"Researching Social Function of Theatre: Transformations in the Czech and Former East German Theatre after 1989" is the title of Radka Kunderová's lecture which will be given at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London via Zoom on January 18, 2022. The lecture and a following discussion is aimed at the MA and MFA students on a variety of different courses tought at Central, such as scenography, theatre practice, creative producing, movement direction, and applied theatre.