Name: The merry widow
Start: 2026-09-20T19:00:00
Location: Theater of JK Tyl New Stage

Jana Piorecká

Daniel Kfelíř

Vanda Šípová

Radka Sehnoutková

Tomáš Kořínek

Jaroslav Matějka

Jiří Petrdlík

Soňa Godarská

Lívia Obručník Vénosová

Michal Bragagnolo

Pavel Klečka

Jan Ježek

Filip Šťovíček

Jakub Turek

Jan Ondráček

Dominik Klapka

Martin Matoušek

Dalibor Gondík

Lilka Ročáková

Pavla Břínková

Jiří Kubík

Petra Tion

Andrea Frídová

Martin Švimberský

Ivana Klimentová

Josef Jordán

Miro Bartoš

Martin Šinták

Dana Haklová

Martin Otava

Lukáš Kuchinka

Antonín Pfleger

J.K. Tyl Theatre

She created one of the most important works of English literature, but she did not live to see it recognised. The characters of this moving story are related not only by blood but by place, where nature speaks as powerfully as the ghosts of ancient guilt. The stormy elements also stir the peculiar notions of good and evil with which Emily Brontë has so irritated contemporary society. Balladic and almost horror-like, Wuthering Heights is psychologically on a par with the greatness of ancient dramas. It tells the story of people who dedicate their lives to a destructive desire. The only woman who can stop the dark hero on his path of vengeance marries his rival. The obsession that transcends the temporary limits of human existence and the birth of evil are the driving dramatic forces behind the characters. Their story has rightly inspired both filmmakers and the world's theatres.

Wuthering Heights

Theater of JK Tyl New Stage

Robert is celebrating his 35th birthday and his friends keep asking him: “Why are you still unmarried? Haven’t you found the right one? Isn’t it time for you to settle down and start a family?” Robert himself tries to find the answers to such questions while he visits and has dinner or a drink with his married friends, observing their married life and listening to them telling him about the pros and cons of marriage. He contemplates his own life and future during many amusing situations. Will he eventually succumb to his friends’ pressure or will he retain his freedom?

Company

Divadlo Josefa Kajetána Tyla

The ballet company’s second major premiere of the 2025/2026 season will not be a single full-length production, but rather an evening composed of several works by different choreographers. The ensemble will present pieces in modern and neoclassical dance styles, showcasing the distinctive authenticity of each choreographer’s movement language—yet connected by the shared theme of the inner world, Czech roots, and the Czech spirit.

Inside

What awaits Hansel and Gretel after they get lost in the forest? The German composer Engelbert Humperdinck transformed the classic Grimm brothers’ fairy tale into an opera with a libretto by his sister Adelheid Wette. Humperdinck’s music is marked by a masterful portrayal of scenes and settings, overflowing with beautiful melodies. Under his pen, fairy-tale characters come to life: woodland fairies, the wicked witch, and children made of gingerbread. Since its premiere in 1893, this opera has enchanted generations of audiences and rightfully belongs among the ten most popular works of the world repertoire. After a long 36 years, it now returns to Plzeň. Don’t worry—everything turns out well in the end!

Hansel and Gretel

"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.

GEIKO

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.

Jsme (nejen) muzikál!

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

As an example, we can mention Hana Glawari's song about the Vilja fairy or the Danila song about his debauchery at the Maxim’s nightclub. The Merry Widow also belongs to those few operettas, whose libretto can attract audiences even in the 21st century. The story, set in Paris in 1905, is immensely theatrical and offers an important storyline and witty dialogues. The Merry Widow premiered on 30 December 1905 at the Na Vídeňce Theatre in Vienna. In Pilsen it was first shown in 1907 and it has never disappeared from the repertory for a long time. This time, the production is presented to the audience in a co-production with the Prague’s Karlín Theatre.

The merry widow

How Dog and Cat Baked a Cake, How Dog Tore His Trousers, and many other funny adventures of the two friends are well known to both the youngest and the grown-up audiences. Josef Čapek’s book, first published in 1929 with the author’s own illustrations, has delighted generations of readers with its warm language and deep understanding of a child’s world. This charming stage adaptation, sure to bring a smile even to parents’ faces, now returns to the Small Stage.

Stories About a Dog and a Cat

An original musical written specifically for the DJKT Small Stage, To Embrace the Waves is inspired by the final days of Romantic playwright, poet, and writer Heinrich von Kleist. In the autumn of 1811, Heinrich and his close friend Henriette—who had just left her husband—retreated to Lake Wannsee near Berlin. But Heinrich’s soul is as restless as the waves on the lake’s surface, and no less changeable are the many faces of love.

To Embrace The Waves

The Merry Widow