Programme 2010

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

This just in… the ‘News 2’ team have experienced difficulties due to seagulls trapped in the power generator forcing them off air. Consequently the reporters have been left to their own devices.

No auto-cue, no script, no clue! When the “News 2” team face technical problems during a live broadcast and transmission is cut, the two newsreaders and weatherman are left to talk amongst themselves and some shocking revelations are exposed!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

For love he is prepared to change. He'll change himself, he'll change his body and even his soul; he'll make the ultimate sacrifice. He is a true lover, one of the few, and his name is Intergalatic Federal Agent Tree.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Last time I was on a plane: someone wearing a burka sits next to me and opens a book in Arabic ...normally: so what? But now my mind spasms. I see under boiling clouds a dismembered city skyline, rubble, fire and dust. And then the plane flies into turbulence... Follow us on a journey. See what we are afraid of.

Language: In English and German

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Performance poetry / Text based

Be in good company with Nora Connolly and her poetry. She’ll take you with her to the West of Ireland along with Dandy the Rooster, drunken fairies, the Mad Woman of Cork and Dan McGrew. She may even have time to tell you about the dogs on the roof.

Nora, who trained at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, loves words, loves an audience and is thrilled to be invited to perform in Prague.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Elegant and moving, shocking and uplifting, freshly critically acclaimed at four Australian festivals, In the Arms of a Lion traces a young man's growing awareness of his sexuality, mirrored in the violent racial oppression of the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa.

„Van der Merwe's range of raw emotion is extraordinary as he seamlessly embodies one character after the next' - The Age, Melbourne.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 16+ / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Through the ages, from Maine to Scotland, stories are told of seals becoming women... and fishermen falling in love. A visually arresting piece of physical theatre, The Harbour is a contemporary re-imagining of a selkie tale. The lives of a mother and her son are forever overturned when he brings home a woman from the sea.

Using simple props, bittersweet humour, and haunting live music, The Harbour unearths an over-fished world filled with impossible desires.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A black comedy by award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian. Biting social commentary guaranteed to make you laugh at the most inappropriate things and question your own mental health. Over-the-top characters become caricatures of people we have all met in our lives and hope we will never see again.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

The Stephen Frost Impro Allstars are coming back to Prague. Why? Because they love it.

“The shows we have done in Prague are some of the best we have ever done, the audience suggestions are of such a high standard, and their reaction to the show is quite incredible, I want to live there and do a show everyday.“ says Stephen Frost.

“Don’t be stupid“ say the others.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

For love he is prepared to change. He'll change himself, he'll change his body and even his soul; he'll make the ultimate sacrifice. He is a true lover, one of the few, and his name is Intergalatic Federal Agent Tree.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

This just in… the ‘News 2’ team have experienced difficulties due to seagulls trapped in the power generator forcing them off air. Consequently the reporters have been left to their own devices.

No auto-cue, no script, no clue! When the “News 2” team face technical problems during a live broadcast and transmission is cut, the two newsreaders and weatherman are left to talk amongst themselves and some shocking revelations are exposed!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Last time I was on a plane: someone wearing a burka sits next to me and opens a book in Arabic ...normally: so what? But now my mind spasms. I see under boiling clouds a dismembered city skyline, rubble, fire and dust. And then the plane flies into turbulence... Follow us on a journey. See what we are afraid of.

Language: In English and German

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Performance poetry / Text based

Be in good company with Nora Connolly and her poetry. She’ll take you with her to the West of Ireland along with Dandy the Rooster, drunken fairies, the Mad Woman of Cork and Dan McGrew. She may even have time to tell you about the dogs on the roof.

Nora, who trained at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, loves words, loves an audience and is thrilled to be invited to perform in Prague.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Elegant and moving, shocking and uplifting, freshly critically acclaimed at four Australian festivals, In the Arms of a Lion traces a young man's growing awareness of his sexuality, mirrored in the violent racial oppression of the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa.

„Van der Merwe's range of raw emotion is extraordinary as he seamlessly embodies one character after the next' - The Age, Melbourne.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 16+ / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Through the ages, from Maine to Scotland, stories are told of seals becoming women... and fishermen falling in love. A visually arresting piece of physical theatre, The Harbour is a contemporary re-imagining of a selkie tale. The lives of a mother and her son are forever overturned when he brings home a woman from the sea.

