New season at the Old Theatre
We have six premieres ahead, all centered around the theme of the body in various contexts. The creators invited to collaborate with the theater approached the topic from different angles and framed it in political, sexual, aesthetic, and artistic contexts.
Autumn-Winter Season
On September 29th, the audience at the Large Stage on Jagiellońska Street will be able to see the play "Boa." This is the first choreographic performance in the history of the Old Theatre prepared by one of the most popular names in Polish choreography – Paweł Sakowicz. The main theme of the play is desire, its forms of manifestation, embodiment, and performance.
On December 1st, we will be able to see "Magnetism of Hearts" based on Aleksander Fredro's "Maidens' Vows," directed by Kalina Dębska. This play tells the story of love, male-female relationships, attempts at meeting, understanding, and the first initiations in matters of feelings. It will be a mirror to reflect on how one loves, tries to love, the problems one has with feelings, and the questions today's youth ask. We hope it will be a communicative performance for audiences of all ages – explains Bukowski, deputy artistic director of the Old Theatre.
On December 8th, the Large Stage will present the play "Yoga," based on the autobiographical book by Emmanuel Carrère, directed by Anna Smolar.
Spring Season
In March, the Chamber Stage will feature the play "Time Shelter" based on the novel by Georgi Gospodinov, for which the author received the International Booker Prize.
"The Story of Sin," based on the novel by Stefan Żeromski, is the penultimate premiere of the 2023/2024 season. Wojciech Rodak together with Iga Gańczarczyk, a year before the 100th anniversary of the writer's death, will reach into Polish modernist classics for one of the most controversial novels of that period.
To close the season, we will see a staging of "The Magic Mountain" directed by Waldemar Raźniak. The book about the fate of the young German Hans Castorp is considered the greatest work in Thomas Mann's output.
– I think it’s a big challenge because each of us has our own idea of "The Magic Mountain" and everyone has their own Hans Castorp. For each of us, the magic mountain can be something different. Today, all of Europe appears to us as a kind of a falling Davos, where we fled and found some kind of safe shelter from reality. However, this reality is becoming more difficult and complicated. We all sense the coming catastrophes, whether climate-related or economic, yet we also need a safe refuge where we can define who we are – says Beniamin Bukowski, responsible for the play’s dramaturgy.