The National Moravian-Silesian Theatre with a seat in Ostrava is the biggest and oldest professional theatre in the Moravian-Silesian Region and at the same time the biggest cultural institution established by the Statutory City of Ostrava. It is a noticeable centre of the cultural, spiritual, intellectual, and social life of citizens of Ostrava and its wide surroundings. It is the only theatre in Moravia that has four artistic companies—opera, drama, operetta/musical, and ballet—that regularly perform on three permanent scenes—at the Antonín Dvořák Theatre, Jiří Myron Theatre, and the Theatre “12”. Annually, the theatre presents 16–19 premieres and performs almost 500 performances.

The widely approached ambitious dramaturgy of all four artistic companies is affected by the intention to address the widest possible audience of all generations and interests. This may be evident from the dramaturgy that contains pieces of the classical Czech and world repertoire, innovative and contemporary works, experimental performances, and cross-genre projects. Thanks to its quality, the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre belongs to the top of the Czech theatre art. This has been confirmed not only by awards received at theatre festivals but also by the interest of home and foreign performers, choreographers, and soloists who perform in our theatre as guests.