And Let the Heads Roll!

Programme of the 28th Shakespeare Festival


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D1 / Thursday, 25 July


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Show

PRAPREMIERA


Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski / Poland

The Tempest. A Prequel

dir. Joanna Zdrada

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 19.00
duration: 100 min
age: 12+


Prapremiera


Accompanying events


  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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D2 / Friday, 26 July


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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Kaczmarek & Pi Pa Piwosz & Romanova / Poland

Ophelia. An Object Study

dir. Kaczmarek & Pi Pa Piwosz & Romanova

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Malarnia
hrs: 17.00, 21.00
duration: 70 min
age: 16+


ShakespeareOFF Competition

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PRAPREMIERA


Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski / Poland

The Tempest. A Prequel

dir. Joanna Zdrada

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 19.00
duration: 90 min
age: 12+


Prapremiera

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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Hertz Haus / Poland

To bitch or not to bitch

dir. Hertz Haus

venue: Klub Żak
hrs: 21.00
duration: 60 min
age: 18+


ShakespeareOFF Competition


Accompanying events


  • 9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
  • 10.00 / The Clown and the Beauty of the Flop / Workshops
  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 17.00 / Ask the Architect: A Meeting with Prof. Renato Rizzi / Meeting
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.00 / Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest: A Prequel” / Meeting
  • 22.00 – 02.00 / Radio Nowy Świat invites you to a Silent Disco / Party
  • 22.20 / Meeting with the artists after the show “To Bitch or not to Bitch” / Meeting
  • 22.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Ophelia. An Object Study” / Meeting
9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
FORUM Gdańsk przy wsparciu NEPI Rockcastle

The AI Tempest

venue: Centrum handlowe FORUM Gdańsk

The Tempest as a VR journey. A 3D scenographic experiment in virtual space, in which the Shakespearean universe is entirely generated by next-century technologies.

Additional information

The duration of the personal immersive experience is 5 minutes. Before entering Shakespeare Dimensions, the audience will be advised of what to expect from the experience. The audience will be warned that there is a possibility of dizziness.


Free Entry
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10.00 / The Clown and the Beauty of the Flop / Workshops
Giorgio Vierda / English Theatre Company & La Ribalta Teatro

The Clown and the Beauty of the Flop

venue: Gdańsk Miasto Literatury
tickets: 40 zł
duration: 120 min

Limited number of participants
Workshop in English, translation not provided

To flop means to fail. The flop is the lifeblood of the clown, it is the magic land which highlights the ridiculousness that lies just beneath the surface of our everyday lives. And when the actor flops, it is here that something happens and then the laughs arrive, hopefully. And when the audience laughs, the clown is born. This workshop creates a space where we can rediscover our naive lunacy and share it with pleasure and joy with our audience.


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13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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17.00 / Ask the Architect: A Meeting with Prof. Renato Rizzi / Meeting
Renato Rizzi

Ask the Architect: A Meeting with Prof. Renato Rizzi

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Sala Podwieszana
duration: 90 min

Meeting in Italian, translated into Polish
Free admission

A meeting with the architect who designed the building of the Gdańsk Shakespeare Theatre and who is returning to Gdańskafter 10 years. This will be a unique opportunity to ask Professor Rizzi about his inspirations and conceptual work. It will also be a space to share your own impressions of the building.


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.00 / Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest: A Prequel” / Meeting
Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski

Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest: A Prequel”

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Sala Podwieszana
duration: 60 min

Meeting in English, translated into Polish
Free admission

Free Entry
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22.00 – 02.00 / Radio Nowy Świat invites you to a Silent Disco / Party
Radio Nowy Świat

Radio Nowy Świat invites you to a Silent Disco

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Dziedziniec

A real dance feast with a variety of music genres, in the rhythms of soul, funk, jazz, rock, hip-hop, techno, prepared by the presenters of Radio Nowy Świat.

