September 2019
Tickets: CZK 290 / student&senior CZK 190 / #Studovna CZK 50 — Length 70 minutes — Tickets via Archa Theatre and GoOut.cz
"He who asks too much, learns too much..."
Can light be captured? You can't meet the past. But the sun is still shining, and when it's bright, it awakens the past.
Yellow Darkness delves into a time and space where birth, life and a death have no causality. Light becomes a musical instrument that takes us to unknown worlds. The author is an orphaned figure in a space created by an interactive play of laser rays.
Petr Nikl (1960) – Artist, writer, illustrator, musician and performer. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. He is a founding member of the Tvrdohlaví group and received the Jindřich Chaloupecký Prize for young artists in 1995. Nikl has been collaborating with the Archa Theatre since 1994, when he created the scenography and costumes for the first project of the Opera La Serra. In the following years, he presented his solo performances and collaborated with Kristýna Lhotáková and Ladislav Soukup on the performance Dance of Toys, and with Jana Svobodová on the projects Slunovrat, Mirror, Mirror and Worn Dreams. His recent project Yellow Darkness evolved as a continuation of his previous play – the black and white melodrama I Am Your Bunny. The performance was created as a co-production with the Archa Theatre, where it has been presented in various incarnations since 2011.
Credits
Concept and performance: Petr Nikl
Laser interactions & sound: David Vrbík
Music: Jan Burian Jr.
Lights: Patrik Sedlák
Flying objects: Ondřej Eremiáš
Translation provided by students from Charles University’s Institute of Translation Studies
Produced by: Archa Theatre
Premiere: 21 September 2018, Archa Theatre, Prague
Length: 70 minutes
22. 09.
Sun
Sun
theatre
20:00
20:00
One-room Flats
Veronika Knytlová, Jiří Havelka
English–friendly
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23. 09.
Mon
Mon
theatre
20:00
20:00
One-room Flats
Veronika Knytlová, Jiří Havelka
English–friendly
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PREMIERE
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PREMIERE
October 2019
02. 10.
Wed
Wed
multimedia
20:00
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
Archa Theatre and Shared Cities: Creative Momentum
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PREMIERE
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PREMIERE
03. 10.
Thu
Thu
multimedia
20:00
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
Archa Theatre and Shared Cities: Creative Momentum
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PREMIERE
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PREMIERE
04. 10.
Fri
Fri
workshop
10:00–16:00
10:00–16:00
Archa for schools
06. 10.
Sun
Sun
theatre
20:00
20:00
Samira Elagoz – Cock Cock... Who’s There?
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019
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English–friendly
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07. 10.
Mon
Mon
20:00
Gérald Kurdian – Hot Bodies – Stand Up
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019
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09. 10.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Louis Vanhaverbeke / CAMPO – Mikado Remix
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019
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10. 10.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
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Silke Huysmans & Hannes Dereere – Mining Stories
4+4 DAYS IN MOTION 2019
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16. 10.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre
English–friendly
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17. 10.
Thu
Thu
theatre
10:00
10:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre
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Archa for Schools
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Archa for Schools
18. 10.
Fri
Fri
discussions
18:00
18:00
EFB Festival / Theatre D as a cultural centre, Life feed from the EFB in the Archa Theatre
The avant-garde lives!
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18. 10.
Fri
Fri
music
20:00
20:00
EFB Festival / BERG Orchestra (CZ) & Kalabis Quintet (CZ),Pavel Bořkovec Quartet, Jan Burian Jr.
The avant-garde lives!
19. 10.
Sat
Sat
music
14:30
14:30
EFB Festival / Štěpán Uhlíř: builder songs and jazz jam
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19. 10.
Sat
Sat
discussions
15:00
15:00
EFB Festival / EFB as the "forefather of multimedia creation"
The avant-garde lives!
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19. 10.
Sat
Sat
theatre
17:00
17:00
EFB Festival / E. F. Burian / Jaroslava Šiktancová / BodyVoiceBand – War
The avant-garde lives!
19. 10.
