Predictably, MacroTheatre was quite the opposite: a 16-hour-long theatre event that started at noon, 23rd September 2017, and finished at 4am on 24th September. There were four ongoing pieces to choose from, created by Wojtek Ziemilski together with Wojtek Pustoła, Krzysztof Garbaczewski, Klub Komediowy, and Komuna//Warszawa.
In 2017 Komuna//Warszawa also presented 7 Songs about the Avant-garde, and Pixo by Marta Ziółek, as well as inaugurated the cycle Pre-war/War/Post-war which proposed looking at war as a permanent state of affairs that humanity has to deal with. It comprised pieces by Cezary Tomaszewski (Cezary Goes to War), Anna Smolar (Holiday Resort), Komuna//Warszawa (Pre-war/War/Post-war/1/2/3), Weronika Szczawińska (No More War), Anna Karasińska (I Cannot Tell You Well), and Agnieszka Jakimiak (War: The Best Of).
The year 2019 became the Year of Landscape for Komuna//Warszawa. It inaugurated an innovative residency programme that is to last until 2022. Weronika Szczawińska became the curator of its first season. Its jury has chosen three laureates of the programme in an open call: Dobrawa Borkała, Wojciech Grudziński, and Klaudia Hartung-Wójciak. Apart from them, Agata Maszkiewicz and the late Rafał Urbacki were invited to participate. Maszkiewicz presented the performance Such a Landscape in May 2019 as a part of the cycle, and Weronika Szczawińska staged her piece titled A Talk about Trees. Dobrawa Borkała did the intriguing piece Breathing Symphony: A Brightening, Wojciech Grudziński presented Rodos, and Klaudia Hartung-Wójciak directed The Manatee: A Submarine Romance.
Komuna//Warszawa celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2019 at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, where they showed an exhibition titled Disengagement From Practice Produces Theoretical Hallucinations between 29th June and 29th September.
In co-operation with the Bęc Zmiana Foundation, Komuna//Warszawa provided institutional support for the creation of Radio Kapitał – a community radio station broadcasting 24/7. You can listen to the station online.
In December 2019, Komuna//Warszawa was forced to suspend their activity in the legendary tenement house at 30/32 Lubelska Street. While the building was being renovated, it was discovered that its condition was poor enough to be dangerous, so the place had to be temporarily shut down. Luckily, Komuna//Warszawa did not have to wait long – as soon as in January 2020 the theatre (together with Stowarzyszenie Pedagogów Teatru and Stowarzyszenie Sztuka Nowa) was offered a temporarily location in an old school at 31 Emilia Plater Street. Before the pandemic, several plays from Komuna's repertoire were performed there, however, in March the theatre, like other institutions – had to close because of the lockdown and started to operate online. The institution decided to tackle this problem in their distinct style – together with Studio Theatre they created Projekt Kwarantanna / Studio Online (Quarantine Project / Studio Online), curated by Tomasz Plata. Theatre artists were challenged to prepare short performances, limited by a number of formal restrictions.
On 19th June 2020 the official opening evening of the temporary headquarters took place. The launch event included a neon sign created by Tim Etchells, which shines bright with the words ‘ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT’.
Author: Grzegorz Janikowski, Jan 2011, updated by NS, July 2020