The general meeting of the Association of Professional Theatres took place in České Budějovice on Monday, April 25 and Tuesday, April 26. Directors of Czech and Moravian theatres met with the Minister of Culture Martin Baxa, the mayor of the city Jiří Svoboda, and the governor of the South Bohemian Region Martin Kuba, chairman of the Association of...

Since the beginning of the terrible events in Ukraine, a huge wave of help has risen in the Czech Republic, both from individuals, companies and institutions. Theaters from all over the country have also decided to help people fleeing the war and have joined the Call for Support for Ukraine of the Association of Professional Theaters of the Czech...

World Theatre Day has been celebrated annually on March 27 since 1962. It is preceded by World Theatre Day for Children and Youth, for which March 20 was chosen, and World Puppetry Day, which falls on March 21. The initiators of the celebrations are international non-governmental theatre organizations affiliated with UNESCO, which prepare messages...

A symbolic light for Mariupol, a Ukrainian city and its inhabitants severely affected by the war, was lit on Tuesday evening in the piazzetta at the National Theatre in Prague and in other theatres throughout the country.

The Association of Professional Theatres calls on friendly institutions and individual citizens to support the Ukrainian state and Ukrainians within their means. Czech theatres will offer cooperation to artists and cultural workers who will have to leave Ukraine due to the war or Russia due to disagreement with Putin's policies.

The Association of Professional Theatres of the Czech Republic calls on Czech theatres, cultural, public and state institutions to symbolically support the inviolability of state territory by flying Ukrainian flags on our buildings.

The organizers of the Theatre Critics' Awards have announced the nominations for the best productions in Czech theatre last year. The nominations for the 2021 Production of the Year include Benjamin Britten's opera Peter Grimes, directed by David Radok at the National Theatre in Brno, Gorky's Vassa Železnovová, directed by Jan Frič at the National...

The grant project "Establishing the current structure of the Association of Professional Theatres of the Czech Republic in the context of the transformation of the live arts sector due to the coronavirus pandemic" has received support and its implementation has begun.

From February 10, 2022, it will not be necessary to prove vaccination or coronavirus infection to attend cultural events.

The second weekend meeting of the Association of Theatre Lecturers course for theatre employees took place in the 3D Studio of the South Bohemian Theatre.