Bolek Polívka

Biography

Boleslav Polívka is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter born on July 31, 1949, in Vizovice. He co-founded the Goose on a String Theatre in Brno in 1969 and his own theatre, Divadlo Bolka Polívky, in 1993. Known for his work in Commedia dell'arte and clown comedy, Polívka frequently collaborates with foreign theatre ensembles and Czech directors such as Vladimír Sís and Věra Chytilová.