Using simple props, bittersweet humour, and haunting live music, The Harbour unearths an over-fished world filled with impossible desires.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A black comedy by award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian. Biting social commentary guaranteed to make you laugh at the most inappropriate things and question your own mental health. Over-the-top characters become caricatures of people we have all met in our lives and hope we will never see again.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

The Stephen Frost Impro Allstars are coming back to Prague. Why? Because they love it.

“The shows we have done in Prague are some of the best we have ever done, the audience suggestions are of such a high standard, and their reaction to the show is quite incredible, I want to live there and do a show everyday.“ says Stephen Frost.

“Don’t be stupid“ say the others.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

For love he is prepared to change. He'll change himself, he'll change his body and even his soul; he'll make the ultimate sacrifice. He is a true lover, one of the few, and his name is Intergalatic Federal Agent Tree.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

This just in… the ‘News 2’ team have experienced difficulties due to seagulls trapped in the power generator forcing them off air. Consequently the reporters have been left to their own devices.

No auto-cue, no script, no clue! When the “News 2” team face technical problems during a live broadcast and transmission is cut, the two newsreaders and weatherman are left to talk amongst themselves and some shocking revelations are exposed!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Last time I was on a plane: someone wearing a burka sits next to me and opens a book in Arabic ...normally: so what? But now my mind spasms. I see under boiling clouds a dismembered city skyline, rubble, fire and dust. And then the plane flies into turbulence... Follow us on a journey. See what we are afraid of.

Language: In English and German

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Performance poetry / Text based

Be in good company with Nora Connolly and her poetry. She’ll take you with her to the West of Ireland along with Dandy the Rooster, drunken fairies, the Mad Woman of Cork and Dan McGrew. She may even have time to tell you about the dogs on the roof.

Nora, who trained at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, loves words, loves an audience and is thrilled to be invited to perform in Prague.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Elegant and moving, shocking and uplifting, freshly critically acclaimed at four Australian festivals, In the Arms of a Lion traces a young man's growing awareness of his sexuality, mirrored in the violent racial oppression of the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa.

„Van der Merwe's range of raw emotion is extraordinary as he seamlessly embodies one character after the next' - The Age, Melbourne.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 16+ / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Through the ages, from Maine to Scotland, stories are told of seals becoming women... and fishermen falling in love. A visually arresting piece of physical theatre, The Harbour is a contemporary re-imagining of a selkie tale. The lives of a mother and her son are forever overturned when he brings home a woman from the sea.

Using simple props, bittersweet humour, and haunting live music, The Harbour unearths an over-fished world filled with impossible desires.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Exposition is a new Norwegian drama of Erik Vibe Simonsen, about interactions, and the changing power of isolation. A locked room becomes an exhibition window for the public to watch these three characters fight for air, identity, and power. They begin to form their own community, and thus try to establish some semblance of structure before everything goes to hell. The question is, do they manage it?

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

For love he is prepared to change. He'll change himself, he'll change his body and even his soul; he'll make the ultimate sacrifice. He is a true lover, one of the few, and his name is Intergalatic Federal Agent Tree.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Comedy / Text based but visual

This just in… the ‘News 2’ team have experienced difficulties due to seagulls trapped in the power generator forcing them off air. Consequently the reporters have been left to their own devices.

No auto-cue, no script, no clue! When the “News 2” team face technical problems during a live broadcast and transmission is cut, the two newsreaders and weatherman are left to talk amongst themselves and some shocking revelations are exposed!

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Performance poetry / Text based

Be in good company with Nora Connolly and her poetry. She’ll take you with her to the West of Ireland along with Dandy the Rooster, drunken fairies, the Mad Woman of Cork and Dan McGrew. She may even have time to tell you about the dogs on the roof.

Nora, who trained at the Abbey Theatre, Dublin, loves words, loves an audience and is thrilled to be invited to perform in Prague.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Elegant and moving, shocking and uplifting, freshly critically acclaimed at four Australian festivals, In the Arms of a Lion traces a young man's growing awareness of his sexuality, mirrored in the violent racial oppression of the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa.

