest puppetry magazine in Editor-in-Chief: Luboš Stehlík the world, having been published continuously E [email protected] since 1912. The magazine contains a series on the history of Czech puppet theatre, reviews of new Language: Czech stage works, and information about puppetry in Periodicity: monthly the Czech Republic and around the world, pup- Electronic version: yes pet technology and puppets plays.

Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 Hudební rozhledy T +420 224 809 131 Music Review www.loutkar.eu Editor-in-Chief: Nina Malíková E [email protected] This periodical, published since 1948, continuously provides information on the most important cul- Language: Czech + English resumes tural events in the ﬁ eld of classical music taking Periodicity: 6 per year place in the Czech Republic and selected events Electronic version: no abroad. It contains news about festivals, concerts and competitions, interviews with performers, composers, and the heads of various music www.mezikulturnidialog.cz institutions and orchestras, and reviews of opera premieres and new CDs, a section on essays and The web portal serves as a platform for the NGO opinion pieces, book reviews, and articles on sector and for cultural and educational activities themes relating to musical, folk, brass, non-Euro- in that sector. Its thematic focus is intercultural pean, jazz and to some extent even pop music. dialogue, the aim being to work towards fulﬁ lling the objectives in the Czech Republic’s migration Radlická 99, 150 00 Praha 5 and integration policies. T +420 251 552 425, +420 251 550 208 www.hudebnirozhledy.cz Arts and Theatre Institute Editor-in-Chief: Hana Jarolímková Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 E [email protected] www.mezikulturnidialog.cz Web administrator: Eva Žáková Language: Czech T +420 224 809 134 Periodicity: monthly E [email protected] Electronic version: yes Language: Czech Electronic version: yes 112 THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

Místní kultura Nakladatelství Romeo Local Culture Romeo Press

Local Culture is the only Czech magazine Romeo Press publishes Czech and translated lit- devoted to cultural life in the regions, with no erature, especially Czech-English dual-language speciﬁ c preference for any particular genre. editions of the works of William Shakespeare, The magazine describes the state of the arts in with translations by Jiří Josek, as well as other small towns and country villages and reﬂ ects on dual-language titles and classic and contempo- relevant legislation and the economy. rary world literature.

NIPOS Pod Bání 2003/21, 180 00 Praha 8 Blanická 4,P.O.BOX 12, 120 21 Praha 2 T +420 283 840 193, +420 605 960 211 T +420 221 507 935 www.nakladatelstvi-romeo.cz www.mistnikultura.cz Editor-in-Chief: Jiří Josek Editor-in-Chief: Ludmila Kučerová E [email protected] E [email protected]

Language: Czech (selected parts in English) Nakladatelství Větrné mlýny Periodicity: daily updates Wind Mills Publishing House Electronic version: yes Wind Mills Publishing House publishes theatre Musical – Operetta literature (in diff erent series: Drama Texts, RozRazil – The Modern Czech Play, Repertoire, Time/Ac- tion/Space). It also publishes Czech and translated A webzine that is a one-stop source of infor- prose works, poetry, and other literary genres. mation on everything in the world of musical theatre. A fully professional Czech theatre portal Radlas 5, 602 00 Brno on musicals, classical operetta and musical com- T +420 732 237 571 edy, it presents up-to-date news and numerous www.vetrnemlyny.cz reviews, events, interviews, and photographs Editor-in-Chief: Petr Minařík by famous photographers. It covers all musi- E [email protected] cal theatre in the Czech Republic and devotes E [email protected] some space also to musical theatre abroad and selected dance and opera projects. Opus musicum Josef Hrubý Nad ZOO 1342/8, 323 00 Plzeň A periodical and publishing house focusing on T +420 777 214 150 music and Czech writings on music. www.musical-opereta.cz Editor-in-Chief: Vítězslav Sladký Krkoškova 45a, 613 00 Brno E [email protected] T +420 725 593 460 Editor-in-Chief: Kateřina Hnátová, Martin Flašar Language: Czech E [email protected] Electronic version: yes Language: Czech Periodicity: bimonthly Muzikus Electronic version: no

A magazine intended for musicians of every age. Orghast Novákových 8, 180 00 Praha 8 T +420 266 311 700, +420 266 311 703 An almanac on next-wave theatre and review of www.muzikus.cz the independent theatre and arts scene. Editor-in-Chief: Vladimír Švanda E [email protected] Otěšínská 28, 153 00 Praha 16 T +420 257 91 26 84 Language: Czech www.prazska-scena.cz Periodicity: 12 per year Editorial Team: Jan Dvořák, Vladimír Hulec, Electronic version: yes Vojtěch Varyš E [email protected] CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 113

Language: Czech Scena.cz Periodicity: irregular in 2001–2005, since 2011 1-2 per year The culture portal, Scena.cz off ers on-line Electronic version: no information from the world of culture – theatre, music, dance, opera, literature, art and ﬁ lm. Pam pam Scena.cz, o.p.s. Roháčova 97, 130 00 Praha 3 A periodical devoted to dance. T +420 604 691 438 www.scena.cz Blanická 4, P. O. Box 12, 120 21 Praha 2 Editor-in-Chief: Josef Meszáros www.scenicky-tanec.cz E [email protected] E [email protected] Language: Czech Language: Czech Periodicity: weekly Periodicity: irregular Electronic version: yes Electronic version: yes Svět a divadlo Pražská scéna – Nakladatelství diva- World and Theatre delní literatury Prague Stage – Theatre Literature This prestigious theatre magazine is devoted Publishing House primarily to reﬂ ections on contemporary theatre culture in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and theatre life abroad. The magazine also publishes Prague Stage specialises in publishing theatre new Czech drama and world drama in translation. literature and since 1993 has published more than 70 titles, mostly about contemporary Czech Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 theatre. T +420 224 817 180 F +420 224 818 184 Hudečkova 12, 146 00 Praha 4 www.svetadivadlo.cz T +420 257 912 684, +420 602 329 086 Editor-in-Chief: Karel Král www.prazska-scena.cz E [email protected] Editor-in-Chief: Jan Dvořák E [email protected]) Language: Czech + English resumes Periodicity: 6 per year RozRazil online Electronic version: no

