Arena Theatre

From its establishment till the end of the Second World War, many Hungarian, Austrian and German theatre companies performed there.

After the war, the theatre was gradually closed and served as a storehouse for state-owned Slovak Television.

The theatre was revived by a group of people around mime artist Milan Sládek, opening performance took place in 1997.

In 2003, renowned Slovak actor Juraj Kukura became managing director and focus of the theatre shifted to drama.

Marián Labuda, who was performing Jozef Tiso, won the prize for best actor.