DJ:
Marcelinę Słomian
Marię Zamachowską
Mateusza Andruszkiewicza
Adama Stasiaka
Patryka Rabiegę

Additional information

Admission: 30 zł; for persons with ID badges (artists and volunteers): 20 zł
Please remember to bring your ID with you. You will need it to rent headphones.


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22.20 / Meeting with the artists after the show “To Bitch or not to Bitch” / Meeting
Hertz Haus / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “To Bitch or not to Bitch” dir.Hertz Haus

venue: Klub Żak
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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22.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Ophelia. An Object Study” / Meeting
Kaczmarek & Pi Pa Piwosz & Romanova / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Ophelia. An Object Study”

venue: Scena Malarnia Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D3 / Saturday, 27 July


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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Hertz Haus / Poland

To bitch or not to bitch

dir. Hertz Haus

venue: Klub Żak
hrs: 16.00
duration: 60 min
age: 18+


ShakespeareOFF Competition

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Golden Yorick Competition


Teatr im. W. Bogusławskiego w Kaliszu / Poland

All’s Well That Ends Well

dir. Szymon Kaczmarek

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Duża Scena
hrs: 18.00
duration: 165 min
age: 16+


Golden Yorick Competition

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Zagraniczny


English Theatre Company & La Ribalta Teatro / UK & Włochy

Hamlet Double Bill

dir. Alberta Ierardi & Giorgio Vierda & Adrian Hughes

venue: Dziedziniec, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 21.30
duration: 60 min
age: 14+


Freign Performance


Accompanying events


  • 9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
  • 11.00 / Polisensory Shakespeare / Workshops
  • 12.00 / NT Live: Król Lear / Show
  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.05 / Meeting with the artists after the show “All’s Well That Ends Well” / Meeting
  • 22.45 / Meeting the artists after the performance “Hamlet Double Bill” / Meeting
9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
FORUM Gdańsk przy wsparciu NEPI Rockcastle

The AI Tempest

venue: Centrum handlowe FORUM Gdańsk

The Tempest as a VR journey. A 3D scenographic experiment in virtual space, in which the Shakespearean universe is entirely generated by next-century technologies.

Additional information

The duration of the personal immersive experience is 5 minutes. Before entering Shakespeare Dimensions, the audience will be advised of what to expect from the experience. The audience will be warned that there is a possibility of dizziness.


Free Entry
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11.00 / Polisensory Shakespeare / Workshops
dr Adam Jagiełło-Rusiłowski

Polisensory Shakespeare

venue: Sala „Polskie Niebo”, ul. Augustyńskiego 1
duration: 150 min.

Limited number of participants
Admission: 40 zł

In an age where we are all eager to express our opinions, argue, discuss, and, above all, talk, talk, and talk – we sometimes forget the importance of the experience itself. And the awareness of how we experience art. In the workshops, we will focus on three ways of experiencing: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (physical). We ask participants to recall three encounters with theater that made the greatest impression on them before coming and to consider which of their senses were most affected. We will answer questions such as: why do different things make a greater or lesser impression on different people? And we will try to pause for a moment. To focus on our bodies, our experiences, and our own ways of feeling. In the end, we will turn these reflections into practice and experiment with these sensations and emotions through simple exercises.

Additional information

Workshop in English (with language support for people from Poland who are not fully comfortable with the English language)


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12.00 / NT Live: Król Lear / Show
Kino Kameralne Cafe

NT Live: Król Lear

Cena biletu w kinie: 40zł

Considered by many experts to be the best tragedy ever written, William Shakespeare’s King Lear portrays the drama of ageing fathers rejected by their own children, but also blindly spurning those who truly love them. Directed by Jonathan Munby and staged by Chichester Festival Theatre, the production has received top marks and praise from all the leading newspapers and weeklies.

Additional information

dir. Jonathan Munby
duration: 225 min.

