Drama

The roof needs a complete renovation because the tiles keep falling off and endangering pedestrians. The air shafts are rotting, the house has no lift and it is urgently necessary to install new gas lines. At the same time, there is only a hundred and fifty thousand crowns in the repair fund. Obviously, the proposal to sell the loft premises looks like a great solution. But unfortunately, the Association members considerably diverge in their views. Set at a house meeting, this award-winning play reveals much more about our society than we might want it to.

The sensationalist case of the century portrayed in Petr Zelenka’s clever comedy.

Did David Beckham and his secretary Rebecca Loos exchange a mere kiss in the autumn of 2004, or did something really happen between the two of them? Regardless of what actually happened, Max Clifford, the grey eminence of the British tabloid press, decides to make it the scandal of the century. The tabloid pages become the scene of a fierce duel resembling a full-blown military operation. Who is going to win? Clifford or the Beckhams? Petr Zelenka, one of the most remarkable contemporary Czech playwrights, uses his own particular humour to reveal a little-known drama from behind the scenes of the tabloid media.

A brilliant, daring adaptation of a classic drama that is not so much about the hat tossed aside or the great nose that is the banner of a towering spirit, but about love, desire, the conflict between body and mind, the power of words, and life. A love story for lovers of classic and modern drama. After Hamlet, the next piece in the “Classics in the Attic” series.

23. 8. - 8. 9. 2024

The undead demon Count Dracula is leaving his castle in Transylvania to widen the range of his activities and to find the woman whose portrait has enchanted him. No one knows who the bewitching stranger is. No one except for Doctor Van Helsing...

Premiere shifted from the 19/20 season.

A man and a woman get to know each other by chance while queuing at the airport and passionately fall in love... The feeling of love is followed by marriage, a child, a house, troubles at work … And gradually the feelings start to change. The once sunny idyll becomes a terrifying nightmare, posing the question: What is the price for meeting the “man of your life”?

Life is a fight. For love, for justice, for power. But is it actually worth it? Wouldn’t it be much simpler to put an end to it forever? Simply fall asleep, sleep … The most famous tragedy of all times in an original rendition by Jakub Čermák.

A play about a fictional meeting of two real people – “Hitler’s court director” Leni Riefenstahl and the famous American host Johnny Carson on America’s most viewed talk show. How will the artist who put her extraordinary talent at the service of totalitarian power defend herself? How will the clash of two strong personalities in front of the merciless cameras turn out?

Anna, a teacher, lives in a small flat with her second husband. They are not rich but they are happy together. Then, unexpectedly, Anna’s first husband is released from prison because he had been unfairly convicted. With nowhere to go, he naturally returns to his home. However, husband No. 2 has already settled into his slippers! And so begins an absurd cohabitation with no prospect of a change in sight. The men can either kill each other or – become friends. And later one more woman appears …

A cultured middle-class family and their long-time friend, all of whom are hundred percent supporters of liberal thinking, are about to sit down to dinner. However, as Vincent announces the name he is going to give his son, whose birth is drawing near, he lets the genie out of the bottle. The polished conversation turns into a ruthless verbal battle escalating into blows below the belt. A real explosion occurs when a family secret comes to light.

What is going on? A couple’s usual return from holiday becomes a nightmare. Their friends who were to water the flowers took hold of their flat, and now you cannot be sure about anything any longer, let alone about yourselves. A normal reality, normal situation, and the relationships have got out of control. Is this a reason to panic or to have fun?

Based on a theory by Doctor Vlach’s, a character in this comedy, there are three kinds of people. Imagine sitting at an elegant half-empty café with a bowl of doughnuts in front of you. The first group will only stare obliviously at the doughnuts. The second group will wonder with curiosity what would happen if you started bombarding other guests with these doughnuts without warning. Only exceptional individuals, belonging to the third group, will realise their ideas with delight. And the main character, the servant Saturnin, is exactly such a distinctive man who – using his irresistible charm – interferes in the life of the young gentleman and his adored lady-friend Barbora, but he also inspires his peculiar grandfather to do fantastically crazy tricks. And he even stands up dauntlessly to Aunt Catherine, armed with a whole lot of proverbs.

