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Rok se zkoušelo, škrtalo, přepisovalo a hledalo, jak příběhy pamětníků převést na jeviště. Teď se hraje. V květnu a v červnu míří před publikum ateliéry Divadla Paměti národa z Prahy, Brna, Hradce Králové, Karlových Varů i Liberce. Od 7. května do 16. června se letošní ateliéry postupně představí napříč městy. Čekají vás autorské inscenace mladých lidí, kteří celý rok pracovali s příběhy pamětníků a hledali, jak může paměť promluvit na jevišti. A pak přijde velké finále. Na Slavnosti Divadla Paměti národa se 16. června v pražském Žižkostele představí hned osm ateliérových inscenací a premiéru bude mít také Vokno, nová inscenace ateliéru [...]

The plan was simple: a joint workshop bringing together students from the Memory of Nations Grammar School and eyewitnesses from the TisíciHRAn's production 89. To sit down at the same table, revisit the stories of November, and try to understand what remains relevant today. But the present intruded on the school day. In Prague, a demonstration called “We Won’t Give Up the Media!” was being organized for April 22, 2026, and the students decided they wouldn’t just stick to talking. They grabbed cardboard, markers, and the ideas that had just been shared at the table. The eyewitnesses joined the march, and the joint workshop moved from the classroom to the streets for a while. What makes such meetings powerful is precisely that they cannot be fully planned. Sometimes [...]

Summer Theatre Workshops: Become Part of the Story What happens when a group of young people comes together to explore real-life stories from the 20th century and collectively creates their own theatrical performance? We’ll find out this year. The Memory of Nations Theatre invites all artists aged 11–19 to summer theatre workshops in the form of a day camp. The theme is the moment of decision—that instant when a person must choose a course of action that could irreversibly change their life. Five intensive days will be filled with drama games, visits to significant sites, and work with authentic stories from eyewitnesses. From all of this, a script and a final performance will be created, which the artists will present on [...]

Our dance production Sons of Dictatorships, which explores the theme of Latin American dictatorships, has been selected for a three-day residency at the theatre Ponec as part of its Open Stage program. The production will be performed at the renowned dance venue on February 15 at 6 PM. Tickets can be purchased here. Come and experience chilling stories of oppression, memory, and resistance through contemporary dance.

We cordially invite you to the premiere of a new production from the series We Are Memory: Imprint. The premiere on January 25 and reprises on January 29 and 30 will take place at 7 PM in the Korzo Hall of the NGP Trade Fair Palace (entrance as to Studio Hrdinů). The reprise on January 27 will take place at 4 PM in the Aleš Veselý: Retrospective – Alešville exhibition at the NGP Trade Fair Palace (entrance through the main entrance of the Trade Fair Palace). Tickets can be purchased through GoOut, or at the venue in cash. How many stories are hidden between the layers of a painting? The production Imprint invites you to the gallery for an evening when paintings are transformed into a live scene. Voice, silence, movement, words, and visual language [...]

Sons of the Dictatorships – Contemporary dance about Latin American dictatorships "We are poor, not by choice, but because they have stolen everything – our blood, our breath, our books, our health. Our governments are corrupt, as is our police force, and we are ruled by dictatorships that everyone says have disappeared. We are a people who have been silenced, but with the will to scream and tell our history." The dance performance Sons of the Dictatorships offers a raw testimony about life under authoritarian regimes in Latin America. It is based on the true stories of people who grew up in an environment of corruption, violence, and fear – but also of an unbreakable desire for justice. The project is a co-production of the Memory of Nations Theatre [...]

Liberec Studio will present its performance Journey to Freedom as part of a Day with Memory of Nations on 12th September 2025 at 15:30 in the garden of Galerie Lázně in Liberec. We warmly invite you! From the stories of Jiří Sklenička, Věra Vohlídalová, Milena Hercíková and Jan Šolc. How long a journey do we have to take before we really reach freedom? What is real freedom? The story of liberation in colours...

The Memory of Nations Thatre Studios will continue in the 2025/2026 school year, namely in Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové, Karlovy Vary and Liberec! They are designed for young people aged 12–26, who are interested in theatre, stories, and recent history. New for this season: Studio at Prague City Theaters for participants aged 15–26 – open to our "grown-up" theatre artists and newcomers. Studio in collaboration with CIRQUEON – combining theatre and elements of contemporary circus. The Studios are a space for creativity, collaboration and finding your own perspective on the past and present through theatre. The sessions take place once a week throughout the school year in an inspiring environment of theaters, galleries, and libraries. We start [...]

✨How many emotions can fit into a few dozen minutes on stage? During the Theater Studios Exhibition at Španělská 10, we experienced smiles, tears, and moments of complete silence in the auditorium. The Studios from Chříč, Karlovy Vary, Hradec Králové, and part of the Prague 8 ensemble presented their productions. The young actors from the Memory of Nations Theater managed to transport the audience to moments when our history was being written — on the edge of courage and loss. We are grateful for every round of applause, for every pair of focused eyes in the audience. We thank the students and lecturers for their diligence and patience, and everyone involved for their energy, which brings these stories to life again and again. A final big thank you [...]

The year-long efforts of our young theatre artists will culminate in the Festival of Theatre Studios, which will open on Victory Day, May 8, and run through mid-June. During the festival, they will premiere their productions on their home stages and we will welcome the regional Studios on the Theatre Studios Exhibition on May 30. You can support the festival with a voluntary admission via this QR code — thank you for all your support! FESTIVAL PROGRAMME: PRAGUE: 8. 5. 18:00 – premiere of Echoes of Paintings (Studio Prague 7) - Korzo, Trade Fair Palace NGP, Prague 7 How does art touch life? And how does life imprint itself on paintings? As part of a unique collaboration between the National Gallery and the Memory of Nations project [...]