RozRazil online is a theatre server devoted to Svět a divadlo – WAT Moravian theatres, festivals, and contemporary Czech playwrights and to the contemporary WAT – World/Visegrad and Theatre culture and arts scene. An English anthology of the best text texts, es- Větrné mlýny says, reviews and interviews originally published Radlas 5, 602 00 Brno in the Czech theatre magazine Svět a divadlo. www.rozrazilonline.cz The contents relate mainly to the Central Euro- Editor-in-Chief: Iva Mikulová pean (or V4) region, but also covered are the E [email protected] most important foreign performances, theatres and personalities. Language: Czech Electronic version: yes Celetná 17, 110 00 Praha 1 T +420 224 817 180 Fax:+420 224 818 184 www.svetadivadlo.cz Editor-in-Chief: Karel Král E [email protected]

Language: English Periodicity: irregular Electronic version: no 114 THEATRE AND DANCE AWARDS

Taneční aktuality Arna Nováka 1, 602 00 Brno www.phil.muni.cz Dance News Chair of the Editorial Board: Eva Stehlíková E [email protected] Taneční aktuality is a website providing information on all kinds of professional dance in the Language: Czech Czech Republic. The website publishes reviews Periodicity: 2 per year of dance performances, news, interviews, and Electronic version: no information on festivals, workshops and more.

Mailing address: Thespis P.O. BOX 93, 110 01 Praha 1 Official address: Thespis is the only Czech publishing house that Vladislavova 1382/14, 110 00 Praha 1 issues recordings of theatre productions on VHS T +420 776 597 935 and DVD. www.tanecniaktuality.cz Manager: Lucie Burešová Hyacintová 3266/9, 106 00 Praha 10 E [email protected] T +420 272 680 025 E [email protected] www.thespis.cz E [email protected] Language: Czech + selected texts in English Periodicity: updated website + 1 per year as a print yearbook TRANSTEATRAL

Electronic version: yes The civic association Transteatral, founded in 2003, operates in three areas: organising theatre conferences, symposia, workshops and festivals; Taneční zóna producing theatre projects on the national and Dance Zone international levels; and as a publishing house specialising in theatre literature, mainly drama. A revue for contemporary dance. Kubelíkova 44 Celená 17, 110 00 Praha 1 130 00 Praha 3 T +420 739 094 750 T +420 602 589 513 www.tanecnizona.cz www.transteatral.cz Editor-in-Chief: Jana Návratová Chair: Martina Černá E [email protected] E [email protected] E [email protected] Festival Manager: Lenka Bočková E [email protected] Publishing house: Tereza Sieglová Language: Czech E [email protected] Periodicity: quarterly Electronic version: no Tvořivá dramatika Theatralia Creative Drama

A peer-reviewed scholarly journal published by The only Czech magazine that focuses on every the Department of Theatre Studies of the Masaryk aspect of education in drama, including theatre University in Brno devoted to contemporary with children and young people, storytelling, thought on theatre. The aim of the journal is to recitation, and work with the disabled. map theatre in its varied language and generic forms regardless of time and territory. The journal Artama Blanická 4, P. O. BOX 12, 120 21 Praha 2 consists of scholarly articles, reviews and pub- T +420 221 507 969 lished archival materials of all kinds. It welcomes www.drama.cz/periodika/index.html contributions by specialists from other institutions Editor-in-Chief: Jaroslav Provazník and also publishes articles based on outstanding E [email protected] student theses. E [email protected]

Language: Czech + English resumes Periodicity: 3 per year Electronic version: yes CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 115

THEATRE AWARDS OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE OF THE CZECH AND DANCE REPUBLIC Ceny Ministerstva kultury za přínos AWARDS v oblasti divadla, hudby, výtvarného umění a architektury Awards of the Ministry of Culture for Contributions to the Fields of Theatre, Music, Visual Arts and Architecture

Since 2002 each year the Ministry of Culture gives out awards for contributions to the ﬁ elds of theatre, music, the visual arts, and architecture; nominations in dance are included within the ﬁ eld of theatre. The award can be given either for outstanding artistic creation or interpretation or for lifetime artistic achievement.

Award of the Ministry of Culture for Contributions to the Advancement of Czech Culture

The award recognises long-term contributions to the advancement of culture on the municipal, regional, and national levels through the promotion of cultural services for the public, or contributions to the Czech Republic’s integration into international cultural programmes.

Award of the Ministry of Culture in the Fields of Amateur Artistic Activities

The award recognises long-term contributions to various fi elds of the arts by amateurs or the creation of an outstanding work of art in one of these fi elds by an amateur. In particular the fi elds include theatre and verbal arts, traditional folk culture and folklore, musical arts, audio-visual and visual arts, dance arts, and children’s artistic activities.

