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How to communicate without words? What do rhythm, light, and sound have in common? For 60 minutes ten funny, white creatures teach the audience that using sound and rhythm is pure pleasure. They draw spectators into their world, showing gradually more and more beatiful images from their life. In Libozvuky, reality devoid of speech is friendly and amusing. Each scene has something that would suprise the public, encouraging them to interact.

Appropriate age 5 years or older
Duration 50 minutes without intermission
Premiere 12 April, 2015

Water. Fire. Earth. Air. Plants. Animals. People. But how is all this connected? Finding our way in the world around us is not easy even for adults, not to mention for little ones! What happens when it rains from a cloud, how do plants grow together, what is the relation between a stork, frog and chameleon, and many other remarkable phenomena will be introduced to children by three mimes playfully, without words, and through motion.

By the way, one of the mimes and the director of this performance is one of the most accomplished mimes of today, Radim Vizvary.

Appropriate age 4 years or older
Duration 45 minutes without intermission
Premiere May 16, 2017

How to communicate without words? What do rhythm, light, and sound have in common? For 60 minutes ten funny, white creatures teach the audience that using sound and rhythm is pure pleasure. They draw spectators into their world, showing gradually more and more beatiful images from their life. In Libozvuky, reality devoid of speech is friendly and amusing. Each scene has something that would suprise the public, encouraging them to interact.

Appropriate age 5 years or older
Duration 50 minutes without intermission
Premiere 12 April, 2015

Water. Fire. Earth. Air. Plants. Animals. People. But how is all this connected? Finding our way in the world around us is not easy even for adults, not to mention for little ones! What happens when it rains from a cloud, how do plants grow together, what is the relation between a stork, frog and chameleon, and many other remarkable phenomena will be introduced to children by three mimes playfully, without words, and through motion.

By the way, one of the mimes and the director of this performance is one of the most accomplished mimes of today, Radim Vizvary.

Appropriate age 4 years or older
Duration 45 minutes without intermission
Premiere May 16, 2017

Come and vote!

Using the electronic voting system.

Children perceive political events, they know the names of various politicians from their parents, from television, billboards. However, the election awareness is very vague, specifically what it all might mean in their lives. We’ll try to change it and explain political principles to them in their way of talking. Democracy is serious, but this will be fun!

Appropriate age 7 years or older
Duration 1h 35 minutes including intermission
Premiere 21 September, 2014

An interactive performance based on forum theater technique

To have the opportunity to tease someone can be very tempting. Especially, if it can bring you admiration of your friends. Especially in your class! Especially in front of the teacher! Especially, when you can!

Where is the line between fun, impertinence and bullying? What is acceptable in behavior towards classmates and teachers, and what is too much?

In our story children meet with characters who keep breaking the boundaries until something happens…

The program of the workshop
1. Introduction to the topic of bullying (in the form of activation games and exercises)
2. Viewing of short themed story (theater performance)
3. Searching for different solutions to the story (taking the place of the character and acting on his or her behalf)
4. Reflection on the experience and topic (discussion and closing group activity)

Forum theater is a technique that teaches us in key moments to look for different solutions and act accordingly. What are my options of changing something? In our story children uncover situations in which the course of action could have been taken differently and better, and by stepping into the characters’ shoes they have the chance to change the outcome of the story for the better.

Forum theater is an educational system based on working with a pre-prepared theater performance played by professional actors. The goal is to transfer the notion that if children can change the course of events on the stage, they are capable of doing the same in real life.

The performance It was only a joke!was co-created by the actors, director, psychologist, and expert on children’s education. The project was initiated due to the increase of aggression and bullying at schools that teachers are often victims of also. During discussions on the topic educationalists showed interest in the particular concept of theater performance.

Target audience: grade 3 – 5
Number of attendees: 45 children/ 2 classes
Duration: 90 minutes

This performance is presented on the Small Stage of Minor Theater.

The legendary Czech prince Bruncvik after the death of his father decides to go into the world and enhance their coat of arms of a new a character, the lion. He wants to earn it just like a brave knight. He experiences many adventures, rescues the lion, who accompanies him from now on. In the wide world our prince resists seductress Africa and gets the sword which decapitates his enemies on command. He does not hesitate to use it for their freedom. When returning home, Bruncvik finds that seven years had passed and his beautiful Neomenie celebrates a wedding …

Medieval heroic epic story that first appeared in about the 14th century, is known from the Old Czech Legends interpreted by Alois Jirásek (Staré pověsti české).The production was part of the international theatre project “Cultural Alchemy”, supported by the Fund of the European Union Culture 2000.

