Linda Dušková (born 1988) is a theatre director and dramaturge. She graduated from the Theatre Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) and Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique in Paris (CNSAD) as part of the SACRe practice based artistic doctoral programme.
Her work is mostly related to devised theatre and interdisciplinary projects. She is the artistic director of the Kolektiv Nesladim, whose dramaturgy focuses on poetic-documentary theatre and destigmatisation of mental health issues. She has collaborated with Czech theatre scenes and festivals (Archa Theatre, Studio Hrdinu, 4+4 Days in Motion, Festival Nahlavu,…) as well as with cultural institutions abroad (L’Altre Festival, Venice Biennale, IRCAM, ESNAM, Louvre museum, Anis Gras – le lieu de l’autre,…).
She also works as a teacher of directing at the Departement of alternative and puppet theatre (KALD) at DAMU.
Direction and dramaturgy
2025 To all mothers and non-mothers. Kolektiv Nesladim. Festival Venušiny dny – Prague. Direction.
2025 Dissplay. Creation by T. Lenerová and J. S. Páníková. Tactic. Archa Theater – Prague. Collaboration on dramaturgy.
2024 Splitting Reality. Kolektiv Nesladim. Festival 4+4 Days in Motion – Prague. Co-direction with Lucas Lelièvre.
2024 Swimming along the waves (Children D – one part). Tantehorse – Prague. Concept and direction.
2023 Exit B. ESNAM – Charleville-Mézières. Co-direction with Pierre Nouvel.
2022 Moonstone. Directed by K. Polívková. Studio Hrdinů – Prague. Dramaturgy.
2022 I am romantically scattering my own ashes. Studio Hrdinů – Prague. Direction.
2021 Day blinds me, evening quiets me, night hides me. Kolektiv Nesladim, Festival 4+4 Days in Motion – Prague. Direction.
2021 Historka o sv. Magdě. Directed by J. Horák. Studio Hrdinů – Prague. Dramaturgy.
2021 Zlatý řez. Directed by J. Horák. Studio Hrdinů – Prague. Dramaturgy.
2020 Pig Boy 1986-2358. Studio Hrdinů – Prague. Direction.
2020 House without sleep. Kolektiv Nesladim. Archa Theatre – Prague. Direction.
2019 Geometry of home. Západočeské divadlo – Cheb. Direction.
2019 Like a button in your head. Alfa Theatre – Pilsen. Direction.
2018 George Kaplan. Východočeské divadlo – Pardubice. Direction.
2018 Ghost Protocol. Divadlo v Dlouhé – Prague. Direction.
2017 Travail du peintre. Cie Fracas – Paris/Ferme de Ville Favard. Light-design.
2017 Suis-je donc…?. Cie La Traverscène. Anis Gras – le lieu de l’autre – Arcueil. Direction.
2017 Sandman. Theatre NoD – Prague. Direction.
2016 How to be(at) good people. Théâtre Public de Montreuil. Direction.
2016 Pliure. Palais des Beaux Arts – Paris. Direction.
2015 Das ist die Galerie. Théâtre Public de Montreuil. Direction.
2015 Estremo d’Ombra. Composition de Lara Morciano. Piccolo Teatro Arsenale. Venise Biennale. IRCAM – Paris. Dramaturgy of space.
2014 Masques noirs. CNSAD – Paris. Direction.
2013 Doppler. Rockcafé – Prague. Direction.
Direction of staged readings
2020 Interiors. Text Mélissa Bertrand, video-work, Theatre NoD, Prague.
2018 TA ZEĎ SE POSPOJUJE SAMA A HVĚZDA PROMLUVILA, HVĚZDA TAKY NĚCO ŘEKLA. Text Miroslava Svolikova, Divadlo Letí, Prague.
2018 Pig Boy 1986-2358. Text Gwendoline Soublin, festival Sněz tu žábu, Prague.
2016 Immobile. Text Guyaume Cayet, Divadlo Letí, Prague.
2015 I leave twice. Text Nicolas Doutey, festival Sněz tu žábu, Prague.
Art collaborations
2019 – now. Artistic director. Kolektiv Nesladim.
2014 – 2024. Head of dramaturgy. Theatre festivals Sněz tu žábu / Mange ta grenouille and Na skok do Prahy / Fais un saut à Prague.
2014 – now. Member. Collective Open Source.
Teaching experience
2021 – now. Internal teacher: directing, dramaturgy and theater research, Departement of alternative and puppet theatre at Theatre Faculty of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (KALD, DAMU).
2023 Directing of final performance Exit B, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts de la Marionnette (ESNAM), Charleville-Mézières, France.
2018 – 2020 External teacher: directing, KALD DAMU, Prague.
2014 – 2016 External teacher: theatre history. University Paris Sciences et Lettres.
2014 – 2017 External teacher: directing and dramaturgy. Laboratoire Idéfi Créatic, Paris. Collaboration with Le Louvre and Musée du Cluny. Project Musées soniques.
Translation from french language
2017 Protocole Fantôme / Ghost Protocol, by S. Bouquet and F.-X. Rouyer
2015 Shakespeare & Cervantes, by J. Daillère
2015 Je pars deux fois / Odcházím dvakrát, by N. Doutey
2012 Absinthe / Absint, by P.-Y. Chapalain
Publications
DUŠKOVÁ, L., PRESLOVÁ N. Sněz tu žábu: Pět francouzských her, Institut umění – Divadelní ústav, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7008-447-2.
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Mise en dialogue de l’histoire d’une oeuvre d’art – le parcours sonore immersif. In Légeret, Katia: Créons au musée: Performances des arts vivants, Paris: GEUTHNER, 2019, s. 293- 303. ISBN: 978-2-7053-4020-9.
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Jak definovat skutečno – doslov. In Pommerat, Joël : Tři hry, Praha: Institut umění – Divadelní ústav, 2019, s. 219-225. ISBN: 978-80-7008-425-0.
DUŠKOVÁ, L. Obraz jako partner. In Miloslav Klíma a kol.: Divadlo a interakce XI, Praha: Pražská scéna a AMU, 2018. ISBN: 978-80-88217-02-2.
Education
2013-2016 PhD: Conservatoire National Supérieur d’Art Dramatique, Paris Sciences et Lettres, practice based doctoral programme for artists SACRe. Field: Theatre direction. Title of the dissertation: Images et conscience dans le théâtre. Directed by Jean-Loup Rivière.
2011-2013 Master degree: Departement of alternative and puppet theater, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Theatre Faculty (KALD DAMU). Field: Theatre direction.
2008-2011 Bachelor degree: Departement of alternative and puppet theater, Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, Theatre Faculty (KALD DAMU). Field: Theatre direction and dramaturgy.
Study experiences abroad
2014 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston
2012 Akademia Teatralna, Warsaw
2011 Université Sorbonne Nouvelle III, Paris
Photos on this page by Tereza Veselá.