Jan Grossman, Václav Havel’s Guru

This evening is being held in honour of one of Václav Havel's closest friends and collaborators, Jan Grossman, whose would have been 100 on 22 May. Václav Havel remembered Jan Grossman as an insightful theoretician and critic, an experienced dramaturge and later director, a man with an intense relationship to the theatre, who had the ability to discern its various spiritual and cultural contexts... The programme, which will feature a mix of recollections and little-known archival video footage, will be presented by playwright and journalist Karel Steigerwald and Ondřej Pavelka, a member of the National Theatre’s drama section. Playwright Milan Klíma and director and documentary filmmaker Aleš Kisil are among those who have confirmed participation, while the actress Marie Málková will remember her husband in a pre-recorded video message.