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SPOTLIGHT ON POLISH THEATRE
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
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 a Social Institution
Theatre institutions or more broadly art institutions have always been the frontline workers in...
“I Don’t Know What It Means To Be An Actor”: Mamadou Góo Bâ In Conversation With Monika Kwaśniewska
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
Three gramophones affixed to angular wooden boxes stood tall, almost animal-like, on wiry metal...
Who Let the “Lady of Pestilence” In?
The Jerzy Szaniawski Dramatic Theater in Wałbrzych opens the season with a play built on one of...
Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew
Tadeusz Różewicz (1921-2014) might need a few words of introduction for English-speaking readers,...
Be Gone! Or, Clear Away, Chop Chop: Dziady at 34/36 Mickiewicza Street in Warsaw
Adam Mickiewicz’s Dziady (Forefathers’ Eve), written between 1820 and 1832, is considered sacred...
“Najdziwniejszy Androgyn” (The Strangest Androgyne): Autism in Performance
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
“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”
Cezary Goes To War [Cezary Idzie Na Wojnę], an autobiographical piece directed by Cezary...
Polish Shakespeare Online: Maja Kleczewska’s “Macbeth”
L. P. Hartley’s much-recycled observation that ‘the past is a foreign country’ seems an oddly...
“Unknown, I Live With You”: Oppression and Song
Opera is filled with tales of violence. Its whole history relies on great passions tragically...
Notes from the Generation After 4 Showcase
Mid-September brought us a week of new, Polish theatre productions, and a sneak peek behind the...
A Big Small Story
Subdued browns, grays and black dominate the stage. The impression of a vast empty space is...
Beckett 2020
Have the worlds of Samuel Beckett’s plays become our reality? The creators of Beckett Planet seem...
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REGIONAL MANAGING EDITORS FOR POLAND
KASIA LECH
LAUREN DUBOWSKILATEST FROM POLAND
- FIRE THEATRE Mime Company: On a Quest for Fire Drama
- Be Gone! Or, Clear Away, Chop Chop: Dziady at 34/36 Mickiewicza Street in Warsaw
- Beckett 2020
- Theatre as a Social Institution
- Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 3.
- Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in Conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 2.
- Kalina Stefanova and Marvin Carlson in Conversation on Directors from Eastern Europe. Part 1.
- Beckett, Technology, and Experimentation: Report from the Between.Pomiedzy Festival 2021, Day 4
- Between Pandemic and Protest: The Rise of Performative Activism in Poland
- Building Bridges: Interweaving Beckett – Brazil and Poland
- Can the World be Saved on Stage?
- The Happening “12” – The 12th Between.Pomiędzy Festival of Literature and Theatre, 2021
- Laughing in Darkness: Reading Różewicz Anew
- “Najdziwniejszy Androgyn” (The Strangest Androgyne): Autism in Performance
- Between.Pomiędzy @ 12 — Ohio Impromptu @ 40 — Beckett @ 115
- Separate Yet Together: The Twelfth International Between.Pomiędzy Festival of Literature and Theatre
- How a Polish Master, Krystian Lupa, Brought Lu Xun’s Madness to Life
- What Will You Do This Summer? On An Interdisciplinary Summer Camp In Warsaw
- The Social Theater of Ambulatory Care in Poland. Part 3.
- The Social Theater of Ambulatory Care in Poland. Part 2.