„Van der Merwe's range of raw emotion is extraordinary as he seamlessly embodies one character after the next' - The Age, Melbourne.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 16+ / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

Through the ages, from Maine to Scotland, stories are told of seals becoming women... and fishermen falling in love. A visually arresting piece of physical theatre, The Harbour is a contemporary re-imagining of a selkie tale. The lives of a mother and her son are forever overturned when he brings home a woman from the sea.

Using simple props, bittersweet humour, and haunting live music, The Harbour unearths an over-fished world filled with impossible desires.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Exposition is a new Norwegian drama of Erik Vibe Simonsen, about interactions, and the changing power of isolation. A locked room becomes an exhibition window for the public to watch these three characters fight for air, identity, and power. They begin to form their own community, and thus try to establish some semblance of structure before everything goes to hell. The question is, do they manage it?

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Everyone knows that families are riddled with secrets and lies. So, is it love that keeps us together? Guilt? Money? Ties that bind are one thing, but a rope around your neck is quite another.

Critically acclaimed playwrights Rosalind Wyllie and Alison Carr join forces to bring this darkly humorous, provoking double-bill.

Praise for the writers: “Brilliantly witty …remarkably assured.” The British Theatre Guide

“Refeshingly quirky and original.” The Journal

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

Overhead the bombs fall. Outside the soldiers hunt him and his ‘kind’ down. Deep in the basement of a deserted and derelict house Nathan – a Jew - hides. His only comfort is the tales he loved as a child, the tales of “Nathan the Wise” - tales he hopes may save his life!

A dynamic physical theatre adaptation of Gotthold Lessing’s eighteenth century play celebrating religious tolerance.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word – One-man show / Actor/Writer: Michael McEvoy / Director: Steven Canny

1613. England’s greatest playwright retires after a glittering career. A story unfolds - of religious intolerance, political intrigue, espionage… and literary genius. But what is the great secret he is so frightened to reveal?

“A fascinating production.“ Shakespeare Bulletin.

“Virtuoso one-man performance. Utterly convincing. The audience was enthralled. The most explosive confessional of literary history.“ Kentish Gazette.

“You cannot help being charmed.“ The Stage.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

A tale about friendship, football and the Angel of the North. A chance meeting at the Angel of the North rekindles an old footballing grudge between two rival schools. As the tale unfolds and the mood reaches fever pitch there’s only one way to settle the matter once and for all.

“Laugh out loud funny and moving... the company brilliantly tight as an ensemble.“

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Elegant and moving, shocking and uplifting, freshly critically acclaimed at four Australian festivals, In the Arms of a Lion traces a young man's growing awareness of his sexuality, mirrored in the violent racial oppression of the explosive final years of Apartheid in South Africa.

„Van der Merwe's range of raw emotion is extraordinary as he seamlessly embodies one character after the next' - The Age, Melbourne.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 16+ / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

“Can you feel it?
It is happening as I speak.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the words flying into your ear?
Not bullet speed.
Word speed.
Do you hear the words in your ear?”

I Love Guns is Stam vs O’Neill’s first international production. Using words as weapons and weapons as words, it unleashes an explosive power play between playwright and actress.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Exposition is a new Norwegian drama of Erik Vibe Simonsen, about interactions, and the changing power of isolation. A locked room becomes an exhibition window for the public to watch these three characters fight for air, identity, and power. They begin to form their own community, and thus try to establish some semblance of structure before everything goes to hell. The question is, do they manage it?

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Everyone knows that families are riddled with secrets and lies. So, is it love that keeps us together? Guilt? Money? Ties that bind are one thing, but a rope around your neck is quite another.

Critically acclaimed playwrights Rosalind Wyllie and Alison Carr join forces to bring this darkly humorous, provoking double-bill.

Praise for the writers: “Brilliantly witty …remarkably assured.” The British Theatre Guide

“Refeshingly quirky and original.” The Journal

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

Overhead the bombs fall. Outside the soldiers hunt him and his ‘kind’ down. Deep in the basement of a deserted and derelict house Nathan – a Jew - hides. His only comfort is the tales he loved as a child, the tales of “Nathan the Wise” - tales he hopes may save his life!

