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Friends, the last day of the festival is upon us!
PROGRAMME for Tuesday 18.7. ///// Please note - today we start half an hour later, i.e. at 16.30. Stage at Marianske namesti: 16:30 Chris Iris - Gap of 42 /de/: Two unstable bodies in a stunning acrobatic interaction. 42 centimetres and 42 kilograms separate them. A gap that is not a barrier,on the contrary. ////// 17:00 Hippana.Maleta - Tunnel /de+irl/. Its distinctive means of expression is juggling and unexpected manipulation of various objects. /////// Holešovice Market Hall: 18:30 Chris Iris - Gap of 42 /de/ /////// 19:30 Hippana.Maleta - Tunnel /de+irl/ ////// 20:30 Peter Šavel & kol. - Altalicious. Or a party? A dance party? Let's say goodbye together to the 15th edition of the festival Behind the Door!......
Program for Sunday 16.7. - Family Day!
Sunday afternoon will be guided by actor, puppeteer, performer and moderator Vítek Maštalíř //////// 16:00 - 19:00 Erika Čičmanová - art workshop: let's create something nice and fun. In the workshop for children and adults we will make pinwheels! It takes a little patience and we have a beautiful souvenir from the festival. //////// 16:00 - 19:00 Long Vehicle Circus - stilt workshops. //////// 16:00 - 19:00 V.O.S.A. Theater - Fish: Cheerful, playful and above all huge fish puppets are literally sailing through Europe this year! And today they are coming to us! //////// 16:30 - 19:30 Le Cabaret Nomade - Nidos. A 5 minute performance for one audience member, don't forget to book your seat at our info booth. //////// 17:00 Pavel Šmíd's Theatre - A Windy Tale: A communicative puppet show with songs and sweet humour. "Who is the king of the wind and where does he live? Where is...
Free water!
Dear viewers, it's going to be hot today - what are we going to do about it? 💦 A water mist will be installed in the Holešovice Market Hall. 💧 There will be free drinking water for everyone! 👒 Don't forget your headgear. ☝️ Follow the recommendations of experts and be careful!
Programme for Saturday 15.7.:
Today we will be in the Holešovice market all day ///////////// 16:00 - 19:00 LE CABARET NOMADE - Nidos: Authentic stories and object theatre - three actresses from three countries respond to the theme of home. A 5 minute performance for one audience member, don't forget to reserve your seat at our info booth. //////////// 16:30 Storytelling CZ - Storytelling Jukebox vol. I: Let's engage our own imagination, thoughts, experiences and ideas. Let's wake up the stories! ///////////// 17:00 Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Academy of Arts in Banská Bystrica - Where was there was /sk/: What if Little Red Riding Hood never meets a wolf, doesn't wander through the forest, but travels on the subway in New York? /////////// 18:00 Johnny & Jenny - J.O.E.: What would it be like if a child had a robotic companion that was so nearly perfect that it could eerily take the place of a "normal parent"? /////////////// 19:00 Storytelling CZ - Storytelling Jukebox vol. II: Rediscovering the deeply rooted tradition of storytelling. The story does not take place in front of...
Introducing the performers: Holektiv
Performance: MASS.K //////////// An energetic street show attacking the search for one's own self in today's virtual world. MASS.K works with masks as attributes, tools for transforming our own identity into forms that are our own or that we want to hide behind. It is a project revealing hidden desires, inner moments and taboos. The production also refers to the intense incorporation of masks as part of our lives during the Covid-19 pandemic, when they protected, hid and decorated us at the same time. ////// To be seen on Friday, July 14 at 6:30pm at Holešovice Market Hall.
Programme for Friday 14.7.:
MARIÁNSKÉ NÁMĚSTÍ: 16:30 Brothers in a Trick - Postmen: Undeliverable mail doesn't exist for them, size doesn't matter, they'll pack and wrap any one. In a Brothers in Trick envelope, fun for the whole family is delivered! ////////////// HOLEŠOVICE MARKET: 18:30 Change of programme - Holektiv: MASS.K: An energetic street show attacking the search for one's own self in today's virtual world. ////////////// 19:30 Cia. Manolo Alcantara - Maña /e/ Masterful object manipulation. The performance is both an installation and a choreography. Before your eyes, without the use of fasteners, an architectural work will be created... ////////////// 20:30 Celest & Charles - concert: Hot blood of the Czech music scene! The band's original work is genre-blending between funk, R&B and disco.
