January 2005

Five-pointed star

The five-member group Alvik is currently one of the most melodic club bands you can hear in Prague. With Anya singing, Radim on flute, Petr on contrabass, Tio on drums, and Mishan designing the program and sound, Alvik gradually refined their music in small venues, jazz clubs, and later in larger halls to reach their current form – a musical style that’s easy to listen to and hard to define. Alvik channels nu-jazz, reflecting the free atmosphere of lounge music, while pulsating to various tempos from abstract hiphop through broken beats to drum’n’bass.

Alvik, Palác Akropolis
January 13 at 19:30, tickets CZK 160, 180

Theater
7. 1. – Second Chapter, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
8. 1. – Kosmonautův poslední vzkaz ženě, kterou kdysi, v bývalém Sovětském svazu, miloval, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
9. 1. – Under the Blue Sky – public rehearsal, Divadlo Na zábradlí 11:00
10. 1. – Under the Blue Sky – I. premiere, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
10. 1. – Baronesses, Divadlo Kalich 19:00
11. 1. – Black Comedy, Divadlo na Fidlovačce 19:30
12. 1. – Old Masters, Divadlo Komedie – Pražské komorní divadlo 19:30
13. 1. – Gazdina roba, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
14. 1. – Ivanov, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
16. 1. – Perfect Days, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
18. 1. – Cellophane, Divadlo Reduta 19:30
19. 1. – Pictures from the French Revolution, Divadlo v Dlouhé 19:00
20. 1. – Black Comedy, Divadlo na Fidlovačce 19:30
22.-31. 1. – Caveman, Divadlo U hasičů 19:30
25. 1. – Afterplay, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
27. 1. – Uncle Vanya, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
28. 1. – Taxi to Eternity, Divadlo ABC 19:00
31. 1. – Fools and Lovers and Poets, Klub Lávka 19:00

Ballet
7.-8. 1. – Hong Kong Academy Dance Company, Ballet Praha Junior, Divadlo ABC 19:30
7.-8. 1. – International Week of Dance, Ballet Praha 19:30
7.-8. 1. – Deep Space, Divadlo Ponec 20.00
10. 1. – Ballet Praha Junior, Divadlo ABC 18:30
11. 1. – “Harvest 2004“, Divadlo ABC 19:30

Classical music
1.-27. 1. – Musica Praga, kostel sv. Martina ve zdi 17:00
1.-29. 1. – Prague Royal Orchestra, Betlémská kaple 19:00
7.-28. 1. – The Best of Czech and International Music, Obecní dům – Smetanova síň 20:00
13.-28. 1. – Czech Philharmonic, Rudolfinum – Dvořákova síň 19:30

Modern music
3.-27. 1. – Folklore Show – Dinner, Obecní dům – Plzeňská restaurace 21:00
7. 1. – Petr Kořínek Q, Reduta Jazz Club 21:30
14. 1. – Jana Koubková & EU Band, Agharta Jazz Centrum 21:00
16. 1. – Chuck Berry – “Rock & Roll Never Forgets“, Lucerna – Velký sál 19:30
17.-18. 1. – Jiří Stivín & Co., Agharta Jazz Centrum 21:00
19. 1. – Semtex, Gong 19:30
25. 1. – Karel Plíhal, Gong 19:30
26. 1. – Ondřej Havelka & His Melody Makers, Gong 19:30
27. 1. – Nezmaři, Gong 19:30

Family entertainment

6.-7. 1. – Excalibur, Divadlo Ta Fantastika 18:00,
7.-31. 1. – Three Musketeers, Divadlo Broadway 18:30 (Saturday and Sunday also at 14:30)
11.-14. 1. – Cats, Divadlo Milénium 19:00
13.-16. 1. – Miss Saigon, GoJa Music Hall 19:00 (Saturday and Sunday also at 14:30)
21.-23. 1. – Krysař, Divadlo Kalich 19:00
(Saturday and Sunday also at 15:00)
22. 1. – Divotvorný hrnec, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce 15:00, 19:30
26. 1. – Chicago, Hudební divadlo Karlín v Kongresovém centru Praha 19:00
28. 1. – “Noc na Karlštejně“, Hudební divadlo Karlín v Kongresovém centru Praha 19:00
30. 1. – Galileo, Divadlo Kalich 15:00

Sport

7. 1. – HC Sparta – Kladno, T-Mobile Arena 18:30
11. 1. – HC Sparta – Vsetín, T-Mobile Arena 18:30
14. 1. – HC Sparta – Jihlava, T-Mobile Arena 19:00
20. 1. – HC Sparta – Znojmo, T-Mobile Arena 18:30

 

Retrospective fantasy

This exhibition showcases the creative phases and artistic aspects of the versatile, multi-cultural artist Adolf Hoffmeister – caricaturist, illustrator, original collage designer, writer, poet, dramatist, diplomat, traveler, and art collector. The most noteworthy displays include primitivistic paintings, caricatures, and likenesses of high-profile personalities. Also on exhibit are materials never shown before, such as hundreds of collages from the end of the artist’s life and recently discovered drawings first exhibited during the war in the Museum of Fine Arts in New York, now on display for the first time in Prague.
Adolf Hoffmeister
Galerie hlavního města Prahy – Dům U Kamenného zvonua II. patro Staroměstské radnice
until February 20, 2005, open daily 10-18, entrance CZK 100, 20

 

Kaiser’s return

On 6 January, the first Czech feature film of 2005 will premiere. Shark in the Head is directed by Marie Procházková and stars Oldřich Kaiser, one of today’s most controversial actors. The entire film takes place in a small, ground-floor apartment and the street in front of its window. The apartment of the main protagonist, a pathetic loner with a “shark in his head,“ was the ideal set for filming. The film was shot in wide-angle format with three cameras, and features many digital visual effects.

Žralok v hlavě, pražské multiplexy
premiere January 6 at 8 pm

Dostoevsky a bit differently

A project by the Brno Husa na provázku theater, A Hundred Years of the Cobra, last season’s main event, now continues with a third part. On 12 and 15 January the troupe will present Raskolnikov – His Crime and His Punishment in Prague, on 13 and 18 January Count Myshkin is the Idiot, and on 14 and 17 January Demons – Stavrogin is the Devil. The project’s first three parts deal with men who can’t stand the notion that they’ve fallen short, and with women who try to pacify them and long for children with them. The fourth part, schedule for 2006, is devoted to the Brothers Karamazov and Petr Scherhaufer .

Divadlo Husa na provázku: Sto roků kobry, Divadlo Archa
January 12 to 17 at 8 pm, tickets CZK 180, 220

Tickets for these events may be purchased at any of TICKETPRO outlets,
on-line on www.ticketpro.cz or by phoning 296 329 999.
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