A dynamic physical theatre adaptation of Gotthold Lessing’s eighteenth century play celebrating religious tolerance.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word – One-man show / Actor/Writer: Michael McEvoy / Director: Steven Canny

1613. England’s greatest playwright retires after a glittering career. A story unfolds - of religious intolerance, political intrigue, espionage… and literary genius. But what is the great secret he is so frightened to reveal?

“A fascinating production.“ Shakespeare Bulletin.

“Virtuoso one-man performance. Utterly convincing. The audience was enthralled. The most explosive confessional of literary history.“ Kentish Gazette.

“You cannot help being charmed.“ The Stage.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

A tale about friendship, football and the Angel of the North. A chance meeting at the Angel of the North rekindles an old footballing grudge between two rival schools. As the tale unfolds and the mood reaches fever pitch there’s only one way to settle the matter once and for all.

“Laugh out loud funny and moving... the company brilliantly tight as an ensemble.“

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A young Czech nurse has come to England to get to know the father she never met. She arrives too late as he has left the country, but she gets access to the flat where he was living and finds out all she had ever wished to know.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

By turns witty, wise and wicked, the international cast of The World’s Wife brings to vivid life the female halves of history’s most notorious marriages. Beautiful Confusion presents a dynamic, newly devised piece based on Carol Ann Duffy’s award-winning poetry and featuring a cast of feisty women armed with three thousand years of hot gossip.

“Provocative, fun, intellectual and challenging.” The Prague Post

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

“Can you feel it?
It is happening as I speak.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the words flying into your ear?
Not bullet speed.
Word speed.
Do you hear the words in your ear?”

I Love Guns is Stam vs O’Neill’s first international production. Using words as weapons and weapons as words, it unleashes an explosive power play between playwright and actress.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Spoken Word / Text based

Cyrano de Bergerac did exist, did have a big nose, was an ardent swashbuckler but is not so known for his fantastical imaginings of a lunar expedition (1645) in which he uncannily previsions many 20th C inventions!

“Fascinating, 350 year old comedic romp into a scientific future that has only recently caught up with us.” EH, Connemara View.

An heretical work, passed round ‘underground fashion’ and only published posthumously. (1657).

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 13+

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

Exposition is a new Norwegian drama of Erik Vibe Simonsen, about interactions, and the changing power of isolation. A locked room becomes an exhibition window for the public to watch these three characters fight for air, identity, and power. They begin to form their own community, and thus try to establish some semblance of structure before everything goes to hell. The question is, do they manage it?

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Everyone knows that families are riddled with secrets and lies. So, is it love that keeps us together? Guilt? Money? Ties that bind are one thing, but a rope around your neck is quite another.

Critically acclaimed playwrights Rosalind Wyllie and Alison Carr join forces to bring this darkly humorous, provoking double-bill.

Praise for the writers: “Brilliantly witty …remarkably assured.” The British Theatre Guide

“Refeshingly quirky and original.” The Journal

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

Overhead the bombs fall. Outside the soldiers hunt him and his ‘kind’ down. Deep in the basement of a deserted and derelict house Nathan – a Jew - hides. His only comfort is the tales he loved as a child, the tales of “Nathan the Wise” - tales he hopes may save his life!

A dynamic physical theatre adaptation of Gotthold Lessing’s eighteenth century play celebrating religious tolerance.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word – One-man show / Actor/Writer: Michael McEvoy / Director: Steven Canny

1613. England’s greatest playwright retires after a glittering career. A story unfolds - of religious intolerance, political intrigue, espionage… and literary genius. But what is the great secret he is so frightened to reveal?

“A fascinating production.“ Shakespeare Bulletin.

“Virtuoso one-man performance. Utterly convincing. The audience was enthralled. The most explosive confessional of literary history.“ Kentish Gazette.

“You cannot help being charmed.“ The Stage.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

A tale about friendship, football and the Angel of the North. A chance meeting at the Angel of the North rekindles an old footballing grudge between two rival schools. As the tale unfolds and the mood reaches fever pitch there’s only one way to settle the matter once and for all.