Admission: 40 zł, 15% discount with resident card only available at cinema box office


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13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.05 / Meeting with the artists after the show “All’s Well That Ends Well” / Meeting
Teatr im. W. Bogusławskiego w Kaliszu

Meeting with the artists after the show “All’s Well That Ends Well”

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

Free entry
Meeting in English, translated into Polish

Free Entry
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22.45 / Meeting the artists after the performance “Hamlet Double Bill” / Meeting
English Theatre Company & La Ribalta Teatro / UK & Italy

Meeting with the artists after the show “Hamlet Double Bill”

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Dziedziniec "Sen Nocy Letniej"
duration: 60 min

Free entry
Meeting in English, translated into Polish

Free Entry
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D4 / Sunday, 28 July


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New Yorick Competition


Kolektyw Dom Utopijnej Pracy Artystycznej / Poland

Romeo and Juliet in the Fuckup Land

dir. Ewa Galica & Michał Lazar

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Malarnia
hrs: 16.00, 19.00
duration: 60 min
age: 16+


New Yorick Competition

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Zagraniczny


Cheek by Jowl & Teatr Narodowy w Craiovej / UK & Rumunia

Hamlet

dir. Declan Donellan

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 18.00
duration: 120 min
age: 12+


Freign Performance

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Zagraniczny


English Theatre Company & La Ribalta Teatro / UK & Włochy

Hamlet Double Bill

dir. Alberta Ierardi & Giorgio Vierda & Adrian Hughes

venue: Dziedziniec, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 21.00
duration: 60 min
age: 14+


Freign Performance


Accompanying events


  • 9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
  • 10.00 / Acting workshop: “HAMLET: ACTION/WORD” / Workshops
  • 12.00 / Macbeth / Movie
  • 12.00 / Open rehearsal of the performance “Hamlet” / Próba Otwarta
  • 15.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 16.30 / Pre-show talk z artystami z Cheek by Jowl / Meeting
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 20.15 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Romeo i Julia w krainie fakapu” / Meeting
9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
FORUM Gdańsk przy wsparciu NEPI Rockcastle

The AI Tempest

venue: Centrum handlowe FORUM Gdańsk

The Tempest as a VR journey. A 3D scenographic experiment in virtual space, in which the Shakespearean universe is entirely generated by next-century technologies.

Additional information

The duration of the personal immersive experience is 5 minutes. Before entering Shakespeare Dimensions, the audience will be advised of what to expect from the experience. The audience will be warned that there is a possibility of dizziness.


Free Entry
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10.00 / Acting workshop: “HAMLET: ACTION/WORD” / Workshops
Adrian Hughes / The English Theatre Company

Acting workshop: “HAMLET: ACTION/WORD”

venue: Sala „Polskie Niebo”, ul. Augustyńskiego 1, Gdańsk
duration: 120 min.
age: 16+
tickets: 40 zł

Number of places limited.
In english

From ‘page’ to ‘stage’ without fear. We dive headlong into the story of Hamlet, finding the word to suit the action, the action to suit the word. The workshop begins with an introduction to the synopsis and characters, before moving on to some of the key scenes which will be developed and shown to each other at the end of the workshop. This is a dynamic, no fear approach to the text, where what the performers are doing is as important as what they are saying. No prior knowledge is needed, either of Shakespeare in general, or of Hamlet in particular.  

Participants – please be sure to come in loose, comfortable clothing.


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12.00 / Macbeth / Movie
Kino Kameralne Cafe

Macbeth

Tickets: 25zł

Macbeth is a Shakespearean tale of ambition, lust for power, passion and pushing boundaries. A bloody drama set in eleventh-century Scotland, in which one murder follows another, fuelling a vicious cycle of crime.

Additional information

dir. Justin Kurzel
duration: 113 min

Admission: 25 zł; 15% discount with resident card only available at cinema box office


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12.00 / Open rehearsal of the performance “Hamlet” / Próba Otwarta
Cheek by Jowl & Teatr Narodowy w Craiovej / UK & Romania

Open rehearsal of the performance “Hamlet” directed by Declana Donnellana

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 120 min

Tickets: 30 zł
Meeting in English, translation not provided

Open rehearsal of the performance is a unique opportunity to see the theatre “from behind the scenes”. Limited number of participants.


