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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 | Applied Theatre, Poland, Review, Theatre and Politics
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, Theatre and Politics
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, Theatre and Politics
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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...
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Theatre as a Social Institution
by Michał Lachman | Aug 14, 2021 | Between.Pomiędzy 2021, Essay, Festivals, Poland, Theatre and Politics
“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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