The best actor is Karel Dobrý in Little Creator/Der kleine Fratz directed by Jan Nebeský. Cirk La Putyka dedicated to the contemporary circus was pronounced the best theatre. The production of the year Zahradníček/What Is Mine is Yours was directed by Jan Nebeský in TheatreX10 and Saša Rašilov plays the role of poet Jan Zahradníček with this year’s double laureate Trmíková. The project was created on the occasion of the poet’s 115th birthday tells a story about Zahradníček’s long imprisonment in the Communist camp, where he wrote letters to his wife Marie, played by Trmíková.

The JEDL Theatre Company that produced the performance about Zahradníček also staged Little Creator/Der kleine Fratz with Nebeská as a director and Trmíková as the actress, yet the critics were intrigued by Karel Dobrý’s role of Franz Kafka. Little Creator is a site-specific project inspired by Kafka’s life and work. JEDL staged it in non-traditional theatre space, the House at the Minute at the Old Town Square, where Kafka spent some time as a child.

The best theatre – Cirk La Putyka – is an established company on the Czech stage. Brothers Rosťa and Vítek Novák founded the company in 2008 and they have resided in Jatka78 in the Holešovice market since 2014. La Putyka is dedicated to contemporary circus and in their own words, the current topic is the most important for them. They also emphasize the variety of genres and multiculturalism, as well as innovative features in every new project.

Apart from other traditional awards for stage design, music, the Czech play staged for the first time, and talent of the year, the special award “Quarantine Theatre – special pandemic award)”. It went to six companies – from Continuo Theatre, Wariot Ideal to Cirk La Putyka. Cirk was acknowledged for their #kulturunezastavis initiative designed for “all artists and art productions: for everybody who want to do their job”. Regarding the flexibility of theatre, they appeal to presentations outside the venues and concepts. The initiative has hosted over 210 small cultural events.

Antonín Brinda

List of all awards: (adapted from Czech Radio)

BEST PRODUCTION 2020

• LUCIE TRMÍKOVÁ: ZAHRADNÍČEK / WHAT IS MINE IS YOURS
  director and stage designer Jan Nebeský, costume designer Petra Vlachynská, music Matouš Hejl, JEDL Theatre Company Prague, premiere February 2, 2020

BEST ACTRESS 2020

• LUCIE TRMÍKOVÁ (MARIE ZAHRADNÍČKOVÁ)
  Trmíková: Zahradníček / What Is Mine Is Yours, director Jan Nebeský, JEDL Theatre Company Prague

BEST ACTOR 2020

• KAREL DOBRÝ (FRANZ)
  Egon Tobiáš: Little Creator/Der kleine Fratz, director Jan Nebeský, JEDL Theatre Company Prague

BEST THEATRE 2020

• CIRK LA PUTYKA

CZECH PLAY STAGED FOR THE FIRST TIME 2020

• TOMÁŠ DIANIŠKA: THE MAGNIFICENT 294
  Pod Palmovkou Theatre Prague, director T.Dianiška, dramaturgist Ladislav Stýblo

BEST STAGE DESIGN 2020

• HZA BAŽANT (set design)
  The Cabinet of Miracles or Orbis pictus, concept Hza Bažant, Michaela and Filip Homola and Vít Peřina, director M.Homolová, Naïve Theatre Liberec
• ZUZANA KREJZKOVÁ (set design)
  Miroslav Bambušek, Jan Patočka: Heretical Essays, director M.Bambušek, Mezery Company and Prague Studio Hrdinů

BEST MUSIC 2020

• MARKO IVANOVIĆ
  M.Ivanović, David Radok: Monument, director D.Radok, music M.Ivanović, National Theatre Brno
• PΛST (IVO SEDLÁČEK, DAN KRANICH)
  Seneca: The Mad Hercules, director Tomáš Loužný, Tiger in Distress / Ancient Štvanice Praha

THE TALENT OF THE YEAR 2020

• JAKUB MAKSYMOV (director, dramaturg)

QUARANTINE THEATRE (SPECIAL ‘PANDEMIC’ AWARD)

• (Memento) Mor (director Jakub Čermák, Depressive Children Longing for Money)
• Decameron 2000 (storyline Tomáš Svoboda, Na Fidlovačcbe Theatre)
• Hedda Gabler (director David Šiktanc, Drama Studio Ústí nad Labem)
• Noon (director Pavel Štourač et al., Continuo Theatre)
• Wariot Ideal Frame raté 18 film
• Cirk La Putyka “for their #kulturunezastavis initiative and other projects”