Letní Letná new circus festival gets underway in Prague

The Letní Letná international festival of new circus and theatre gets underway at Prague’s Letná Plain on Thursday evening. This year’s edition kicks off with a tightrope walker from the French troupe Les Filles Du Renard Pâle performing Résiste, an outdoorshow with acrobatics above the audience’s heads.

Among the other highlights of the 18th edition of Letní Letná, which runs until August 31, will be the French-Swiss ensemble Cirque La Compagnie as well as the local ensembles Cirk La Putyka and Losers Cirque Company.