Establishment of the Divadlo kjógen - (The Kyôgen Theatre) came as a direct result of the partnership between the cities of Prague and Kyôto in 1996. Key persons for its start were Czech playwright, director and mime Hubert Krejčí, Japanese „Living treasure“ and Ôkura school Kyôgen Master Shigeyama Shime and Japanologist Ondřej Hýbl. Divadlo kjógen is a unique troup that has been working on the Kyôgen genre on a professional level outside of Japan. Its activity is based on a long-standing cooperation between Czech and Japanese theatre artists. The Kyôgen Theatre has on its repertoire more than 20 original plays translated into Czech langage. In 2016, the troupe was awarded by the very prestigious Saikashô Award for the accuracy of the genre's translation outside Japan, by the Nogami Noh Theatre Institute at Hosei University in Tokyo. Since 2023 the Divadlo kjógen story has been presented in textbooks throughout Japan.
The Kyôgen Theatre
