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1 × 6 Fairy-tales

František Hrubín / MOPED

A playful, interactive version of a production that involves children audience members in what is happening on stage. more

Consent

Nina Raine

“Is there anything behind which there is no sex?” more

Crutches and knives

Anita Augustin

Psychedelic road story of forever young old ladies. This dynamic grotesque, which has been dramatised by the author of the novel, presents four charming elderly ladies who are facing jail. more

Cutting it short

Bohumil Hrabal

‘That Francin is a ball of nerves, he should, according to Mr Batista's file, wash his genitals with lukewarm water.’ more

Go back for murder

Agatha Christie

Who committed the murder? Was the real murderer sentenced? A remarkable staging (1960) of Agatha Christie’s well-known novel Five Little Pigs, in which a young woman, Carla, wants to clear her mother’s name. more

Christmas in the desert

Petr Pýcha / Jaroslav Rudiš

At the time this brochure goes to print, the above-mentioned writers and playwrights are writing the play directly for the actors of Pilsen drama ensemble. They are not working together for the first time, they have won many awards at home and abroad for their literary achievements. more

Libertin

Stephen Jeffreys

“You will not like me. No, really, you will not. Gentlemen will envy me and ladies will be appalled.” The sarcastic historical play from the Enlightenment era tells the story of John Wilmont, known as the Earl of Rochester, a cunning and talented rascal who had lived his short and wild life as a medieval rock star. more

Lindauer? Pākehā!

Renata Putzlacher

An Unusual Story, Or From Pilsen To The End Of The World! more

People, Places & Things

Duncan Macmillan

A story from the life of Emma, which may happen to each one of us. Or, are you so sure it could not happen to you? Everyone has certainly found themselves in an “on the edge” situation. And this is exactly where Emma is right now. Follow her struggle to find herself. more

Radúz and Mahulena

Julius Zeyer / Josef Suk

The famous poetic fairy-tale drama by the Czech author and playwright Julius Zeyer from 1896 had its premiere staging in the National Theatre in Prague just two years after its publishing. Since then it has become a stable piece regularly acted at various scenes across the country. more

Richard III

William Shakespeare

“But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, nor made to court an amorous looking-glass...” more

So it is

Georges Feydeau

Italian writer and dramatist Luigi Pirandello, holder of the Nobel Prize for literature, belongs to the classics of modern drama and his comedy So It Is (If You Think So) is one of his most popular and most frequently presented pieces. more

Spanish fly

Franz Arnold / Ernst Bach

A less known but excellent comedy from the higher society of early 20th century targeting the middle-class morale issues will be the last drama premiere of season 2019/2020. more

The Chattertooth Eleven

Eduard Bass

“Once upon a time there was a poor peasant named Chattertooth, and he had eleven sons. In his poverty he did not know what to do with them and so he had made them a football team.” more

The Truth

Florian Zeller

A comedy about infidelity in which one lie follows another more

To Be or Not to Be

Nick Whitby

“There’s no reason why I should lose my nerve!” A comedy from the area of theatre in which the actors’ lives are dead serious. more

Too Expensive Poison

Lucy Prebble

Is it possible to see justice? Perhaps even in such a grotesque cabaret of contemporary evil it is mission impossible. more

Witches of Salem

Arthur Miller

The world-renowned historical thriller was written by Arthur Miller, the classic of modern American drama, and it is based on a true story – one of the most publicized witch trials of all time. It took place in 1692 in the isolated village of Salem in Massachusetts. more

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