Divadlo pod Palmovkou, Drama theater in Libeň district, Prague, Czech Republic.
Divadlo pod Palmovkou is a theater in the Libeň district of Prague featuring two separate performance spaces. The main stage holds around 280 spectators while the smaller studio accommodates approximately 80 people.
The site hosted amateur theatre in the inn U Deutschů from around 1865, and a dance hall was converted into a theatre in 1892. The present company began on 31 August 1948 as the Municipal and Regional Theatre of Žižkov and moved to Libeň in 1949. It was named Divadlo S. K. Neumanna from the 1950s until 1990, when it became Divadlo pod Palmovkou.
The theatre's name comes from the Palmovka metro station and square beside it, and locals shorten it to "Palmovka". Its repertoire leans on Czech classic drama, and the company long ranked among the country's most-attended stages, with 93.5% average audience attendance as of 1 January 2009.
The theatre stands at the lower end of Zenklova Street in Libeň, Prague 8, a short walk from the Palmovka metro station and tram interchange. The main stage and the attic Studio Palmoffka are in the same building. The house was rebuilt after the 2002 Vltava flood and again after the 2013 Rokytka flood, so the technical facilities are recent.
The building housed the Svépomoc cinema until 1950, when the troupe returned and films gave way to theatre again. Before that, Viktor Ponrepo screened films in the hall in 1904 and František Ponec in 1907.
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