- The studies aim to prepare highly qualified dramatic artists.
- Students will acquire the necessary skills for stage design at a professional level.
- The studies culminate in a graduation performance at the Theatre on Orlí Street or at the Marta Studio.
- During the studies, students acquire knowledge of the history and present of Czech and world theatre and the ability to reflect and analyse acting techniques, which they are ready to apply and further develop in a creative manner.
- Teaching takes place in four separate studios and their methodology is determined by the personalities of their respective heads.
The first two years of studies include the acquisition of basic psychophysical abilities and skills with a gradual shift of focus to stage character creation.
The second two years of studies develop these skills and move towards comprehensive team acting, including further strengthening of the theoretical background of such creation.
Students are encouraged to master the internal and external acting techniques, they learn to deal with the issues of the character, situational context, motivation, acting, subtext, etc. During their studies they work not only with teachers but also with students of directing to prepare dialogues, etudes and entire productions, the scope and complexity of which gradually increases. Through the work, they find their personal topics and formulate a common statement of the generation. The building of the ability to reflect and self-reflect on the process of acting, which ultimately relates to the starting points of the diploma thesis, plays a big role in the deepening of their creative individualities.
The studies in this field aim create free creative personalities equipped with the right skills and knowledge for professional work in the field, individuals open to new approaches and stimuli and aware of the need for further continuous growth fuelled by education.
Professional areas in which the graduates can find employment based on the acquired education:
- Actors in theatre ensembles
- Actors in film, television and video production (new media)
- Actors in radio and audio production (voiceover, audiobooks)
- Presenters or anchors
- Dubbers
- Amateur ensemble managers
- Teachers of courses focused on specific acting skills
- University teachers
- Doctoral studies
Graduates of dramatic acting are able to use elements of various acting methods and theories in their own artistic work in a critical, original and practical way. They are familiar with the issues of professional analysis of theatre productions and acting performance and have the ability to independently analyse a professional text. They can determine a suitable method for the acting interpretation of a specific text and are able to perform such interpretation on a professional level. At the same time, they have advanced vocal and movement skills and are able to collaborate in a creative manner with actors as well as with a narrower staging team on a creation of a production. They build a line of their own opinion in their work and use it to participate in research into art.
Awarded graduates
Th – Thalia Award; Ar – Alfréd Radok Award; Dk – Cena divadelní kritiky (Theatre Critics Award); Cl – Czech Lion; Ff – František Filipovský Award for Dubbing
Mark Kristián Hochman: 2019 (Dk)
Helena Kružíková: 2018 (Th)
Jana Štvrtecká: 2016 (Ff)
Alena Mihulová: 2015 (Cl)
Lukáš Melník: 2014 (Th)
Erika Stárková: 2014 (Dk), 2019 (Dk), 2020 (Th)
Tomáš Dastlík: 2012 (Ar)
Hana Holišová: 2012 (Th)
Veronika Lazorcáková: 2012 (Ar), 2016 (Th)
Michal Isteník: 2011 (Ar), 2014 (Th), 2014 (Dk)
Vladimír Javorský: 2011 (Cl), 2013 (Ar)
Václav Neužil: 2011 (Th)
Kveta Fialová: 2010 (Th)
Eva Novotná: 2009 (Ar)
Josef Karlík: 2009 (Th)
Jana Plodková: 2009 (Cl), 2015 (Dk)
Dagmar Havlová: 2008 (Ar)
Petra Hrebícková: 2008 (Th)
Jan Mazák: 2008 (Ar)
Eliška Balzerová: 2007 (Ff), 2010 (Cl)
Erik Pardus: 2007 (Th), 2007 (Ar)
Jaroslav Plesl: 2007 (Ar), 2014 (Cl)
Petr Štepán: 2007 (Th), 2020 (Th)
Helena Dvoráková: 2005 (Ar), 2006 (Ar), 2007 (Ar), 2009 (Ar), 2011 (Th), 2011 (Ar)
Pavel Liška: 2005 (Cl)
Evellyn Pacoláková: 2005 (Th)
Tomáš Šulaj: 2005 (Th)
Filip Capka: 2004 (Th)
Dana Ružicková: 2004 (Ar)
Jan Budar: 2003 (Cl), 2004 (Ar), 2004 (Cl), 2007 (Cl)
Petra Výtvarová: 2001 (Th)
Jirí Bartoška: 1999 (Cl), 2016 (Cl)
Helena Cermáková: 1999 (Th)
Miroslav Donutil: 1998 (Cl)
Jirí Pecha: 1997 (Ar)
Blanka Bohdanová: 1996 (Ff), 2001 (Th)
Boleslav Polívka: 1996 (Cl), 2000 (Cl)
Jaroslav Dufek: 1995 (Th)
Zdena Herfortová: 1995 (Th)
Ivana Hloužková: 1995 (Ar), 2012 (Ar), 2017 (Dk)
Vera Galatíková: 1994 (Th)
Other famous graduates
Marek Daniel
František Derfler
Karel Hermánek
Jana Janeková ml.
Lada Jelínková
Tomáš Matonoha
Vladimír Menšík
Robert Mikluš
Hana Zagorová
The admission procedure takes place every year according to precise specification, which the applicants can find on the school’s website or pick up at the study department. The procedure usually takes place in two, or exceptionally three rounds. In the first round, the applicant is invited to learn by heart and act out two or three arbitrary monologues from dramatic literature, as well as two to three arbitrary texts of the genre of poetry and prose. In the second (or third) round, there are also improvisation tasks assigned on the spot. The committee may instruct the applicant to prepare specific texts for the next round, such as a selected dialogue between two characters. Medical and phoniatric certificates are required.
| Field of study specification | |
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| Code | CINHER |
| Type | Non-follow-up Master’s study programme |
| Degree | MgA. |
| Length of studies | 4 Years |
| Field of study guaranteed by | Theatre Faculty |
| Accreditation | |
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M0215A310002 Her_Tvo:M Acting Accredited until 26. 10. 2029 |
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| Guarantor | |
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| doc. Mgr. Igor Dostálek | |