*1965
Director, choreographer and playwright, many-sided personality in the Czech theatre life. He first studied dance, mime and musical acting. After that he went on to graduate as drama director from Janáček Academy of Performing Arts (JAMU) where he taught work on musicals for over ten years. He directed drama and world musicals, both classics and new – Hair, Finnegan’s Rainbow, My Fair Lady, Grease, Full Monty! etc. He works as choreographer for leading Czech drama and musical theatres. He is also a successful playwright – he was awarded the 3rd Prize in Alfréd Radok Playwriting Competition, his entry The Captives of Dark was subsequently produced in 1995. The Jungle Book is his first original libretto for a musical.