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15.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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16.30 / Pre-show talk z artystami z Cheek by Jowl / Meeting
Cheek by Jowl & Teatr Narodowy w Craiovej / UK & Rumunia

Pre-show talk z artystami z Cheek by Jowl

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Scena Magazyn
duration: 60 min

w j. angielskim, tłumaczone na j. polski
Free entry

Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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20.15 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Romeo i Julia w krainie fakapu” / Meeting
Kolektyw Dom Utopijnej Pracy Artystycznej / Poland

z artystami po spektaklu „Romeo i Julia w krainie fakapu”

venue: Scena Malarnia Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

w j. polskim
Free entry

Free Entry
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D5 / Monday, 29 July


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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Bijata&Pinkiewicz / Poland

Hardcore

dir. Karol Bijata & Zofia Pinkiewicz

venue: Klub Żak
hrs: 17.00, 21.00
duration: 90 min
age: 16+


ShakespeareOFF Competition

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Zagraniczny


Cheek by Jowl & Teatr Narodowy w Craiovej / UK & Rumunia

Hamlet

dir. Declan Donnellan

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 19.30
duration: 120 min
age: 12+


Freign Performance

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Show

Zagraniczny


Teatr Młodych w Zagrzebiu / Chorwacja

Twelfth Night, or What You Will

dir. Grzegorz Jarzyna

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Duża Scena
hrs: 19.30
duration: 100 min
age: 18+


Freign Performance

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Show

New Yorick Competition


Teatr Wybrzeże / Poland

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

dir. Miłka Dziasek

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Malarnia
hrs: 22.00
duration: 60 min
age: 18+


New Yorick Competition


Accompanying events


  • 9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.40 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” / Meeting
  • 22.50 / Meeting with artists after “Hardcore” / Meeting
9.00 – 21.00 / The AI Tempest / VR Experience
FORUM Gdańsk przy wsparciu NEPI Rockcastle

The AI Tempest

venue: Centrum handlowe FORUM Gdańsk

The Tempest as a VR journey. A 3D scenographic experiment in virtual space, in which the Shakespearean universe is entirely generated by next-century technologies.

Additional information

The duration of the personal immersive experience is 5 minutes. Before entering Shakespeare Dimensions, the audience will be advised of what to expect from the experience. The audience will be warned that there is a possibility of dizziness.


Free Entry
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13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.40 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” / Meeting
Teatr Młodych w Zagrzebiu / Chorwacja

Meeting with the artists after the show “Twelfth Night, or What You Will” directed by Grzegorza Jarzyny

venue: foyer Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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22.50 / Meeting with artists after “Hardcore” / Meeting
Bijata&Pinkiewicz / Poland

Meeting with artists after “Hardcore”, dir. Karol Bijata & Zofia Pinkiewicz

venue: Klub Żak
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D6 / Tuesday, 30 July


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Show

New Yorick Competition


Teatr Wybrzeże / Poland

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

dir. Miłka Dziasek

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Malarnia
hrs: 16.00
duration: 60 min
age: 18+


New Yorick Competition

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Show

Golden Yorick Competition


Teatr Przedmieście, Rzeszów / Poland

Makbeth. Voices in the Dark

dir. Aneta Adamska-Szukała

venue: Stara Apteka, Teatr Wybrzeże
hrs: 17.30, 21.30
duration: 85 min
age: 16+


Golden Yorick Competition


Accompanying events


  • 10.00 / Festival breakfast after seeing the performance “Hamlet” / Meeting
  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 17.15 / Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” / Meeting
  • 23.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Macbeth. Voices in the Dark” / Meeting
10.00 / Festival breakfast after seeing the performance “Hamlet” / Meeting
Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski

Festival breakfast after seeing the performance “Hamlet”, dir. Declan Donellan

venue: Dziedziniec Gdańskiego Teatru Szekspirowskiego
w przypadku niepogody: Scena Magazyn

A morning meeting during which Prof. Jacek Fabiszak and Dr Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik will sit down withus and — quite simply — start talking. Anyone wishing to do so is welcome to join in at any time. Participation in the conversation is free of charge. Coffee, tea and snacks can be purchased on site at the festival bar.

