The extraordinary musical about the desire to stop time returns to the Small Stage! Winner of the first edition of the competition for original Czech musicals Intro ’21, it offers a mysterious story full of imagination and outstanding musical numbers.

Dr. Kroner’s Magic Watch

Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla

The powerful story of The Dogheads, one of Alois Jirásek’s most celebrated works, seems destined for the operatic stage. In 1897, the experienced composer and conductor Karel Kovařovic took on the challenge and created an opera that triumphed in the competition for a new Czech opera, surpassing Fibich and Foerster. Soon after, The Dogheads spread to opera houses across the Czech lands and won the hearts of a wide audience.

The Dogheads

Theater of JK Tyl New Stage

When nightclub singer Deloris Van Cartier becomes an unwilling witness to a murder, the police hide her in the most unlikely of places—a convent! But bored and restless, Deloris has no intention of fitting in with the quiet life of the sisters under their rather strict Mother Superior. With her irrepressible spirit, she overturns convent routines and brings new life to the choir, transforming it into a popular musical sensation—though in doing so, she also draws the unwanted attention of the gangsters.

Sister Act

"I want you to know what it's really like to live the life of a geisha. It was a life in which I was extremely successful, many say the best of my generation. And yet it was a life that I found too restrictive to continue. A life I eventually had to leave behind. This is a story I've wanted to tell for a long time. My name is Mineko..." For more than four decades, Mineko Iwasaki lived within the confines of powerful but invisible restrictions. Bound by an ancient, unwritten code – "the shroud of tradition and the sanctity of this exclusive profession" – she and thousands of other women throughout three centuries of Japanese history protected their extraordinary lives from the public eye. Mineko's compelling and moving story captures her earliest memories, beginning with her move to a geisha house at just four years of age and her initiation into the profession she wanted to improve. As we follow Mineko's gradual blossoming over the years from little "princess" to "the brightest of stars," we learn more about the complex training and the entire educational system that makes girls become geishas.

Andrea Pavlovičová

Events

Past events

29 - 30 Sep, 2026

Dr. Kroner’s Magic Watch · J.K. Tyl Theatre

24 - 25 Sep, 2026

The Dogheads · J.K. Tyl Theatre

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