“Laugh out loud funny and moving... the company brilliantly tight as an ensemble.“

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A young Czech nurse has come to England to get to know the father she never met. She arrives too late as he has left the country, but she gets access to the flat where he was living and finds out all she had ever wished to know.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Musical/Comedic One Woman Show / Some use of language

Seeing is just the beginning - hearing is believing!

Gail Whitmore AKA The Human Jukebox knows a thousand songs across a host of eclectic genres. This show is your show too – call out your requests, don’t be shy … the Human Jukebox will perform them unaccompanied and from memory from her vast song book. The medley that caps the show – from opera to rap - must be seen to be believed!

Language: In English and Czech

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

“Can you feel it?
It is happening as I speak.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the words flying into your ear?
Not bullet speed.
Word speed.
Do you hear the words in your ear?”

I Love Guns is Stam vs O’Neill’s first international production. Using words as weapons and weapons as words, it unleashes an explosive power play between playwright and actress.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Music / Music & text based

Alasdair Bouch has built a devoted following for his tender, witty and honest alt-folk and melodic power-pop. His highly personal lyrics and impassioned delivery are best described as 'confessional blues'. This special candle-lit, accompanied acoustic performance draws songs from Alasdair's acclaimed debut solo album 'First Person Singular' and its band-led follow up 'Second Hand Lullabies'.

'Terrific... as if the ghost of Otis Redding has stumbled into the room" The Guardian

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Music / Some use of language

Fringe Favourite Andi Neate returns with a fist full of new songs and stories. She has supported an eclectic mix of performers from John Renbourne to KT Tunstall. Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury Festival, she released her 5th album ‘Crows, Rooks and Ravens’ last year to become ISSA winner 09’.

“Reinvents the idea of singer-songwriter and transports the audience into her very special world.” Critics Choice- Prague TV 09’

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A black comedy by award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian. Biting social commentary guaranteed to make you laugh at the most inappropriate things and question your own mental health. Over-the-top characters become caricatures of people we have all met in our lives and hope we will never see again.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Music / Text based but visual

Live music and specially commissioned projections will fill this beautiful Hussite church with an audio visual feast for the senses.

“…truly gorgeous music that is both sonically and emotionally vast in scope.” expats.cz

“How many times have you been alone in the jungle and heard someone pretending to be an airplane or an old carnival hand? You can relive that experience during a live performance of Ocean Versus Daughter.” Ken Nash

Language: --

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre / Text based

Everyone knows that families are riddled with secrets and lies. So, is it love that keeps us together? Guilt? Money? Ties that bind are one thing, but a rope around your neck is quite another.

Critically acclaimed playwrights Rosalind Wyllie and Alison Carr join forces to bring this darkly humorous, provoking double-bill.

Praise for the writers: “Brilliantly witty …remarkably assured.” The British Theatre Guide

“Refeshingly quirky and original.” The Journal

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

Overhead the bombs fall. Outside the soldiers hunt him and his ‘kind’ down. Deep in the basement of a deserted and derelict house Nathan – a Jew - hides. His only comfort is the tales he loved as a child, the tales of “Nathan the Wise” - tales he hopes may save his life!

A dynamic physical theatre adaptation of Gotthold Lessing’s eighteenth century play celebrating religious tolerance.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word – One-man show / Actor/Writer: Michael McEvoy / Director: Steven Canny

1613. England’s greatest playwright retires after a glittering career. A story unfolds - of religious intolerance, political intrigue, espionage… and literary genius. But what is the great secret he is so frightened to reveal?

“A fascinating production.“ Shakespeare Bulletin.

“Virtuoso one-man performance. Utterly convincing. The audience was enthralled. The most explosive confessional of literary history.“ Kentish Gazette.

“You cannot help being charmed.“ The Stage.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

A tale about friendship, football and the Angel of the North. A chance meeting at the Angel of the North rekindles an old footballing grudge between two rival schools. As the tale unfolds and the mood reaches fever pitch there’s only one way to settle the matter once and for all.

