Architectural Project of Archa Theatre
1991-1994 (author of the plan - Ondřej Hrab; architect - Ivan Plicka; scenographic design of theatre spaces - Miroslav Melena; graphic design - Robert V. Novák)
Investors:
The City of Prague
Czech Commercial Bank (Československá obchodní banka)
Grand Opening:
5 June, 1994
Archa Theatre is supported by the City of Prague
Archa Theatre is situated in a building owned by the Czech Commercial Bank (Československá obchodní banka).
Internet connection of Archa Theatre provided by InWay, a.s. - telecommunication operator.
Opera La Serra
Original Czech opera by Michal Vích and Jaroslav Dušek.
Premiere: September 1994
Den je ráno, poledne a večer (The Day Is Morning, Noon and Night)
Co-production of the Archa Theatre and Bread and Puppet Theatre directed by Peter Schumann.
Premiere: November 1994
Sedli si za stůl a jedli (They Sat Down at the Table)
Joint project of Archa Theatre and Bread and Puppet Theatre directed by Peter Schumann.
Premiere: March 1996
Kulhavý tango (Cool, Heavy Tango)
Co-production of the Archa Theatre and Dogtroep, a theatre group from Amsterdam.
Premiere: March 1996
Sedm splněných snů (Seven Dreams That Came True)
New cinema-theatre competition of the Stereo Social Troop.
Premiere: September 1996
Sladký Theresienstadt (Sweet Theresienstadt)
Co-production of Archa Theatre and En Garde Arts New York.
Written by: Arnošt Goldflam. Directed by: Damien Gray
Premiere: November 1996
Min Tanaka: Grimm Grimm - Book One Putování minulostí k budoucnosti (Wandering Through the Past Towards the Future)
Performance created for Archa Theatre by the Japanese dancer and choreographer Min Tanaka, together with artists with West-European cultural background.
Premiere: June 1997
Solstice (Solstice) Petr Nikl, Jana Svobodová, Vojtěch and Irena Havel
Project created under the name "Solstice" for the Arts Alive festival in South Africa. (September 1997)
Czech premiere: January 1998.
V zrcadle (In the Mirror) Odrazy pohádkových obrazů (Reflections of Fairy-Tale Images)
Visual and musical collage created out of an encounter of Czech and South African artists.
Premiere: April 1998
Min Tanaka: Grimm Grimm - Book Two Pomíjivé okamžiky nedaleko věčnosti (Fading Moments Near Eternity)
Motives from Grimm Brothers' tales -this time from a different angle.
Premiere: June 1998
HaDivadlo Theatre, Brno Sophocles: King Oedipus
Contemporary production of the ancient Greek drama about the inevitability of fate.
Directed by: J. A. Pitínský.
Prague version made in co-production of HaDivadlo and Archa Theatre.
Premiere: February 1999
Za zrcadlem (Behind the Mirror) An Ethno-Vaudeville
Common theatre production of Czech and South African artists.
Premiere: April 1999
Stories about Snow Whites Grimm Grimm - Book Three
The third part of the Czech/Japanese project based on the Brothers' Grimm fairy tales.
Premiere: June 1999
Secondhand TwilightCzech-southafrican theatre fantasies
Performace - result of further cooperation of Czech and Southafrican actors.
Premiere: May 2001
Questioning Heaven in Despair (Marné Tázání Nebes)A sino-baroque performance
A theatrical and musical piece in which contemporary culture meets with the mysterious and fascinating worlds of Chinese Opera and Baroque Theatre. Directed by: J. A. Pitínský
Lead Role: Feng-Jün Song. The performance was created as an ancillary project of "The Glory of the Baroque in Bohemia" exhibition.
Premiere: September 2001
Dance Macabre in Kutná Hora
Performance with two interconnected aspects: dance choreographed by Jan Kodet and theatre directed by Martin Tichý. The performance was created as an ancillary project of "The Glory of the Baroque in Bohemia" exhibition.
Premiere: October 2001
Box Office
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Tel.: +420 221 716 333
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e-mail: ticket@archatheatre.cz
The Box Office is open Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and two hours before the start of each performance.