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Here we are again!
Another chance for all of you writers who want to see your name in lights!
The third annual Prague Post Playwriting Contest is kicking off……
So get writing!
Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Original stage plays, never produced in Prague.
- Approximate run time of 30 minutes.
- Submitted in English. (And, yes, it can be a translation!)
- You may resubmit entries from past contests.
- Playwrights who are current or former residents of the Czech Republic (we will ask for references).
- Entry fee is 100 Kc.
Here’s what you might win:
- The top prize is 20 000 Kc (based on the written script submitted).
- Audience prize for the best production resulting from the contest.
- Special prize for the best play written by a non-native English speaker.
- Top three finalists receive a full production at Divadlo Minor.
- Finalists will be given the opportunity to work with experienced playwrights on polishing their piece.
Go to www.praguepost.com/playcontest for details. All deadlines and dates will be presented soon (the deadline for entries will be in the Fall) Questions? E-mail: playcontest@praguepost.com.
July 21st, 2008
Miloco Theatre is revisiting and updating their production of “La Machine” which features Jeff Smith and Vanessa Gendron. La Machine was inspired by science fiction literature and film. Much like the other work of Miloco, the piece is a stylized work which connects film and video with physical theater.
LA MACHINE plays at Divadlo Komedie, Jungmanova 1, on June 26 and 27 at 19:30. Tickets are 200 Kc general and 150 Kc (students/seniors). You can reserve tickets at www.prakomdiv.cz or through TicketPro. You can get more information about the show by emailing info@miloco.cz.
June 16th, 2008
Prague.tv has a glowing review of The Sacred Sow, our recent production at the Prague Fringe. I’ve heard from several people that they didn’t come to the show and that they’d like to see another run of it, but I don’t know if or when that will happen. The current plan for the show is to work towards taking it to Ireland sometime before the end of the year. For the review, click (more):
“Dark and lyrical, the play’s characters spin yarns about themselves, each other and the traditional, rural Ireland around them. Enter a world of ghosts, faeries and curses, a place where a song can call up the dead and family bonds are never broken.”
The Sacred Sow by local playwright and musician Eleanor Cummins is a tense, hour-long drama dealing with the story of a young man who has begun to outgrow the small Irish town of his origins and the mother who will do almost anything to keep him close. The play is augmented by traditional Irish music peformed by the author on bouzouki and Uilleann piper Matej Tomeš, a backdrop which added a great deal of ambiance and texture to the production.
Though the dialects of the non-Irish cast members were at times a bit inconsistent, this was a very slight flaw in what was overall a very, very good piece of theatre. Supporting actors Mathew Blood-Smyth, Tracy Kearney and Brendan Payne all delivered strong performances, and Eileen Pollock’s portayal of the mother was alternately sympathetic and blood-curdling. James High, whose give-and-take with Blood-Smyth in the roles of long-separated best buddies was both amusing and believeable, had his strongest moment in a very emotional and relevatory scene near the end of the play where his character is confronted by the ghosts of departed loved ones.
Working in the confined quarters of A Studio Rubin, director Brian Caspe made good use of the venue he was given to work with. Nothing about the action was static or claustrophobic despite the limitations of the space. If this high level of production value could be achieved given the time and technical constraints which are necessarily a part of performing at the Fringe Festival, one can only wonder what this ensemble might achieve given a larger, more suitable space and a full-length, intensive rehearsal process. Hopefully that will happen in the future, and when it does, be there to see it.
June 6th, 2008
We’re very excited to announce our production for the Prague Fringe 2008: Ellie Cummin’s dark exploration of the challenges facing rural Ireland The Sacred Sow.
The Sacred Sow, starring Eileen Pollock of the BBC series BREAD, is a piece originally written for the 2007 Prague Post Playwriting Contest. After receiving a workshop in the fall of 2007, we decided to mount a full production for the Fringe Festival.
We will perform the show every night of the Fringe at 19:30 at A Studio Rubin (Malostranske namesti 9, Prague 1). Tickets are available through the Fringe Website.
