Za dveřmi 2026

The 18th edition of the Behind the Door festival will take place from July 14 to 19. The main venue will be the space in front of the Industrial Palace at Výstaviště Praha, part of the program will also take place on Mariánské náměstí.

The festival will present domestic and foreign ensembles focusing on new circus, physical theatre, acrobatics, puppet theater and site-specific projects. The program will include, for example, the Belgian ensemble Tripotes la Compagnie with the acrobatic production Kiss & Fly, the Swiss Panorama Kino Theater with the project Kismet, the Polish ensemble Teatr Biuro Podróży with an adaptation of Shakespeare's The Tempest or the Slovenian-Serbian collaboration Ana Monro & Cirkusfera.

V.O.S.A. will perform from the Czech stage. Theatre with the new project Beztíže, Holektiv with productions Laundry and Lessons in Pointing, Brothers in Trick, Eliška Brtnická, Michaela Stará and others.

The program will also include a Family Day with interactive installations and performances for children, musical accompaniment performed by Paper Moon Trio and the band Hobluj! or a final gala show with the participation of Czech ensembles and performers.

Program:

14. July 2026 – Exhibition Center Prague

• 20:00 Paper Moon Trio (SK) – concert
• 21:00 Petr Píša et al.: Rusty Rhapsody

15. July 2026 – Mariánské náměstí, Výstaviště Prague

• 16:30 V.O.S.A. Theatre: Weightless on the road – Mariánské náměstí
• 5:00 p.m. Panorama Kino Theater (CH): Kismet – Exhibition grounds Prague
• 6:15 p.m. Brothers in a trick: The Sea Lords – Exhibition grounds Prague
• 7:10 p.m. Tripotes la Compagnie (BE): Kiss & Fly – Exhibition grounds Prague
• 20:00 Panorama Kino Theater (CH): Kismet – Exhibition Center Prague
• 21:30 V.O.S.A. Theatre: Beztíže – Exhibition Center Prague

16. July 2026 – Mariánské náměstí, Výstaviště Praha

• 4:30 p.m. Michaela Stará: From next door – Mariánské náměstí
• 5:00 p.m. Panorama Kino Theater (CH): Kismet – Výstaviště Praha
• 6:15 p.m. Eliška Brtnická: Bau – Výstaviště Praha
• 6:45 p.m. Ana Monro & Cirkusfera (SLO/SER): 40–60 – Exhibition Center Prague
• 19:30 Tripotes la Compagnie (BE): Kiss & Fly – Exhibition Center Prague
• 20:15 Panorama Kino Theater (CH): Kismet – Exhibition Center Prague
• 21:00 Pleasures Collective – DJ set

17. July 2026 – Mariánské náměstí, Výstaviště Prague

• 16:45 Ana Monro & Cirkusfera (SLO/SER): 40–60 – Mariánské náměstí
• 17:15 Michaela Stará and Jonatán Vnouček: Na kolbišti – Výstaviště Praha
• 18:00 Brothers in a Trick: Sea Lords – Exhibition Center Prague
• 19:00 Holectiv: Pradleny – Exhibition Center Prague
• 20:00 Felix Baumann (DE): ha ha ha hi! – Exhibition Center Prague
• 21:00 Teatr Biuro Podróży (PL): Bouře – Exhibition Center Prague

18. July 2026 – Family Day – Exhibition Center Prague

• 15:30–20:30 Brewery: Nomadic mechanical playhouse
• 15:30–20:30 Delinus (NL): smallest “hop on – hop off” taxi
• 15:30–20:30 MansterWheel: kinetic treatment for children hamsters
• 16:00 Collective group: Pradleny
• 17:00 Matthias Romir (DE): Schwarz
• 18:00 Aleš Hrdlička: Waa-ba
• 19:00 Collective group: Toe-pointing lesson
• 20:00 Cink Cink Cirk: Dukto 2.0
• 20:45 Matthias Romir (DE): Schwarz

19. July 2026 – Grande finale – Výstaviště Praha

• 17:30–20:30 Delinus (NL): the smallest “hop on – hop off” taxi
• 18:00 V.O.S.A. Theater & Sunriders: C’est la Wheel
• 19:00 Plan! – concert
• 20:00 Gala show (hosted by Bratři v triku)

Entrance to the festival is voluntary. Further information and the complete program are available on the website zadvermi.cz.