About festival

Festival aims:

1- To present a showcase of the Czech theatre

2-To introduce outstanding and remarkable international productions together with a selection of Czech productions, focusing on a wide range of topics and taking various forms (drama, musical, dance, puppet or street theatre).

3- To offer a platform where Czech professional theatre meets top international productions, in particular from European countries; to acquaint the Czech audience, including both theatre professionals and spectators, with the latest trends in the European and world theatre, and thus to contribute to our closer integration into the European structures.

4- To create a space where theatre professionals can meet and exchange their experience.

  • Organiser: Divadlo International Theatre Festival, Pilsen

    presented by the City of Pilsen, the Theatre Community and J.K.Tyl Theatre in collaboration with the Alfa Theatre and Johan

    Festival Director:
    Jan Burian

    Executive Producer:
    Zdeněk Pánek

  • Programme Board:
    Kamila Černá, Roman Černík, Jan Kerbr, Jitka Sloupová, Dora Štědroňová, Michal Zahálka

    Honorary Board:
    Frank Castorf, Martin Huba, Krystian Lupa, Tom Stoppard

    Production Manager:
    Tomáš Kilbergr

    Festival organisation:
    Růžena Benýrová, Jana Willová, Veronika Gondová, Kateřina Benýrová, Lucie Melicharová, Kateřina Balíková

    Production assistance:
    Barbora Šimové, Lukáš Pánek, Jiří Kunc, Zuzana Rejchová

  • Marketing:
    Milan Němeček

    Public Relations:
    Jiří Sedlák, Mirka Reifová 

    Social Media:
    Jen Zápotocký

    Technical collaboration:
    Jan Baxa, Igor Staškovič, Karel Devera, Matěj Siegl, Petr Beránek