The Enigmatic Life and Legacy of Czechoslovak Post-War Culture Icon Jiří Šlitr

The Enigmatic Life and Legacy of Czechoslovak Post-War Culture Icon Jiří Šlitr

What does your traffic light research mean to you? It’s a twenty-five-year-old hobby that will probably never end. I delve into the history of the theater, listen to everything related to it, go to performances, collect what I can. It started with me browsing second-hand shops and buying records. Hundreds of plates. I was discovering … Read more

The Last Stand: Jiří Suchý’s Renewed Semafor Production Receives Rave Reviews

The Last Stand: Jiří Suchý’s Renewed Semafor Production Receives Rave Reviews

The image of a hospital run by incompetent crooks, where one patient after another dies until only one remains, was originally a clear analogy to the regime of the time. Today, as Jiří Suchý judges in the program, this parable has not lost its topicality, only its optics have shifted to the state of the … Read more

Karolína Baranová and Martin Pechlát won the Thalia Award for the best performance in a drama

Karolína Baranová and Martin Pechlát won the Thalia Award for the best performance in a drama

CTK Updated 19 minutes ago Karolína Baranová and Martin Pechlát won the Thália Award for the best performance in a drama this year. Baranová received it for her portrayal of Marie Antoinette in David Adjmi’s production of the same name, presented by the FX Šaldy Theater in Liberec. Pechlát was awarded for the role named … Read more

Jiří Suchý and Jitka Molavcová: A Heartwarming Celebration at Proscenica at the Charlotte Sanatorium

Jiří Suchý and Jitka Molavcová: A Heartwarming Celebration at Proscenica at the Charlotte Sanatorium

The party took place in Proscenica at the Charlotte sanatorium, where the completely paralyzed Strejček has been living for six years. Dry said he found out about the upcoming ceremony at the last minute and, like the other guests, was forbidden to talk about it. “It was so happy there that I had to sing … Read more