Event catalog

During the summer months, the 17th summer stage will be underway in the setting of Hradčany’s New World, offering the audience a choice selection of the Ungelt Theatre repertoire. In addition to several established hits, several new pieces are ready to show. One of them is the crazy grotesque Slepice na zádech / ‘Hen on her back’ starring Tatiana Dyková and Vojtěch Dyk.

Azyl78 is a Big Top Tent located in the park section of the Prague Exhibition Grounds. This is the new summer stage of the Jatka78 Theatre, which has this year invited a number of other theatres, ensembles and artists to join in as their guests. Audiences can look forward to dancing, music, drama and new circus performances.

A contemporary drama theatre with a focus on plays that have the potential to resonate in today’s society. The theatre’s unstilted dramaturgy is not limited to interpreting finished text, but makes extensions to it, with its deeper contexts and innovative aesthetics. Unsurprisingly, it has been dubbed the ‘mecca of Czech modern theatre’.

A Prague Professional Theatre spanning more than seventy years staging classical works by world playwrights, great comedies and hot novelty dramas.

For the first time in a quarter of a century, the Theatre in Dlouhá will be playing over the summer months. This repertory theatre with a permanent ensemble was established in 1996. It is distinguished from other theatres mainly by stretching the boundaries of drama towards alternative, musical, puppet and cabaret genres. Productions here often make use of the musicianship, singing and movement capacities of the actors and have become popular with their public for their specific poetics.

This summer’s stage programme brings a selection of the best Prague has to offer in the comedy genre. In addition, there are as many stars and acclaimed names on this stage as you could count in any other summer production. The summer scene under the Žižkov tower boasts a unique auditorium roofing, that not only keeps the viewers safe from rain, but also from summer swelter, thanks to UV filters that reflect the sun’s rays.

Summer Letná Festival in less than three weeks a hotspot of the best from among domestic and international circus, theatre and music performances. This is the only show of its kind and scope in the Czech Republic and neighbouring countries.

This ensemble started out as just a small group of enthusiasts who wanted to put on one show together. Since 2008, however, it has grown into a neo-circus group of almost a hundred actors, dancers, acrobats, musicians, as well as producers, technicians, physicians, make-up artists and other professionals. This is how they describe their artistic expression: ‘Our roots are theatrical and at the start of our creative work we made up for virtuosity and adroitness with theatricality, until we progressively built up our own neo-circus theatrical style. The centrepiece of every project is always its theme. We have tried to express it through a host of different means, multi-genre and multi-cultural expression. We never got tired of stepping a second time into the same river twice, every project is different and we are still exploring where this genre’s limits are(n’t).

The Shakespearean comedies on offer are typically varied, their stellar cast a guarantee of quality entertainment. And you have an unmissable chance to be there.

The 18th season of the Metropolitan Summer of Celebrity Actors will run from 1 June to 31 August 2021 in Prague at the Vyšehrad Summer Stage, the Studio DVA Theatre and, for the first time, the new and Summer Stage of the Holešovice Exhibition Grounds and the Libeň Château Summer Stage.

Prague City Theatres belong among the greatest of Czech drama theatres. Three stages in central Prague (the ABC, the Komedie and the Rokoko) showcase Czech and International works of drama, adaptations of classical literary works and musical titles. They build on exceptional celebrity actors, accentuating the diversity and richness of chosen genres and reach out to a wide range of audiences. Starts of the Prague City Theatres stage include Kateřina Marie Fialová, Zdeněk Piškala, Petr Konáš, Dana Batulková and Jiří Štrébl. Divadlo ABC - Na repertoáru naleznete českou i světovou dramatickou tvorbu, adaptace klasických literárních děl i zábavní hudební tituly. Malá scéna divadla ABC je pak určena pro literární matiné a vzdělávací pořady. Divadlo KOMEDIE - dává prostor zejména progresivním mladým tvůrcům a pořádá mj. hudební i literární pořady, filmové projekce, výstavy, výtvarné instalace či happeningy.

The Švanda Theatre was inaugurated in 1881 by Pavel Švanda ze Semčic Sr., director of one of the most influential 19th century troupes of travelling players. Today it positions itself as a modern cultural centre for the living arts, organizing more than 450 cultural events a year. It has two performance – the Great Hall and the variable Studio. Its repertoire comprises chiefly the productions of the resident drama ensemble along with other productions.