Sat
Sat
discussions
18:30
18:30
EFB Festival / The Art of Engagement
The avant-garde lives!
FREE ADMISSION
25. 10.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
La Putyka
10 Years of Cirk La Putyka Ensemble
English–friendly
Special bonus after the show – discussion, photo exhibition and DJ
Special bonus after the show – discussion, photo exhibition and DJ
26. 10.
Sat
Sat
multimedia
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20:00
20:00
Ščegetavček
Kadınlar: Daisy Alexander, Millie Done, Çiğdem Erdöl, Varja Hrvatin
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AKCENT FESTIVAL
English–friendly
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November 2019
09. 11.
Sat
Sat
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13:00
13:00
Arctic festival 2019
Buchty a loutky, Už jsme doma, Vassvik, Bjørn Anders Nymoen and others
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13. 11.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Splintery Goodwill
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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14. 11.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Accidental Re-collapse
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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15. 11.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Ordinary People
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance Studio
English–friendly
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16. 11.
Sat
Sat
multimedia
20:00
20:00
Night of the Theatres: Ordinary People
Jana Svobodová, Wen Hui and coll. / Archa Theatre / Living Dance Studio
FREE ADMISSION
24. 11.
Sun
Sun
music
20:00
20:00
Vladimír Mišík – I’ll meet you one day, the album release show
Blue Shadows & guests, special guest: PAUL BRADY
28. 11.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
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29. 11.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
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30. 11.
Sat
Sat
theatre
20:00
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Granma. Posaunen aus Havanna
Stefan Kaegi/Rimini Protokoll (CH/DE)
Moving Audience
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December 2019
02. 12.
Mon
Mon
multimedia
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10:00
10:00
Archa for schools
14. 12.
Sat
Sat
music
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literature
20:00
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EKG – Of Love and Jesus
Igor Malijevský, Jaroslav Rudiš and guests
15. 12.
Sun
Sun
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literature
20:00
20:00
EKG – Of Love and Space
Igor Malijevský, Jaroslav Rudiš and guests
16. 12.
Mon
Mon
work in progress
20:00
20:00
1144
Tom Jaspers and Lise Grimelund-Kjelsen
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English–friendly
Archa.lab
English–friendly
Archa.lab
18. 12.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Vyhnání z mumráje
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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19. 12.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Jasná křeč
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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January 2020
14. 01.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
15. 01.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – The Latest Particles
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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16. 01.
Thu
Thu
workshop
10:00
10:00
Archa.lab
Archa for schools
Archa for schools
16. 01.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Abandoned Quarry
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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17. 01.
Fri
Fri
workshop
10:00
10:00
Archa for schools
21. 01.
Tue
Tue
music
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literature
10:00
10:00
Archa for Schools: Listen to Franz Vol. 5
Slovák and Burian Jr.
Archa for schools
21. 01.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
26. 01.
Sun
Sun
theatre
20:00
20:00
Home at the End of the World
Goose on a String Theatre / Anna Davidová
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28. 01.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
29. 01.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre
English–friendly
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30. 01.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Russkies?
Jan Burian Jr., Jaroslav Hrdlička, Jana Svobodová and coll./ Archa Theatre
English–friendly
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February 2020
04. 02.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
12. 02.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Cool Aunt
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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13. 02.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Careless Investigator
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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14. 02.
Fri
Fri
workshop
10:00
10:00
Archa.lab
Archa for schools
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15. 02.
Sat
Sat
music
20:00
20:00
Efterklang, support: Kristín Anna
presented by10:15 Entertainment
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23. 02.
Sun
Sun
festival
/
dance
18:00
18:00
Jan Komárek – Hiroshima the Magician
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL
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25. 02.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
27. 02.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL
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28. 02.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Jan Mocek – Virtual Ritual
SMALL INVENTORY FESTIVAL
English–friendly
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March 2020
03. 03.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30–21:00
19:30–21:00
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
Production: IN FILM Prague
05. 03.
