Evaluation of efficiency of the publicly established theatres in Poland and Czechia

Culture is a mean of transferring information between generations. We include a field of interpretive culture into a cultural branch that is usually non-profit in democratic states with a market-driven economy. Institutions (theatres) evaluated in this paper are mediators of an unrepeatable interpretive art and they need funds of public resources of different government levels to ensure their activities. The aim of the present paper is to evaluate the efficiency of theatres' management of 93 evaluated public theatres in the Czech Republic and Poland through 11 indicators chosen from available technical and economical indicators. The evaluated weights of chosen indicators were determined by Technique for Order of Preference by Similarity to Ideal solution (TOPSIS) in combination with a chosen objective method for determining indicators' importance. Within the paper, the theatres of Poland were evaluated first and then theatres of the Czechia. This was followed by an evaluation of all theatres in one file. According to the results, it is evident that the worst results in both states were stated in the big theatres. These theatres producing more genres of interpretive art (puppets, drama, ballet, operas or musicals), needs much more art employees and financial resources for their activity. There were not proved fundamental differences in the functioning of public established theatres in Poland and Czechia in the evaluation.