It sounds like a joke but the grannies don’t find it funny. They have a problem on their hands – serious bodily harm. They have attacked the minister for social affairs who had introduced a new scheme for seniors. And now they are desperate. Will they be freed, with the help of young dr. Klupps, or will they really go behind the bars?

Crutches and knives

Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla

American playwright Margaret Edson wrote an empathetic modern drama about confronting serious illness—a deeply human play that, despite its grave subject matter, contains intelligent humor. Wit invites reflection on existence itself, on both the strength and fragility of human life.

The author of this conversation play is one of the greatest talents of the contemporary French drama. The world premiere in 2011 in the Parisian Théâtre Montparnasse has launched its highly successful international tour. Czech theatregoers could have already seen it in various theatres across the country, this year for the first time in Pilsen. Michel, the main character of Zeller’s comedy, enters the play as a man who has no other choice but to lie. How else could he handle a situation where for six months he has been cheating on his wife with the wife of his best friend? Lying to all sides is something he considers not just an obligation, but mainly a way of showing consideration. Why hurt people we really care about? Michel believes that he is always one step ahead and that he knows more than the others do. But he is not prepared to the eventuality that the situation could turn around and that the events around his cheating could take an unexpected turn.

The Truth

Theater of JK Tyl New Stage

Last time, director Radovan Lipus staged the story of painter Gottfried Lindauer. Now, we turn to a figure who left an indelible artistic mark not only in Plzeň—but one that is still alive today! For the puppets Spejbl and Hurvínek continue to entertain audiences to this very day.

S.k.u.p.a.

Heda, Heda Gabler, the ambitious and dangerously beautiful daughter of General Gabler, pampered by everyone, yet unattainable. A modern Artemis. And next to her – Jørgen Tesman. A brilliant scientist, but a man who is almost useless in practical life. Something is missing and someone is surplus to requirements... Instead of fulfilled dreams, there is only banality. Instead of a fulfilled life, there is only silence, which sounds louder than shouting. Who controls whom? Who is today's Heda? Have we learned to face our own mistakes?

Apolena Veldová

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Sep 26, 2026

Crutches and knives · J.K. Tyl Theatre

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Wit · J.K. Tyl Theatre

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