More information is coming up!
May 2nd, 2008
The Prague Playhouse presents brand new production of Christopher Durang’s manic comedy “Laughing Wild” starting next Thursday, April 24 (two shows, at 19:00 and 20:30)! “Laughing Wild” takes a look at how today’s consumer culture and the pace at which we live defines us and drives us crazy. It is a real roller-coaster ride of pathos and hysteria, the drive to live in a better world and on-stage therapy. There will be 4 performances ONLY, so reserve your tickets now!”Laughing Wild” will play:
April 24 at 19:00 and 20:30
May 2 and 3 at 20:00
Divadlo Na Zabradli’s
Eliadova Knihovna
Anenske namesti 5, Prague 1
150 Kc / 100 Kc (students and seniors)
Tickets are available from the theater box office:
222 868 867 or pokladna@nazabradli.cz
or from the Globe Bookstore
Pstrossova 6, Prague 1
For more information you can email me (brian@pragueplayhouse.com) or call 608 577 012
Looking forward to seeing you at the show!
April 15th, 2008
Our friend Gordon Truefitt brought us news of another English language production going up in April:
“Baiting Leviticus”, a new clerical comedy by John Owen McKillop
When the newspaper-headline problems of “The Church”, land smack-dab in the lap of a lowly, hardworking parish priest the results are….
Messy? - Yes. Personal? - Yes. Very `real`? - Oh yes! … and HILARIOUS!!!
Mon 21st April to Thur 24th April at 19:30
Prices: 150 - 450CZK
Ticket reservation enquiries: 272 659 189 or playgroup2008@gmail.com
Male Nosticovo Divadlo
Nosticova 2a, Prague 1 - Mala Strana
phone: 774 334 810
The Rev. Harold is so depressed by the public bickering, posturing and fallings-out between the bishops and other leaders of the Anglican Church; he decides to ignore them all and bury himself in work at his own core values of: clothing and feeding the poor, supporting the weak and oppressed, and preaching the Gospel. All very worthy; but blinding too to what`s going on in his own churchyard. When eventually his eyes are opened, he finds; all the many and manifold sins that he accuses his superiors of, being recreated by his own nearest and dearest. Not suprisingly he goes thermo-nuclear; fortunately for us in the `Interval`. What is suprising is the nature of the fallout; which is unexpected and eye wateringly human in a number of ways.
CAST: Rev. Harold - Gordon Truefitt, Beth,his wife - Andrea Miltner, Chris,his best friend - R. Scott Williams, Gary,a maidenly member of the Church Board - John Owen McKillop.
WARNING; THIS PLAY CONTAINS FOUR SYLLABLE WORDS AND NUDITY (..an entire naked foot! )
TICKET info:
Advance Booking (Credit/debit card sales and Bank transfer) available from www.webticket.cz
Ticket reservation enquiries phone: 272 659 189, or email: playgroup2008@gmail.com
Preview/Standby Performances: - 150 CZK
First/Last Night Performances: - 450CZK including after-show `sampanske` reception
START TIME: 7.30pm
www.malenosticovo.com
April 4th, 2008
We’re proud to announce that the Prague Playhouse Musical Ensemble is stepping out into the world with our first gig! We’ll be playing at Mon Ami (Kodanska 47, Prague 10) on Sunday April 13th at 19:00. The performance is FREE (but you’ll be expected to buy food and drink…don’t worry, it’s not expensive) and packed with songs from all your musical favorites: Les Miz, Sweet Charity, Rocky Horror Picture Show, A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To the Forum, Gypsy and much more!
Come on out and enjoy an evening of good food, good drink and good music!
April 4th, 2008
NOTE: These performances have been canceled due to an illness!
The Bear Theatre presents
THE ROCKING HORSE WINNER by D.H. Lawrence and
THE BEAR by A.P.Chekhov
Reduta Theatre, Narodní Trida 20, April 14th and 15th at 7.00 p.m.
