Tickets for Havel’s new play go on sale in Prague

Tickets went on sale for former president Václav Havel’s much anticipated new play ‘Odcházení’ (‘Leaving’) on Monday. The first rehearsals of the production also got underway at Prague’s Divadlo Archa. The play will be premiered on May 22, with subsequent performances on the 23 and 24. The premiere was originally expected to have taken place much sooner, but production of the play was delayed when negotiations with several theatres broke down. Talks with the National Theatre collapsed in part over Mr Havel’s insistence that his wife play the female lead. The play was also withdrawn from the capital’s Divadlo na Vinohradech, before finding a home at Divadlo Archa.

Author: Rosie Johnston