Rewrite History: Václav Havel 90

Name: Rewrite History: Václav Havel 90
Start: 2026-11-09T19:00:00+01:00
End: 2026-11-09T21:30:00+01:00
Location: Divadlo Na Zábradlí

Mon, 9 Nov 2026 · 19:00

Theatre Na Zábradlí, Prague

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A theatrical programme dedicated to Václav Havel on the occasion of his 90th birthday. The performance takes place at the Na Zábradlí Theatre in Prague.

About the venue: Theatre Na Zábradlí

Theatre on the Balustrade (Divadlo Na zábradlí) is one of Prague's most prominent smaller theatres, founded in 1958 by Helena Philippová, Ivan Vyskočil, Jiří Suchý and Vladimír Vodička. In the 1960s it became the centre of Czech absurdist theatre, premiering plays by Václav Havel under director Jan Grossman. The main auditorium seats 165 with 30 additional balcony seats. Today's repertoire spans original productions, novel adaptations and radical reinterpretations of classics.

Anenské náměstí 209/5, 115 33 Praha 1 Get directions

About: Václav Havel

Václav Havel (1936–2011) was a Czech playwright, essayist, and statesman. Known for absurdist plays such as The Garden Party, he became a key figure of resistance to communist rule. After the Velvet Revolution of 1989, he served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and the first president of the Czech Republic.

since 2013

Václav Havel Prize for Human Rights - awarded annually

60 000 EUR

Amount of the Václav Havel Prize for Human Rights award

90+

Libraries participating in the Reading Havel 2026 event

What's new

2026-04
As part of the HAVEL90 project, on April 23, 2026, over 90 Czech libraries participated in a nationwide happening "Reading Havel", commemorating the dramatist's 90th birthday.
2026-09
The National Theatre is preparing a Czech premiere of an original production based on Havel's essay "The Power of the Powerless" for September 2026 at Prague Crossroads.
2025-09
The Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize for 2025 was awarded by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe to Ukrainian journalist Maksym Butkevych - for the first time in the history of the prize, it was won by a Ukrainian.

Tracks

Zahradní slavnostA breakthrough theatrical play from 1963 that launched Havel's international career as a dramatist

VyrozuměníAn absurdist play from 1965 featuring a fictional bureaucratic language ptydepe, performed on world stages to this day

Moc bezmocnýchA key political essay from 1978 that became a manifesto of dissent in Central and Eastern Europe

AudienceA one-act play from 1975 featuring the character Ferdinand Vaňka, Havel's own alter ego

Dopisy OlzeA collection of letters written from prison to his wife Olga, published in samizdat in 1985, today considered a literary and human document

Rewrite History: Václav Havel 90

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