A talented artist – director, translator, playwright – and passionate traveller Tomáš Loužný (1991) graduated from the Department of Dramatic Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In his productions, he primarily tries to reflect our contemporary experience and to find new forms of expression for it. Through his work, he has also profiled himself as a rigorous analyst of human nature and has consistently dealt artistically with the themes of bullying, violence and the question of guilt and punishment. What is also typical of him is his thorough work and open dialogue with actors. In an interview with Divadelní noviny 5/2023, he explains, “I am not a director who tells the actors: Come from the left and pick up a cup, they can do that according to the notes in the text. I'm trying to inspire them to solve situations or images, to find a path that is only ours.”
He has been a guest in a number of theatres, such as Činoherní studio Ústí nad Labem, Divadlo X10, and National Theatre Prague. In Divadlo na cucky he staged his authorial production Vstup zakázán (Access Prohibited).
Loužný has twice won the short play competition established by the Václav Havel Library in New York, and his text Vyvolený (The Chosen One) won the Radio Drama Author Award for best original radio play. He considers himself a European first and only then a Czech. He made his first appearance at the Flora Theatre Festival in 2023 with his acclaimed adaptation of Édouard Louis’ novel A History of Violence starring Oskar Hes (Švandovo divadlo).

photo Lukáš Horký