Culture
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Prague Fringe Festival: seven day theatre marathon
7 nights....35 companies....38 shows.... 180 performances ... 6 venues. The Prague Fringe Festival - the Czech Republic's own version of the famous Edinburgh festival - is…
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Remembering Mikulov's Jewish past with unique cultural festival
A unique festival of Jewish culture was held last weekend in the South Moravian town of Mikulov, part of the Year of Jewish Culture in the Czech Republic. Mikulov was once…
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Khamoro - Romany musician Harri Stojka: "Roma in the Czech Republic need to integrate"
The Khamoro world Roma festival is once again under way in Prague. For the eighth year running Roma musicians have been flocking to the Czech capital from all over Europe…
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Wroclaw: a city with roots in Bohemia
This week the Czech translation of one of the most fascinating and widely discussed books on the history of Central Europe to be published in recent years went onto the…
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Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezin
Late 1943. The cold barracks of the Terezin ghetto stand against an autumn sky. Although deportations to the camp had come to a standstill earlier in the year, the…
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Frank Zappa's connections to Prague
This week the people of Prague have a chance to hear Frank Zappa's music, thanks to the efforts of the American rock musician's sons, Ahmet and Dweezil. They have…
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Creativity flows from floods for award-winning director Alice Nellis
This week's edition of Czech Books is bit of a departure from our usual format. We're still looking at a writer, but Alice Nellis is more than that. An award-winning film…
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History of Czech puppet theatre recalled, Stereolab explain Czech influence on new track
In this week's edition of the Arts a curator of a new museum of puppets and the circus in south Bohemia tells us about the history of puppetry in the Czech Lands. And the…
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Paintings of a Prague Ghetto
One of the most famous attractions of Prague's Old Town is the former Jewish Ghetto, a witness to the long and rich Jewish history of the Czech capital, and also to…
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Leading fashion designer Vivienne Westwood in Prague for retrospective show
The punk rock band The Sex Pistols outraged many in 1970s Britain with their foul language and obnoxious behaviour. Their clothing - held together with safety pins, often…
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150 years of Freud, sex and controversy marked in Old Town exhibit
A new exhibition in Prague's Old Town Hall marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Sigmund Freud. It is just one of several memorial events scheduled to take place in…
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Prague festival showcases contemporary visual culture
Datatransfer is the name of a festival of contemporary visual culture being held at Prague's Archa theatre this weekend. Organisers say the festival, which is taking place…
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