Brussels was introduced to contemporary Polish plays
presented at four performative readings. This original
project commissioned translations to both professional
translators and Polish and Belgian playwrights and
dramaturges. Each of the four project partners (Théâtre de
la Place, Théâtre Varia, Théâtre de l’Ancre and La Bellone,
Maison du Spectacle) arranged one of the readings.
In addition, La Bellone held a presentation of the most
important themes of new Polish plays and playwrights as
well as productions based on contemporary Polish plays.
The project curators were Antoine Pickels and Szymon
Wróblewski.
charleroi, liÈge, brussels
may – november 2011
participating
organisations
:
tr Warszawa; adam mickiewicz Institute; Palais des
Beaux-arts de Bruxelles (BoZar); Visual and Performing arts Centre in minsk; Polish
Institute in madrid
participating
organisations
:
la Bellone; adam mickiewicz Institute;
Polish Institute in Brussels
work of Grzegorz Jarzyna, whose
reputation in Belarus grew
overnight thanks to the many
positive accounts in the Belarusian
media.
A Polish-Belarusian round-
table discussion concerning
contemporary theatre was
organised on the day preceding
the Minsk performance. The
Polish side was represented by the
director of the AdamMickiewicz
Institute Paweł Potoroczyn, TR
Warszawa director Grzegorz
Jarzyna, critic Łukasz Drewniak,
and TRWarszawa deputy director
Tomasz Janowski. The Belarusian
side included representatives of
theatre institutions and critics, with
moderating duties resting with
Ludmila Gromyko, editor-in-chief
of
Mastactva
magazine. The Polish
guests shared their experiences of
the functioning of theatre in Poland
while the Belarusian hosts gave
an assessment of the condition of
theatre arts in their country. All
participants agreed on the need for
future cooperation between Polish
and Belarusian theatre companies
and institutions.
From the performance of Dorota Masłowska's
No Matter How Hard We Tried.
Pictured: Adam Woronowicz and Aleksandra Popławska
InternatIonal Cultural Programme of the 2011 PolIsh eu PresIdenCy / rePort
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