Baranová, Pechlát win top Czech theatre prizes

The Best Performance categories in Czech theatre’s Thálie Awards have been won by Karolína Baranová and Martin Pechlát. Baranová was judged Best Actress of the year for her role as Marie Antoinette in the play of the same name at Liberec’s F.X. Šalda Theatre, while Pechlát was named Best Actor for his part in Moskoviáda at Prague’s X10 Theatre.

The Czech Theatre Academy’s prize went to Milan Uhde, writer of the popular A Ballad for a Bandit. A former arts minister, he received the gong from the current holder of the post, Martin Baxa.