Artis Bohemiae Amicis

This medal is awarded by the Ministry of Culture to a physical or legal entity in recognition of their contribution to the promotion of Czech culture. www.mkcr.cz 116 THEATRE AND DANCE AWARDS

Anketa Divadelních novin www.divadlo-leti.cz – Inscenace roku Production of the Year Ceny Thálie – Theatre Newspaper Poll Thalia Awards

Theatre Newspapers’ Production of the Year is The Thalia Awards are given out to perform- selected on the basis of a poll of theatre experts, ers for an outstanding artistic performance in critics, theorists, and others. four categories: drama, opera, musical or other www.divadelni-noviny.cz music-drama genre, and ballet, pantomime or other dance-drama genre. www.ceny-thalie.cz Ceny Alfréda Radoka Alfréd Radok Awards Dance Open

The awards are given out for the best play of The Dance Open is organised by the Dance the year and for best performance or work of Association of the Czech Republic (Taneční the year in several categories (best actress, best sdružení České republiky). Dance competitions in actor, theatre of the year, stage design, scenic the ﬁ elds of choreography, stage production, and music, and talent of the year). interpretation alternate at three-year intervals (in www.cenyradoka.cz recent years as the International Ballet Competi- tion). The competition in interpretation has been Cena Divadelních novin held since 1975, in choreography since 1985, and Theatre Newspaper Award in stage production since 1992. www.tanecnisdruzeni-cr.cz The awards are given out for the best performances in the previous theatre season in ﬁ ve categories: alternative theatre, dance and ballet, music theatre, drama, best actor’s performance of the season in any genre. www.divadelni-noviny.cz

Cena Jarmily Jeřábkové Jarmila Jeřábková Prize

Since 1999 the Jarmila Jeřábková civic association and Duncan Centre Prague have been organising the competition for the Jarmila Jeřábková Prize, which is open to dancers and choreographers from Central and Eastern Europe who are aged 35 and under and working in the ﬁ eld of contemporary dance and dance theatre. The winner of the prize is usually decided by an international jury. www.duncanct.cz

Cena Marka Ravenhilla za inscenaci nového textu Mark Ravenhill Award for the Staging of a New Play

The award is given out for the best production of a new play in a Czech theatre. New plays are deﬁ ned as a work written within the past ten years. The award is given out by the Centre for Contemporary Drama. CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 117 118 INDEX OF CZECH NAMES

INDEX THEATRES WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY

Centrum experimentálního divadla (CED) 43, 48 OF CZECH Divadlo F. X. Šaldy 44 Divadlo Husa na provázku 43 NAMES Divadlo J. K. Tyla 44 Divadlo Lampion 45, 58 Divadlo u stolu 44 HaDivadlo 44 Jihočeské divadlo 45, 60 Kultura pro Kladno 45 Městské divadlo Brno 45, 54 Městské divadlo Kladno 45 Moravské divadlo Olomouc 46 Městské divadlo v Mostě 46, 54 Národní divadlo 46 Národní divadlo Brno 47 Národní divadlo moravskoslezské 47 Projekt CED 44 Severočeské divadlo opery a baletu Ústí nad Labem 48 Slezské divadlo Opava 48 Státní opera Praha 47

DRAMA THEATRES

A Studio Rubín 48 Buranteatr 48 Centrum experimentálního divadla (CED) 43, 48 Company.cz 48 Činoherní klub 48 Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem 49 Dejvické divadlo 49 Divadelní sdružení CD 2002 49 Divadelní společnost Petra Bezruče 49 Divadelní spolek Frída 49 Divadlo Anfas 49 Divadlo A. Dvořáka 50 Divadlo Bez zábradlí 50 Divadlo Feste 50 Divadlo Járy Cimrmana 50 Divadlo Letí – Centrum současné dramatiky 50 Divadlo Na Fidlovačce 50 Divadlo Na Jezerce 51 Divadlo Na tahu 51 Divadlo na Vinohradech 51 Divadlo Na zábradlí 51 Divadlo pod Palmovkou 51 Divadlo Polárka 51 Divadlo Radka Brzobohatého 52 Divadlo Silesia 52 Divadlo Šumperk 52 Divadlo Tramtarie 52 Divadlo Ungelt 52 Divadlo v Dlouhé 52 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 119

Docela velké divadlo 53 Bohnická divadelní společnost 61 Horácké divadlo Jihlava 53 Cirk La Putyka 61 Klicperovo divadlo 53 Décalages – divadlo v pohybu 61 Komorní Činohra Praha 53 Depresivní děti touží po penězích 61 Komorní scéna Aréna 53 Divadlo Anička a letadýlko 61 Malá scéna Zlín 54 Divadlo Archa 62, 78, 92 Masopust 54 Divadlo Continuo 62 Městská divadla pražská 54 Divadlo DNO 62 Městské divadlo Brno 45, 54 Divadlo Facka 62 Městské divadlo Mladá Boleslav 54 Divadlo Kvelb 62 Městské divadlo v Mostě 46, 54 Divadlo Mimotaurus 62 Pražské komorní divadlo 55 Divadlo Neslyším 62 Slovácké divadlo Uherské Hradiště 55 Divadlo Sklep 63 Spolek Kašpar 55 Divadlo VOSTO5 63 Studio DVA 55 Experimentální prostor Roxy / NoD 63, 96 Studio Saint Germain 55 Farma v jeskyni 63 Studio Ypsilon 55 Handa Gote Research & Development 63 Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově 55 JOHAN – centrum pro kulturní Těšínské divadlo Český Těšín 56 a sociální projekty 63 Východočeské divadlo Pardubice 56 Krepsko 63 Západočeské divadlo v Chebu 56 Malé divadlo kjógenu Brno 64 SKUTR Praha 64 Spitﬁ re Company 64 MUSICAL THEATRES Stage Code 64 Studio Damúza 64 Divadlo Broadway 57 Veselé skoky 64 Divadlo Hybernia 57 Hudební divadlo Karlín 57 BLACK-LIGHT THEATRES

