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We cordially invite you to the reprises of last year’s Studio productions in Prague and Hradec Králové. 13. 9. 2026, 16:00, Dům ochránců přírody, Praha 4 – Auctoritas moralis (reprise) What makes an authority an authority? And who draws the line between obedience and self-betrayal? We stand on a spectrum. I will answer yes or no. It will be agreement or resistance. Inaction or action. Between what authority demands of us – and what we are able to give. The original theatre play by the Memory of Nations Studio is based on the personal story of David Kabzan, who was seventeen when the StB first took him in for interrogation. We, too, are teenagers, and we ask ourselves if we would be able to stand up to them. Auctoritas [...]

Theater lovers and history enthusiasts, attention please – the Studios are continuing next year! We’re opening new groups in Prague, Brno, Liberec, and Hradec Králové. The Memory of Nations Theatre Studios are extracurricular theatre clubs for children, teenagers, and adults. Inspired by stories from the 20th century, participants write, rehearse, and perform plays based on these stories. The Memory of Nations Theatre program is primarily intended for young people ages 12 to 26, but we are also happy to welcome elementary school theatre kids ages 7 to 12 in Prague. The sessions take place in the afternoon once a week for 90 or 120 minutes, starting in mid-September and continuing throughout the school year (excluding national [...]

For a year, we have been rehearsing, editing, rewriting, and figuring out how to bring the stories of eyewitnesses to the stage. Now it’s finally time for the curtain to rise. In May and June, the Memory of Nations Theatre Studios z from Prague, Brno, Hradec Králové, Karlovy Vary, and Liberec will take the stage. From May 7 to June 16, their work will be presented gradually across these cities. You can enjoy original productions by young people who have spent the entire year working with eyewitnesses’ stories and exploring how memory can speak on stage. And hen comes the grand finale. At the Memory of Nations Theatre Festival on June 16 at Prague’s Žižkostel, seven Studio productions will be presented, including the premiere of The Window (Vokno), a new play by [...]

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 [...]