For theater hounds it's a sumptuous five-day bacchanal. The fourth annual Small Inventory Festival hosts 18 performances on six Prague stages, showcasing the best in experimental work from 2005. And with a plethora of physical and nonverbal pieces included on the bill, English speakers will be able to check their language fears at the door.

Below is a quick guide to some of the "no language barrier" shows. The participating venues will be Divadlo Alfréd ve dvo˝e, Divadlo Archa, Divadlo Nablízko, the Duncan Center, Universální prostor NoD and at the Eliade Library at Divadlo Na Zábradlí. Advance tickets are on sale at Kino Oko and Divadlo v Celetné, or by calling 233 376 997.

Red Green Blue and Computer Music: The brand-new Handa Gote Research and Development Company provides two different performances. The duo of dancer-choreographer Veronika Švábová and inventor Tomaš Procházka combine movement with experimental audiovisual equipment and assembled musical instruments. Red Green Blue has been described as making viewers feel as if they're in a chamber watching a television that isn't quite on the right channel, in colors that seem "off." But anyone who has spent much time with television can tell you that such liminal states are often the most interesting. The group then moves into an intimate space that only seats 16 to perform Computer Music, a nostalgia-laden piece for defunct technology, old Atari video games and Kraftwerk-like '80s German techno. Red Green Blue plays at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23. Computer Music will be at 7 p.m. Friday the 24th. Both events are at Alfréd ve dvo˝e

Understand: For anyone who hasn't seen the group Skutr in action, you owe yourself the pleasure. Skutr's recent production at Archa, Understand, is a piece of knock-down physical theater that manages to create moments of haunting beauty on the stage. A brand new piece of their's will premiere in April. Understand is a fantastic crash course on a group that you will be hearing much more about in the future. Thursday, Feb. 23, at 9 p.m.; Friday, Feb. 24, at 7 p.m.; Divadlo Archa

Polaris: It's Didi and Gogo meet Frigo. A Godot-ish silent clown vaudeville of two bums left out in the cold by the Adriatik group. Polaris explores the limits of friendship and solitude. Along with excellent performers, Adriatik is also known for its cutting-edge lighting designs. Wednesday, Feb. 22, and Thursday, Feb. 23, at 8 p.m.; Duncan Center

DoMa/At Home: American Howard Lotker specializes in site-specific work of an unusual variety. He and his fellow artists accept invitations from people to take over their homes to perform an archaeological exploration of their lives. Rifling through drawers and cupboards, and giving close examination to the house record collection and bookshelves, Lotker and Crew then create a piece of theater that interprets the space they've dug through, which they perform on the spot. For Small Inventory, the Prague-based American director and his cast will perform excerpts from various houses, complete with video and music. Thursday, Feb. 23, at 7 p.m.; Alfréd ve Dvo˝e

Tanec Hraăek/Dance of Toys: This surreal fantasia by Renaissance performer Petr Nikl offers some brutal nostalgia of childhood. Working with dancer Kristýns Lhotáková and musician Ladislav Soukup, the team spins the audience into a bizarre, grotesque world that seems all too familiar. Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 9 p.m.; Divadlo Archa