PUPPET THEATRES All Colours Theatre – ACT 65 Černé divadlo Animáto 65 Buchty a loutky 58 Černé divadlo Jiřího Srnce 65 Divadlo Alfa 58 Černé divadlo Metro 65 Divadlo bratří Formanů 58 Divadlo kouzel Pavla Kožíška 65 Divadlo Drak a Mezinárodní institut Divadlo Ta Fantastika 66 ﬁ gurálního divadla 58 Image Theatre 66 Divadlo Lampion 45, 58 Laterna magika 46, 66 Divadlo Líšeň 58 Divadlo loutek Ostrava 59 Divadlo Minor 59 DANCE THEATRES Divadlo Radost 59 Divadlo rozmanitostí 59 420PEOPLE 66 Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvínka 59 Bohemia Balet 66 Divadlo Tineola 60 DekkaDancers 66 Jihočeské divadlo 45, 60 Divadlo Ponec 67, 95 Naivní divadlo Liberec 60 DOT504 67 Národní divadlo marionet 60 NANOHACH 67 Studio dell’arte 60 Pražský komorní balet 67 Teátr Víti Marčíka 60 Taneční centrum Praha – konzervatoř 67 VerTeDance 67

EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW WRITING THEATRES THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

Barevný děti 61 Art Prometheus 68 Bílé divadlo Ostrava 61 Asociace profesionálních divadel ČR 68 120 INDEX OF CZECH NAMES

Aura-Pont 68 THEATRE FESTIVALS Cirkoskop – Institut nového cirkusu 68 Cirqueon – Centrum pro nový cirkus 69 ...příští vlna/next wave… 77 Česká hudební rada 69 4 + 4 dny v pohybu 77 Česká kancelář Culture 69 Absolventský festival DIFA JAMU 77 České středisko AICT (Mezinárodní Akcent – Mezinárodní festival divadla s přesahem 78 asociace divadelních kritiků) 69 ANPU 78 České středisko ASSITEJ (Mezinárodní APOSTROF – Mezinárodní festival asociace divadel pro děti a mládež) 69 nezávislých a amatérských divadel 78 České středisko FIRT (Mezinárodní Babí léto v psychiatrické léčebně Bohnice 78 federace pro divadelní výzkum) 70 Bezručova Opava 78 České středisko ITI (Mezinárodní Boskovice – festival pro židovskou čtvrť 78 divadelní ústav) 70 Česká taneční platforma – Festival českého České středisko SIBMAS (Mezinárodní současného tance a pohybového divadla 79 organizace divadelních knihoven a muzeí) 70 České divadlo 79 České středisko UNIMA (Mezinárodní Další břehy 79 loutkářská unie) 70 Dítě v Dlouhé 79 ČOSDAT – České středisko OISTAT Divadelní Flora 79 (Mezinárodní organizace scénografů, Divadelní Luhačovice 79 divadelních architektů a techniků) 71 Divadelní pouť bez bariér 80 DILIA – Divadelní, literární, audiovizuální Divadelní svět Brno 80 agentura 71 Divadlo evropských regionů 80 Divadelní obec 71 Divadlo jednoho herce 80 Econnect 71 Entrée k Tanci 80 Happy End Production 71 Festival divadel Moravy a Slezska 80 Herecká asociace – České středisko FIA 72 Festival hudebního divadla Opera 81 Institut světelného designu 72 Festival IberoAmerických kultur TRANSTEATRAL 81 Institut umění – Divadelní ústav 72, 109 Festival integrace Slunce 81 Jedefrau 72 Festival Nové Evropy – Cena Jarmily Jeřábkové 81 Jednota hudebního divadla 73 Festival ProART 81 Městská knihovna v Praze – Divadelní Festival spisovatelů Praha 81 a ﬁ lmový úsek 73 Fringe Festival Praha 82 Ministerstvo kultury České republiky 73 Grand Festival smíchu 82 Moravské zemské muzeum – Oddělení Jiráskův Hronov 82 dějin divadla 73 Jsem spokojenej 82 MOTUS 73 Kašparův kolínský Mimoriál 82 Muzeum loutkářských kultur Chrudim 73 Křižovatky Olomouc – festival napříč Muzeum marionet sv. Jošta Český Krumlov 74 středoevropskou kulturou 82 Nadace Český literární fond 74 Lesní slavnosti divadla 83 Národní knihovna České republiky 74 Letní Letná 83 Národní muzeum – Divadelní oddělení 74 Letní shakespearovské slavnosti 83 NIPOS – Národní informační Loutkářská Chrudim 83 a poradenské středisko pro kulturu 74 Malá inventura 83 Nová síť 75 Mateřinka Festival 83 ProCulture 75 Metropolitní léto hereckých osobností 84 Rada uměleckých obcí 75 Mezi ploty 84 SČDK (Sdružení českých divadelních kritiků) 71 Mezinárodní den stepu 84 Sdružení profesionálních loutkářů 75 Mezinárodní festival Divadlo 84 SE.S.TA – Setkávání současného tance 75 Mezinárodní festival Janáček Brno 84 Taneční sdružení České republiky 75 Mezinárodní festival Nultý bod 84 Teatrologická společnost 76 Mezinárodní hudební festival Český Krumlov 85 Vize tance 76 Mezinárodní hudební festival Janáčkovy Hukvaldy 85 Za Česko kulturní 76 Mezinárodní hudební festival Pražské jaro 85 Mezinárodní festival koncertního melodramu Praha 85 Mezinárodní festival pantomimy neslyšících 85 Mezinárodní operní festival Smetanova Litomyšl 85 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 121