Tickets 180Kc (230Kc on the door). Reductions 150Kc - available from the venue.
Two classic short plays in one evening, one from England one from Russia.
The Bear by Anton Chekhov - This one-act play is the story of a fight between a young widow and a rough gentleman farmer, who is owed some money by her dead husband. Unlike Chekhov’s famous long plays, this is a fairly straight broad comedy with a surprise ending. However, it doesn’t lack any of the humanity and feeling for character that makes Chekhov one of the world’s leading playwrights.
The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence is adapted from the famous short story. A young boy discovers that he has a gift for predicting the winners of horse races. He secretly uses this gift to support the debts of his overspending aristocratic parents, but ends by paying a great price. As with The Bear, although the story is set a hundred years ago, the reality of the characters and the eternal theme of money and debt and the pressures they bring make the story resound strongly with a modern audience.
The Bear Theatre is the Czech Republic’s full-time professional English Langauge Theatre. The theatre plays mostly for school audiences in Central Europe and France, but the evening shows for adults are no less well-received. ‘The Bear’ is the flagship production of the theatre (which gave rise to the name) and ‘The Rocking Horse Winner’ has also been in the Theatre’s repertoire for over eight years, so a great evening is guaranteed.
April 3rd, 2008
If you didn’t get a chance to see Laska is Love, Love je Laska last week, you’ve got a few more chances! The show will play for the next two Tuesdays at the same venue, Eliasova Knihovna, Divadlo na zabradli, Annenské náměstí 12, Praha 1.
Tickets (100 Kc/ 50 Kc) are available from the theatre box office
tel. 222 868 868
email: pokladna@nazabradli.cz
skype: divadlonazabradli
For more information please contact:
Alexander Komlosi
776 072 092
info@professionalhumanbeing.net
April 3rd, 2008
Update: New performances added: April 8 and 15th at 19:00!
Did you enjoy the film Once? Do you know a multicultural couple or are you part of one yourself? If you are interested in “everyday” relationships between people who, despite cultural and linguistic gulfs, find a way to understand each other and make it work, then do not miss Láska Is Love, Love je Láska by Alexander Komlosi and Eva Čechová. The next performance will be in Divadlo Na Zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade) on Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 7PM. The performance will be in Czech and English.
Láska Is Love, Love je Láska, directed by Komlosi and featuring both authors, tells the story of a young American man and a young Czech lass who meet and sparks fly.
This performance develops off last year’s successful production of “Sure Thing” at the Theatre on the Balustrade in Prague.
Eliadova knihovna
Divadla Na Zábradlí
(Theatre on the Balustrade)
Annenské náměstí 12, Praha 1
Tickets in the theatre box office
tel. 222 868 868
email: pokladna@nazabradli.cz
skype: divadlonazabradli
For more information please contact:
Alexander Komlosi
776 072 092
info@professionalhumanbeing.net
The new performance is inspired by “Sure Thing,” by American playwright David Ives, and is based on two original texts – “Lunch with Van Gogh” by Komlosi and “Oliver” by Čechová - developed at Professor Ivan Vyskočil’s Authors Reading seminar at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU).
Komlosi, a Czech-American who has been living in Prague for nearly ten years, has already performed versions of his text at various venues in Prague and at the One Man Show Festival in Cheb (2007). He has been invited to perform “Van Gogh” at the One Man Show Festival next year in Warsaw. Čechová, known for her authorial performance work such as Boršč, is no stranger to multicultural performance either, having worked with foreign companies like Théatre de l’Utopie.
Láska Is Love, Love je Láska is a performance bringing together various cultures and languages in an encounter which aims to foster understanding and remain understandable: “Even people who aren’t fluent in both languages can still follow the story because of the constant alternation of Czech and English. What’s more, the stories continually mesh, meld and switch, creating a linguistic and narrative verve that keeps audience members engaged,” says Komlosi, who has a long-standing experience with multicultural and polyglot performance with companies like Divadlo na voru and Doma/AtHome in addition to his own solo performance work.
March 21st, 2008
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