One hundred years ago Giacomo Puccini, one of the much-loved opera creator. The Grand Theatre in Łódź is launching the 15 November Puccini Festival with the performance of ‘Madama Butterfly’. Puccini was a representative of so-called verismo, a realistic trend in Italian opera. His works are extremely tuneful and hugely emotional. The arias are short but very intense, one only needs to recall those from ‘Tosca’, ‘Madama Butterfly’ or ‘Turandot’. In the latter two works, he was inspired by the music of the Far East - Japan and China. Stylistically, although rooted in Romanticism, over time he moved closer to the achievements of Richard Wagner and Richard Strauss, and even to Impressionism.
The works we are presenting this year comment on contemporary social issues such as inequality, discrimination or social pressure. They go beyond patterns and conventions and strive for harmony between body and mind, between the individual and society, between art and life. (11-13.10.2024)
Malta Festival is reborn with new, feminine energy, full of delight, attentiveness, care, and joy, which will emanate from the rich programme of the multidisciplinary event between September 7th and 15th. There will be plenty of international artists, shows on the streets of Poznań, original debates and unique meetings that will bring hope for a better world that gives nature and women their rightful place. The slogan of this year’s edition, the first under the aegis of Dominika Kulczyk, is: To Love!
On the first day, the premiere of the monodrama Biesiada u hrabiny Kotłubaj (A Feast at the Countess of Kotłubai), directed by Błażej Peszek and performed by Małgorzata Maślanka, who celebrated 30 years of artistic work that evening, took place on the Kotłownia stage. The audience warmly welcomed the performance and gave a long round of applause to thank Małgorzata for her enormous work.
The idea behind the festival is to create a space for multicultural dialogue by presenting various varieties of contemporary theatre and drama from European countries. The festival is intended as a meeting platform for theatre professionals and enthusiasts, with a mission to integrate European culture and the theatre community in the broadest sense. Above all, however, it provides the audience of the city and the region with an opportunity to learn about significant performances.
The ancient Odeon on the slopes of the Acropolis hosted the premiere of the play ‘GEORGE & FREDERIC. Ποιητές του Ονείρου', directed by Jaroslaw Kilian. The script of the musical show was written with the participation of Elisabeth and Tatiana Papageorgiou.
"I am thirteen years old. My name is Sam. I mean, Samuel. My parents are intellectuals. They don't cook, they don't clean and they always go to demonstrations... " A play about the difficult period of growing up, when our model of coping with difficulties is shaped: lack of acceptance among peers, parental problems, loneliness and oppressive upbringing...The titular Samuel (Sam) experiences these problems on a daily basis, is unable to make friends, gets into conflicts with his peers, loses support in his parents who get involved in extramarital life and decide to divorce... Then there is the school and the class teacher, who grotesquely betrays his incompetence during a lesson on ‘upbringing for life in the family’... The boy has no one to talk to, he suppresses his emotions, his parents forget about the needs of their own child, and the world rushes mercilessly forward. Premiere at 6 th October.
The performance ‘10 Commandments’ by the Iron Collective artists will be presented at the Zygmunt Raszewski Theatre Institute in Warsaw on 23 September. The show is an event organised as part of the 67th Warsaw Autumn International Festival of Contemporary Music.
A special film platform dedicated to Ukrainian audiences has been created. Both adults and children can watch films there. The offer is rich and varied - aimed at viewers of different ages and aesthetic tastes.
Narodowy Stary Teatr im. Heleny Modrzejewskiej
Opera Nova
Instytut im. Jerzego Grotowskiego
Teatr Wielki
Teatr Muzyczny Capitol
Nowy Theatre
Warszawa
What is this course? Exploring the relationship between body, text, voice, and movement. Participants will learn the anatomy of the human body, discover embryological patterns and try discovering new bodily sensations that can be used in everyday life or on stage.
I invite you to meet the essence of Kristin Linklater’s Freeing the Natural Voice method – “a sigh of relief”. This is a fundamental step in this approach to working with the voice, as well as a basic tool for regulating the tension that often occurs unconditionally in everyday life. Sighing helps to release tension. Learning to stimulate the impulse to sigh becomes the key to re-educating the system of thinking about the “correct” production of the voice. “Maximum effect with minimum effort” is the hallmark of great art. Great art grows out of truth. “Minimum effort’ requires full engagement with the inner processes of imagination and emotion that stimulate the voice to express inner truth.
Both events will be held on 5 November at the Zbigniew Raszewski Theatre Institute, 1 Jazdów, Warsaw. Participation in the workshop is free – registration is open until 22 October. Tickets to the performance (PLN 25 and 35) are available at Goout.net and the Institute’s website. Registration Recommended age of participants: +18 years old; the number of places is limited. Please send your applications using the form by 22 October 2024. Participants will receive an email confirmation of acceptance. If you have any questions, please write to Alexandru Ivănoiu, the workshop coordinator at ivanoiu.alex@yahoo.com and type “Workshop in Warsaw” as the e-mail subject. Workshop language: Romanian and English. Participation in the workshop is free. Prior writing or theatrical experience is not required.