The Amateur Theatre Database Has Its Own Interactive Map

A new interactive map that is visually easy to use and allows visitors to search through the theatre history of 9000 towns and municipalities. Every place on the map contains a list of now defunct and still existing amateur groups, an overview of local theatre fairs, and information on the first recorded mention of amateur theatre in the given location. Users are thus able to obtain a complex idea of the concentration of theatre activities throughout the Czech Republic or in individual regions, or even to explore and compare neighbouring municipalities. The map also provides an active reference to other sections on www.amaterskedivadlo.cz, where users can find more information about amateur theatre activities – theatres, organisations, ensembles, people, or fairs – and various criteria can be used to search the database. At present almost 69 000 entries have been made available in the database, and it also contains more than 30 000 photographs and copies of documents accompanied by more than 10 000 texts, such as reviews or quotes from reviews, articles, or repertoire lists. Approximately double this number of entries are recorded or being processed in the working version.

The map is available at: http://www.theatre-heritage.cz/cs/th-ad-gmap.