Mezinárodní týdny tance 86 Divadlo v Celetné 95 Národní divadlo marionet 86 Divadlo v Řeznické 96 Národní přehlídka pantomimy Divadlo Za plotem 96 a pohybového divadla 86 Dům kultury METROPOL 96 OST-RA-VAR 86 Dusíkovo divadlo Čáslav 96 Ostrovy v pohybu 86 Experimentální prostor ROXY / NoD 63, 96 Otáčivé hlediště Český Krumlov 86 GOJA Music Hall 97 Pražský divadelní festival německého jazyka 87 Karlovarské městské divadlo 97 Přehlídka ke Světovému dni divadla KD Mlejn 97 pro děti a mládež 87 Klub Lávka 97 Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem 87 La Fabrika 97 Salon původní tvorby 87 MeetFactory – Mezinárodní centrum Skupova Plzeň 87 současného umění 97 Slovenské divadlo v Praze 87 Metropolitní divadlo Praha 98 Spectaculo interesse 88 Městské divadlo Český Krumlov 98 Šrámkův Písek 88 Městské divadlo Děčín 98 TANEC PRAHA 88 Městské divadlo Jablonec nad Nisou 98 Trialog 2012 88 Městské divadlo Dr. Josefa Čížka v Náchodě 98 Velká inventura 88 Městské divadlo Prachatice 99 Verdi festival 88 Městské divadlo Prostějov 99 Vyšehraní 89 Městské divadlo v Kolíně 99 VyšeHrátky 89 Městské divadlo Znojmo 99 Wolkerův Prostějov 89 Městské Tylovo divadlo v Kutné Hoře 99 Zlomvaz 89 Palác Akropolis 100 Reduta Jazz Klub 100 Stadec – Multikulturní centrum THEATRES VENUES pro nezávislou tvorbu v Brně 100 Stálá divadelní scéna Klatovy 100 Alfred ve dvoře 90 Studio ALTA 100 Divadlo Archa 62, 78, 92 Viola 101 Beskydské divadlo 90 Vrchlického divadlo 101 Bezbariérové divadlo BARKA 90 Vršovické divadlo MANA 101 Branické divadlo 91 Zbrojovkapůl.cz 101 Café teatr Černá labuť 91 Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana 101 DiK – Divadlo Konzervatoře 91 DISK – divadelní studio DAMU 91 Divadelní studio MARTA DIFA JAMU 91 THEATRE SCHOOLS Divadlo 29 92 Divadlo Bolka Polívky 92 Akademie múzických umění v Praze (AMU) 102 Divadlo Dobeška 92 Ateliér herectví Václava Martince 103 Divadlo Duncan Centre 92 Budilova divadelní škola 103 Divadlo Fráni Šrámka 92 Dětská opera Praha 103 Divadlo GONG 93 Divadelní fakulta Akademie múzických umění Divadlo hudby Olomouc 93 v Praze (DAMU) 102 Divadlo INSPIRACE – HAMU 93 Divadelní fakulta Janáčkovy akademie Divadlo Kalich 93 múzických umění 103 Divadlo Kampa 93 Filmová a televizní fakulta Akademie Divadlo Komedie 94 múzických umění v Praze (FAMU) 102 Divadlo Konvikt 94 Hudební a taneční fakulta Akademie Divadlo Metro 94 múzických umění v Praze (HAMU) 103 Divadlo Na Prádle 94 Hudební fakulta Janáčkovy akademie Divadlo Oskara Nedbala 94 múzických umění 104 Divadlo Palace Theatre 94 Janáčkova akademie múzických umění Divadlo pod lampou 95 v Brně (JAMU) 103 Divadlo Ponec 67, 95 Janáčkova konzervatoř a Gymnázium v Ostravě 104 Divadlo SERPENS v Synagoze na Palmovce 95 Jeviště, s.r.o. 104 Divadlo u Hasičů 95 Katedra divadelních, ﬁ lmových 122 INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES

a mediálních studií, Filozofi cká fakulta Taneční zóna 113 Univerzity Palackého 105 Theatralia 113 Katedra divadelních studií Filozofi cká fakulta Thespis 113 Masarykovy univerzity Brno 104 TRANSTEATRAL 113 Katedra divadelní vědy, Filozofi cká fakulta Tvořivá dramatika 113 Univerzity Karlovy v Praze 104 Konzervatoř a Vyšší odborná škola Jaroslava Ježka 105 THEATRE AND DANCE AWARDS Konzervatoř Brno 105 Konzervatoř Duncan Centre 105 Anketa Divadelních novin – Inscenace roku 115 Pražská konzervatoř 105 Ceny Alfréda Radoka 115 Taneční centrum Praha – konzervatoř 105 Cena Divadelních novin 115 Taneční konzervatoř Brno 106 Cena Jarmily Jeřábkové 115 Taneční konzervatoř hlavního města Cena Marka Ravenhilla za inscenaci nového textu 115 Prahy a Bohemia Balet 106 Ceny Ministerstva kultury 114 Taneční konzervatoř Ivo Váni-Psoty 106 Ceny Thálie 115 Vyšší odborná škola herecká 106 Dance Open 115 Zlínská soukromá vyšší odborná škola umění 106

THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

A2 107 Amatérská scéna 107 www.culturenet.cz 107 www.czechlit.cz 108 www.czechmusic.org 108 Czech Theatre 108 Czech Theatre Revue 1989-2009 109 Časopis Disk – časopis pro studium scénické tvorby 108 Divadelní noviny 108 Divadelní revue 109 Divá Báze 108 www.divadlo.cz 109 i-divadlo.cz 109 Institut umění – Divadelní ústav 72, 109 Harmonie 110 Hudební rozhledy 110 Kult 110 Loutkář 110 www.mezikulturnidialog.cz 110 Místní kultura 111 Musical – opereta 111 Muzikus 111 Nakladatelství Romeo 111 Nakladatelství Větrné mlýny 111 Opus musicum 111 Orghast 111 Pam pam 112 Pražská scéna – Nakladatelství divadelní literatury 112 RozRazil online 112 Scena.cz 112 Svět a divadlo 112 Svět a divadlo – WAT 112 Taneční aktuality 113 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 123

INDEX THEATRES WITH MORE THAN ONE COMPANY

Brno City Theatre 45, 54 OF ENGLISH Centre for Experimental Theatre (CED) 43, 48 Culture for Kladno 45 NAMES F. X. Šalda Theatre 44 Goose on a String Theatre 43 HaTheatre 44 J. K. Tyl Theatre 44 Kladno City Theatre 45 Lampion Theatre 45, 58 Moravian Theatre Olomouc 46 Most City Theatre 46, 54 National Moravian-Silesian Theatre 47 National Theatre 46 National Theatre Brno 47 North Bohemian Theatre of Opera and Ballet Ústí nad Labem 48 Prague State Opera 47 Project CED 44 Silesian Theatre Opava 48 South Bohemian Theatre 45, 60 Theatre at the Table 44

DRAMA THEATRES

A Studio Rubín 48 Antonín Dvořák Theatre 50 Brno City Theatre 45, 54 Burantheatre 48 Carnival 54 CD 2002 Theatre Company 49 Chamber Drama Theatre 53 Chamber Stage Arena 53 Centre for Experimental Theatre (CED) 43, 48 Company.cz 48 Dejvické Theatre 49 Drama Club 49 Drama Studio Ústí nad Labem 49 East Bohemian Theatre Pardubice 56 Feste Theatre 50 Frída Theatre Company 49 Horácké Theatre Jihlava 53 Jára Cimrman Theatre 50 Kašpar Theatre 55 Klicpera Theatre 53 Little Scene Zlín 54 Mladá Boleslav City Theatre 54 Municipal Theatre Most 46, 54 Municipal Theatres of Prague 54 Na tahu Theatre 51 Petr Bezruč Theatre Company 49 Polárka Theatre 51 Prague Chamber Theatre 55 Quite a Great Theatre 53 Saint Germain Theatre 55 124 INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES

Silesia Theatre 52 Cirk La Putyka 61 Slovácké Theatre in Uherské Hradiště 55 Colourful Children 61 Studio DVA 55 Continuo 62 Studio Ypsilon 55 Damúza Studio 64 Šumperk Theatre 52 Décalages – Theatre in Motion 61 Švandovo Theatre in Smíchov 55 Depressed Children Long for Money 61 Těšín Theatre Český Těšín 56 DNO Theatre 62 Theatre Anfas 49 Farm in the Cave 63 Theatre in Dlouhá 52 Handa Gote Research & Development 63 Theatre Letí – Centre for Contemporary Drama 50 I Cannot Hear Theatre 62 Theatre Na Fidlovačce 50 JOHAN– Independent Centre for Cultural Theatre Na Jezerce 51 and Social Projects 63 Theatre On the Balustrade 51 Krepsko 63 Theatre on Vinohrady 51 Kvelb Theatre 62 Theatre of Radek Brzobohatý 52 Mimotaurus Theatre 62 Theatre pod Palmovkou 51 Roxy / NoD Experimental Space 63, 96 Theatre Without a Balustrade 50 Sklep Theatre 63 Tramtarie Theatre 52 SKUTR 64 Ungelt Theatre 52 Slap Theatre 62 West Bohemian Theatre Cheb 56 Spitﬁ re Company 64 Stage Code 64 The Little Theater of Kyogen 64 MUSICAL THEATRES Veselé skoky Theatre 64 VOSTO5 Theatre 63 Broadway Theatre 57 White Theatre Ostrava 61 Hybernia Theatre 57 Karlín Music Theatre 57 BLACK-LIGHT THEATRES

