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Jury Verdict – 29th International Theatre Festival Kontakt
Jury Verdict – 29th International Theatre Festival Kontakt
Friday, May 30th
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
The Labour of Life
dir. Eva Rysová
Wilam Horzyca Theatre (Toruń, Poland)
5:00 PM – 8:45 PM
FESTIVAL OPENING CEREMONY
Black Swan (competition performance)
dir. Alvis Hermanis
Jaunais Rīgas Teātris (Riga, Latvia)
Saturday, May 31
11:00 AM – 12:50 PM
Film screening: White Helicopter
Camerimage Cinema
6:00 PM
Concert: Polskie Znaki presenting their album The Final Thing
8:00 PM – 10:40 PM
Ophelia’s Got Talent
dir. Florentina Holzinger
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin, Germany)
9:00 PM – 10:30 PM
The Labour of Life (competition performance)
dir. Eva Rysová
Wilam Horzyca Theatre (Toruń, Poland)
Sunday, June 1
11:00 AM
Play reading of Nina Zakhozhenko’s I Am OK. Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu
12:30 AM
DJ SET – dj czuly – Alone Kontakt with yourself, in front of the Wilam Horzyca Theatre building
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Caligula (competition performance)
dir. Ivan Urivsky
Ivan Franko National Academic Drama Theatre (Kyiv, Ukraine)
8:00 PM – 10:40 PM
Ophelia’s Got Talent (competition performance)
dir. Florentina Holzinger
Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz (Berlin, Germany)
Monday, June 2
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Antigone in Molenbeek (competition performance)
dir. Anna Smolar
Gustaw Holoubek Drama Theatre (Warsaw, Poland)
8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
When the Snow Melts (competition performance)
dir. Katarzyna Minkowska
TR Warszawa (Warsaw, Poland)
8:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Antigone in Molenbeek
dir. Anna Smolar
Gustaw Holoubek Drama Theatre (Warsaw, Poland)
Tuesday, June 3
12:00 PM – Guided tour (in Polish) of the Geometries of Change exhibition of paintings by Wolfgang Wirth.
Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu
5:00 PM – 7:10 PM
Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy (competition performance)
dir. Adam Orzechowski
Wybrzeże Theatre (Gdańsk, Poland)
7:00 PM – 8:45 PM
Susan Sontag
dir. Agnieszka Jakimiak & Mateusz Atman
Stefan Jaracz Theatre (Olsztyn, Poland)
8:30 PM – 11:00 PM
The Revenge (competition performance)
dir. Michał Zadara
Komedia Theatre (Warsaw, Poland)
Wednesday, June 4
11:00 AM – 12:10 PM
Film screening: Poppy Field
Camerimage Cinema
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Romeo and Juliet in the Fuckup Land
(non-competition performance)
dir. Ewa Galica & Michał Lazar
Wilam Horzyca Theatre (Toruń, Poland) & Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
8:00 PM – 9:45 PM
Susan Sontag (competition performance)
dir. Agnieszka Jakimiak & Mateusz Atman
Stefan Jaracz Theatre (Olsztyn, Poland)
8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Romeo and Juliet in the Fuckup Land
(non-competition performance)
dir. Ewa Galica & Michał Lazar
Wilam Horzyca Theatre (Toruń, Poland) & Gdańsk Shakespeare Festival
Thursday, June 5
12:00 PM
Guided tour (in English) of the Geometries of Change exhibition of paintings by Wolfgang Wirth.
Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu
4:00 PM – 6:45 PM
Titanic (competition performance)
dir. Michał Siegoczyński
Wilam Horzyca Theatre (Toruń, Poland)
8:00 PM – 9:10 PM
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields (competition performance)
dir. Timofey Kulyabin
Bormio SIA & Flow Projects GmbH (Germany, Latvia)
Friday, June 6
3:00 PM – Business Supports Culture – Culture Supports Business – debate
5:00 PM – 6:10 PM
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
dir. Timofey Kulyabin
Bormio SIA & Flow Projects GmbH (Germany, Latvia)
5:30 PM – 7:20 PM
Theorem (competition performance)
dir. Eugen Jebeleanu
Radu Stanca National Theatre (Sibiu, Romania)
8:30 PM – 9:40 PM
In the Solitude of Cotton Fields
dir. Timofey Kulyabin
Bormio SIA & Flow Projects GmbH (Germany, Latvia)
9:00 PM
Concert – Oitch tour – concert by The Chris Obehi & Hamlang Kebba band
10:30 PM
JURY VERDICT – FESTIVAL CLOSING
Accessibility at the Kontakt Festival
We have gathered all the most important information about the Festival’s accessibility in one place. In this section, you’ll find details about performances with audio description, subtitles, or an induction loop, among others.
The International Theatre Festival Kontakt is the oldest international theatre festival in Poland. It has been organized by the Wilam Horzyca Theatre since 1991. It was founded by Krystyna Meissner, who was awarded the Polityka Passportfor this achievement.
Festival Kontakt is one of the most important theatre festivals in Poland and the only one of this scale that regularly invites international artists. For eight days, outstanding creators from Poland and around the world come to Toruń. This year, 20 performances will be presented, accompanied by discussions, meetings between young directors and masters, film screenings, workshops, and concerts. The special guest will be John Malkovich, who will perform in three shows and take part in a public meeting.
Last year’s edition featured 47 events. A total of 5,068 tickets were sold for the performances, and around 6,000 people participated in the festival’s events. The number of festival guests reached approximately 500. Around 337 media publications were released.
At the festival:
