New Scene has been operating since 1983, primarily featuring Laterna Magika.

Prague – The business card of the New Stage of the National Theatre (ND), which has become a cultural monument:

- The New Stage was created during the extensive reconstruction of the National Theatre between 1977 and 1983, which gave the Czech first stage its current face, including a modern building with a glass facade. The controversial building designed by architect Karel Prager became the most visible result of the reconstruction, although changes also affected the original building. During the reconstruction, led by architect Zdeněk Vávra (the father of theatre maker and architect David Vávra), the operational part of the building on the southern side was demolished, specifically the Provisional Theatre and Schulz's House.

- The building by architect Karel Prager, the author of the Federal Assembly, with its iconic glass facade designed by the renowned artist Stanislav Libenský, caused controversies even at the time of its inception, not only due to its external appearance. It quickly became evident that the variable interior had numerous shortcomings and that renovations of the hall were eventually abandoned. Prager completed his project in a very short time; on the plot located on the eastern side of the theatre, he originally planned to build only a community hall next to the operational building and restaurant.

- All buildings were already in construction when scenographer Josef Svoboda proposed the construction of a theatre space for the Laterna magika company in 1980. However, the contract was ultimately awarded to Prager instead of Svoboda, who guaranteed that the building would be completed by the originally requested anniversary of the National Theatre in November 1983. The first performance at the New Stage thus took place just two days after the reopening of the historical building, on November 20, 1983, when the premiere of the production of "The Bagpiper from Strakonice" directed by Václav Hudeček was held.

- "The effort of the ensemble was certainly commendable, but fundamentally mistaken, regardless of the fact that the actors of the National Theatre will have to get used to these principles of playing in a completely new space and will take a long time to learn them as well," the theatre magazine Scéna evaluated the production of the Czech classic with restraint. After attempts with drama, which found refuge here during the reconstruction of the Estates Theatre, as well as opera (which was interrupted by noise from Národní třída) or ballet, the New Stage ultimately became primarily inhabited by Laterna magika. The first performance here was held in February 1984, and it definitively relocated from the Adria Palace in 1992.

- The New Stage, which has now become a cultural monument, sometimes also hosts performances of drama, ballet, and opera, or some original theatre projects. In the coming years, a reconstruction of the building is planned, during which a theatre stage with a variable arrangement of the hall's space for various performances with a capacity of up to 500 seats, using contemporary modern theatre technologies and variable acoustics, should be created. The work is expected to begin next year and be completed in 2024. According to earlier information, the reconstruction is expected to cost around 700 million crowns.