“Laugh out loud funny and moving... the company brilliantly tight as an ensemble.“

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A young Czech nurse has come to England to get to know the father she never met. She arrives too late as he has left the country, but she gets access to the flat where he was living and finds out all she had ever wished to know.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Musical/Comedic One Woman Show / Some use of language

Seeing is just the beginning - hearing is believing!

Gail Whitmore AKA The Human Jukebox knows a thousand songs across a host of eclectic genres. This show is your show too – call out your requests, don’t be shy … the Human Jukebox will perform them unaccompanied and from memory from her vast song book. The medley that caps the show – from opera to rap - must be seen to be believed!

Language: In English and Czech

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

“Can you feel it?
It is happening as I speak.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the words flying into your ear?
Not bullet speed.
Word speed.
Do you hear the words in your ear?”

I Love Guns is Stam vs O’Neill’s first international production. Using words as weapons and weapons as words, it unleashes an explosive power play between playwright and actress.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Music / Music & text based

Alasdair Bouch has built a devoted following for his tender, witty and honest alt-folk and melodic power-pop. His highly personal lyrics and impassioned delivery are best described as 'confessional blues'. This special candle-lit, accompanied acoustic performance draws songs from Alasdair's acclaimed debut solo album 'First Person Singular' and its band-led follow up 'Second Hand Lullabies'.

'Terrific... as if the ghost of Otis Redding has stumbled into the room" The Guardian

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Music / Some use of language

Fringe Favourite Andi Neate returns with a fist full of new songs and stories. She has supported an eclectic mix of performers from John Renbourne to KT Tunstall. Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury Festival, she released her 5th album ‘Crows, Rooks and Ravens’ last year to become ISSA winner 09’.

“Reinvents the idea of singer-songwriter and transports the audience into her very special world.” Critics Choice- Prague TV 09’

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A black comedy by award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian. Biting social commentary guaranteed to make you laugh at the most inappropriate things and question your own mental health. Over-the-top characters become caricatures of people we have all met in our lives and hope we will never see again.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Music / Text based but visual

Live music and specially commissioned projections will fill this beautiful Hussite church with an audio visual feast for the senses.

“…truly gorgeous music that is both sonically and emotionally vast in scope.” expats.cz

“How many times have you been alone in the jungle and heard someone pretending to be an airplane or an old carnival hand? You can relive that experience during a live performance of Ocean Versus Daughter.” Ken Nash

Language: --

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Physical Theatre / Some use of language

Overhead the bombs fall. Outside the soldiers hunt him and his ‘kind’ down. Deep in the basement of a deserted and derelict house Nathan – a Jew - hides. His only comfort is the tales he loved as a child, the tales of “Nathan the Wise” - tales he hopes may save his life!

A dynamic physical theatre adaptation of Gotthold Lessing’s eighteenth century play celebrating religious tolerance.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Spoken Word Theatre / Text based but visual

An intimate portrait of the unsung hero in Shakespeare’s life who despite abandonment struggles to keep faith in her husband and the vows they made. An extraordinary vision of Anne Hathaway’s life in Stratford while William becomes the world’s greatest playwright in London.

“Masterful – Vern Theissen’s script is indisputably great.” Vue Weekly, Canada

“Sampson fleshes out her character with a commitment rarely seen... Her portrayal is strong, humble and moving.” **** Time Out Hong Kong

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Theatre, comedy, physical theatre / Text based but visual

Hop aboard New York City’s public transport system with Safe Mode Productions. Rooted in the idea that real life makes the best stories Normalcy Has Been Restored is based on true events experienced by the company whilst using NYC public transportation. Known for their dry comedy and physical theatre, Safe Mode productions have wowed their base in NYC throughout their inaugural year, establishing themselves as a company that is unique and always entertaining.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Spoken Word – One-man show / Actor/Writer: Michael McEvoy / Director: Steven Canny

1613. England’s greatest playwright retires after a glittering career. A story unfolds - of religious intolerance, political intrigue, espionage… and literary genius. But what is the great secret he is so frightened to reveal?

“A fascinating production.“ Shakespeare Bulletin.

“Virtuoso one-man performance. Utterly convincing. The audience was enthralled. The most explosive confessional of literary history.“ Kentish Gazette.

