Rainbow Stand, directors: Strzępka&Demirski, photo provided by organizer
The tenth edition of the Premiere Festival presented a competition for repertoire theatres with the most interesting Polish theatre productions of the past season
The jury awarded the Festival Grand Prix, as well as other prizes, inter alia, the Prize for Best Acting.
During the Premiere Festival, other performances and happenings, as well as conferences and meetings with directors, theatre artistic directors, theatre critics and experts in the field of theatre took place. The Festival becames a forum for exchanging ideas and discussing subjects concerning contemporary drama and theatre.
Premiere Festival took place for the fifth time, extended on to the Annexe which presented international premiere co-productions. The event was accompanied by film projections, academic sessions, stage readings, lectures and meetings with authors of the performances.
Theatre is a very ephemeral field of art. Social and cultural contexts and contemporary matters have always decided about the sensual nature of a performance. In modern times, theatre has been set some very important tasks. In a special way, it talks about issues that are very often oversimplified and trivialised in everyday discourse. An hour and a half of the viewer’s concentration is an unusual gift, and for this reason, theatre tries to make the most of it.
- Paweł Łysak, the Premiere Festival Director
Local organiser: Teatr Polski in Bydgoszcz
http://www.prapremiery.pl/
This event is part of Attention Culture!, the Cultural Program of the 2011 Polish EU Presidency.