Iva Janžurová Honored with Genius of Laughter Award at Pardubice Festival
Iva Janžurová, a celebrated Czech actress, received the Genius of laughter award at the recent theater festival in Pardubice.
Martin Glaser, director of the play Mosque with the National Theater in Brno, was awarded best director. The musical Young Frankenstein, presented by the East Bohemian Theater, won both the expert jury and student/audience awards.
The festival committee also highlighted several other triumphant comedies of 2025, including: an adaptation of the classic series Arabela by the Klicper Theater in Hradec Králové; The Keyhole by the Slovakian Theater in uhersko-Hradisht; Lemonade Joe by the Horáck Theater in Jihlava; Tenderness from Prague’s Divadlo v Dlouhá; and Mosque by the National theater Brno.
[Image of Iva Janžurová – Michal Klíma]
Source: Based on provided text and general knowledge of Czech theater awards. (Note: As the provided text references events in 2025 and a date of 2026-01-27, it appears to be a forward-looking report.I have presented it as such, assuming the information within the text is accurate as of the time of writng.)