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April 2003
Compiled by Marie Šrámková
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artist
The National Gallery in Prague has prepared a great
retrospective of the works of the painter Václav Brožík
(1851-1901), who in his day was famous not only in
this country and in Europe, but overseas as well.
A substantial number of this painter's works are now
on display in the US. The exhibition includes 184
paintings by Brožík, such as the well known two-meter
canvas, "Celebration at Rubens'" (1881),
a study, "Master Jan Hus at the Kostnice Tribunal"
(1883), an unfinished painting, "Emperor Ferdinand
Among Artists" (1900-1901), and several portraits
and landscapes. Documents are accompanied by a collection
of period costumes in which Brožík dressed his models.
Václav Brožík, Valdštejnská jízdárna,
until May 4, daily except Monday 10:00-18:00, tickets
50 Kč (reduced), 100 Kč, 150 Kč (family) |
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Theater
4. 4. - Pajamas on! - Prague premiere, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
5. 4. - The Square of Heros - II. premiere, Divadlo Na zábradlí
19:00
6. 4. - Same Time Next Year, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
7. 4. - Divadlo v Dlouhé: Cabaret Vian-Cami, Studio Švandova divadla
19:00
9. 4. - Time of the Hangman, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově 19:00
10. 4. - The baroness and the servant girl, Divadlo Na zábradlí
19:00
12.-13. 4. - Divadlo v Dlouhé: I Still Live With a Clothes Rack,
Cap and Signal Disc - I. and II. premiere, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově
19:00
13. 4. - Bez roucha aneb Ještě jednou zezadu, Divadlo Bez zábradlí
19:00
14.-16. 4. - Graffiti - black theatre, Laterna magika 20:00
15. 4. - Bambini di Praga, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
16. 4. - Volpone, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově 19:00
16. 4. - Double Bass, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
17.-19. 4. - The Best of Black Theatre - black theatre, Reduta 19:30
18. 4. - Uncle Vanya, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
20. 4. - Love, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
22. 4. - Velká mela, Švandovo divadlo na Smíchově 19:00
23. 4. - Luděk Sobota's Pickles, P klub Trojická 20:00
24. 4. - Divadlo v Dlouhé: Garderobier, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
25. 4. - Three men at the wrong address, Divadlo Bez zábradlí 19:00
26. 4. - Oedipús the King, Divadlo Pod Palmovkou 19:00
27. 4. - Twelfth Night, Stavovské divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
27. 4. - Divadlo v Dlouhé: Běsi, Divadlo na Vinohradech 19:00
28. 4. - Ivanov, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
30. 4. - Divadlo Bolka Polívky: Variations on Booze, Divadlo Bez
zábradlí 19:00
Opera
5. 4. - La Traviata, Národní divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
16. 4. - The Land of Smiles - operetta, Kongresové centrum, Společenský
sál 19:00
24. 4. - La Bohe`me - premiere, Státní opera 19:00
26. 4. - Don Giovanni, Stavovské divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
| "One
World 2003" festival
The fifth edition of an international film festival
on human rights - "One World", organized
by Člověk v tísni (People in Need) - will screen 150
documentaries this year. The main topics will comprise
the search for one's own identity, the issue of migration,
and women's rights, and film screenings will be followed
by discussions with guests. The festival begins on
8 April at 7:00 pm in Akropolis with a concert featuring
the groups Švihadlo and Ahmed má hlad.
