[2] They performed only for friends during the first few years, but in the latter part of the 1970s, their audience began to grow.

[2] The ensemble expanded from the initial duo, adding a number of actors, including Tomáš Vorel, Eva Holubová, Tomáš Hanák, Jiří Burda, and František Váša.

These became known as the Prague Five (Czech: Pražská pětka), and in 1988, they jointly created a film of the same name, directed by Tomáš Vorel.

[3] After the Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia in November 1989, Sklep put together two productions, with which it toured the entire nation: Tajů plný ostrov and Mlýny.

[2] The latter is based on Život před sebou, a play by Václav Havel and Karel Brynda.