“You cannot help being charmed.“ The Stage.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

A tale about friendship, football and the Angel of the North. A chance meeting at the Angel of the North rekindles an old footballing grudge between two rival schools. As the tale unfolds and the mood reaches fever pitch there’s only one way to settle the matter once and for all.

“Laugh out loud funny and moving... the company brilliantly tight as an ensemble.“

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for the whole family

Genre: Satire / Text based

Winner of last year’s Inspiration Award, Bad Soviet Habits returns with The Heart of a Dog. Derived from Bulgakov’s novel, the satire is updated and combined with U.S. cultural history. Co-creators Andy North and Kurt Hartwig share four characters in the story of the innocent dog Shardik who becomes a less than innocent man. Morality, curiosity, and a deep sense of the ridiculous illuminate our common sense of humanity.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for teens and adults

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A young Czech nurse has come to England to get to know the father she never met. She arrives too late as he has left the country, but she gets access to the flat where he was living and finds out all she had ever wished to know.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Physical Theatre / Non verbal

Every being was nothing but a phantom. Direct from Japan, a unique opportunity to witness this captivating tale Kaguya based on the most ancient of Japanese folktales, Taketori Monogatari (The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter).

"Listen to me. To tell the truth, I was born on the moon. I must return to the moon on the night, when they will come to me."

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Musical/Comedic One Woman Show / Some use of language

Seeing is just the beginning - hearing is believing!

Gail Whitmore AKA The Human Jukebox knows a thousand songs across a host of eclectic genres. This show is your show too – call out your requests, don’t be shy … the Human Jukebox will perform them unaccompanied and from memory from her vast song book. The medley that caps the show – from opera to rap - must be seen to be believed!

Language: In English and Czech

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre / Text based but visual

The traditional Sealskin story interwoven with personal biography and family history as a brother and sister re-visit events that both bind and separate them.

“A dream-like tale of blue-moon nights and underwater adventure contrasts with the problems of 21st century communication. Excellent use of movement and song - the performers are believable and dynamic. A highly captivating experience.” Behind The Fringe

Winners of the Creative Award, Prague Fringe Festival 2009

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Theatre/Multi-Media / Text based but visual

Black Moon Theatre Company's seductive and visually striking adaptation of Dante’s Inferno, directed by internationally acclaimed director, Rene Migliaccio, redefines traditional boundaries and offers a haunting and thought provoking examination of our own humanity.

"An Impressive Performance." TimeOut New York

"Earnest Performance." The Village Voice

"Undeniably a Work of Profound Visual Beauty." Backstage

Language: In Italian with English Intertitles

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Little use of language

Dr. Brown, visual and surreal comedy extraordinaire, brings light to the imaginations of Prague citizens for a second time after a sold-out Edinburgh (2009), Prague (2009), and Australian (2010) Fringe Circuit tour.

"He extends awkward moments to their absolute maximum and then some... This show is completely bizarre." 4-stars, Brighton Fringe 2009.

"I've never seen anything like it. Never in fact." Pick of The Prague Fringe 2009.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A joke is a serious matter; fortunately you are allowed to laugh. On August 3rd 1966, the year Lennon claims The Beatles are more popular than Jesus Christ, comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead on his bathroom floor. He was a jazz trumpetist, using a mic instead of a trumpet.

A play about the reason why you lose everything when you lose your sense of humor.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only / Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

“Can you feel it?
It is happening as I speak.
Can you feel it?
Can you feel the words flying into your ear?
Not bullet speed.
Word speed.
Do you hear the words in your ear?”

I Love Guns is Stam vs O’Neill’s first international production. Using words as weapons and weapons as words, it unleashes an explosive power play between playwright and actress.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Physical/Dance/Puppet Theatre / Non-verbal

Poste Restante is a mix of acrobatics, paper, laughter, dance, flight, puppetry, longing, and film all stuffed neatly into a box.  The Secret Agents construct a madly inventive yet simple world, and take you on a surreal and tumultuous ride.   Winner of Best Physical Comedy and Best of Fringe at the San Francisco Fringe Festival. 

“Breathtakingly simple,” The Boston Globe. 

