Dramaturgic plan for season 2025/2026

The Švandovo divadlo is in great shape. In the 2025/2026 season, it will offer four new productions about family relationships!

The Švanda Theatre in Prague's Smíchov district is preparing a total of three premieres in the 2025/2026 season, and a new project of three stage readings is planned for the following season.
"All new titles are connected by the theme of family viewed from different perspectives and with different genre definitions," says Martin Františák, the theatre's artistic director. "The common denominator is also the clash of the individual with society and its setting, its order," adds Františák, who has been successfully working with the Švanda Theatre for 6 theatre seasons. The theatre is set to make a number of guest appearances abroad: this season it plans to visit Toronto, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.

 

Martin Františák

RULES OF NIRVANA

director: Thomas Zielinski
premiere: 8th November 2025 

A play with a concert. A tribute to the grunge movement, the last rock rebellion. A production by the Švanda Theatre about one turning point.

 

William Shakespeare

ROMEO AND JULIET

director: Martin Františák
premiere: 14th February 2026  

Don't say anything, I know. They kill each other out of hate and I kill myself out of love. One of the most famous love stories of all time.

 

TERRIBLY HAPPY

director: Eliáš Gaydečka
premiere: 25th April 2026 

The upcoming title should be in the black comedy genre. The parties are currently in the process of negotiating the copyright license.