{"id":5828,"date":"2025-04-01T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/?post_type=event&#038;p=5828"},"modified":"2025-07-23T23:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T21:04:40","slug":"new-czech-drama-2025","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/event\/new-czech-drama-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"New Czech Drama Festival 2025 &#8211; Staged Readings of Contemporary Plays"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-light-turquise-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sunday, 29 June 2025, 8 pm, <a href=\"https:\/\/theateruntermdach-berlin.de\/\">Theater unterm Dach<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"475\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ES-T25_Probenfoto_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ES-T25_Probenfoto_2.jpg 475w, https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ES-T25_Probenfoto_2-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Rehearsal for <\/em>Trollmama<em> by Hana D. Lehe\u010dkov\u00e1 | Foto: Astra Zoldnere<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tom\u00e1\u0161 R\u00e1li\u0161: <em>Ausgewohnt<\/em><\/strong> (working title, orig. <strong><em>Vyhubyt<\/em><\/strong>, translated from Czech by Maira Neubert)<br>A grotesque reckoning with gentrification and the property market, and the housing shortage for the young generation. The play received the Ewald Schorm Award in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hana D. Lehe\u010dkov\u00e1: <em>Trollmama<\/em><\/strong> (orig. <strong><em>Troll\u00ed matka<\/em><\/strong>, translated from Czech by Barbora Schnelle)<br>A dystopian play by a young, renowned prose writer dealing with how manipulative content spread on social media affects the individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>David Ko\u0161\u0165\u00e1k: Die vergegossene Milchstra\u00dfe<\/em><\/strong> (working title, orig. <strong><em>Nad rozlitou ml\u00e9\u010dnou dr\u00e1hou<\/em><\/strong>, translated from Czech by Martina Lisa)<br>A poetic play about the relationship between an immature father and an aging daughter, time having escaped them like stardust running through their fingers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staged readings (of abridged versions) followed by a panel discussion with the playwrights and translators<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Readings directed by: Eberhard K\u00f6hler<br>Stage and costume design: Danila Korogodsky<br>Performed by: Thea Rasche, Hannah Ley, Niklas Brubach, Henning Bochert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Press release in German<\/strong> as PDF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:280px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 250515_PM_Ein Stueck_Tschechien 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-6ce5611d-a492-4cc6-8759-17a00dadb1e6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\">250515_PM_Ein Stueck_Tschechien 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-6ce5611d-a492-4cc6-8759-17a00dadb1e6\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><strong>Press release in <\/strong>Czech <\/strong>as PDF<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_CZ_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:300px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 250515_PM_CZ_Ein Stueck_Tschechien 2025.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-d02a1ad9-2fbd-4fc5-aaf9-0a8c05ef165b\" href=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_CZ_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\">250515_PM_CZ_Ein Stueck_Tschechien 2025<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/250515_PM_CZ_Ein-Stueck_Tschechien-2025.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-d02a1ad9-2fbd-4fc5-aaf9-0a8c05ef165b\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomas-Ralis_Foto-Patrik-Borecky-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11334 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Tom\u00e1\u0161 R\u00e1li\u0161<\/strong> (*1997) studied theatre directing at the Theatre Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague. He has received numerous awards in the Czech Republic and internationally for his productions and plays. For example: first place three times in a row (2020-22) in the renowned drama competition, the Ewald Schorm Prize; in 2023, he was awarded second place with <em>Vyhubyt<\/em>, which he directed in the same year at Studio Beseda in Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9; the radio play version of his play <em>Sleduj!<\/em> (<em>Follow!