Audience rave:  “Both visually stunning and emotionally moving.”

Language: Non-verbal

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Drama / Text based

After hugely successful productions of Waiting for Godot and Endgame, AC Productions continue to explore the world of Samuel Beckett. In Beckett’s most personal, haunting and poetic play the 69 year old Krapp sits alone in his den listening to a tape of his 39 year old self recalling a year his mother died and also the year he bade “farewell to love” and the year he had his “vision”.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+

Genre: Music / Music & text based

Alasdair Bouch has built a devoted following for his tender, witty and honest alt-folk and melodic power-pop. His highly personal lyrics and impassioned delivery are best described as 'confessional blues'. This special candle-lit, accompanied acoustic performance draws songs from Alasdair's acclaimed debut solo album 'First Person Singular' and its band-led follow up 'Second Hand Lullabies'.

'Terrific... as if the ghost of Otis Redding has stumbled into the room" The Guardian

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Comedy/Physical Theatre / Text based but visual

The award-winning Flick Ferdinando unleashes a stable of unstable characters into a deliciously dark physical comedy where the horse obsessed become the horse possessed. HORSE is visually arresting, subtly seditious and just a little bit risqué.

“Expect to be entertained, expect to be disturbed and expect to laugh a lot.” Three Weeks, Edinburgh

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 14+

Genre: Music / Some use of language

Fringe Favourite Andi Neate returns with a fist full of new songs and stories. She has supported an eclectic mix of performers from John Renbourne to KT Tunstall. Performing at the Edinburgh Fringe and Glastonbury Festival, she released her 5th album ‘Crows, Rooks and Ravens’ last year to become ISSA winner 09’.

“Reinvents the idea of singer-songwriter and transports the audience into her very special world.” Critics Choice- Prague TV 09’

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Live art/performance / Almost no use of language

In the early morning there we are standing at the packed car I borrowed from my parents. Sophie with her sleepy eyes and her pillow under her arm, and me hyped by the caffeine from two strong cups of coffee my neighbour offered me; end destination a care-free holiday at the typically Dutch family camping Zandzicht. Ha! As if!

A delightful, perfectly humoured quirky journey with Bert Hana

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for adults only

Genre: Comedy / Text based

A black comedy by award-winning playwright Eric Bogosian. Biting social commentary guaranteed to make you laugh at the most inappropriate things and question your own mental health. Over-the-top characters become caricatures of people we have all met in our lives and hope we will never see again.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Contains strong language

Genre: Theatre / Text based

A brilliant modern adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s heartbreaking story, The Kiss. This one-woman show takes us on the personal roller-coaster journey of a woman whose sensual desire, long-ago cooled by age and gravity, is suddenly rekindled by a passionate kiss. As her reason does internal battle with her beating heart’s passion, we witness her intimate dance with memory, fantasy, and reality.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Music / Text based but visual

Live music and specially commissioned projections will fill this beautiful Hussite church with an audio visual feast for the senses.

“…truly gorgeous music that is both sonically and emotionally vast in scope.” expats.cz

“How many times have you been alone in the jungle and heard someone pretending to be an airplane or an old carnival hand? You can relive that experience during a live performance of Ocean Versus Daughter.” Ken Nash

Language: --

Age accessibility: Suitable for all

Genre: Theatre/Dance / Text based but visual

Spirit of the Fringe winners 2009, these purveyors of the great Canadian story-telling tradition return to Prague!

The Tumbler family snow removal service is bustling in light of the holiday season. Cybil's main priority is tending to the annual Christmas party while Jackie is just trying to do his best to help out. When Benny's girlfriend suddenly vanishes in the bitter snow, it leaves this small family to assume the worst.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for all ages

Genre: Theatre/Multimedia/Physical Theatre / Some use of language

A mute Orestes and disturbed Elektra try to reclaim their memories while hiding from an unstoppable force. In a wasteland of dreams, identity is slippery and nothing is as it seems. In this radical reworking of Aeschylus, La Rinascita fuses live performance with interactive multimedia to create an unforgettable world where ghosts have power and terror takes physical form.

Language: In English

Age accessibility: Suitable for ages 12+