Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana, Theater in Žižkov district, Prague, Czech Republic

Žižkovské divadlo Járy Cimrmana occupies a three-storey Neo-Renaissance terraced house with a courtyard wing at Štítného 520/5 in Prague 3. The auditorium holds 230 spectators: ten rows in the stalls and four on the front balcony. The building has been a cultural monument since 1992.

The building dates from 1875, when it held a tavern with a dance hall; the hall became a chapel to the Virgin Mary in 1882, then the only sacred space in Žižkov. After 1919 the Žižkov engineer Jindřich Motejl adapted the rooms into a theatre, with the stage enlarged in 1924 and a balcony and vestibule added in 1927. Closed in 1960 for outdated stage and safety equipment, it reopened in the 1976–1977 season.

The theatre is home to the Divadlo Járy Cimrmana company, and other ensembles also perform here, among them Divadlo AQUALUNG, Divadlo 3D Company, Cimrman English Theatre and Divadlo A. Dvořáka Příbram. The building's ground floor once held a pub called U rytíře Dalimila, later U Jana Lucemburského, with a dance hall.

The theater sits in Žižkov, a neighborhood well connected to central Prague by tram and metro. Performances tend to sell out, so booking seats ahead of time is a good idea.

In the 1880s, part of the building was briefly used as a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, making it the only religious space in the area for a short time. Today, nothing in the building hints at that former use.