The Arts and Theatre Institute Editorial Plan for 2025

Edition Czech Theatre

Ridiculous loves and dislikes of playwright Viktor Dyk

This book study by Prof. Janoušek looks at the changes and constants of Dyk’s poetics. It is based on the fact that most of the plays written by the author are completely unknown to today’s potential readers and stagers, and therefore it wants to bring them closer to the strangeness, even bizarreness, of the way Dyk named life and the world. The key to interpreting his work is the way the playwright treated the motif of love between a man and a woman. Janoušek has succeeded in capturing the movement of Dyk’s dramatic (rather conflicting, because conflict-inducing) work against the background of contemporary events and his personal and inner life.

Author: Pavel Janoušek

In preparation of: Editorial Department

 

World Theatre Edition

The Future of Theatre

This volume is the first comprehensive opportunity for Czech readers to encounter the important essayistic and theoretical work of the Swiss stage designer and director Adolphe Appia (1862-1928), whose thinking about theatre fundamentally influenced European theatre in the first half of the twentieth century. The texts in which Appia explores not only the theatrical space, but also the relationship between actor and music, the relationship between music and situation, and the problems of staging the more broadly conceived Wagnerian drama. Appia’s texts have been selected and translated from French by the volume’s editor, Jan Hyvnar, who is also the author of an extensive afterword.

Author: Adolphe Appia

Translation: Jan Hyvnar

The title of the publication is a working title.

In preparation of: Editorial department.

Publication: April

 

Edition Theatre Plays

Sławomir Mrożek: Plays

A collection of plays by the Polish playwright, writer, cartoonist and political glossator Sławomir Mrożek (1930-2013) presents the basic forms of the author’s writing for the theatre. The volume contains ten plays, which comprise both the playwright’s full-length plays and his most typical nude plays. The volume will also contain a contextual study of Sławomir Mrożek’s dramatic works, a list of existing Czech translations and a list of productions of his plays on the Czech professional stage.

Editorial Department

Publication: December

 

Editorial: Theatrical Review

Divadelní revue – 2 issues (1-2/2025)

A peer-reviewed theatre periodical published twice a year by the Institute of Arts – Theatre Institute. It has been published since 1989. It is editorially prepared and its professional level is guaranteed by the Cabinet for the Study of Czech Theatre.

Prepared by the Cabinet for the Study of Czech Theatre

Publication: during the year

 

Outside the editions

Jana Preková – Joy to the Bone

Jana Preková’s monograph is a representative contribution to the presentation of modern and innovative trends in Czech scenography over the last 40 years. Doc. Jana Preková (1956) has significantly contributed to the progressive transformation of this field. The publication reflects the artist’s most important projects – from her dynamic beginnings in the 1980s through her collaboration with now-established artists in the early days of independent and alternative theatre, Jan Nebesky and Miroslav Bambušek – as well as her interventions in public space, her collaboration with the Prague Quadrennial and her significant teaching activities. Preková was a co-founder of the artistically progressive Atelier of Physical Design at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Brno, and she still works at the Atelier of Scenography at JAMU. She is the holder of the Gold Medal for the best theatre costume (for the balance of artistic creativity of costumes and respect for the actor and the psychology of the theatre character), which she won at the Prague Quadrennial in 1999. In 2015, she curated the Czech exhibition at this show, Sweet/sweet/sweet, dedicated to Jan Nebesky. With her distinctive artistic signature, she has participated in more than 200 productions ranging from independent alternative projects to the stage of the National Theatre.

The publication will be in Czech-English version.

Authors: Denisa Št’astná – Marie Zdeňková et al.

Prepared by: Department of Collections and Archives

Publication: April

 

Spaßmacher in the service of the nobility. Theatre in the Czech lands in the second half of the 17th century

After the Thirty Years’ War, the desire for entertainment and laughter brought theatrical performances to the noble houses, in which the comic character Spaßmacher played an important role. The shrewd and often vulgar servant disturbed the plot of these largely moralistic plays with his concerns based on the lowest needs. The book traces the footsteps of the representatives of these comic roles and also follows the movement of professional theatre companies in the Bohemian lands and their presence at the courts of then important families such as the Martinic, Slavat, Bruntálský of Vrba, Eggenberg and Saxe-Lauenburg families.

Editor: Miroslav Lukáš

Published as a print and e-publication.

The Cabinet for the Study of Czech Theatre

Publication: June

 

The Ultimate Cookbook for Cultural Managers: the EU Green Deal and Live Performance Organisations

Navigate the jungle of EU legislation and get a better understanding of the many initiatives related to the EU Green Deal. This new booklet aims to explain the principles of the EU’s climate targets and help you identify Green Deal initiatives that are relevant to the performing arts sector. This will enable organisations to focus their day-to-day activities on the European climate goals. It also encourages you to examine different aspects of your daily work and shift your thinking to actively contribute to the EU’s goal of making Europe the first climate neutral continent by 2050. Covering all areas of the EU Green Deal with implications for the living arts sector, from the circular economy to energy issues, sustainable mobility schemes and green financing strategies, this booklet will become your best companion for a greener future.

Annotation in English: Navigate the jungle of EU law and get a better understanding of the many initiatives related to the EU Green Deal. This new brochure aims at explaining the principles of EU Climate Goals and will help you identify Green Deal initiatives that are relevant to the live performance sector. In this way, it will allow organisations gear their day-to-day activities towards European climate targets. It also encourages you to screen different aspects of daily work and shift your mindset to actively contribute to the EU goal to make Europe the first climate-neutral continent by 2050. Covering all fields of the EU Green Deal impacting the live performance sector, from the circular economy to energy-related questions, sustainable mobility schemes and green funding strategies, this booklet will become your best companion for a greener future.

Author: Anita Debaere

Translation: Ivana Strakošová, Belisha Beacon

The original publication is published by PEARLE* – Live Performance Europe.The Czech translation for CzechMobility.Info is supported by IDU.

It is published as an e-publication.

Prepared by Arts and Theatre Institute (ATI)

Release date: April

 

ATI Annual Report 2024

Report on the year-long activities of the Arts and Theatre Institute. The report will cover the function and mission of our organization, ongoing research, documentation activities, our theatre holdings, publications, outreach services provided, international collaboration and exports, mobility, education and economic activities. The publication will be produced in an electronic version and will be available for download on our website.

Prepared by: Communication and Marketing Department

Issue: April