After all these long months, when all the theatres, museums, cinemas, and concert halls were closed, the culture finally comes to life again. The moment that we all have been waiting for so long is here. There are a few tips what to see, hear or visit during the upcoming months of June and July.
There are, of course, still some restrictions, but with a negative test or a vaccination certificate, you are free to enjoy all types of cultural entertainment.
Are you a drama fan? Have you been missing the atmosphere of a live performance? You are definitely not alone. All the actors who weren’t able to play in the past few months are more than happy to be finally on stage again. Almost all the theatres are open, and you can find programs on their websites.
In addition, the sun is shining, the days are longer, and the evenings are warmer, which means the only thing – open-air theatres strike again. The experience of seeing a play somewhere in nature or somewhere in a historical city is completely different. Besides, after a year of working from home, it is more than welcome to spend some time outside in the fresh air with a sunset as a background.
Imagine a situation when you buy a ticket for a play somewhere in Prague, and you don’t know where exactly it does take place. Well, this can’t really happen when you go to see a play or a concert within Hvězdné léto pod Žižkovskou věží. Why? Because it takes place right under the Žižkov Television Tower, which you can see from almost every place in Prague. So just walk until you reach this high tower with climbing babies on it.
And what does this all-summer festival offer? You can see theatre plays from Czech authors such as Saturnin or Hrdý Budžes. You can have a good laugh seeing the one-man show Caveman about all the differences between men and women, or you can take the youngest viewers to see a Czech story about a dog called Maxipes Fík.
You can find the whole program here. But don’t forget to check if there are English subtitles or if it is just in Czech before going.
Museum Kampa located in Sova’s Mill in Lesser transforms into a theatre under the stars during summer. Museum Kampa displays Jan and Meda Mládek’s collection of art, which is famous for its largest collection of works by František Kupka. Meda Mládková is also the main figure of the play Meda that has been performed since the last year in Museum Kampa. It depicts not only her life but also her personality.
The last year’s repertoire is enriched of a play called Werich about Jan Werich – an actor, playwright, screenwriter and founder of a Prague avant-garde theatre scene called Osvobozené Divadlo. A premiere of this play is planned for June 14th. You can find all the dates here.
Both of these plays are in Czech, but you can see English subtitles during the whole play.
Cinemas are finally open again, so you don’t have to watch movies just on Netflix or TV anymore. However, be careful. Even though cinemas can be officially open, you have to wait a little bit longer to be able to have your popcorn and cola while watching your favourite movie. The current situation still doesn’t allow you to have food and drinks in the cinemas. Therefore, the big multiplex cinemas are still closed. As opposed to that, small cinema theatres such as Lucerna, Aero or Atlas are open and happy to play a movie from their program. In addition, you can have a drink before or after a movie of your choice.
If you prefer being outside during the summer, but you still want to watch a movie on a big screen, you can visit one of the open-air cinemas in Prague, such as the one in Kasárny Karlín, in front of Cross Club or by the MeetFactory Bar.
Had you bought a ticket for a concert or a festival before the whole pandemics started, and you still haven’t been able to enjoy the live music with a beer in your hand and a bunch of singing people around you? Well, this can be happening now. Hence, a lot of postponed concerts take place in June and July. But not only the postponed concerts are now on the menu. There are a lot of new concerts, and some of them are even on a steamboat right on the Vltava River. Yes, a concert on a boat! Doesn’t it sound cool? Vzhůru na palubu is a project which offers you concerts of Czech musicians on a steamboat with bars. It is up to you if you want to listen to Barbora Poláková, Tomáš Klus, Mňága a Žďorp, The Beatles revival or somebody else while observing the beautiful city of Prague. You can find the whole program and all the details here.
By and large, the cultural life that we have been missing for so long finally came to life again! Prague theatres, cinemas, museums and even steamboats offer many interesting events, so it would be a shame not to make use of that. Take a day off, support the culture and enjoy a joyful time with your friends and family.
Just don’t forget to be positive and stay negative… and have a negative test with you every time you visit a cultural institution.