Thu
Thu
workshop
10:00–15:00
10:00–15:00
Blanka Žižka: The Body Knows / Tělo to ví
March 5 – 8 / workshop for proffesional actors, dancers and directors
English–friendly
Archa.lab
Archa.lab
06. 03.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) / Thomas Melle / Münchner Kammerspiele – Uncanny Valley
Presented by The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Archa Theatre
07. 03.
Sat
Sat
theatre
17:00
17:00
Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) / Thomas Melle / Münchner Kammerspiele – Uncanny Valley
Presented by The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Archa Theatre
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07. 03.
Sat
Sat
theatre
20:00
20:00
Rimini Protokoll (Stefan Kaegi) / Thomas Melle / Münchner Kammerspiele – Uncanny Valley
Presented by The Prague Theatre Festival of German Language and Archa Theatre
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09. 03.
Mon
Mon
theatre
20:00
20:00
THOMAS & RUHLLER (NL) – Eiland / CANCELLED DUE TO TECHNICAL REASONS
Purchased tickets can be returned at the place of purchase. E-Tickets: the amount will be automatically returned to bank account.
12. 03.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Unrepeatable Joke / NEW DATE: 7 October 2021
postponed from 12 March 2020, 29 October 2020, 27 January 2021 and 12 May 2021
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13. 03.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Merciful Fit – POSTPONED TO October 30, 2020
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15. 03.
Sun
Sun
music
20:00
20:00
Dan Bárta & Illustratosphere / Zvířený prach tour – POSTPONED TO 2 NOVEMBER 2020
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16. 03.
Mon
Mon
music
/
literature
20:00
20:00
Listen to Franz Vol. 7 – POSTPONED INDEFINITELY
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19. 03.
Thu
Thu
music
20:00
20:00
Andrej Šeban a Petr Nikl – Vyšinu – POSTPONED TO 10 SEPTEMBER 2020
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22. 03.
Sun
Sun
performance
16:00
16:00
Jurisic – Mandicc (SL): Together / CANCELLED
Bazaar Festival
English–friendly
26. 03.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Fidlovačka or Who Are We? – CANCELLED
The performance was cancelled. Your tickets will be refunded.
27. 03.
Fri
Fri
theatre
10:00
10:00
Archa for Schools: Fidlovačka or Who Are We? – CANCELLED
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30. 03.
Mon
Mon
theatre
20:00
20:00
Collective Nesladim – House Without Sleep – POSTPONED TO 14 JULY 2020
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April 2020
03. 04.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Gadžové jdou do nebe – POSTPONED TO 18. 9. and 19. 9.
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Prague premiere
04. 04.
Sat
Sat
theatre
20:00
20:00
Gadžové jdou do nebe – POSTPONED TO 18. 9. and 19. 9.
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06. 04.
Mon
Mon
music
20:00
20:00
Maceo Parker / POSTPONED TO November 2, 2022
Presented by ISAMAX s.r.o.
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09. 04.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Collective Nesladim – House Without Sleep – POSTPONED TO 15 JULY 2020
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15. 04.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – After All – POSTPONED TO November 29, 2020
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16. 04.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Unhappy Return – POSTPONED TO November 30, 2020
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18. 04.
Sat
Sat
literature
20:00
20:00
EKG – Of Love and Fire – POSTPONED TO OCTOBER, 2020
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NEW DATE: OCTOBER 3, 2020
19. 04.
Sun
Sun
literature
20:00
20:00
EKG – Of Love and Fire – POSTPONED TO OCTOBER, 2020
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NEW DATE: OCTOBER 4, 2020
20. 04.
Mon
Mon
music
20:00
20:00
CANCELLED: Van der Graaf Generator
presented by 10:15 Entertainment
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22. 04.
Wed
Wed
music
20:00
20:00
Destroyer – POSTPONED TO JANUARY 22, 2021
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English–friendly
25. 04.
Sat
Sat
theatre
17:00
17:00
Colonization – new origin / POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 2021
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26. 04.
Sun
Sun
theatre
20:00
20:00
Colonization – new origin / POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 2021
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27. 04.
