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Václav Havel to attend US premiere of his latest play “Leaving”
Former Czech president and playwright Václav Havel, will attend the premiere of his latest play, Leaving, in the United States at the end of the month. The 73-year-old…
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Tomáš Škrdlant: giving a voice to the marginalised
My guest in One on One is Tomáš Škrdlant. With more than sixty films to his name, covering over thirty years, Tomáš is one of the Czech Republic’s foremost documentary…
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Prague Spring Music Festival set to launch 65th year
Just a week to go and the 65th International Prague Spring Music Festival takes to the many stages of the Czech capital. This year will see more than 60 concerts, theatre…
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Makers of Czech Dream turn sights on abandoned US radar plan in new documentary Czech Peace
In 2004 Vít Klusák and Filip Remunda made a big splash with Český Sen, or Czech Dream, about a hoax they pulled on shoppers in Prague, using a big advertising campaign to…
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Ivan Jelínek: a poet in the newsroom
If you had been listening to Radio Prague back in the late 1930s, it is very likely that you would have heard the voice of Ivan Jelínek. He was one of the pioneers of…
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Bonfires, broomsticks and barbecues: Czechs mark Witches’ Night
April 30 is Čarodějnice, or Witches’ Night. In the past, this date was believed to bring the arrival of spring. People would gather to burn bonfires in order to dispel…
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Film producers look to public collection to save “Lidice” from development hell
The extermination of the village of Lidice by the Nazis is one of the most harrowing tales of WWII, and Czech filmmakers are have long wanted to bring it to the screen…
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The theatre of Spejbl and Hurvínek: A hit with Czech children since 1945
Divadlo Hurvínka a Spejbla – the theater of Hurvínek and Spejbl – has been a favorite destination for children in Prague for the past 65 years. It is home to the country’s…
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Acclaimed boat theatre returns for 10th year
It is hard to believe that it has been ten years since the Forman brothers’ Loď Tajemství (Mystery Boat), an avant garde theatre with performances held on an 84-metre long…
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Egon Erwin Kisch – the Raging Reporter
One of Prague’s best known German-language authors was Egon Erwin Kisch, who was born in the Czech capital 125 years ago this Thursday. His excellent style and original…
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Sir Charles Mackerras receives Czech Culture Ministry award
The renowned Australian-born conductor, Sir Charles Mackerras received the Artis Bohemiae Amici Award from the Czech Culture Ministry on Tuesday, for promoting Czech music…
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Architect Jan Kaplický "lived for his vision", says curator of new exhibition Eva Jiřičná
The late architect Jan Kaplický has been in the news a lot recently. A new documentary was released last week about the collapse of his dream to finally see one of his…
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