At the 27th annual festival of Czech professional puppet theatre productions Skupa´s Pilsen won this piece four awards: Filip Jevič the Best Actor Dalibor Mucha and Tomáš Vychytil for music, Petra Zámečníková and Jan Jirků for an original dramaturgical concept, Robert Smolík for Art Direction (also honoured for his design of the production Tibet by the theatre group Cakes and Puppets)

Appropriate age 7 years or older
Duration 60 minutes without intermission
Premiere 30 April, 2006

Foglar’s legendary stories come to life again! On the Other Side a mysterious drawing of a conundrum appears on a chipped wall. Who painted it there and why? Rapid Arrows decide to cross the Dividing  Avenue and venture into the dark Shades to puzzle out the mystery. What will they discover, you wonder? Let’s join them for the adventurous and dangerous journey to uncover many secrets. Who was the mysterious Jan Tleskač? Will Rapid Arrows manage to get the blue print of his peculiar invention? Will they reveal the identity of the masked figure? And who will be elected as the High Vont? These are only a few of the many questions that are yet again waiting to be answered.

Premiere 15 October, 2017
Appropriate age 8 years or older
Duration 2h including intermission

How we played for the republic

Our grandparents used to tell us that “Those who play never go astray”, but did you know that you can actually become a hero by playing and acting? Come and find out how in this story about four brothers who were puppeteers and members of the Czechoslovak Legion and were so brave that they managed to play puppet theatre even when they were in great danger. They helped establish the independent Czechoslovak Republic, so it’s thanks to them that we can play here today, proudly and bravely, just as Antonín, Matěj, Vojta and Jindra Kopecký did back then.

Based on a true story.

Jan Jirků has created numerous productions on historical topics for Minor  (Hunt for Jednorožec, Lipany, Zá-to-pek!), in which he brings the stories to life for family audiences through a compelling portrayal of the lead characters’ life stories. This time he looks at the lives of the Kopecký brothers, who played puppet theatre even during the First World War and whose puppetry skills brought joy to others in situations we can only begin to imagine.

Strobe lighting is used in this production!

For schools we offer an accompanying educational workshop entitled Soldiers’ Watch.

The production was awarded the Theatre Critics’ Prize for the stage design by Jakub Kopecký.

At the Skupova Plzeň 2022 festival this production won four awards – one for the script and direction by Jan Jirků, one for the stage design by Jakub Kopecký, one for the music by Jiří Hradil, and four for outstanding performances by actors Václav Jelínek, Bořek Joura, Pavol Smolárik and Gustav Hašek.

Actor Gustav Hašek won the 2022 Thalia Award in the puppet theatre category. Pavol Smolárik and Václav Jelínek were shortlisted in the same category, while Radka Pavlovčinová, Bořek Joura and Ondřej Nosálek were also nominated.

Jan Jirků and Jakub Kopecký won the Theatre News Award 2022 in the Puppet and artistic theatre category.

The production was also awarded the 2022 Erik Prize at the One Flew over the Puppeteer’s Nest festival.

Première 22 September 2021
Suitable for ages 9 and above.
Performance duration 1 hour 35 minutes including interval. 

How we played for the republic

Our grandparents used to tell us that “Those who play never go astray”, but did you know that you can actually become a hero by playing and acting? Come and find out how in this story about four brothers who were puppeteers and members of the Czechoslovak Legion and were so brave that they managed to play puppet theatre even when they were in great danger. They helped establish the independent Czechoslovak Republic, so it’s thanks to them that we can play here today, proudly and bravely, just as Antonín, Matěj, Vojta and Jindra Kopecký did back then.

Based on a true story.

Jan Jirků has created numerous productions on historical topics for Minor  (Hunt for Jednorožec, Lipany, Zá-to-pek!), in which he brings the stories to life for family audiences through a compelling portrayal of the lead characters’ life stories. This time he looks at the lives of the Kopecký brothers, who played puppet theatre even during the First World War and whose puppetry skills brought joy to others in situations we can only begin to imagine.

Strobe lighting is used in this production!

For schools we offer an accompanying educational workshop entitled Soldiers’ Watch.

The production was awarded the Theatre Critics’ Prize for the stage design by Jakub Kopecký.

At the Skupova Plzeň 2022 festival this production won four awards – one for the script and direction by Jan Jirků, one for the stage design by Jakub Kopecký, one for the music by Jiří Hradil, and four for outstanding performances by actors Václav Jelínek, Bořek Joura, Pavol Smolárik and Gustav Hašek.

Actor Gustav Hašek won the 2022 Thalia Award in the puppet theatre category. Pavol Smolárik and Václav Jelínek were shortlisted in the same category, while Radka Pavlovčinová, Bořek Joura and Ondřej Nosálek were also nominated.

Jan Jirků and Jakub Kopecký won the Theatre News Award 2022 in the Puppet and artistic theatre category.

The production was also awarded the 2022 Erik Prize at the One Flew over the Puppeteer’s Nest festival.

Première 22 September 2021
Suitable for ages 9 and above.
Performance duration 1 hour 35 minutes including interval. 

Thirty thousand spectators shouted this name in Helsinki in 1952 as he ran into the stadium as the first runner in a marathon run to win his third long-distance gold medal. Everyone around the world is able to run, but only he managed to run to win three times at one Olympic Games. 5km. 10km. Marathon. Nobody before or after could do that as long as the world exists. It is quite possible that nobody would be able to do it again. How interesting is it? How interesting is that person? How interesting is the time period in which he lived?

Recommended to viewers of 8 years of age and older
Duration 1 hour 30 minutes including the intermission Premiere 6 October, 2019.