Archa Theatre is open to all kinds of performing arts.

The Archa Theatre functions as a production house that provides artists with space for their work. We do not have a permanent ensemble but collaborate with artists in the form of co-productions. At the same time, we have established the Centre for Documentary and Social-Specific Theatre, which is dedicated to both artistic and educational activities.
The theatre's dramaturgy ignores the boundaries between genres as well as geographical, cultural and political borders. The program consists of the theatre's own projects and performances by artists and ensembles, which the Archa Theatre seeks out at home and abroad and invites to perform on its stage.

Every year, several original projects are created at the Archa Theatre that reflect current social issues. Since 2010, the Archa Theatre has regularly organized the AKCENT International Documentary Theatre Festival. It has long collaborated with many domestic and foreign theatres, festivals and cultural institutions. A significant part of the theatre's international activities is supported by grants from the European Commission's Culture program. The Archa Theatre is a member of IETM – the international network for contemporary performing arts.

education

International Summer School of Documentary Theatre 2023

25 August – 7 September 2023, Archa Theatre, Prague, Czech Republic

international cooperation

Eight Short Compositions on the Lives of Ukrainians for a Western Audience

Jana Svobodová/Anastasiia Kosodii and Col.

documentary theatre performance residency

Hana Kokšalová – Inside You, There Are Two Wolves

premieres February 27 and March 2, 2023, Archa Theatre, Prague

international cooperation

Perché non io? / Why Not Me?

Jana Svobodová & coll. / Teatro NEST, Fondazione Campania dei Festival, Neapol, Archa Theatre

education

Democracy Through Theatre

A project aimed at connecting theatre and democratic education. It focuses on decision-making processes in collective creative activity, the ability to perceive contemporary creation and tolerance, and openness to the unknown.

international cooperation

What’SAP – Exchange of Social Art Practices

The What’SAP project is a 2-year international project co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. It is based on the exchange of the methodologies between the four project partners from Hungary, the Czech Republic, Serbia, and France. / 2021 – 2022

methodological manual

Social-specific Theatre in Practice

A practical handbook by Jana Svobodová – Social-Specific Theatre in Practice / Involving “Real People” Into the Process of Theatre Creation – is available online!