27 March 2026
Good Theatre Challenges Our Thinking and Encourages Us to Imagine What We Long For
Today is World Theatre Day, which theatre lovers around the globe have celebrated every 27 March since 1962, on the initiative of the International Theatre Institute. The worldwide celebrations are united by a message written each year by a prominent figure of international theatre. The very first one, more than sixty years ago, was written by Jean Cocteau. This year, the author is the actor…
13 March 2026
Programme Changes in March and April at the National Theatre Košice
The National Theatre Košice announces that, due to technical reasons, the premieres of the drama production Noises Off by Michael Frayn and the ballet production Le Corsaire by Adolphe Adam have been postponed. For this reason, several additional performances have been added to the March and April programme.
16 February 2026
In the Spotlight: The East Slovak Museum Joins the Celebrations of Košice Theatre
Košice theatre is a phenomenon intertwined with all spheres of life in the metropolis of eastern Slovakia. The historic theatre building in the heart of the city inspires admiration already from the outside. Its spacious auditorium has witnessed countless emotions during thousands of performances. Directors, actors, musicians and visual artists from around the world have left their lasting mark…
12 February 2026 |
Drama
A Frantic Dance of Questions and Answers Unfolds in Purgatory, Performed by Lívia Michalčík Dujavová and Tomáš Diro.
The chamber play about life after life by the acclaimed French author Victor Haïm, The Waltz of Chance, will premiere on Friday, 20 February, on the Small Stage as the Drama Company of the National Theatre Košice’s next premiere of the season. In the production directed by Peter Cibula, Lívia Michalčík Dujavová as the Woman and Tomáš Diro as the Angel whirl into a frantic waltz of questions and…
24 September 2025 |
Ballet
A Dance Fairy Tale as a Poetic Performance That Awakens Joy and Hope in Every Heart
The first ballet premiere of the season—marking the 80th anniversary of the founding and very first premiere of the National Theatre in Košice—will be a unique stage adaptation of perhaps the most famous fairy tale by Pavol Dobšinský, The Son of Poor Parents, directed and choreographed by Ondrej Šoth.
16 September 2025 |
Opera
The Circus Princess: An Operetta About Everything We Never Dared to Live
After many years, the iconic 1926 operetta The Circus Princess, one of Emmerich Kálmán’s most famous works, returns to the stage of the National Theatre Košice. The production is staged on the occasion of the theatre’s 80th anniversary, under the artistic patronage of the composer’s daughter, Yvonne Kálmán. Directed by Vera Nemirova in a completely new Slovak translation, it brings a story that…