After School at the Carousel - September 1st!

Name: After School at the Carousel - September 1st!
Start: 2026-09-01
End: 2026-09-01
Location: Praha 7

took place · 1 Sep 2026

Praha 7, Prague

festival family outdoor free

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On Tuesday, September 1st, 2026, the fifth edition of After School at the Carousel takes place on Letná. The Letná carousel runs free of charge, and entry to the entire event is free.

The programme includes theatrical performances, theatre and art installations, reading and art workshops, rides in pedal cars from the National Technical Museum, and a photo booth with Prague 7 motifs.

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Buchty a loutky

15:00

Divadlo Hedárium 10:30
Hilda kolektiv 10:30
Berta Doubková, Josefína Holcová, Iva Ščerbáková 11:00
Daria Gosteva 11:30
Studio Damúza 12:00
Divadlo b 13:30
Čtecí dílna s knihkupectvím 2veverky 16:00
Fras 17:00
Musaši Entertainment Company 18:00

About: Divadlo Hedárium

Each Hedárium show pairs handcrafted puppets with live music and original songs, all created by Hedvika Řezáčová for audiences from age three. The fairy-tale stories about courage, friendship and nature play across theatres, festivals and schools throughout the country.

What's new

2026-06
The production of Čupřina and the Himalayan Horyduch in June 2026 was included in the program of the International Theatre Festival in Hradec Králové, where Hedárium theatre performed it in the Laboratory of Drak Theatre.
2026-04
In April 2026, Hedárium theatre was looking for a new collaborator to offer performances in other locations, indicating the planned growth of the ensemble.
2025-11
On November 2, 2025, the premiere of the new production Čupřina and the Himalayan Horyduch took place at Prague's KD Mlejn, the second joint fairy tale by Hedvika Řezáčová and Vendula Holičková.

Tracks

Studánka a kouzlo lesaHedária's first production for children from 3 years old; performed at festivals, in theaters and schools throughout the Czech Republic

Když mraky nepláčouHedária's second fairy tale; an adventure story about light and the courage to overcome darkness

Čupřina a himálajský horyduchpremiere November 2025; joint production with Vendula Holičková, also performed at the festival in Hradci Králové (June 2026)

About: Daria Gosteva

Russian scenographer Daria Gosteva works in Prague at the crossroads of puppet theatre, object art and performance. Her ensemble KHWOSHCH tours European festivals, and the new Shakespearean Puppet Mass is currently in development.

place at the Dinopera festival (Flight over the Puppet Nest)

years of the European tour of the Dinopera production

What's new

2025-11
The KHWOSHCH ensemble presented the production Shakespearean Puppet Mass at the Flyover Above the Puppet Nest festival in Prague at the Alfred ve dvoře theater.
2025-06
The production Nutcracker: Vegetable Ballet was presented at the international festival FIMFA Lx 2025 in Lisbon.
2025
Daria Gosteva and Anastasia Dobrodinskaya received the Plzen City Prize for puppet work for the production Nutcracker: Vegetable Ballet.

Tracks

Dinoperafirst project of the KHWOSHCH ensemble, tragic opera about dinosaurs; 2nd place at the Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem festival, honorary award at Skupově Plzni, European tour

Moskva-Dačnojedocumentary puppet performance about a mysterious house near Moscow; originally a home project, presented at festivals in the Czech Republic and abroad

The Nutcracker: Vegetable Balletvegetable puppet version of The Nutcracker; City of Plzen Prize, presented at FIMFA Lx 2025 in Lisbon

Shakespearean Puppet Massnew production of the KHWOSHCH ensemble, premiere at the Přelet nad loutkářským hnízdem festival in Prague, November 2025

About: Buchty a loutky

Prague's Buchty a loutky have been building their own puppet world since 1991 - live music, vintage puppets and new technology all in one. Their home stage is the Studio of Švandovo divadlo, where they regularly premiere new shows and run their own annual festival.

200+

performances per year

60+

theatrical premieres in total

14+10

titles in repertoire (children's + for adults)

years of own festival Buchty a loutky dětem

What's new

2026-04
In April 2026, the Studio Švandova theatre premiered a new children's production Janek Chlubil based on a French folk tale, directed by Marek Bečka.
2025-09
In September 2025, the 19th edition of the Buchty a loutky dětem festival took place, for the first time in Prague's Klamovka park.
2024-10
Ensemble members Marek Bečka, Radek Beran and Vít Brukner received the Thalia Prize on 5 October 2024 for collective acting performance in the production Postradatelní.

Tracks

Postradatelníproduction for adults (premiere 2024), Thalia Prize 2024 for collective acting performance

Candideproduction for adults based on Voltaire's novel, premiere 2023

Janek Chlubilnew children's fairy tale based on French folk source, premiere April 2026

Kuky se vracícollaboration on puppets for Jan Svěrak's feature film (2010)

Palečekbeloved children's production, part of the Buchty a loutky dětem 2025 festival program

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