Programme for Thursday 13.7.:
Today we will be in the Holešovice market all day again. ////////// 18:30 Brothers in a Trick - Postmen: Prague premiere! Undeliverable parcels don't exist for them, the size doesn't matter, they pack and wrap each one. In the envelope of Brothers in a Trick, fun for the whole family is delivered! /////////// 8:00 P.M. PROGRAM CHANGE - V.O.S.A. Theatre - Second Step / Work in Progress/: Shards of the First Step...Delicate acrobatics hand in hand with ancient stories told between the worlds of our dreams and memories. /////////// 21:30 Blackout Paradox - Recombination: expect a fiery performance with lots of pyrotechnic effects, an overly enthusiastic scientist and smouldering mechanical creatures. //////////// Entry is free.
LET'S GET STARTED!
The first day of the festival takes place in the Holešovice Market Hall and the programme is as follows: 18:30 Cia. Manolo Alcantara - Maña: Masterful Object Manipulation. The performance is both an installation and choreography. Before your eyes, without the use of fasteners, an architectural work is created... ////// 20:00 Concert Kalle /alternative, post-rock/. ////// 21:30 OPENING: Jakub Vedral & V.O.S.A. Theatre - První krok / Work in progress /.
As part of the change of programme
on the first day of the festival the music group Kalle will perform! Holders of the Czech music awards Vinyla and Anděl, Veronika Zemanová and David Zeman, will refresh the Wednesday programme through their ambient magical sound. Kalle will take us to the mysterious world of red lakes and mysterious forest walks. Paradoxically, their cool concentration does not lack a strong atmospheric passion. For if David is water, Veronika is fire. The symbiosis of these elements is something quite unique in this musical fusion in our context. //// Kalle will play on Wednesday 12th July at 20:00 in the Holešovice Market Hall.
Dear viewers,
Tripotes La Compagnie will unfortunately not perform at the Za dveřmi festival due to an injury. We are very sorry and wish you a speedy recovery! //// We will publish the replacement programme soon! //// Stay tuned !
There may be a grand party...
The festival starts on Wednesday 12.7., but we would like to entice you to the very end. Will it be a show? Or a party? A dance party? The absolutely unique performance ALTALICOUS by the leading Slovak choreographer and dancer Peter Šavel will sweep you away with its immediate atmosphere. "We start with the music, the ubiquitous beat and the shaping energy. We vibrate the space. We can shine through the whole space. We can be silver, purple, golden green, glittering like stardust. We charge our hearts with rhythm. It can be a spectacular party..." /// Tuesday 18.7.2023 20:30 /// Holešovická tržnice
Introducing the performers: Le Cabaret Nomade
Performance: Nidos // Authentic stories and object theatre - three actresses from three countries respond to the theme of home. Home can be stable and fixed, but it can also be mobile and on wheels. And that is what the creators of the project have chosen as a place to meet the audience. The caravan represents travel and movement, but also home and a nest that travels through space and time. //// The caravan is closed and the audience enters one by one. Each viewer experiences a 5 minute story all to themselves. //// Holešovická tržnice - Saturday 15.7.2023 16:00 - 19:00 and Sunday 16.7.2023 16:30 - 19:30
Workshop of juggling and object manipulation with Hippana.Maleta
The German-Irish ensemble Hippana.Maleta (Jonas Schiffauer and Alex Allison) is one of the progressive young ensembles that inspire the emerging wave of new-circus artists with their original movement and technical statements. Especially in their dominant means of expression, which is juggling and object manipulation, they fully present their artistic virtuosity. // WHEN?Tue 18 July 2023 11.00 - 12.00 // Registration is required for the workshop - applications and more information at misha@artprometheus.cz //
Introducing the performers: Storytelling CZ
Storytelling Jukebox //// Let's engage our own imagination, thoughts, experiences and ideas. Live storytelling is a distinctively original method that is close to stand-up comedy or slam poetry. Let's listen to magical, playful, (sometimes) scary, fairy tales and many other stories from the work of professional storytellers from story-telling.cz What stories you hear will be up to you. Your guides will be storytellers Justin Svoboda and Jiří Šmirk aka Pírko.