Jeden svět 2003, in cinemas: Lucerna,
Aero, Evald, Ponrepo, Perštýn, Praha Art; and also
in Roxy, French institute, Hungarian cultural center,
British Council, April 8-16, tickets 60 Kč |
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DANCE
6. 4. - Taming of the Shrew, Národní divadlo 14:00 a 19:00
13. 4. - Marná opatrnost, Polovetsian dance, Stavovské divadlo 14:00
a 18:00
Modern music
6. 4. - Recital of Hana Křížková, Divadlo Na zábradlí 19:00
8. 4. - Taraf de Haidouks - folk, Roxy 19:00
10. 4. - Scott Henderson "Blues Band" - Agharta Prague
Jazz Festival 2003, Lucerna Music Bar 21:00
12. 4. - The Gathering - rock, Palác Akropolis 19:30
14. 4. - Huun-Huur-Tu - Jazz Meets World festival, Divadlo U Hasičů
19:30
14. 4. - David Sanchez Group - Agharta Prague Jazz Festival 2003,
Lucerna Music Bar 21:00
15. 4. - Tuesdays' Run-aways - Czech music scene, Unijazz reading
room 18:00
16. 4. - Poděbradka Team Tour - rock, Lucerna, Velký sál 20:00
23. 4. - Peter Lipa & Band - jazz, Vagon 21:00
29. 4. - Maceo Parker - Agharta Prague Jazz Festival 2003, Lucerna,
Velký sál 20:00
Classical music
1.-5. 4. - Musica Florea - classical music festival, Praha
1.-29. 4. - Music Festivities - classical music festival, Klášter
sv. Anežky České 19:30
FAMILY ENTERTAIMENT
4. 4. - African Ball - traditional beach ball, Lucerna, Velký sál
19:30
5. 4. - Joan of Arc - musical, Divadlo Ta Fantastika 14:00 a 18:00
7.-8. 4. - Don Giovanni - marionette theatre, Národní divadlo marionet
20:00
9.-10. 4. - Cleopatra - musical, Divadlo Broadway 19:00
13. 4. - Jaroslav Uhlíř: singing lesson with children, Divadlo Bez
zábradlí 19:00
16. 4. - C. A. P. Across Country... Andaman islands - seminar, Unijazz
reading room 18:30
16.-19. 4. - Dracula - musical, Kongresové centrum 19:30
21. 4. - Fairy tale - ballet for children, Státní opera 14:00
22. 4. - Lord Of The Dance - megashow, T-Mobile Aréna 19:00
23.-26. 4. - Galileo - musical, Divadlo Kalich 19:00
24. 4. - Amazed Pilgrim - Architecture of Boskovice, Unijazz reading
room 19:00
27. 4. - Paškál - talk show, Divadlo Metro 19:00
Man of the desert
Jerusalem native Raz Mesinai, a cult figure of the New York dance
underground, will appear in Prague at the end of April. Thanks to
all the influences and cultures that he has absorbed it's difficult
to categorize him. His creation, aka Badawi (Arabic for "man
of the desert" - Bedouin), could be approximately defined as
ethno-electro-beat. In his compositions he mixes Jewish and Middle
Eastern instruments with electronics under the clear influence of
varied musical genres - hip hop, house, and dub. When he was just
seven he became acquainted with the Middle-Eastern drumming technique;
he repeatedly spent time in the desert of the Sinai peninsula among
Bedouins and Moroccan Jews, who taught him to play different types
of percusssion instruments (darbuka, bendir, and zarb). He later
took up drums used in Persian, Indian, Moroccan, and Afro-Cuban
music. He published his first recording at age 18.
Raz Mesinai aka Badawi (Izrael/USA), Palác Akropolis,
April 25 at 20:00, tickets in advance 170-310 Kč, before concert
200-280 Kč
Still life with blue angels
One of the best new Czech plays by Samuel Königgratz, "I Still
Live With a Clothes Rack, Cap, and Signal Disk," which will
premiere in a professional theater, gives a picture of a normal
day at a train station. This nearly documentary cameo of the lives
of the superintendent, the dispatchers, the signalwomen, the shunters,
and the transport inspectors is built on many comical situations
that come to an unexpected climax. In his tragi-comic play from
contemporary life, the author follows in his own way the finest
Czech tradition of tender and absurd humor, which we find in the
prose of Bohumil Hrabal, the plays of Václav Havel, and the films
of Miloš Forman.
Divadlo v Dlouhé: Ještě žiju s věšákem,
čepicí a plácačkou, Švandovovo divadlo, I. and II. premiere
April 12 and 13, at 19:00, tickets 140-220 Kč
Tickets for these events
may be purchased at any of the Ticketpro outlets, online through
www.ticketpro.cz.,
or by phoning the EchoLine call center at 14051.
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