PUPPET THEATRES All Colours Theatre – ACT 65 Image Theatre 66 Alfa Theatre 58 Laterna magika 46, 66 Cakes and Puppets 58 Magic Theatre of Pavel Kozisek 65 DRAK Theatre and the International Institute Metro Black-Light Theatre 65 of Figurative Theatre 58 Ta Fantastika Black-Light Theatre Prague 66 Forman Brothers Theatre 58 The Black-Light Theatre Prague Animato 65 Lampion Theatre 45, 58 The Black-Light Theatre Prague of Jiří Srnec 65 Líšeň Theatre 58 Minor Theatre 59 Naive Theatre Liberec 60 DANCE THEATRES National Marionette Theatre 60 Puppet Theatre Radost 59 420PEOPLE 66 Spejbl and Hurvínek Theatre 59 Bohemia Ballet 66 South Bohemian Theatre 45, 60 Dance Centre Prague – Conservatory 67 Studio dell’arte 60 DekkaDancers 66 Theatre of Puppets Ostrava 59 DOT504 67 Theatre of Vít Marčík 60 NANOHACH 67 Tineola Theatre 60 Ponec Theatre 67 Variety Theatre 59 Prague Chamber Ballet 67 VerTeDance 67

EXPERIMENTAL / VISUAL / NEW WRITING THEATRES THEATRE ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS

Annie and the Little Plane 61 Actors Association – Czech Centre of FIA Archa Theatre 62, 78, 92 (International Federation of Actors) 72 Bohnice Theatre Company 61 Art Prometheus 68 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE/ DIRECTORY 125

Arts and Theatre Institute 72, 109 THEATRE FESTIVALS Association of Professional Puppeteers 75 Association of Professional Theatres in the ...příští vlna/next wave… 77 Czech Republic 68 4 + 4 Days in Motion 77 Aura-Pont 68 Akcent Festival – International Festival Chrudim Puppetry Museum 73 of Theatre with Outreach 78 Cirkoskop – New Circus Institute 68 ANPU 78 Cirqueon – Centre for New Circus 69 APOSTROF – International Festival Czech Centre of AICT/IATC (International of Independent and Amateur Theatres 78 Association of Theatre Critics) 69 Between Fences 84 Czech Centre of ASSITEJ (Association Bezruč´s Opava 78 of Theatre for Children and Young People) 69 Big Inventory 88 Czech Centre of IFTR/FIRT (International Boskovice – Festival for Jewish Quarter 78 Federation for Theatre Research) 70 Český Krumlov International Music Festival 85 Czech Centre of ITI (International Theatre Children on Dlouhá 79 Institute) 70 Crossroads Olomouc – Multicultural Festival Czech Centre of SIBMAS (International across Central European Cultures 82 Society of Libraries and Museums for the Czech Dance Platform – Festival of Czech Performing Arts) 70 Contemporary Dance and Movement Theatre 79 Czech Centre of UNIMA (Union internationale Czech Theatre 79 de la marionnette) 70 Entree to Dance 80 Czech Cultural Contact Point 69 Festival of IberoAmerican cultures Czech Music Council 69 TRANSTEATRAL 81 ČOSDAT – Czech Centre of OISTAT Festival of Moravian and Silesian Theatres 80 (International Organisation of Scenographers, Flora Theatre Festival 79 Theatre Architects and Technicians) 71 Forest Theatre Fest 83 Council of Artists’ Organisations 75 Graduation Festival of the Theatre faculty, Dance Association of the Czech Republic 75 Janáček Academy of Music and Perfoming Arts 77 DILIA – Theatrical, Literary and Audiovisual Grand Festival of Laughs 82 Agency 71 I Am Satisﬁ ed Festival 82 Econnect 71 Indian Summer at Bohnice Psychiatric Hospital 78 For a Cultural Czech Republic 76 Integration of the Sun Festival 81 Foundation of the Czech Literary Fund 74 International Dance Weeks 86 Happy End Production 71 International Festival Janáček Brno 84 Institute of Lighting Design 72 International Festival of Concert Melodrama Jedefrau 72 Prague 85 Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic 73 International Festival of Pantomime by the Deaf 85 Moravian Museum – Theatre Department 73 International Festival Theatre 84 MOTUS 73 International Monodrama Festival 80 Municipal Library – Theatre and Film International Music Festival Janáček in Hukvaldy 85 Department 73 International Opera Festival Smetana’s Litomyšl 85 National Library of the Czech Republic 74 Islands in Motion 86 National Museum – Theatre Department 74 Jiráskův Hronov 82 New Web Association 75 Kolín Kašpar Mimeorial 82 NIPOS – National Information and Consulting Mateřinka Festival 83 Centre for Culture 74 Metropolitan Summer of Actor Celebrities 84 ProCulture 75 National Marionette Theatre 86 SČDK (Association of Czech Theatre Critics) 71 National Showcase of Pantomime SE.S.TA – Contemporary Dance Gatherings 75 and Movement Theatre 86 St. Jobs Marionette Museum in Český Krumlov 74 New Europe Festival – Jarmila Jeřábková Award 81 Theatre Community 71 Next Shores 79 Theatre Research Society 76 One Flew over the Puppeteer’s Nest 87 Union of Music Theatre 73 Opera – Festival of Music Theatre 81 Vision of Dance 76 OST-RA-VAR 86 Prague Festival of Theatre in German Language 87 Prague Fringe 82 Prague Spring International Music Festival 85 126 INDEX OF ENGLISH NAMES

