Theatres

There are many theatres in Prague ranging from black light and magic lantern shows to the major opera houses and concert halls. For the spoken word there are regular English language productions – consult up-to-date schedules to check the current position which you’ll readily find around the city.

 

The city of Prague is world famous for its black light theatres, mimes and magic lantern shows. Most of these shows are based on music with little or no spoken word, and so there is no language problem. Some of the shows are “Miss Sony”, “Quo Vadis”, “Anatomy of the Kiss”, “Wonderful Circus”, “Faust”, “Odysseus”, “Aspects of Alice ”, etc. A selection of these theatres follows but on a stroll around the centre of Prague you will receive a deluge of leaflets etc for these shows.

Famous theatres in Prague are Laterna Magika, Nardoni trida 4  (multimedia show with dance, opera and music, tickets 690 CZK) or Cinoherni Klub, Ve smeckach 26 www.cinoherniklub.cz (Czech language modern drama, around 200 CZK).


Other well known theatres in Prague are :

Divadlo Minor, Vodickova 6, New Town – children’s theatre offering mix of puppets and panthomime www.minor.cz

Music Theatre Karlin – The music theatre offers comedies with songs, operettas, musicals.

Divadlo na Vinohradech, namesti Miru 7, Vinohrady – Czech language ballet and drama

Divadlo na Zabradli (Theatre on the Balustrade), Aneske nam. 5, Old Town – Czech drama where former Czech president Vaclav Havel honed his skills as playwright a few decades ago. (tickets from 90CZK) www.nazabradli.cz

Divadlo Spejbla a Hurvinka, Dejvicka 38, Prague 6 – Famous puppeteer Josef Skupa created in 1930 characters Spejbl & Hurvinek. Theatre mainly for children. www.spejbl-hurvinek.cz

Divadlo v Celetne, Celetna 17, Old Town – Performances of Czech drama and some foreign plays but only in Czech language (tickets from 30CZK) www.divadlovceletne.cz