February 2005

Mapping an interior terrain

Glen Hansard’s stalwart band, The Frames, is making another trip from Ireland to Prague. Founded in 1990, the group went through both personnel and label changes in its early years. Nevertheless, it attracted a growing circle of listeners with its deeply emotive songs and energetic concerts. The band’s powerful presence is confirmed by two successful live albums – the first from 2002, called Breadcrumb Trial – and the latest from 2004, Set List. For this year the band has prepared its sixth album, to be released in early February, named Burn the Maps.

The Frames (Ir.), Divadlo Archa
Feb. 12 at 20:00, tickets CZK 330

Theater
4. 2. – Ještě žiju s věšákem, čepicí a plácačkou… Divadlo v Dlouhé 19:00
5. 2. – Ze života racků – premiere, Divadlo v Dlouhé 19:00
6. 2. – Bloody Christening or Drahomíra and Her Sons, Národní divadlo 20:00
7. 2. – Poprask na laguně, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce 19:30
8. 2. – První české divadlo na baterky: The Wedding, KD Kaštan 20:00
9. 2. – Caveman, Divadlo U hasičů 19:30
10. 2. – Gazdina roba, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
11. 2. – Soudné sestry, Divadlo v Dlouhé 19:00
13. 2. – Two Misers, Divadlo v Dlouhé 19:00
14. 2. – Habaďůra, Divadlo Na Fidlovačce 19:30
15. 2. – We’re Closing, Please Come In, Divadlo Semafor – prozatímní 19:30
17. 2. – School for Women, Švandovo divadlo 19:00
18. 2. – Love, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
19. 2. – Perfect Days, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
20. 2. – Pajamas on!, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
21. 2. – Oliver Twist – premiere, Divadlo Komedie 19:30
23. 2. – Celofán, Divadlo Reduta 19:30
24. 2. – Time to Love, Time to Die, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
26. 2. – Under the Blue Sky, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
27. 2. – Fools, Lovers and Poets, Klub Lávka 19:00
28. 2. – Kosmonautův poslední vzkaz ženě, kterou kdysi, v bývalém Sovětském svazu, miloval, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00

Ballet
8. 2. – Kruh II, Průzor hrdlem, V každém z nás, Divadlo Ponec 20:00
12. 2. – Miniatures – premiere, Stavovské divadlo 19:00
22.-23. 2. – Saida inéš, Tak nakonec jste přišel, Kód 31582, Divadlo Ponec 20:00
23. 2. – Sleeping Beauty – III. premiere, Stavovské divadlo 19:00
24. 2. – Baletmania – premiere, Stavovské divadlo 19:00

Opera
11. 2. – Carmen, Národní divadlo 19:00

Classical music
3. 2. – FOK, Obecní dům – Smetanova síň 19:30
12. 2. – Smetana, Dvořák, Klementinum – Zrcadlová síň 20:00
18.-20. 2. – Czech Philharmonic, Rudolfinum – Dvořákova síň 19:30
23. 2. – Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Rudolfinum-Dvořákova síň 19:30
27. 2. – W. A. Mozart – Requiem, Obecní dům – Smetanova síň 20:00

Modern music
8. 2. – Viklický a Lapčíková, Švandovo divado – studio 21:00
9. 2. – Arakain, Harlej, Futurum Music Bar 21:00
9. 2. – Sunshine, Roxy 19:00
12. 2. – The Frames (Ir.), Divadlo Archa 20:00
13. 2. – Aid Concert for Sri Lanka, Lucerna – Velký sál 20:00
16. 2. – Swing dance hall, Gong 19:30
17. 2. – Downset, Abaton 19:00
17. 2. – Žalman & Spol., KC Zahrada, 19:00
18.-19. 2. – Punk Fest Kyje, KD Kyje 16:00
19. 2. – Vít Švec Trio, Agharta Jazz Centrum 21:00
21. 2. – Anastacia, T-Mobile Arena 20:00
22. 2. – Pepa Fousek, Gong 19:30
23. 2. – Pavel Dobeš a Tomáš Kotrba, Gong 19:30
24. 2. – Jen tak tak – CD launching + guest, KC Zahrada, 19:00
24. 2. – Bluesberry, Gong 19:30
26. 2. – Marek Šmaus Q, Reduta Jazz Club 21:30
26. 2. – Majid Bekkas, Palác Akropolis 19:30
28. 2. – Dresden Dolls, Abaton 20:00

Family entertainment

1.-27. 2. – Cats – musical, Divadlo Milénium 19:00, Sat+Sun 14:00
2.-16. 2. – The Pied Piper – musical, Divadlo Kalich 19:00, Sun 15:00
3.-26. 2. – Excalibur – musical, Div. Ta Fantastika 18:00, Sat+Sun 14:00
3.-12. 2. – Galileo – musical, Divadlo Kalich 19:00, Sat 15:00
4.-6. 2. – Miss Saigon – musical, GoJa Music Hall 19:00, Sat+Sun 14:30
5. 2. – Povídání o pejskovi a kočičce – cartoon fairytale for children, KD Kaštan 15:00
5. 2. – XII. Žižkov Carnival, Palác Akropolis 19:30
10.-27. 2. – Les Misérables -musical, GoJa Music Hall 19:00, Sat+Sun 14:30
12. 2. – Div. z pytlíčku: Královna barev – fairytale, KD Kaštan 15:00
13. 2. – The Full Monty! Státní opera 19:00

 

Indie inventory

The three leading Prague experimental theaters have prepared the 3rd annual Malá inventura (Small Inventory) – a festival of the most interesting independent experimental theater projects created last season. This year Divadlo Archa has joined the organizers and is presenting plays coming out of the Archa.lab project. Like Divadlo Alfred ve dvoře and NoD Roxy, Archa.lab presents independent projects beyond the scope of the classical genre. The festival runs for five evenings, with presentations of Osoby a obsazení, Nickname, Mama Luna, Domovní Requiem, Mistr Brufein, Climax – Epigenesi or Caht.

Festival “Malá inventura”, Divadlo Alfred ve dvoře, NoD Roxy a Divadlo Archa
February 23-27, beginning at 19:00, 21:00, tickets CZK 150, 90 (reduced)

 

Contemporary portrait of the past

The acclaimed Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus is well known for his cycles and reportage in the spirit of humanistic documentary photography. The theme of his works is people of various religious, cultural, and social origins, their life stories, the environments in which they live, and the legacies they leave behind. The People from Lithuania cycle is an ongoing project the artist began in 1976. The retrospective exhibition will present a collection of 47 black-and-white photographs from 1959 to the present.

Antanas Sutkus: Každodenní Litva, Pražský dům fotografie
until February 27, open daily 11:00-18:00, tickets CZK 10, 20, 30

Classic pas de deux

“Šípková Růženka” (Sleeping Beauty) is one of the cornerstones of the global ballet repertoire, and is considered the most perfect ballet opus of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The ballet adaptation of the fairy tale by the French writer Charles Perrault about love that conquers an evil curse will be presented by the National Theater Ballet and the Prague Dance Conservatory. In this tale of a girl pricked by a thorn and sleeping for a century, choreographer Jaroslav Slavický has kept the most beautiful dance compositions by world-renowned French choreographer Marius Petipa, who wrote the original libretto.

P. I. Čajkovskij, M. Petipa, J. Slavický: Šípková Růženka, Stavovské divadlo
3rd premiere on February 23 at 19:00, tickets CZK 30-650

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