Prague Writers´ Festival 81 Klatovy Theatre 100 ProART festival 81 Kolín City Theatre 99 Puppeteer’s Chrudim 83 Konvikt Theatre 94 Revolving Theatre Český Krumlov 86 Kutná Hora City Tyl Theatre 99 Salon of Original Creative Works 87 La Fabrika 97 Showcase for the World Day of Theatre Lávka Club 97 for Children and Young People 87 MANA Theatre in Vršovice 101 Skupa’s Plzeň 87 MARTA Theatre Studio of the Theatre Slovak Theatre in Prague 87 Faculty Janáček Academy of Performing Arts 91 Small Inventory 83 MeetFactory – International Centre Spectaculo Interesse 88 of Contemporary Art 97 Summer Letná 83 Metro Theatre 94 Summer Shakespeare Festival 83 METROPOL House of Culture 96 Šrámek’s Písek 88 Náchod City Theatre Dr. Josef Čížek 98 TANEC PRAHA 88 Na Prádle Theatre 94 Tap Dance Day 84 Olomouc Theatre of Music 93 Theatre of European Regions 80 Oskar Nedbal Theatre 94 Theatre Pilgrimage Without Barriers 80 Palace Theatre 94 Theatre World Brno 80 Ponec Theatre 67, 95 Theatrical Luhačovice 79 Prachatice City Theatre 99 Trialog 2012 88 Prague Metropolitan Theatre 98 Verdi Festival 88 Prostějov City Theatre 99 Vyšehraní Festival 89 Reduta Jazz Club 100 VyšeHrátky Festival 89 Roxy / NoD – Experimental Space 63,96 Wolker’s Prostějov 89 SERPENS Theatre in the Synagogue Zero Point International Festival 84 at Palmovka 95 Zlomvaz 89 Stadec – Cultural Centre for Independent Arts in Brno 100 Theatre 29 92 THEATRE VENUES Theatre in Braník 91 Theatre in Celetná 95 Akropolis Palace 100 Theatre in Řeznická 96 Alfred in the courtayrd theatre 90 Theatre of Beskydy 90 ALTA studio 100 Theatre under the Lamp 95 Archa Theatre 62, 78, 92 U Hasičů Theatre 95 BARKA Barrier Free Theatre 90 Viola 101 Bolek Polívka Theatre 92 Vrchlický Theatre 101 Cafe Theatre Black Swan 91 Za Plotem Theatre 96 Český Krumlov City Theatre 98 Zbrojovkapůl.cz 101 Comedy Theatre 94 Znojmo Municipal Theatre 99 Cultural Centre Mlejn 97 Děčín City Theatre 98 DISK - Theatre Studio – Theatre Faculty THEATRE SCHOOLS of Academy of the Performing Arts 91 Dobeška Theatre 92 Academy of Performing Arts Prague 102 Duncan Centre Theatre 92 Budil Theatre School 103 Dusík Theatre in Čáslav 96 Brno Conservatory 105 Fráňa Šrámek Theatre 92 Children’s Opera Prague 103 GOJA Music Hall 96 Dance Centre Prague – Conservatoire 105 Gong Theatre 93 Dance Conservatory Brno 106 INSPIRATION Theatre – Music and Dance Dance Conservatory of the City of Prague Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts 93 and the Bohemia Ballet 106 Jablonec nad Nisou City Theatre 98 Department of Theatre, Film and Media Jára Cimrman Theatre in Žižkov 101 Studies, Philosophical Faculty, Palacký Kalich Theatre 93 University Olomouc 105 Kampa Theatre 93 Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty Karlovy Vary City Theatre 97 of Arts, Charles University Prague 104 CZECH THEATRE GUIDE / DIRECTORY 127

Department of Theatre Studies, Faculty Romeo Press 111 of Arts, Masaryk University Brno 104 RozRazil Online 112 Duncan Centre Conservatory 105 Scena.cz 112 Film and Television School of the Academy Theatralia 113 of Performing Arts Prague 102 www.theatre.cz 109 Higher Specialised Acting School 106 Theatre Newspaper 108 Ivo Váňa-Psota Dance Conservatory 106 Thespis 113 Janáček Academy of Music and Performing TRANSTEATRAL 113 Arts Brno 103 WAT – World/Visegrad and Theatre 112 Janáček Conservatory and Grammar School Wild Base 108 in Ostrava 104 Wind Mills Publishing House 111 Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory and College 105 World and Theatre 112 Jeviště Language School 104 Music and Dance Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts Prague 103 THEATRE AND DANCE AWARDS Music Faculty of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts Brno 104 Alfréd Radok Awards 115 Prague Conservatory 105 Awards of the Ministry of Culture 114 Private Higher Specialised School Dance Open 115 of the Arts Zlín 106 Jarmila Jeřábková Prize 115 Theatre Faculty of the Academy Mark Ravenhill Award for the Staging of Performing Arts Prague 102 of a New Play 115 Theatre Faculty of the Janáček Academy Production of the Year – Theatre Newspaper of Music and Performing Arts Brno 103 Poll 115 Václav Martinec Acting Studio 103 Thalia Awards 115 Theatre Newspaper Award 115

THEATRE PERIODICALS AND PUBLISHERS

A2 107 Amateur Stage 107 Arts and Theatre Institute 72, 109 Creative Drama 113 www.culturenet.cz 107 www.czechlit.cz 108 www.czechmusic.org 108 Czech Theatre 108 Czech Theatre Review 109 Czech Theatre Review 1989-2009 109 Dance News 113 Dance Zone 113 Disk – Journal for the Study of Scenic Production 108 Harmony 110 i-divadlo.cz 109 Kult 110 Local Culture 111 www.mezikulturnidialog.cz 110 Music Review 110 Musical – Operetta 111 Muzikus 111 Opus musicum 111 Orghast 111 Pam Pam 112 Prague Stage – Theatre Literature Publishing House 112 Puppeteer 110

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