1. - 23. 6. 2024

The beautiful and sensible Elinor, and even more beautiful and wild Marianne, two sisters who grew up in luxury in a castle, face a harsh fate after their father’s death. According to ancient laws, their half-brother inherits the property and they (and their mother and their underage sister) must move to a simple village house. Their future is extremely uncertain – who will want to marry the girls without a dowry? Moreover, when both stubbornly long to marry for love?

But gentlemen have already appeared on the scene – the shy and witty Edward, the brave Colonel Brandon, the charming Willoughby and the rich Lord Quido... The magical colour of Jane Austen’s novels comes to life in the castle gardens of Český Krumlov, taking us back two centuries, to the times when stories of great romantic love still existed …

Alice is a successful woman with a happy family. One day, she goes jogging and then she is not able to find her way back home. After she is diagnosed with an early form of Alzheimer’s disease, she starts her tragic as well as touching struggle to rescue her previous self.

A provocative play about the state of contemporary theatre and rotten patriarchal society. The director duo Adam Svozil and Kristýna Jankovcová continue their successful series of contemporary chamber plays on the Na Půdě stage. After Almost Perfect Love, Girls and Boys and The Lungs, this time it is more on a gender note.

Czech premiere.

Oldřich of Chlum and his loyal companions, page Ota and commander Diviš, are invited to the castle of a lord of the powerful Vítek family in South Bohemia to investigate a series of strange crimes. Is the murderer really the phantom of the late commander or is he a dangerous madman? Time is running out and an emissary of the Holy Inquisition is already on its way. However, seductive women are even more dangerous than the inquisitor … How will the three investigators stand this double test?

A gripping re-enactment of a terrorist attack in a school. A woman survivor searches for answers: Why? What drove the attacker to commit such a terrible act? Will she ever be able to understand and forgive? This drama by a major Scottish playwright for two actors and a choir has toured the world with success.

Czech premiere.

Czech premiere.

The Budweiser Budvar beer is in danger, but a group of loyal regulars will do anything to save it. It is our pride that is at stake! The play, which was written on the commission of the South Bohemian Theatre, will be untraditionally performed in the beer hall of the Budvar Brewery.

It is the year 1920. The young physician Rudolf Slíva is appointed to look after the health of the women employed in the brothels in České Budějovice. It is the Groll Café in Kasárenská Street with its famous courtesan Anna Václavíková that becomes his fate …

A picturesque English manor, elite society, intertwined relationships, ancient secrets – and, of course, a murder. The brilliant detective's grey brain cells get down to work.

The mysterious history of the Samson brewery comes to life in a new escape play from the South Bohemian Theatre. Unlike the classic plays of this kind, this time you will meet living characters, and while secretly listening to their conversations, you will be revealed the necessary clues. Where did the barrel washer Joseph disappear to? What is making the maltster nervous? And what is hidden in the mysterious cellars? Come and solve the mystery of the missing barrel washer!

The incredible story of Josef Hasil, who became an elusive people smuggler across the border after February 1948, is based on his own recollections, the testimonies of contemporary witnesses and archive documents. The State Security itself named its feared rival the King of the Bohemian Forest. An exceptional human life story, an adventure with a background of political espionage in which fatal women are not missing …

Doctor Burke is a patriot, a man full of ideals and love for his neighbours. But only until the moment in his life when all his certainties are shaken to their foundations. Exposed to the risks of change and discomfort, he begins to fight back with all the means at his disposal.

The famous 1960s comedy has been translated into fourteen languages and performed in most European countries. Smoček’s brilliant language and distinctive humour never age.

Intelligent entertainment for everybody.

19. – 30. 7. 2023 a 30. 8. – 10. 9. 2023

A Czech comedy about the philandering king Henry VIII, his six wives, the treacherous
counsellor and the king’s double, who did incredible things. The main dual role is played by
Petr Rychlý.