Travel Reference
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SMETANA HALL
250-600Kč; box office 10am-6pm; Náměstí Republiky)
Smetana Hall, centrepiece of
cert hall, with seating for 1200. This is the home venue of the Prague Symphony
Orchestra (Symfonický orchestr hlavního města Prahy), and also stages performances
of folk dance and music.
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IMAGE THEATRE
office 9am-8pm; Staroměstská)
Founded in 1989, this company uses creative black-
light theatre along with pantomime, modern dance and video - not to mention liberal
doses of slapstick - to tell its stories. The staging can be very effective, but the atmo-
sphere is often dictated by the audience's reaction.
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NATIONAL MARIONETTE THEATRE
490Kč; box office 10am-8pm; Staroměstská)
Loudly touted as the longest-running
classical marionette show in the city - it has been performed almost continuously
since 1991 (a fact, some say, that is reflected in the enthusiasm of the performances) -
Don Giovanni
is a life-sized puppet version of the Mozart opera that has spawned
several imitations around town. Younger kids' attention might begin to wander fairly
early on during this two-hour show.
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TA FANTASTIKA
11am-9.30pm; Staroměstská)
Established in New York in 1981 by Czech émigré Petr
Kratochvil, Ta Fantastika moved to Prague in 1989. The theatre produces black-light
theatre based on classic literature and legends such as
Excalibur, The Picture of Dori-
an Gray
and
Joan of Arc
. The most popular show is
Aspects of Alice,
based on
Alice
in Wonderland.
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