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SPOTLIGHT ON POLISH THEATRE
The Dismantling of Mourning
Posted by Paweł Schreiber | Apr 9, 2022 | Adaptation, Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics
Theatre as Shelter: on Artists’ in Ukraine (...
Posted by Kasia Lech | Mar 29, 2022 | Essay, Poland, Puppetry, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
World Theatre Day Message of Polish Centre of the ...
Posted by Dramatyczny Kolektyw | Mar 28, 2022 | News, Poland, Theatre and Politics, Transcultural Collaborations
Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Różewicz: Shared Themes...
Posted by Tomasz Wiśniewski | Feb 9, 2022 | Essay, Playwriting, Poland
FIRE THEATRE Mime Company: On a Quest for Fire Dra...
Posted by Plamen Radev | Sep 1, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Bulgaria, Festivals, Interview, Poland
Be Gone! Or, Clear Away, Chop Chop: Dziady at 34/3...
Posted by Łucja Iwanczewska | Aug 28, 2021 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics, Theatre and Religion
Beckett 2020
Posted by Urszula Pysyk | Aug 23, 2021 | Adaptation, Poland, Review, Transmedia
Theatre as a Social Institution
Posted by Michał Lachman | Aug 14, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Poland
The Spotlight on Poland showcases new developments in Polish theatre both at home and abroad. From performance reviews and interviews, to an ever-growing archive of essays, the series offers The Theatre Times' readers a window on the Polish theatre landscape.
EDITORIALS
The Spotlight on Poland: Diverse Voices and Perspectives on Contemporary Polish Theatre - Kasia Lech, Regional Managing Editor for Poland
The Context of Contemporary Polish Theatre: Spotlight on Poland - Magda Romanska, Executive Director and Editor-in-Chief






Season of Doom in Belarus


Plotting Yiddish Drama: A New Digital Resource


Polish Theatre Transfers To Dresden


Virtual Reality In Polish Theatre


Polish Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018












Confronting The Limits: Konfrontacje Festival 2017






Jacek Głomb Named Polish “Theatre Person 2018”




Poland On Stage: What, Where, When
Grzegorz Jarzyna – the head and artistic director of TR Warszawa (Poland) discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected his work, TR Warszawa, and the theatre community in Poland. He also reflects on what may the future of theatre look like.
Theatre as Shelter: on Artists’ in Ukraine (And Beyond) Response to the Russian Invasion
by Kasia Lech | Mar 29, 2022 | Essay, Poland, Puppetry, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
The World Theatre Day Message from the Polish Centre of the ITI was delivered by Dramatyczny...
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Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Różewicz: Shared Themes and Motifs
by Tomasz Wiśniewski | Feb 9, 2022 | Essay, Playwriting, Poland
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Theatre as a Social Institution
by Michał Lachman | Aug 14, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Poland
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The Dismantling of Mourning




Beckett 2020

















Who Let the “Lady of Pestilence” In?


Inside Virtual Rooms




A Big Small Story












Teatr Brama’s “Ghost Dance”
“I Don’t Know What It Means To Be An Actor”: Mamadou Góo Bâ In Conversation With Monika Kwaśniewska
by Monika Kwaśniewska | Sep 4, 2020 | Acting, Interview, Poland, Senegal
Monika Kwaśniewska: What is your educational background in the arts? Did you graduate from drama...
From “Tarantella” To Theatre Design: Prampolini And Polish Futurism At The Łódź Museum Of Art
by Lauren Dubowski | Dec 27, 2017 | Design, Italy, Poland, Review, Theatre and Art
Three gramophones affixed to angular wooden boxes stood tall, almost animal-like, on wiry metal...
Who Let the “Lady of Pestilence” In?
by Magda Piekarska | Feb 21, 2021 | Directing, Poland, Review
The Jerzy Szaniawski Dramatic Theater in Wałbrzych opens the season with a play built on one of...
Samuel Beckett and Tadeusz Różewicz: Shared Themes and Motifs
by Tomasz Wiśniewski | Feb 9, 2022 | Essay, Playwriting, Poland
INTRODUCTION This article is comparative in approach and introduces the work of two classic...
The Dismantling of Mourning
by Paweł Schreiber | Apr 9, 2022 | Adaptation, Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics
Klaudia Hartung-Wójciak’s Ach, jeżeli przyjdę dać, tak okrutne, moje ostatnie pożegnanie (Ah, if I...
“Najdziwniejszy Androgyn” (The Strangest Androgyne): Autism in Performance
by Katarzyna Ojrzyńska | Jun 11, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Festivals, Poland, Review, Theatre and Disability
A short documentary opening the series entitled Spradyczni artyści (Sporadic Artists, dir....
Feedback Loop: “No One’s Gonna Believe Me Anyway” at the Gniezno Theatre
by Piotr Dobrowolski | Mar 8, 2021 | Poland, Review, Theatre and Gender
“No one’s gonna believe me anyway,” says Barbara repeatedly. She knows there is no point in...
Divine Comedy Festival 2017 Review: “Cezary Goes To War”
by KaiChieh Tu | Mar 24, 2018 | Divine Comedy Festival 2017, LGBTQ Theatre, Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics
Cezary Goes To War [Cezary Idzie Na Wojnę], an autobiographical piece directed by Cezary...




























Between.Pomiędzy Festival: Literary Criticism Now



Between.Pomiędzy: A Festival That Believes in Europe


VR, Theatre and the Importance of Immersion














Polish Shakespeare Online: Maja Kleczewska’s “Macbeth”
by Konrad Zielinski | May 8, 2020 | Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad, Review
L. P. Hartley’s much-recycled observation that ‘the past is a foreign country’ seems an oddly...
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Polish Theatre at the Edinburgh Fringe 2018
by Kasia Lech | Jul 14, 2018 | Festivals, News, Poland, Polish Theatre Abroad
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“Unknown, I Live With You”: Oppression and Song
by Agata Araszkiewicz | Oct 11, 2019 | Afghanistan, Belgium, Essay, Poland, Theatre and Opera
Opera is filled with tales of violence. Its whole history relies on great passions tragically...
Notes from the Generation After 4 Showcase
by Franciszek Bryk | Oct 16, 2020 | Festivals, Poland, Theatre and Dance
Mid-September brought us a week of new, Polish theatre productions, and a sneak peek behind the...
Theatre as Shelter: on Artists’ in Ukraine (And Beyond) Response to the Russian Invasion
by Kasia Lech | Mar 29, 2022 | Essay, Poland, Puppetry, Theatre and Politics, Ukraine
The World Theatre Day Message from the Polish Centre of the ITI was delivered by Dramatyczny...








Theatre as a Social Institution


















Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew










Privileges of the Imagination


Notes from the Generation After 4 Showcase









Between.Pomiędzy Festival: Literary Criticism Now



Between.Pomiędzy: A Festival That Believes in Europe


Beckett 2020
by Urszula Pysyk | Aug 23, 2021 | Adaptation, Poland, Review, Transmedia
Have the worlds of Samuel Beckett’s plays become our reality? The creators of Beckett Planet seem...
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5 Reasons Why Verse Is the Language for Theatre in 2020s
by Kasia Lech | Mar 12, 2021 | Dramaturgy, Ireland, Nigeria, Playwriting, Poland, Spain, Transmedia, United Kingdom
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Inside Virtual Rooms
by Katarzyna Lemańska | Feb 17, 2021 | Poland, Review, Transmedia
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