Additional information

Meeting in Polish and English (depending on the number of people whispered interpretation will be available for smaller groups)


Free Entry
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13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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17.15 / Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” / Meeting
Teatr Wybrzeże / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Miłki Dziasek

venue: foyer Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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23.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Macbeth. Voices in the Dark” / Meeting
Teatr Przedmieście, Rzeszów / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Macbeth. Voices in the Dark” directed by Anety Adamskiej-Szukały

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D7 / Wednesday, 31 July


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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Teatr Cinema / Poland

Seven Cardinal Dreams

dir. Zbigniew Szumski

venue: Klub Żak
hrs: 17.00, 22.00
duration: 70 min
age: 16+


ShakespeareOFF Competition

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Show

Golden Yorick Competition


Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny w Koszalinie / Poland

Makbeth

dir. Paweł Palcat

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 19.00
duration: 150 min with interval
age: 15+


Golden Yorick Competition


Accompanying events


  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.50 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Makbet” / Meeting
  • 23.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Seven Cardinal Dreams” / Meeting
13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.50 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Makbet” / Meeting
Bałtycki Teatr Dramatyczny w Koszalinie / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Macbeth” directed by Pawła Palcata

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski, Scena Magazyn
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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23.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Seven Cardinal Dreams” / Meeting
Teatr Cinema / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Seven Cardinal Dreams” directed by Zbigniewa Szumskiego

venue: Klub Żak
duration: 60 min

In Polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D8 / Thursday, 1 August


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New Yorick Competition


Teatr Studio im. Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza w Warszawie / Poland

Expedition “The Tempest”

dir. Alexander Dulak

venue: Scena Malarnia, Teatr Wybrzeże
hrs: 17.00, 21.30
duration: 60 min
age: 16+


New Yorick Competition

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Show

Golden Yorick Competition


Teatr im J. Kochanowskiego w Opolu / Poland

The Tempest. The Rules of an Island

dir. Katarzyna Minkowska

venue: Teatr Wybrzeże, Duża Scena
hrs: 19.00
duration: 135 min
age: 16+


Golden Yorick Competition

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Show

ShakespeareOFF Competition


Piotr Mateusz Wach / Poland

Hamlet’s Metamorphosis

dir. Piotr Mateusz Wach

venue: Instytut Kultury Miejskiej
hrs: 20.00
duration: 70 min
age: 16+


ShakespeareOFF Competition


Accompanying events


  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Hamlet’s Metamorphosis” / Meeting
  • 21.50 / Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest. The Rules of an Island” / Meeting
  • 22.45 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Expedition. The Tempest” / Meeting
13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Hamlet’s Metamorphosis” / Meeting
Piotr Mateusz Wach / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Hamlet’s Metamorphosis” directed by Piotra Mateusza Wacha

venue: IKM
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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21.50 / Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest. The Rules of an Island” / Meeting
Teatr im J. Kochanowskiego w Opolu / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “The Tempest. The Rules of an Island” directed by Katarzyny Minkowskiej

venue: foyer Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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22.45 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Expedition. The Tempest” / Meeting
Teatr Studio im. Stanisława Ignacego Witkiewicza w Warszawie / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Expedition. The Tempest” directed by Alexandra Dulaka

venue: Scena Malarnia Teatru Wybrzeże
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D9 / Friday, 2 August


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Show

Golden Yorick Competition


Teatr Nowy w Poznaniu / Poland

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

dir. Jan Klata

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 19.00
duration: 150 min
age: 16+


