further to entice the audience. However, social moods are difficult to approach, Prague theatergoers say the end is over iROZHLAS
Spectators are slowly but surely returning to the theaters. According to some Prague scenes, however, visitors are waiting until the last minute to buy tickets, and it is mostly a comedy. We asked the theatergoers how they evaluate the end of the season and how complicated the operation of tickets at the last minute complicates their operation.
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“We generally record a decline in so-called ‘tourist’ titles,” describes Tomáš Staněk, a spokesman for the National Theater, describes the results of attendance | Photo: Zdeněk Sokol | Source: National Theater
The first Czech stage staged a production of Erben’s Bouquet on the stage of the historic building, and it was always sold out. According to the spokesman of the National Theater, Tomáš Staňek, the letters can now be obtained for only a few performances.
Theaters in the ending season experienced a decrease in visitors and an increase in prices
“Tickets for the last production of the theater season are basically coming out at the moment. Only the last places remain. But we are watching a change in shopping behavior,“Explains the theater’s spokesman.
“Spectators buy most tickets in the order of days and not in the order of weeks and months, as was the case in the National Customs in the period before the covid. We generally see a decline in so-called ‘tourist’ titles, because European mobility is not yet in the same condition as it used to be.,explains the behavior of Staněk’s spectators.
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That’s why so many performances at the State Opera, which is also part of the National Theater.
Fewer premieres and performances
The number of performances in the contributory organization of the Prague Švand Theater has also decreased.
“In the last two, we cancel in one or two premieres a year, because we simply don’t have the ability to produce more. Everything that does not need to be done is postponed and therefore saves maximum operating costs,“Daniel Hrbek, the director of the Švand Theater, describes the situation.
“We play about five to six fewer shows a month, which also saves energy, for example, because we have an average of about 000% more expensive since January than in 3 years. This is a crucial item for the theater, it is about 4.5 million crowns, which we must find in operation by saving costs, “he adds.
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There are also fewer spectators on the Smíchov scene than two years ago. About a sixth. “But attendance is not the only thing that interests us. Of course, they need to be important because we depend on what we get. We then produce the entire program from those sales, ”explains Hrbek.
According to the director of the Švand Theater, people now go to theaters mainly to relax. “I also see a great demand for comedy titles at our box office. However, what is essential is the dramaturgy and the themes that are important to hit,” describing.
“It’s not a question of genre. It’s a question of what and how attractive you put on the scene. But it is difficult. Times are evolving very hectically, and what was true yesterday is not true today. Topics are also harder to find, “concludes Hrbek.
Proven and well-known titles
On the other side of the Vltava in the Vinohrady Theater, where she works as a playwright Zuzana Paulusová, they also observe changes in the audience’s behavior, and people now choose proven and well-known titles.
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“For us, it’s specifically the Ballad for a Bandit, Pygmalion or Havel’s Briefcases, which they require in the studio scene. Our new productions, such as It is necessary to kill Sekal or the House of Bernarda Alba, thank you that they are interesting and artistically high quality, so they are just starting up, “he describes the situation.
However, according to the dramaturgy, Vinohrady theatergoers were pleased that visitors are more interested in subscriptions.
According to Tomáš Přenosil from the private Studio DVA, more spectators found their way into the hall there, albeit slowly.
“Stronger and popular audience titles have certainly climbed to somewhere around eighty, ninety, sometimes even one hundred percent sold-out, and titles that have been on the repertoire for a long time can be around half of the sold-out. For which we are very happy that we manage to meet such attendance, “.
The Prague Private Theater in Jezerka, led by the principal Jan Hrušínský, has not yet decided to reduce the cost of dropouts on tickets, but they have noticed.
“Revenues that we did not have for a year and a half due to the fact that the theaters were closed were not compensated. But I firmly believe that the quality of the theater will bring the audience to the auditorium in full again, otherwise I could not do it, “adds Hrušínský, adding that they are now drawing money from the reserve they have saved in recent years.
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