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Tales from the Vienna Woods

Dates

20/12/2024 19:30
Scena przy Wierzbowej

21/12/2024 19:30
Scena przy Wierzbowej

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Tales from the Vienna Woods

director, dramaturgy: Małgorzata Bogajewska
set and costume design: Anna Maria Karczmarska
music: Bartłomiej Woźniak
choreography: Maćko Prusak
lighting design: Dariusz Pawelec

A portrait of the society in which fascism is born. Vienna in economic crisis and its lost inhabitants; cruel and petty, looking for simple ways to deal with a world that is incomprehensible to them.

 

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Autumn Sonata

Dates

22/11/2024 19:30
Scena Studio

23/11/2024 19:30
Scena Studio

24/11/2024 19:30
Scena Studio

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Autumn Sonata

director: Grzegorz Wiśniewski 
costume, set and lighting design: Mirek Kaczmarek
music: Agnieszka Stulgińska


After years of absence, Charlotte, a world-famous pianist, accepts her daughter Eva's invitation and visits her modest home in Norway. What will result from the collision of their two separate worlds?

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The Theatre Maker

Dates

23/11/2024 16:00
Scena przy Wierzbowej

24/11/2024 16:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
Scena przy Wierzbowej

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The Theatre Maker

director: Andrzej Domalik
set and costume design: Jagna Janicka
music: Mateusz Dębski
lighting design: Karolina Gębska

The play by Thomas Bernhard, one of the most outstanding playwrights of the second half of the 20th century. In the title role – Jerzy Radziwiłowicz

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Forefathers' Eve

Dates

23/11/2024 18:30
Sala Bogusławskiego

24/11/2024 18:30
Sala Bogusławskiego

03/12/2024 18:30
Sala Bogusławskiego

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Forefathers' Eve

director:  Eimuntas Nekrošius
music: Paweł Szymański
set designer: Marius Nekrošius
costume designer: Nadežda Gultiajeva
lighting designer: Audrius Jankauskas
dramaturgy: Rolandas Rastauskas

Mickiewicz's poetic drama interpreted by Lithuanian Master— theatre visionary known for his unique theatrical language.

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The Misanthrope

Dates

26/11/2024 19:00
Scena Studio

27/11/2024 19:00
Scena Studio

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The Misanthrope

director: Jan Englert 
set and costume design: Martyna Kander
music: Paweł Paprocki
lighting design: Karolina Gębska

Jan Englert stages a classic play by Molière. What is Alcest's misanthropy: an uncompromising commitment to the truth or a doomed uprising against social conventions? Can love cure misanthropy?

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The Books oj Jacob

Dates

27/11/2024 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
Sala Bogusławskiego

28/11/2024 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
Sala Bogusławskiego

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The Books oj Jacob

direction, light design, video: Michał Zadara
stage adaptation: Barbara WysockaMichał Zadara
set design: Robert Rumas
costume design: Julia Kornacka
music: Justyna Skoczek, Michał Zadara

Staging the most important novel by Polish Nobel Prize winner Olga Tokarczuk. The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – a country of many cultures and nationalities at the turn of the epochs. In it, we can also see a reflection of today's reality, with its threats and hope for a better project for the world.

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Flea the Swindler

Dates

29/11/2024 18:00
Scena Studio

30/11/2024 12:00
Scena Studio

01/12/2024 12:00 250 przedstawienie
Scena Studio

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Flea the Swindler

music: Maciej Małecki 
director: Anna Seniuk 

Tremendous fun and great laughs - not just for kids!

Show recommended for young audiences of ages 4 and up.

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Fredro. The Jubilee Year

Dates

30/11/2024 19:00
Sala Bogusławskiego

01/12/2024 19:00
Sala Bogusławskiego

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Fredro. The Jubilee Year

script: Jan Englert, Tomasz Kubikowski, Wojciech Majcherek
director: Jan Englert
set design: Martyna Kander
lighting design: Dariusz Pawelec
montage of video projections: Milenia Fiedler

Fredro, as a teenager, experienced the horrors and tragedies of war. Fredro took them in his stride with a lively, irreverent merriment. Fredro, reflective, Fredro, ageing, Fredro, had monuments erected in his name, yet he was put on trial, and his name dragged through the mud. Do you think you know him? Well, listen up.

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Tales from the Vienna Woods

Tales from the Vienna Woods

Performance

Original Title: Geschichten aus dem Wiener Wald
Author: Ödön von Horváth
Director: Małgorzata Bogajewska
The Books of Jacob

The Books of Jacob

Performance

Original Title: Księgi Jakubowe
Author: Olga Tokarczuk
Director: Michał Zadara
Mary Stuart

Mary Stuart

Performance

Author: Friedrich Schiller
Director: Grzegorz Wiśniewski
  • OTHER DELIGHTS

    This adaptation of the novel Other Delights is the second staging of one of Jerzy Pilch's works at the National Theatre, following The Holy Father's Skis. Premiere – 7 December 2024.  

  • FAUST

    Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. Premiere – 26 October 2024.

  • FEBLIK

    Małgorzata Maciejewska's surprising drama received the Tadeusz Różewicz Drama Award in 2022, the competition's first year. The show is directed by Lena Frankiewicz. 

  • A DREAM PLAY

    After the well-received Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Sławomir Narloch returned to the National Theatre with another premiere – A Dream Play by Strindberg.

     

  • KING LEAR

    The King of Britain divides his kingdom between his three daughters to free himself from worries and hardships. However, before the decision he poses a question: which of you loves me the most?

  • WAITING FOR GODOT

    "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

  • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

    Do you know Fredro? Not necessarily... To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

  • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

    Małgorzata Bogajewska directs for the second time at the National Theatre. This time she draws on Ödön von Horváth's 1931 drama.

  • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

    The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

  • The National Theatre at Google Cultural Institute

    The virtual exhibition 250 Years of Teatr Narodowy (the National Theatre of Poland) is available online at Google Cultural Institute.

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