Golden Yorick Competition

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ShakespeareOFF Competition


Piotr Mateusz Wach / Poland

Hamlet’s Metamorphosis

dir. Piotr Mateusz Wach

venue: Instytut Kultury Miejskiej
hrs: 17.00
duration: 70 min
age: 16+


ShakespeareOFF Competition


Accompanying events


  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 17.00 / Ekologie teatru/zrównoważony rozwój/dziedzictwo kulturowe: dyskusja / Meeting
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 21.30 / Maja Kleszcz śpiewa z Szekspira / Concert
  • 21.45 / Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Jana Klaty / Meeting
13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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17.00 / Ekologie teatru/zrównoważony rozwój/dziedzictwo kulturowe: dyskusja / Meeting
dr Anna Kowalcze-Pawlik (Uniwersytet Łódzki, Polska) & Nicoleta Cinpoes (University of Worcester, UK)

Ekologie teatru/zrównoważony rozwój/dziedzictwo kulturowe: dyskusja

venue: Biblioteka Prof. Limona, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 120 min

sesja hybrydowa: Zoom/spotkanie na żywo
język: polski i angielski
Free entry

o charakterze otwartym, dla wszystkich osób zainteresowanych tematyką zrównoważonego rozwoju festiwali teatralnych i teatrów oraz równym dostępem do kultury.


Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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21.30 / Maja Kleszcz śpiewa z Szekspira / Concert
Maja Kleszcz

Maja Kleszcz śpiewa z Szekspira

venue: Dziedziniec*, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 60 min

* w przypadku niepogody: Scena Magazyn

Wiele znanych gwiazd i popularnych zespołów śpiewało piosenki inspirowane dramatami Szekspira – od Boba Dylana przez Radiohead po Taylor Swift. Równie dużą popularnością wśród światowych artystów cieszą się ambitne interpretacje „Sonetów”. W Polsce jedną z największych orędowniczek twórczości Szekspira jest ceniona wokalistka i aktorka Maja Kleszcz. Dawniej członkini folkowej Kapeli ze Wsi Warszawa, później liderka retro-popowego zespołu incarNations, a obecnie głównie artystka solowa, wielokrotnie angażowała się w realizacje teatralne, m.in. „Hamleta” i „Burzy”. Wspólnie z Wojciechem Krzakiem skomponowała muzykę do spektaklu „Każdy musi kiedyś umrzeć Porcelanko”, nagrodzonego Złotym Yorickiem w 2018 r., a ich płyta z piosenkami ze sztuki „Makbet” została nominowana do nagrody Fryderyk. Najważniejsze utwory stworzone przez ten duet na przestrzeni ostatnich sześciu lat będzie można po raz pierwszy usłyszeć w specjalnych aranżacjach podczas kameralnego występu na dziedzińcu Gdańskiego Teatru Szekspirowskiego.


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21.45 / Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Jana Klaty / Meeting
Teatr Nowy w Poznaniu / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” directed by Jana Klaty

venue: Scena Magazyn, Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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D10 / Saturday, 3 August


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Show

Gruba i Głupia / Poland

Very Cheap

dir. Gruba i Głupia

venue: Klub Żak
hrs: 16.00, 20.00
duration: 75 min
age: 18+


Show

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Ogłoszenie Wyników Konkursów & Rozdanie Nagród

THE 28th INTERNATIONAL SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL CLOSING GALA

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 18.00
duration: 60 min
age: 12+


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Zagraniczny


Iwano-Frankiwski Narodowy Akademicki Teatr im. Iwana Franki / Ukraina

Romeo and Juliet

dir. Rostyslav Derzhypilski

venue: Centrum Św. Jana
hrs: 20.00
duration: 200 min with interval
age: 16+


Freign Performance


Accompanying events


  • 10.00 / Musical theatre masterclass for neurodivergent people / Workshops
  • 12.00 / NT Live: Hamlet / Show
  • 12.30 / Who is the subject of theatrical inclusion? / Workshops
  • 13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
  • 17.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Very Cheap” / Meeting
  • 18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
10.00 / Musical theatre masterclass for neurodivergent people / Workshops
Jonathan Oliveros / Liberarte Talleres Especiales, Peru

Musical theatre masterclass for neurodivergent people

venue: Sala „Polskie Niebo”, ul. Augustyńskiego 1, Gdańsk
duration: 120 min.

