ARCHIVE 2021

Minister of Culture Lubomír Zaorálek sent an open letter to theater management. He calls for patience in a difficult situation. He looks forward to returning to theater auditoriums.

There is a consensus among the directors of most Czech theaters and cultural organizations that performing under conditions of mandatory testing for 20 percent of the audience is beyond the limit of sustainability. We do not know how we would control the audience, how the audience would be able to secure tests in advance when they are still not...

The management of the Association of Professional Theatres fundamentally distances itself from the statement of choreographer Petr Zuska, who calls on the Czech theatre scene to engage in civil disobedience and demands that all theatres open their auditoriums to audiences on March 12, 2021 without any restrictions. Although we understand the...