Introducing the performers: Brothers in a Trick
Performance: The Postmen - Prague Premiere ///// Their turf is the branch, the pace of their stamps is murderous. Undeliverable mail doesn't exist for them, the size doesn't matter, they pack and wrap every one. In a playful show full of situational humour, improvisation and elements of the new circus, return to a time when love letters were still being delivered from letterboxes on wings of love by the Postmen. And that sometimes the addressee is unknown? Never mind. In the envelope of Brothers in Tights, fun for the whole family is delivered!
Introducing the performers: Orchestra Péro za kloboukem
Guaranteed authentic street shramlband, reproducing with unprecedented commitment anytime and anywhere old evergreens, folk or folk songs, classical melodies, as well as songs from their own drawer. The production usually becomes a performance where the audience is often an integral part of it. The orchestra will play on Sunday 16 July 2023 at 20:30 in the Holešovice Market Hall.
Introducing the performers: Celest & Charles
The hot blood of the Czech music scene that has been flowing in the veins of this ten-member line-up since 2019 has surprised many a listener. The original work of Celest & Charles blends genres between funk, R&B and disco. The popular musical stalwart of the ZA DVEŘMI festival, the band Celest & Charles will perform on Friday, July 14 at 20:30 on the stage in the Holešovice Market Hall.
Introducing the performers: AirGym Art Company
Performance: Šerosvět / Chiaroscuro ///// Five acrobats, paired acrobatics, but not quite paired, suspended acrobatics using props and techniques you may not have seen in any performance before, meaningfully incorporated clownery and most importantly an attempt to create a unique fantasy environment without the use of illustrative props - this is all Chiaroscuro. That's all the Chiaroscuro World - and you are cordially invited there!
Introducing the performers: Hippana.Maleta
Performance: Tunnel // German-Irish Hippana.Maleta is one of the progressive young troupes that inspires the emerging wave of new circus artists with its original movement and technical statement. Its distinctive means of expression is juggling or manipulation of various objects. "Juggling is a language. " Tunnel is a performance of dreams and ambitions. Two friends with the desire to get out of the tunnel. With the desire to celebrate, to live one moment of invincibility, to sacrifice and be accepted. The Tunnel is an invitation to journey into their world where the dream to rise faces the fear of persecution.
Where can you find us in the Holešovice market?
The 15th edition of the street theatre festival Za dveřmi takes place in Prague 7 in Holešovice Market Hall and also in Prague 1 on Mariánské náměstí. You can't miss us at Mariánské, but if you don't want to get lost in the Holešovice market, take a look at the map. Festival Za dveřmi will be held in a large area between halls 25 and 24, near the entrance from Bubenský nábřeží.
Introducing the performers: Johnny & Jenny
Introducing: J.O.E. // J.O.E. and Rue are an inseparable duo. J.O.E. is a robot who will do anything he can think of for Rue. He's always up for any new game, makes sure she's eating right, knows how to treat, entertain, in short, he's the best. At least until Rue starts testing the boundaries of their friendship. Performer and improviser Jonatan Vnoucek and dancer and performer Michaela Stará aka Johnny & Jenny bring their new family show. Through playfulness, physical action and comedy, they gently highlight the pros or potential cons that modern technology can present in a child's world.
Introducing the performers: Cia. Manolo Alcántara
MAÑA // Manolo Alcántara is from Catalonia and, as he says, a self-taught circus performer. He creates based on intuition, curiosity and his life journey. He feels he is first and foremost an artisan. He makes his own scenographic elements. And it is the transformation from craftsman to artist and the process of passing on the craft knowledge from ancestors to descendants that is the theme of the award-winning performance MAŇA. It is a performative installation whose central motif is the ingenuity and timelessness of universal building elements, seen through an artistic and artisanal lens. The construction is a choreography based on the principle of economy of movement and effort. " My father taught me how to build vaults, and MAÑA is the way I would teach my son to build them "
Introducing the performers: Blackout Paradox
Performance: Recombination // Blackout Paradox has been working in the field of flow arts and street theatre since 2017. Their fiery grotesque Recombination is about a genius professor AE's quest to master the laws of nature and create better and more perfect beings than humanity itself. However, his experiment gets out of hand... Expect a humorous fireshow with lots of fire and pyrotechnic effects, an over-enthusiastic scientist and smouldering mechanical creatures.