Participants are kindly asked to dress comfortably
Limited number of participants
Free admission (required registration)
Registration: anna.ratkiewicz@teatrszekspirowski.pl
Workshop in Spanish, translated into Polish

In this musical theater master class for neurodivergent people, we seek to deepen the acting work of each participant, no matter if they have previous experience or not, as we will work from the initial and basic form of representation that combined with songs, dialogues and dance will strengthen their tools as performers. We will also use different theatrical techniques to understand the emotion of the musical theater performer who communicates through the body, music, and singing in an integrated way.

Participants will be able to experience and develop the following:
Theater:
– Release stress through theatrical play.
– Explore improvisation and creativity.
– Understand their tools as performers: Body, Voice, Mind.
– Strengthen teamwork and their socio-affective relationships.

Singing:
– Breathing.
– Exploration of his vocal instrument.
– Diction, vocalization and projection.

Dancing:
– Recognition of her body as a tool.
– Exploration of different musical genres.
– Choreography (Basic)

Note

the workshop is for people with autism, Down syndrome, intellectual dissability. Their indispensable caregivers can be present in the venue, but participation is for people with disabilities.

Participants are kindly asked to wear comfortable work clothes.


Free Entry / Zapisy
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12.00 / NT Live: Hamlet / Show
Kino Kameralne Cafe

NT Live: Hamlet

Cena biletu w kinie: 40zł

Oscar-nominated Benedict Cumberbatch plays the title role in Shakespeare’s great tragedy. The staging brings the story of Hamlet into our times to emphasise the continuing relevance of Shakespeare’s masterpiece.

Admission: 40 zł; 15% discount with resident card only available at cinema box office


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12.30 / Who is the subject of theatrical inclusion? / Workshops
dr Adam Jagiełło-Rusiłowski

Who is the subject of theatrical inclusion?

venue: Sala „Polskie Niebo”, ul. Augustyńskiego 1, Gdańsk

Workshop in Polish and English
Limited number of participants
Tickets: 20 zł

Workshops: Who is the subject of theatrical inclusion? 

As the workshop leader says: “Nature is not understood by logic – only by heart, by empathy. The same goes for understanding a person.” In preparation for the workshops, he asked the question – who is really including whom in the theatrical world? Is it normative individuals including people with disabilities in the process? Or is it people with disabilities including the so-called “ordinary” audience into their world of experience? Their sensitivity? Or perhaps these divisions are entirely unnecessary because, in reality, we learn from each other. 

And yet – for many people, such an experience is associated with uncertainty. How should one behave? How should we treat each other? How to be oneself when encountering someone who is different from us (regardless of ability – each person is different; each person experiences differently). In the workshops, we break down these divisions. We will try to create something for ourselves. Together. To include each other in the same process. And to experience something together. 

We invite everyone to the classes – regardless of age, ability (intellectual and physical), experience, difficulties, and potential concerns. 

The classes will be conducted in Polish and English. 


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13.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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17.30 / Meeting with the artists after the show “Very Cheap” / Meeting
Gruba i Głupia / Poland

Meeting with the artists after the show “Very Cheap”

venue: Kawiarnia Klubu Żak
duration: 60 min

In polish
Free entry

Free Entry
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18.00 / The actors have returned! / Happening
Bałtycki Teatr Różnorodności

The actors have returned!

venue: Teatr w Oknie, Długa 50/51, Gdańsk
duration: 45 min

Free entry

The tradition of the English wandering actors, or strolling players, who visited Gdańsk at the turn of the 16th century will be revived. The well-known and much-loved passages will come to life in Długa Street in an unusual way: played and sung by actors. Perhaps the Master of Stratford himself will appear in one of the windows?


