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Acting
The play of the Acting Department takes part in the 11th Competition for the Staging of Old Works of Polish and European Literature "Living Classics".
As part of the competition, the Artistic Committee will award the Stanisław Hebanowski Prize for the most interesting repertoire discovery and will also select plays nominated for participation in the Opole Theatre Confrontations / "Living Classics" Festival.
During the Opole Theatre Confrontations in June, plays will compete for the Wojciech Bogusławski Prize and other awards granted by the Festival Jury.
Forty-one plays from theatres across Poland qualified for the competition. The finalists will be announced by February 8, 2026, and presented in June next year.
More info about Living Clasics Competition: klasykazywa.pl/edycja-xi/konkurs
"THE TRAP," based on Tadeusz Różewicz, is a graduation show by students of the Acting Department, directed by Adam Orzechowski. It premiered on October 10th at the Studyjny Theatre.
THE TRAP by Tadeusz Różewicz
Direction: Adam Orzechowski
Costumes, set-design, lighting: Magdalena Gajewska
Music: Marcin Nenko
Assistant director: Szymon Andrzejewski
CAST:
Szymon Andrzejewski - MASTER
Marcel Barra – SHOE-MAKER
Helena Grabicka – GRETA
Mikołaj Janas – MAKS
Julia Jaroszewska - MOTHER
Bartłomiej Kotwica - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamil Kowalski - FATHER
Jędrzej Matwijów - FRANZ
Dominik Nikitorowicz - OPPRESSOR / TEENAGER
Anna Pentz – LITTLE SOUL
Adrian Pietruszewski - BARBER
Maciej Piotrowski - KARL / BOY
Kinga Stachowiak – JÓZIA
Krzysztof Świłpa - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamila Tytło - FELICE
Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz - VALLI / SHOE-MAKER’S WIFE
Krystyna Zajkowska - OTTLA
Tadeusz Różewicz's "The Trap," written in 1979, is an attempt to reconcile the author with the spiritual and cultural heritage of the 20th century. The key to this reconciliation was the biography of Franz Kafka. We note how relevant this text remains despite the passage of time, and we wish to draw particular attention to disturbing, recurring patterns. "The Trap" is, above all, the story of a lost man, immersed in inevitable suffering, repeatedly falling into the traps set by himself—his body, history, and those closest to him. Franz sacrifices himself, his time, his life, and his health on the altar of literature. He sacrifices himself... But is the "sacrificial lamb" not actually a beast?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
Fingers crossed!
#klasykazywa
photos: Anna Zegar
Forty-one plays from theatres across Poland qualified for the competition. The finalists will be announced by February 8, 2026, and presented in June next year.
More info about Living Clasics Competition: klasykazywa.pl/edycja-xi/konkurs
"THE TRAP," based on Tadeusz Różewicz, is a graduation show by students of the Acting Department, directed by Adam Orzechowski. It premiered on October 10th at the Studyjny Theatre.
THE TRAP by Tadeusz Różewicz
Direction: Adam Orzechowski
Costumes, set-design, lighting: Magdalena Gajewska
Music: Marcin Nenko
Assistant director: Szymon Andrzejewski
CAST:
Szymon Andrzejewski - MASTER
Marcel Barra – SHOE-MAKER
Helena Grabicka – GRETA
Mikołaj Janas – MAKS
Julia Jaroszewska - MOTHER
Bartłomiej Kotwica - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamil Kowalski - FATHER
Jędrzej Matwijów - FRANZ
Dominik Nikitorowicz - OPPRESSOR / TEENAGER
Anna Pentz – LITTLE SOUL
Adrian Pietruszewski - BARBER
Maciej Piotrowski - KARL / BOY
Kinga Stachowiak – JÓZIA
Krzysztof Świłpa - OPPRESSOR / SELLER
Kamila Tytło - FELICE
Alicja Wieniawa-Narkiewicz - VALLI / SHOE-MAKER’S WIFE
Krystyna Zajkowska - OTTLA
Tadeusz Różewicz's "The Trap," written in 1979, is an attempt to reconcile the author with the spiritual and cultural heritage of the 20th century. The key to this reconciliation was the biography of Franz Kafka. We note how relevant this text remains despite the passage of time, and we wish to draw particular attention to disturbing, recurring patterns. "The Trap" is, above all, the story of a lost man, immersed in inevitable suffering, repeatedly falling into the traps set by himself—his body, history, and those closest to him. Franz sacrifices himself, his time, his life, and his health on the altar of literature. He sacrifices himself... But is the "sacrificial lamb" not actually a beast?
The show is co-financed from the budget of the Łódź Voivodeship Government.
Fingers crossed!
#klasykazywa
photos: Anna Zegar