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Mon
theatre
20:00
20:00
Colonization – new origin / POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 2021
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29. 04.
Wed
Wed
music
20:00
20:00
Swans / CANCELLED
presented by Scrape Sound Inc., Silver Rocket and Archa TheatreMay 2020
06. 05.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Lost Universe – POSTPONED TO 18 JUNE 2020
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07. 05.
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Thu
theatre
20:00
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Divadlo Vizita – Carious Vulture – POSTPONED TO 18 JUNE 2020
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14. 05.
Thu
Thu
music
20:00
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15. 05.
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20:00
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22. 05.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Collective Nesladim – House Without Sleep – POSTPONED TO 15 JULY 2020
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26. 05.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30
19:30
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
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27. 05.
Wed
Wed
theatre
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music
20:00
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Tros Sketos / POSTPONED TO DECEMBER 20, 2021
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28. 05.
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Thu
music
20:00
20:00
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June 2020
02. 06.
Tue
Tue
talkshow
19:30
19:30
Public filming of the Jan Kraus Show 2020
LIMITED CAPACITY – REGISTRATION NECESSARY
05. 06.
Fri
Fri
multimedia
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10:00
10:00
Archa for schools
12. 06.
Fri
Fri
theatre
10:00
10:00
Petr Nikl - Yellow Darkness / postponed to September 25, 2021
a colourful melodrama
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Archa for schools
Archa for schools
17. 06.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Geyser of Futility
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
#Study
18. 06.
Thu
Thu
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita – Vykladači egyptských hlodů
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
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July 2020
14. 07.
Tue
Tue
theatre
20:00
20:00
#Study
postponed from 30 March 2020
postponed from 30 March 2020
15. 07.
Wed
Wed
theatre
20:00
20:00
#Study
postoponed from 9 April and 22 May 2020
postoponed from 9 April and 22 May 2020
24. 07.
Fri
Fri
music
18:00–02:00
18:00–02:00
Mr. Wombat Showcase
feat. Avokaduo, Branko´s Bridge, Grottup, DJ Šaty s vlečkou
27. 07.
Mon
Mon
theatre
20:00
20:00
Divadlo Vizita - Tajemství vlastního těsta
Jaroslav Dušek, Pjér la Šé'z, Zdeněk Konopásek, Viktor Zborník.
#Study
31. 07.
Fri
Fri
music
20:00
20:00
FALL FROM EVEREST + Velkatlusta0 + Lighthouse Keeper
moved from Varšava club on 13 March 2020
English–friendly
August 2020
16. 08.
Sun
Sun
music
20:00
20:00
Swans / CANCELLED
presented by Scrape Sound Inc., Silver Rocket and Archa Theatre
24. 08.
Mon
Mon
English–friendly
Archa.lab
Archa.lab
September 2020
10. 09.
Thu
Thu
music
/
literature
20:00
20:00
#Study
12. 09.
Sat
Sat
meeting
18:00
18:00
Meeting with Václav Janoščík
venue: Cafe Plavky at the entrance door of Archa
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12. 09.
Sat
Sat
music
20:00
20:00
The Toy Dolls / NEW DATE: 5 NOVEMBER 2022
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English–friendly
12. 09.
Sat
Sat
theatre
20:00
20:00
Collective Nesladim – House Without Sleep
+ discussion with Monika Kliková
#Study
13. 09.
Sun
Sun
music
19:00
19:00
Nová syntéza: Radim Hladík Tribute - POSTPONED TO 12. 9. 2021
support: Megaton Stars Band
13. 09.
Sun
Sun
music
20:00
20:00
CANCELLED: Van der Graaf Generator
presented by 10:15 Entertainment
English–friendly
18. 09.
Fri
Fri
theatre
20:00
20:00
Gadžové jdou do nebe
Goose on a String Theatre
postponed from 3 April 2020
19. 09.
Sat
Sat
theatre
20:00
20:00
Gadžové jdou do nebe
Goose on a String Theatre
postponed from 4 April 2020