ÉRIC ASSOUS: YOU DON'T CHOOSE YOUR RELATIVES

Name: ÉRIC ASSOUS: YOU DON'T CHOOSE YOUR RELATIVES
Start: 2026-10-08T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2026-10-08T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Divadlo GONG

took place · 8 Oct 2026

GONG Theatre, Prague

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Description was written before the event

A comedy by Éric Assous in which the arrival of a bold secretary at a family celebration thoroughly disrupts the relationships between relatives. Starring Svatopluk Skopal, Václav Vydra, and Jan Čenský.

About the venue: GONG Theatre

Divadlo GONG is a cultural and educational community centre of Prague 9, a contributory organisation located on Sokolovská Street in the Vysočany district. It hosts theatre performances by ensembles from Prague and beyond, musical events across various genres including regular jazz evenings, and educational programmes. The venue features a Large and a Small Stage and runs the Gong dětem project dedicated to theatre for children and youth.

Sokolovská 969/191, 190 00 Praha 9 Get directions

About: Václav Vydra

The third generation of the celebrated Vydra acting family, Václav Vydra has spent close to half a century on stage and in front of the camera. A member of the Divadlo na Vinohradech ensemble since 1995, he has taken on more than thirty roles there, spanning classical drama and contemporary comedy alike.

~60

roles in film and television

37+

Vinohrady theatre roles (as of 2023)

currently performed productions (2026)

What's new

2025-12
Vydra appeared in the film comedy Diary of a Shopaholic (directed by Eva Toulová), which had its cinema premiere on December 11, 2025.
2023-12
In December 2023, the comedy Don't Drink the Water by Woody Allen premiered at the Divadlo na Vinohradech, in which Vydra played the lead role of Walter Hollander.
2024-11
In November 2024, Vydra was a guest on the video podcast Diary with Perspective, where he talked about his more than fifty-year career.

Tour

PrahaSychrovŘíčany u Prahy

Tracks

Černí baronicult Czech film comedy (1992), one of Vydra's most famous film roles

Kameňákseries of popular Czech comedies (2003-2008), in which Vydra played the recurring role of policeman Pepa Novak

Blbec k večeřitheatrical comedy by Francis Veber directed by Jiří Menzel, Vydra has been performing it since 1998

Nepijte tu voducomedy by Woody Allen, premiere at the Vinohrady Theatre December 2023, Vydra in the lead role of Walter Hollander

Slunce, seno, jahodytheatrical production running since June 2022, Vydra in the cast

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