Where will we see you this year?
Construction in Prague is in an unprecedented boom and we have no choice but to adapt to this situation. Therefore, this year's 15th edition of the Prague street theatre festival Za dveřmi will take place in the Holešovice Market Hall in Prague 7! This year we will also meet at Mariánské náměstí in Prague 1! www.holesovickatrznice.cz & www.mojemarianske.cz
Introducing the performers: Chris & Iris
Performance: GAP of 42 // Two unstable bodies in acrobatic interaction. 42 centimeters and 42 kilograms separate them. A difference that is not a barrier, but rather connects and creates new possibilities. Chris and Iris met at the Academy of Circus and Performing Arts in Tilburg, Holland. GAP of 42 is a compilation of contemporary circus, physical theatre, dance and object theatre. Chris and Iris perform amazing acrobatic feats with precision and ease in a moving, poetic and original performance.
Introducing the performers: Cirkus TeTy
Performance: Narušení // Independent new circus ensemble, founded in 2011 by performers Pavla Rožníčková and Kateřina Klusáková The production Narušení is inspired by elements of absurd drama and moves between new circus and physical theatre. It uses techniques of aerial acrobatics on a golden suspended chair. Directed by Ondřej Holba, we will see Pavla Rožníčková and Veronika Smolková.
Introducing the performers: Tripotes la Compagnie
Performance: Encore une fois // Julio Calero Ferre, Daniel Torralbo Pérez and Gianna Sutterlet specialize in pair acrobatics and also in one of the most difficult circus disciplines - acrobatics on the teeterboard. In the energetic and playful show Encore une fois ("One more time") they perform incredible acrobatic feats that defy gravity. The performance is accompanied by a musical backdrop, live with the sounds of the teeterboard itself and the sounds of ping pong balls, which the acrobats casually juggle with their mouths.
Behind the door 2023
Ladies & Gentlemen, Friends & Comrades! The 15th edition of the Prague street theatre festival Za dveřmi already knows its date! Put July 12 - 18, 2023 in your calendars! Seven days of theatre, new circus, concerts and joyful meetings in the open air await us!
Thank you!
And we hope you enjoyed the festival at least half as much as we did. Thank you to everyone who made the first last effort to make it happen again. A big thank you to all the wonderful performers, of course! Behind the Door has been a dream come true for 14 years, thanks to you, the visitors. In the next few days we will be adding photos that Anna Šolcová has been tirelessly taking all week. You can find them in the gallery and on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/zadvermi
Last day of the festival!
Friends, we have a load of street performances for you today too! We start with the Brothers in Trick at Marianske namesti - at 16:30 you will see the Pig Circus. We continue at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice with the Irregular Theatre Ensemble - their street show Welcome to stupidity starts at 17:30 and will be repeated at 19:30. At 5.30pm today the doors of Moetivi Caravan will open - you will be able to take the Expedition to Home at 7pm. Don't miss Holektiv and their Spiking Lesson at 6:30pm. We'll end the day and the festival with a concert by the nine-piece brass band TooT Ensemble! Ladies & gentlemen, girls & boys, we look forward to seeing you!
We awaken stories
Monday belongs to EXPO Echoes! We will start with a theatrical parade, which will start at 3 pm at Mariánské náměstí. At the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice today you will see the performance V.O.S.A. Theatre and Brothers in a Trick. They will be complemented by a concert by Thom Artway accompanied by dancer Brian Lean, and the end will belong to the band Floex, which includes the cute robot Josef. All this will take place against the backdrop of glowing installations by LightLab.
Fifth day - Sunday 17.7.
Sunday also belongs to workshops! Brothers in Trick will teach you how to juggle, with Long Vehicle Circus you can try walking on stilts and with Holektiv has ballet lessons for you! We start at 16.30 at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice.
Fourth day - Saturday 16.7.