<\/em>) about YouTubers and influencers won the student prize and third place in the drama category at the Prix Bohemia Radio 2023 radio play festival. Also in 2023, he was named Talent of the Year 2023 at the Czech Theatre Critics&#8217; Awards. In 2025, the German-speaking commission of Eurodram selected this play for presentation at the playwrights&#8217; festival in Graz and at the festival St\u00fcck f\u00fcr St\u00fcck in Mannheim. Drama Panorama presented his award-winning play <em>Sorex<\/em> in the translation by Maira Neubert for the first time at the New Translations of International Drama Festival in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Patrik Boreck\u00fd<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Hana D. Lehe\u010dkov\u00e1<\/strong> (*1990) is a Czech literary editor, writer and playwright. She studied theory and criticism at the Theatre Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague. She made her debut as a playwright in 2012, when she won the \u0160vandovo Divadlo Drama Competition, which subsequently staged her play <em>V(\u00fd)chod<\/em>. She has written radio plays such as <em>Johana a tov\u00e1rna na sny<\/em> (Engl. <em>Johana and the Dream Factory)<\/em> and <em>Co se stalo se Zuzanou <\/em>(Engl. <em>What Happened to Susanne<\/em>), among others. For her experimental novel <em>Svat\u00e1 hlava<\/em> (2019, published in German as <em>Das heilige Haupt<\/em>, translation Hana Hadas, Homunculus Verlag, 2022), she received the Ji\u0159\u00ed Orten Prize in 2020, a prestigious Czech prize for young authors under 30. She also received attention for her autobiographical novel <em>Poup\u00e1tka<\/em> (Engl. <em>Buddings<\/em>, 2021), which deals with child abuse in a theatre group. Lehe\u010dkov\u00e1 also writes children&#8217;s books and works as a playwright with many independent theatres in the Czech Republic. Her play <em><em>Troll\u00ed matka<\/em><\/em> (Engl. <em>Troll Mama)<\/em> was created for Prague&#8217;s Divadlo Let\u00ed (premiere 2018).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Ond\u0159ej Dolej\u0161\u00ed<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Hana-D.-Leheckova_Foto-Ondrej-Dolejsi.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11333 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/David-Kostak_Foto-Hector-Rodriguez.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11332 size-full\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>David Ko\u0161\u0165\u00e1k<\/strong> (*1991) studied theory and criticism at the Theatre Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU) in Prague. He is artistic director of the Mal\u00e9 Divadlo (Little Theatre) in South Bohemia and dramaturge of the independent Divadlo Let\u00ed (Let\u00ed Theatre) in Prague. As a dramaturge, he has also worked with the \u0160vandovo Divadlo (\u0160vanda Theatre), the Divadlo Petra Bezru\u010de (Petr Bezru\u010de Theatre) and the drama and opera department of the Jiho\u010desk\u00e9 Divadlo (South Bohemian Theatre). His plays include post-dramatic texts such as <em>Taxistyx, Srdce pat\u0159\u00ed za m\u0159\u00ed\u017ee<\/em> (Engl. <em>The Heart Belongs Behind Bars<\/em>), chamber music relationship dramas such as <em>Nad rozlitou ml\u00e9\u010dnou dr\u00e1hou<\/em> (Engl. <em>The Spilled Milky Way<\/em>), <em>Lajka vzh\u016fru let<\/em>\u00ed (Engl. <em>Lajka Flies High<\/em>), the radio western for teenagers <em>Tahle zem\u011b nen\u00ed pro mlad\u00fd<\/em> (Engl. <em>No Country for Young People<\/em>) and many more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Photo: Hector Rodriguez<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-turquise-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drama-panorama.com\/en\/event-type\/new-czech-drama\/\" data-type=\"event-type\" data-id=\"2300\">Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien<\/a><\/strong> <strong>2025<\/strong> <strong>Festival<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien, the festival of contemporary Czech theater in Berlin, presents current Czech productions as guest performances and staged readings of contemporary plays by Czech playwrights, whose texts are being translated into German for the first time for the festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artistic direction of the festival, dramaturgy, and production: Barbora Schnelle and Henning Bochert<br>Production assistants: Alberto Afferni and Maira Neubert<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-regular-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The festival <strong>Ein St\u00fcck: Tschechien 2025<\/strong> is an event by Drama Panorama: Forum f\u00fcr \u00dcbersetzung und Theater e. V. in cooperation with the Czech Center Berlin and the Embassy of the Czech Republic in Berlin. Funded by the Governing Mayor of Berlin &#8211; Senate Chancellery, the German-Czech Future Fund and Dilia z. s. 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