Opening Night: 21 May 2022
Author: Friedrich Schiller
Title: Mary Stuart
Original Title: Maria Stuart
Translator: Jacek St. Buras
Director: Grzegorz Wiśniewski

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 35 min including one interval


Ticket prices:

full-price tickets:
zone I: 120 PLN
zone II: 110 PLN
zone III: 100 PLN

concession tickets:
zone I: 85 PLN
zone II: 75 PLN
zone III: 65 PLN

rush ticket:
40 PLN  more info →

students of state theatre and art schools: 
15 PLN more info →

Mary Stuart

Grzegorz Wiśniewski returns to the classic drama of human passions involved in a ruthless machinery of history and intrigue.

England, the 16th Century. The devastating religious war and a bloody battle between two women – the queen of England and the queen of Scots – for reign over all of Britain. Friedrich Schiller’s drama, based on historical events, has not disappeared from the scene for the last two hundred years, and the roles of the two protagonists present a challenge for the actresses of all times.

What price can one pay to defeat one’s ideological and political opponents? And is that the price of one’s own humanity?


Spectacle for adult audiences

Please mind that cigarette smoke appears in some scenes during the show.


direction: Grzegorz Wiśniewski
costume, set and light design, video: Mirek Kaczmarek



Cast

Production team

  • director's assistant: Paweł Brzeszcz 
    sound technicians: Marek Szymański, Hubert Majewski, Mariusz Maszewski
    • wireless microphone system support: Maciej Buczek, Michał Fedec, Bartosz Kossakowski, Michał Kozłowski, Rafał Nizio
  • light technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Bartłomiej Kaczalski, Krzysztof Łukasz Stefan
  • video projection: Mariusz Chałubek, Paweł Woźniak

  • stage manager: Adama Borkowski
    prompter:
    Magdalena Markowska
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Licence for this stage production was granted by the Society of Authors – ZAiKS.

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