Dear viewers, to all of you who have decided to dedicate your precious Friday evening to street theatre, we thank you and we hope that you will not regret your decision. Tonight's PROGRAM: 16:30 FysioART - Lost and Found / Mariánské nám. 18:00 Gledališče Ane Monró - Zadnji ulov /si / Výstaviště Praha 19:00 Storytelling / Výstaviště Praha 20:00 Balaton 1982 /v4 / Výstaviště Praha 21:00 Brothers in Trick - Brothers Special / Výstaviště Praha
Third day of the festival - Friday 15.7.
Dear viewers, don't forget that today at 7 pm at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice is the performance of Cha Cha Chabelita by Vous Revoir, which we were forced to move to today! Have fun!
Second day of the festival
The weather was a bit of a problem, but you didn't give up and, equipped with umbrellas and determination, you enjoyed the second day of the festival together with us and the artists!
Launch
Friends, thank you for the great turnout and the great atmosphere you created during the first day of the festival!
Only two days left until the start of the Za dveřmi Festival!
The cultural experience of the street theatre will be enhanced by selected street refreshments! As in previous years, the Alotrium will bring its tent, which will include a music stage in addition to the famous bar. You'll be fed by the popular Belgian Fries, the renowned Fire Food Truck and its little brother the Steak and Cheese Truck. You'll also have a happy tummy after a visit to the nearby friendly Artycok Bistro. The street festival Behind the Door thinks of everything!
Accompanying programme:
This year there will also be an accompanying programme of workshops and fun activities! >The acrobatic group Holektiv will give you the opportunity to experience a nutritious ballet training on your own body at the end of their latest performance, Lessons of Spiking! Sunday 17.7. and Tuesday 19.7. from 18:30 at the Prague Exhibition Centre >>Workshop of juggling prepared for you by Brothers in Trick ! Come and learn some tricks with the biggest pros. Sunday 17.7. from 16.30 to 19:30 at the Exhibition Grounds in Prague >>>> The stilt-walking workshop is organized by the gentlemen from Long Vehicle Circus . Sunday 17.7. from 16.30 to 19:30 at the Prague Exhibition Grounds >>>> The ultimate circus experience awaits you in MansterVille! Move your own body with the giant MansterWheel circus wheel! Sunday 17.7. from 16.30 to 18:30 at the Exhibition Grounds Prague
And the music again!
Let's go back to the music programme: TooT Ensemble will not be lost even in a crowded square! The nine-member brass band TooT Ensemble is inspired by various genres of electronic dance music and the current wave of bands playing live EDM such as Meute, Moon Hooch and Too Many Zooz. However, you won't see any remakes - this is purely original music. Toot Ensemble consists of a six-piece brass section and an uncompromising drum trio. It will get everyone across all ages, cultures and interests dancing. Their concert will be the musical icing on the cake at the end of the festival. You will see/hear: Tuesday 19.7. from 20.30 - concert, Výstaviště Praha
The Moetivi Caravan project is street theatre in a compact edition
The performance by Dominika Špalková and Bára Ungerová for families with children takes place in a specially adapted caravan, which is also an art installation. The authors were looking for an answer to the question of what is home and what makes it. Dominika: Home for me is boiling water in a kettle and a radio on. Bára: Home for me is bread and butter. And what is home for you? Maybe home is wherever we are. A project that enters the landscape and tradition. An expedition into the essence of what makes a home a home. You will see it at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice: Sunday, July 17 at 16:30, 18:00, 19:30 and 21:00. Tuesday 19 July at 17:30 and 19:00
Welcome to 1982
Balaton 1982 is an interactive non-verbal street theatre with a bit of nostalgia and satire, and at the same time a small satirical excursion into the uniformity, music and fashion of the 1980s: Lake Balaton is a paradise for holidaymakers from Eastern Bloc countries and its waters are supposed to be a substitute for the ocean for people from socialist countries. The paddleboat rides on waves of humour and situational gags. The times are strange, but life must be lived. Nekem and Balaton and Riviera! You'll see: Thursday 14.7. from 20.00 at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice Friday 15.7. from 18.00 at Mariánské náměstí Saturday 16.7. from 20.00 at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice
FysioART: Lost and found
