FESTIVAL “GENERATOR OF HOPE” „We Come and Go, lightly on tiptoe…” 16.10-19.10.2025

FESTIVAL “GENERATOR OF HOPE” SCHEDULE 

„We Come and Go, lightly on tiptoe…” 16.10-19.10.2025

Link to book free tickets: https://kicket.com/wydarzenia/w/gardzienice-pierwsze/w/osrodek-praktyk-teatralnych-gardzienice

Thursday, 16 October 2025

18:00 – Opening of the festival with the exhibition „Tibetans in India and Nepal” by Elżbieta Dziuk-Renik / Halls of the Palace

19:00–19:45 „Iphigenia in T…” based on Euripides’ „Iphigenia in Tauris”, dir. Włodzimierz Staniewski. A performance for our times, with references to Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, war and the misery / Carmina Stage in the Large Outbuilding

20:30–21:45 „Timon of Athens”  by William Shakespeare, translated by Antoni Libera (premiere performances), author of the performance: Staniewski, music: Mikołaj Blajda, 

set design: Marek Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska. 

An international cast, with Polish and English subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski 

/ Stage in Granary

21:45 Premiere celebration / Halls of the Palace

Friday, 17 October 2025

9:00–10:00 Breakfast / Internat

14:00–15:00 Time for visiting the exhibitions and the palace–park complex of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices; with guide (Ms. Agata Hrycaj)

15:00–16:00 Lunch / the Cottage

17:30–18:45  „Timon of Athens”  by William Shakespeare, translated by Antoni Libera (premiere performances), author of the performance: Staniewski, music: Mikołaj Blajda, 

set design: Marek Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska. 

An international cast, with Polish and English subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski 

/ Stage in Granary

19:00–20:00  Revelations about Timon of Athens – the title character of Shakespeare’s drama and a historical figure of the 5th century BC. Discussion with Antoni Libera (the translator) and prof. Bogusław Jasiński / Stage in Palace

20:30–21:45  „Timon of Athens”  by William Shakespeare, translated by Antoni Libera (premiere performances), author of the performance: Staniewski, music: Mikołaj Blajda, 

set design: Marek Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska. 

An international cast, with Polish and English subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski 

/ Stage in Granary

22:00 Dinner / in front of the Palace

Saturday, 18 October 2025

9:00–10:00 Breakfast / the Cottage

15:00–16:00 Lunch / the Cottage

16:00–17:00 Guided tour of the exhibitions and the palace–garden complex of the Gardzienice Centre for Theatre Practices; with guide (Ms. Agata Hrycaj)

17:30–18:30  „Richard after Richard” based on Shakespeare’s chronicle, 

monodrama by Lidia Danylczuk, dir. Iryna Wołycka, Lviv’s Ukoshyku Theatre 

/ Carmina Stage in the Large Outbuilding

19:00–20:10  „The King and the Tsarina”, dir. Jerzy Zelnik. Featuring Halina Rowicka, 

Jerzy Zelnik, Stefan Kiniorski, Polish Classics Theatre / Stage in Palace

20:30–21:30  „Jeanne d’Arc”, monodrama by Juni Dahr, Visjoner Teater (Norway) 

/ Stage in Granary

21:30 Dinner / in front of the Palace

Sunday, 19 October 2025

9:00–10:00 Breakfast / the Cottage

13:00–14:00 Meeting with Jerzy Zelnik / Stage in Palace

15:00–16:00 Lunch / the Cottage

16:30–17:30 “Tibetan Evening”: presentation of excerpts from an audio/photo interview with the 14th Dalai Lama conducted by Krzysztof Renik in India and the film “Tibet in Exile” made by Elżbieta Dziuk, Krzysztof Renik, and Bartosz Kozakiewicz / Stage in Palace

17:30–18:00  „The Dalai Lama as a Pole Cradled in the Arms of Great Wanda Dynowska” – with a vivid film from India: how I found Wanda Dynowska’s burial place, Staniewski 

/ Stage in Palace

18:30–19:40 „I hate” monodrama by Peter Čižmár, Divadlo Kontra Theatre (Slovakia), 

dir. Klaudyna Rozhin / Stage in Shed

20:00  Meeting with Krzysztof Zanussi – Life and Work “Dialogues on the Essential” 

/ Stage in Palace

After the event – Conversations and refreshments prepared and served by Martyna & Jan

 and the Club of Rural Householders from Gardzienice / Halls of the Palace

Meal times:

* breakfast: 9:00–10:00 / Internat

* lunch: 15:00–16:00 / Internat

* dinners: friday: 20:00-20:30, saturday: 18:30-19:00 / Internat

Meals (catering) must be ordered in advance at the reception.

*The schedule is subject to change