"This year’s rich presentation of the work of the German language theatres, will take place as part of “Tam’Tam: Season of NRW’s Culture in Poland”. Beside the already announced “Amerika”, directed by Jan Klata and “Oblomov”, directed by Alvis Hermanis, we will present “Conte d’Amour”, an unsettling theatrical vision, whose creators won Grand Prix at Festival Impulse (its presentation at the 36. KRT is an additional award).
It is with great pleasure that we will host the leading representatives of the British avant-garde, the previously announced Forced Entertainment, who are going to show their acclaimed and exceptionally well-received “Quizoola!” and their most recent production, “The Thrill of It All”. The group’s leader, Tim Etchells, specially for our stage will produce a visual project, “From Afar”, inspired by the idea of the Eastern Partnership.
For the first time in the history of the festival its program features a separate part devoted to contemporary dance theatre.
We will present our international audience the following productions: “Le Sacre” by Dada von Bzdülow Theatre and “The Rite of Spring”, directed Janusz Orlik (both titles referring to the canonical work of Igor Stravinsky). We invited two other productions, important, yet still relatively unknown in Poland: “We are oh so Lucky”, by Harakiri Farmers collective, directed by Ana Brzezinska, and “Floe” by Koncentrat Artistic Group.
The present edition of the festival brings an unusual number of projects co-produced by KRT. Apart from the abovementioned Tim Etchells’s project, we will present “Prologue”, a unique interactive venture of Wojtek Ziemilski’s. “The Two in Your House”, by Teatr.doc from Moscow, and co-produced by a number of European festivals, will have its world premiere at KRT.
Individual place in the program has been given to “Beating Lines”, by a young Bulgarian curator, Yanna Varbanova – a project set in the space of the city, realized within Festival Lab (project by FIT – Theatre/Festivals in Transition, an international network of festivals, of which KRT is a member).
This year, we limited our propositions from the Polish dramatic stage to two unusual productions: “III Furies” by H. Modrzejewska Theatre from Legnica, and “The Chorus of Women”, realized under the patronage of The Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, Warsaw.
Detailed information on the performances and artists are published on the festival’s web page.
Materials provided by organiser: Centrum Kultury Rotunda
This event is part of Attention Culture! Cultural Programme of the 2011 Polish EU Presidency, which comprises a six-month series of exceptional events and artistic projects, including the European Culture Congress, held as a part of the Polish presidency in the EU council.