Who owns the lost item? And whose is/who is the lost entity? The Lost and Found Scenic Bureau. A repository for temporarily abandoned items or souls? Hana Strejčková specializes in working with masks and together with Barbora Ješutová she gives them a unique expression through posture and all other possibilities of body and movement. Every nervous tap of the fingers or shrug of the shoulders gives away a whole sentence and a range of feelings. Expressive masks with melancholic expressions were used by both actresses to portray the image of two fragilely insecure beings hiding from the outside world amidst an oasis of forgotten or lost objects. Anyone with a touch of the archivist or collector in them must sympathise, but also reflect on their own potential dependence. You'll see: Saturday, 16 July at 4.30 pm at Marian Square
Aerial acrobatics with insight
Five acrobats, five different circus schools, one central theme - the acrobatic circle. From beginning to end, the performance Cha cha Chabelita by the Vous Revoir troupe shatters conventional ideas about aerial acrobatics. You won't be deprived of beautiful imagery with an emphasis on skill and technique, but don't expect a glitzy gala show. Humour and insight permeate the performance, the narrative is one of cohesion and sisterhood. Not everything will be in the air, not everything will be about grace and gaudiness. Aerial acrobatics will not be what we expect. You will see at the Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice: Wednesday 13.7. from 19:30 Thursday 14.7. from 21:00
Drak Theatre presents:
Once upon a time there was a little girl who wore a red bonnet on her head, and that's why nobody called her anything but Little Red Riding Hood... A Czech-Ukrainian production of a classic fairy tale that is well known to children and adults in both countries. It is performed by two actors. Marina lives in Kiev, Petr in Divets. They came together to tell the same story. But Marina speaks Ukrainian and Petr speaks Czech. And each of them knows the story a little differently. It seems that in order to reach a happy ending, they have no choice but to agree. The production Červená Karkulka / Червона шапочка is intended for audiences aged 3 and up. It is performed in Czech and Ukrainian. You will see: Sunday 17.7. at 17:30, Výstaviště Praha
The program is finished!
Dear friends, If you are planning to stay in Prague from 13 to 19 July or, on the contrary, visit Prague, we guarantee you a refreshing cultural experience! Acrobatics in various forms and on incredible machines, clownery, fairy tales, fire shows, giant puppets, juggling and stilt walking workshops, concerts and good food & drink. All of this will take place in close proximity to the imposing Industrial Palace and the beautiful Stromovka Park, as well as in the centre of Prague on Marianske and Old Town Squares. Take a look at the Programme section!
There's music outside the door!
The musical programme of the festival will be presented by the ten-member band Celest & Charles. The hot blood of the Czech music scene entertained us and you last year at the Za dverimi festival. This year, they will be delighting us with their original work, which blends funk, R&B and disco, on the first day of the festival. We recommend dancing shoes! You will see/hear: Wednesday 13.7. from 20.30 - concert, Výstaviště Praha
Brothers in tights!
The popular duo Jarchovský, Jelínek, known in the Czech Republic and worldwide as Brothers in Trick, have been a part of the Za Dveřmi festival for many years! Expect a humorous plot with a good dose of masterful juggling. This innovative cultural ensemble will direct titles such as Pig Circus, Brothers Special and juggling workshops. You can also look forward to the Jogging Odyssey, which will be part of the programme of the Echoes of the Czech National Day at the Dubai EXPO. You will see at the Prague Exhibition Centre: Saturday 16.7. from 21.00 - Brothers Special Sunday 17.7. from 16.30 to 19.30 - Juggling workshops Monday 18.7. from 18.00 - Cross-country Odyssey You will see at Marianske Square: Tuesday 19.7. from 16.30 - Pig Circus
Vertical Wall Dance
In the hot summer we bring fresh air to the capital! We are preparing a very airy spectacle for the opening of the street theatre festival. So exercise your neck muscles - you will need to keep your head slightly bent and your attention focused on the wall of the Old Town Hall, where a performance by talented acrobats from Prague's AirGym Art Company will take place at a height of nearly 50 metres. Wednesday 13 July / starting at 16:15, 17:15 and 18:15, Old Town Square.
Dear viewers,
You create the atmosphere of the festival! And we thank you for it!! We are honored to be with you every year!!!
Who can you look forward to this year?
MansterVille, Blackout Paradox, Brothers in Trick, Floex, Cha Cha Chabelita (FR), V.O.S.A. Theatre, Celest & Charles, Storytelling, TooT Ensemble, AirGym Company, Balaton 1982, Thom Artway + Brian Lean, Long Vehicle Circus, Spielraum Kollektiv and others. We will publish the full programme soon. Entrance to the program is free!
