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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.
Privileges of the Imagination
When, nearly three years ago, I wrote about the first Teatroteka (Didaskalia, No. 142), I looked...
“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...
“Generation After 4”: Connecting Above Borders With The Most Radical Stages Of Polish New Theatre
Cursed problems often require unorthodox solutions, ones that transgress or delineate anew...
“Ameryka”- Critical Mass And Block Party 2018
In 2017, Los Angeles’ Center Theatre Group launched a new, and frankly exciting, idea known as...
Polishness And Its Place in Europe: Polish National Theatre Streams “Kordian” By Juliusz Słowacki.
On Saturday 9th of January, Polish National Theatre will stream its 2015 production of Kordian by...
When It’s Written On Your Face: Teatr 21 And The Paradox Of Invisibility
The discussions framing social theatre are all too often carried out in the language of public...
Evidence and/or Performance?
It all starts innocently enough. Two actors (Damian Sosnowski and Alan Al-Murtatha) and an actress...
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...
“The Dybbuk” Or a Play Possessing Audiences for a Century
December 9, 2020, marked an important anniversary in Jewish theater history: a centennial of the...
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REGIONAL MANAGING EDITORS FOR POLAND
KASIA LECH
LAUREN DUBOWSKILATEST FROM POLAND
- “The Dybbuk” Or a Play Possessing Audiences for a Century
- Polishness And Its Place in Europe: Polish National Theatre Streams “Kordian” By Juliusz Słowacki.
- A Big Small Story
- Privileges of the Imagination
- Notes from the Generation After 4 Showcase
- Translating Central and Eastern Europe’s Drama: Interview with Andrei Moskwin
- Dzigan and Shumacher: Before “Cabaret” and “Schindler’s List.” An Interview with Diego Rotman
- The Story Behind “LILIAN”: Interview with Kasia Głowicka
- “Generation After 4”: Connecting Above Borders With The Most Radical Stages Of Polish New Theatre
- “I Don’t Know What It Means To Be An Actor”: Mamadou Góo Bâ In Conversation With Monika Kwaśniewska
- Polish Shakespeare Online: Krzysztof Warlikowski’s “The Tempest”
- Season of Doom in Belarus
- An Interview with Grzegorz Bral Director of Anty-Gone Triptych Part II
- For Our Poland They Go into Battle! “Berek” at The Ester Rachel and Ida Kaminska Jewish Theater, Warsaw
- CORONATHEATRE: Polish Theatre in the Plague Year. Part II: Two Months Later
- CORONATHEATRE: Polish Theatre in the Plague Year. Part I: March and April 2020
- Grzegorz Jarzyna On The Pandemic And Post-Pandemic Theatre
- The Other Is Denied a Voice: Maja Kleczewska’s “Hamlet/Гамлет”
- Between.Pomiędzy Festival: Literary Criticism Now
- Between.Pomiędzy: A Festival That Believes in Europe
