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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 [...]

Discover what freedom means to you! Join us for a summer theatre workshop that is not just an ordinary suburban camp. Over the course of a week, you'll have an adventure, make new friends, and discover just how alive theatre can be when stories of eyewitnesses meet your own experiences. Through drama, discussion and making things together, we'll explore the theme of freedom - from its historical context to its relevance today. What to expect: getting to know each other and creating a safe space for sharing and experimenting dramatic games to unleash your creativity learning about authentic eyewitnesses' stories discussions on current issues and problems of freedom creative experiments to explore [...]

Are you interested in theatre and history and at least 55 years old? Do you want to creatively commemorate and celebrate the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II? Join students from the Memory of Nations Gymnasium for a project day in the form of an intergenerational theatre workshop. When: 16th April 2025, 10:00–14:00 Where: Memory of Nations Gymnasium, Švédská 39, 150 00 Prague 5 What's in store for you: a joint examination of memories from the Memory of Nations database and from your own lives promoting intergenerational dialogue, understanding and cooperation creating inspiring theatrical etudes through dramatic exercises No previous theatrical experience is needed, just the will, courage and a small snack;) Attendance is free! Come chat with us, share memories and create! You can sign up [...]

Liberec Studio will present its performance as part of the Czech-Polish festival of young theatre JESTĚDYVADLO 2025. The performance will take place on Friday 14 March from 13:30 to 14:00. You are wormly invited! Title of performance: Ray in the Darkness Imagine you are fifteen years old, your childhood carefree-ness is ending and you, a little shaky and uncertain, are entering your adult years. You have to learn to walk in it, wondering what others will think of you if you don't walk confidently enough. Lots of things change, school, friends and your very perception of the world, and you need at least some reassurance at a time like this to safely seek the right direction. Now imagine a regime coming along [...]

"I'm 9 years old. My dad didn't come back, so my mom went looking for him. They found daddy dead, lying in the clover fields. He was clutching a clover in his hand. He was killed in the revolution on May 7, the day before the end of the Second World War," says Růžena, an eyewitness. Celebrating the end of the war - but what's inside? Memories come flooding back, as do the questions. How to find the meaning of life again? The play Clover fields from the series We Are Memory, based on the true stories of four eyewitnesses, reconstructs the moments of the liberation of Czechoslovakia. The young artists bring to life the memories of the survivors, showing the fear they had to live with, what they lost and [...]