The 2022 summer edition is just around the corner!
The 14th Prague Street Theatre Festival will take place from 13 - 19 July 2022
3rd Sunday of Advent
It is slowly becoming a tradition in Prague that Advent is brought to life by angelic actors who, during their walks through the city in gentle performances, bring people micro-stories of peace, hope and ordinary miracles. This coming Sunday, we have chosen to take an angelic walk through iconic places, so in the afternoon, between 3 pm and 6 pm, we can meet together at Kampa, Prague Castle, Charles Bridge or Old Town Square.
Advent meeting
Dear friends, just like last year, every Advent Sunday, tall angels will walk through the centre of Prague and hopefully delight those they meet. However, like last year, due to government regulations, we cannot tell you when and where they will be walking. We cannot organize a mass event, but we are free to walk in costume symbolizing Advent and hope. Have a wonderful holiday.
NEWS FROM THE EXHIBITION CENTRE:
Theatre EXPOedition takes place every evening until Thursday at the Holešovice Exhibition Centre. We apologize for the error on the website after clicking on the programme.
Reservations for all Le Cabaret Nomade times are filled!
Thank you!!!
Squadra Sua and the premiere.
We are very pleased that Squadra Sua will present the premiere of their brand new street clown grotesque Bezdéčka - a comic-tragic play about three fellow inmates who need little to nothing... Arrive on 10 or 11 July at the Exhibition Grounds.
We have added to the programme!
Check out this year's programme on the website! There will be flying in the air, riding on giant puppets, juggling, dancing and singing. Every day of the festival you will be able to see a dozen artists and we will be with them! Check out what you can expect at this year's festival. We'll be editing the site as we go along and adding more information. Change of the programme is subject to change.
For the thirteenth time!
July will be alive with street theatre for the thirteenth time! During the 8 days of the festival you will see 35 theatre performances, concerts and street performances by twenty Czech companies as well as artists from abroad. Are you as excited as we are?
Acrobatic balloon in front of the Industrial Palace
An acrobatic balloon in front of the Industrial Palace, a several-metre high lion under the Old Town Tower accompanied by dancers or an unprecedented circus show full of bizarre stories performed by CIRCUS NOSTALGIE. This is not only what we are preparing for you during Behind the Door / 13th Prague Street Theatre Festival. From 8th to 15th July! We look forward to seeing you!
At the door for the thirteenth time!
For the third time we look forward to seeing you from 8 to 15 July at the Prague Exhibition Centre and on the streets. Come and enjoy the open-air theatre at Behind the Door / 13th Prague Street Theatre Festival. This year in front of the Industrial Palace.
The 13th edition is here!
We are extremely happy! The 13th Prague Street Theatre Festival will take place 8 - 15 July 2021 at the Prague Exhibition Grounds in Holešovice - this time in a part of the area in front of the Industrial Palace and further in the city centre, We are looking forward to seeing you!
Thank you for the first winter edition!
Dear friends, tomorrow we say goodbye to you for this year. We have experienced together a beautiful summer edition and equally beautiful winter meetings, we have proved that live art is an integral inner need of each of us, that the partnership of performer and spectator, here and now, is the most and no screen can replace it. As PES is already growling at us again, tomorrow we will not go out with our big puppet, but will say goodbye in chance encounters with angel walkers. With the hope that joy, reason and respect will accompany us next year, we thank you very much for your goodwill and look forward to it. Festival Team: Míša, Dominika, Jakub, Honza, Matěj
Winter edition 2020!
With the end of the year approaching, we have decided to bring the winter edition of the street theatre festival Behind the Door to the world. We will face the dark evenings and hardships with light and hope. We will make the Advent time in the capital more enjoyable with several special performances and installations that will take place in different places of the metropolis during Advent. The main part of the programme will take place from 6 to 13 December at the Prague Market Hall. You can look forward to giant puppets, great artists and musicians, as well as unexpected surprises in unexpected places. Due to the difficult situation, we ask for your understanding that the exact programme of the winter edition is not given, we are creating it for you today and every day following the current governmental measures. We believe in the light at the end of the tunnel, we believe in the power of a common idea, we believe that better times are ahead.