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A new album is out! "Earth Bound" is an original musical in two acts that premiered in Prague in 2021. The story, which deals with the topics of space explorations, environmental activism, and friendship, was first planned to be performed by a group of teenagers learning English, but it grew into an ambitious project involving teens, young learners, university students, and...

‘Four Classroom Songs‘ are now available for streaming and download on iTunes, Spotify and many other platforms. SELECT YOUR FAVORITE PLATFORM HERE.    ...

It has been a year since the launch of ‘Journeys‘ the CD. The show ‘Journeys‘ was written and directed by Leah Gaffen and performed by Story Theatre, a children‘s theatre troupe from Prague, in 2018 and 2019. The music and lyrics were written by Bara Dockalova and arranged for piano, violin and clarinet by Vit Benes. You can listen to the songs HERE or watch a short video...

‘The Robber‘ is a detective story with songs for teenagers learning English. I have just tested a new draft with a great group of children in Prague. You can look at some pictures on our Facebook page. In the upcoming school year, I am planning on finalizing the script with the help of other teachers‘ feedback. In case you are interested in doing the play and providing teacher feedback,...

Bara Dockalova‘s book for children ‘Tajemství Oblázkové hory‘ (written in Czech) was one of three books shortlisted for the best Czech children‘s book of the year! ...

Journeys, an original children‘s play written by Leah Gaffen based on true stories, with original songs by Bara Dockalova, was selected for the national round of the Czech children‘s theatre festival Detska scena in June 2019. Here is a short report about the show on Czech TV (in Czech). It starts at 2:24....