[oberlist] Fights in Polish theatre - National Stary Theatre in Krakow

[Joanna Wichowska]

Dears,

I would like to inform you shortly about the fights that the Polish  
theatre  - and me myself -  is involve in right now.
I think it has a lot to do with a subject of taboo.
Till Tuesday I was working as a dramaturg in National Stary Theatre in  
Krakow - at the production of "Un-dvine Comedy. Remains" directed by  
acknowledged Croatian director Oliver Frljić. The performance was  
supposed to have a premiere on 7 and 8 of December.
In the meantime the production and theatre itself were aggressively  
accused by the right wing media of any sorts of sins: from lack of the  
respect for the tradition to destroying the national values. There  
were attempts to interupt the other performances in the theatre and  
all sorts of treads towards us and the actors of our production were  
happening. We were accused of being Jews,  traitors of the homeland  
and so on.
The paradox is:  instead of defending the production and artistic  
freedom of the theatre, the management/directors suspended (what in  
fact means canceled) the production.
There is a huge discussion in Poland right now, most of it pretty  
aggressive and scary. Thanks to the decision of the National Stary  
Theatre management, the "real patriots" won a lot of power.

Attached you will find the open letter written by us - the creative  
team of the production - so you can get at least some insight into the  
situation.

My best regards

Joanna

Joanna Wichowska
Dwutygodnik.com
EEPAP/East European Performing Arts Platform


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