Free Entry
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D11 / Sunday, 4 August


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Zagraniczny


Teatro La Plaza / Peru

Hamlet

dir. Chela De Ferrari

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
hrs: 18.00
duration: 95 min
age: 12+


Freign Performance


Accompanying events


  • 10.00 / Farewell festival breakfast / Meeting
  • 12.00 / NT Live: The Motive and the Cue / Movie
  • 16.30 / Pregnant Bodies from Shakespeare to Ford. A phenomenology of Pregnancy in English Early Modern Drama / Book promotion
  • 20.00 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Hamlet” directed by Chelli De Ferrari / Meeting
10.00 / Farewell festival breakfast / Meeting
Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski

Farewell festival breakfast

venue: Dziedziniec Gdańskiego Teatru Szekspirowskiego
w przypadku niepogody: Scena Magazyn

Morning talk on all 5 plays competing for the Golden Yorick – the day after the jury’s verdict was announced and the winner chosen.

Additional information

Free admission.
Coffee, tea and snacks can be purchased on site at the festival bar.
Meeting in Polish and English (depending on the number of people; whispered interpretation will be available for smaller groups)


Free Entry
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12.00 / NT Live: The Motive and the Cue / Movie
Kino Kameralne Cafe

NT Live: The Motive and the Cue

Price: 40zł

1964: Richard Burton, newly married to Elizabeth Taylor, is to play the title role in an experimental new Broadway production of Hamlet under John Gielgud’s direction. But as rehearsals progress, two ages of theatre collide and the collaboration between actor and director soon threatens to unravel.

Additional information

dir. Sam Mendes
duration: 165 min.

Admission: 40 zł; 15% discount with resident card only available at cinema box office


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16.30 / Pregnant Bodies from Shakespeare to Ford. A phenomenology of Pregnancy in English Early Modern Drama / Book promotion
dr hab. Katarzyna Burzyńska

Pregnant Bodies from Shakespeare to Ford. A phenomenology of Pregnancy in English Early Modern Drama / Book promotion

venue: Biblioteka Profesora Limona / Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 90 min

z autorką publikacji, dr hab. Katarzyną Burzyńską z UAM w Poznaniu.
Prowadzący: prof. UAM, dr hab. Jacek Fabiszak

w j. polskim
Free entry

This book explores how the pregnant body is portrayed, perceived and enacted in Shakespeare’s and his contemporaries’ drama by means of a phenomenological analysis and a recourse to early modern popular medical discourse on reproduction. Phenomenology of pregnancy is a fairly new and radical body of philosophy that questions the post-Cartesian chasm of an almost autonomous reason and an enclosed and self-sufficient (male) body as foundations of identity. Early modern drama, as is argued, was written and staged at the backdrop of revolutionary changes in medicine and science where old and new theories on the embodied self-clashed. In this world where more and more men were expected to steadily grow isolated from their bodies, the pregnant body constituted an embattled contradiction. Indebted to the theories of embodiment this book offers a meticulous and detailed investigation of a plethora of pregnant characters and their “pregnant embodiment” in the pre-modern works by Shakespeare, Middleton, Webster and Ford. The analysis in each chapter argues for an indivisible link between an intensely embodied experience of pregnancy as enacted in space and identity-shaping processes resulting in a more acute sense of selfhood and agency. Despite seemingly disparate experiences of the selected heroines and the repeated attempts at containment of their “unruly” bodies, the ever transforming and “spatial” pregnant identities remain loci of embodied selfhood and agency. This book provocatively argues that fictional characters’ experience reflects tangible realities of early modern women, while often deflecting the scientific consensus on reproduction in the period.


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20.00 / Meeting the artists after the performance „Hamlet” directed by Chelli De Ferrari / Meeting
Teatro La Plaza / Peru

Meeting the artists after the performance „Hamlet” directed by Chelli De Ferrari

venue: Gdański Teatr Szekspirowski
duration: 60 min

Meeting in Spanish, translated into Polish
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