It Takes Artistry to Make Theatre for Young Audiences: New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024
Theatre for broadly understood young audiences (0-16 years) is one of the most important cultural...
Read MorePosted by Kasia Lech | 7th Sep 2024 | Czech Republic, Essay, New Theatre for Children Festival, Wrocław 2024, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Theatre for Young Audiences, United Kingdom
Theatre for broadly understood young audiences (0-16 years) is one of the most important cultural...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 17th Oct 2023 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre Olympics 2023
This is the story of the Big Bang. Not the explosion that gave birth to the universe. But an...
Read MorePosted by Emiliia Dementsova | 8th Oct 2023 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Hungary, Poland, Puppetry, Review, Theatre for Young Audiences
“The life of man to represent, And turn it all to ridicule, Wit did a puppet-show...
Read MorePosted by Michael Szollosy | 2nd Mar 2021 | Czech Republic, News, Theatre and Science
This is a story you will have heard before. A genius but completely mad scientist – with the backing of a ruthlessly greedy corporation – creates a sentient robot. The scientist’s intentions for the robot are noble: to help us...
Read MorePosted by Alison Miller | 30th Nov 2019 | Czech Republic, Musical Theatre, Review
“The great funeral of Havel, a grey-haired Casanova who smoked too much,” says Uncle...
Read MorePosted by Julia Secklehner | 11th Oct 2019 | Czech Republic, London, Musical Theatre, Review
To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet revolution the Czech Centre brings to...
Read MorePosted by Henrik Eger | 4th Aug 2019 | Czech Republic, Documentary Theatre, Dramaturgy, Interview, News, Russia
Cooper Robb, an immensely knowledgeable and prolific American theater critic, who recently passed...
Read MorePosted by Armando Rotondi | 6th Jul 2019 | Czech Republic, Devised Theatre, Germany, Review, Theatre and Religion
In the middle of the vibrant Berlin district Friedrichshain, well-known for party tourism, hipster...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 22nd Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Review
The Rudolfinum is the main classical music performance hall in Prague. The house of the Czech...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 21st Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Puppetry, Theatre for Young Audiences
On the final day of the Prague Quadrennial, I decided to explore the roots of the Czech theatre...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 20th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Czech Republic, Festivals, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Theatre and Film, Transmedia
I didn’t know what to expect from the Telekinetic Assault Group. The name was aggressive and the...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 19th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Design, Devised Theatre, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019
Today’s Prague Quadrennial adventures took me further away from the Exhibition Grounds than any...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 18th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, Musical Theatre, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Review
One of my guiding principles in life is that the list of things I find beautiful should always be...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 17th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Transcultural Collaborations
“Comrades,” said the woman in a loose zebra print dress and bright red lipstick, “this is not a...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 16th Jun 2019 | Adaptation, Czech Republic, Festivals, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Review, Transcultural Collaborations
When a work of art has the word “nation” in its title, it invites you to look for the “essential”...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 15th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019
This week, the New York Times posted an ad for a new fashion correspondent. The job ad reads, in...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 13th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Transcultural Collaborations
The headquarters of the PQ is the Exhibition Grounds, but that’s not its boundaries. Between the...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 9th Jun 2019 | Czech Republic, Design, Festivals, Immersive Theatre, News, Prague Quadrennial 2019, Transmedia
The fourteenth installment of the Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space (PQ) kicked...
Read MorePosted by Abigail Weil | 12th May 2019 | Czech Republic, Festivals, News, Transcultural Collaborations, Transmedia
This summer, a wonderful artistic tradition will return to the city of Prague, as the Czech...
Read MorePosted by Jiřina Hofmanová | 7th Feb 2019 | Czech Republic, Essay, Theatre and Politics
For the first article about Czech theatre, I’ve selected works by two young directors, who belong...
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