From Mrs. Dalloway to Our Town: English-friendly theater in Prague this winter

Virginia Woolf’s modernist masterpiece has found a haunting new theatrical life at Divadlo Na zábradlí. Focused on the fear of time and the quiet erasure of women, the production has drawn critical praise this season, including an award nod in Czech theatre circles as one of the dramatic achievements of 2025. With English surtitles.

Divadlo Na zábradlí; Jan. 19, Feb. 15, and March 25, 2026. Tickets here.

The Irish sketch-comedy trio returns to Prague with Skittish, a rapid-fire mix of polished sketches and improvisation. Fresh from international tours and viral success, the group brings its precision absurdity to a single Prague date, promising a tightly packed night of laughter.

Kongresové centrum; Jan. 30, 2026. Tickets here.

Thornton Wilder’s Our Town receives its English-language Prague premiere in a production by the Prague Shakespeare Company, directed by Ash Visker. Set in the fictional Grover’s Corners, the play quietly insists on the beauty of ordinary life and the urgency of paying attention to it.

Divadlo Na Prádle; Feb. 20, 26, 27, and 28, 2026. Tickets here.

The works of Jára Cimrman, the country’s most beloved fictional genius, continue their English-language run at Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana. This winter’s lineup includes the theatrical farce The Stand-In, the fairy-tale send-up Long, Wide and Short-Sighted, and the original comedy The Act.

Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana; Jan. 30–March 27, 2026. Tickets here.

Henrik Ibsen’s psychologically charged drama returns in a new staging with English subtitles. Hedda Gabler remains one of theatre’s most unsettling portraits of frustration, ambition, and self-destruction, played out within the strict confines of social expectation. English subtitles.

The Estates Theatre; March 5 and 6, 2026. Tickets here.