FESTIVAL “GENERATOR OF HOPE” 22-25 MAY 2025
GENERATOR OF HOPE FESTIVAL – SCHEDULE
22.05-25.05.2025
Thursday, May 22, 2025
18:30 – 19:00 Festival opening
19:00 – 19:45 “Iphigenia in T…” based on texts from „Iphigenia in Tauris” by Euripides, dir. Włodzimierz Staniewski A current performance. With references to Crimea, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, war and the misery of our human fate / Stage in Large Outbuilding
20:30 – 21:15 “LOVE AND CONTEMPT, PEACE AND WAR. A story about Świętosława, daughter of Mieszko I, her brother Bolesław Chrobry and her lover – Olaf Tryggvason and about the 10th century, when a new world was born”, dir. Staniewski, music by Mikołaj Blajda / Outdoor stage, next to the Granary
21:15 – Conversations and refreshments prepared and served by the Club of Rural Householders from Gardzienice. An opportunity to talk and be together / The Palace
Friday, May 23, 2025
14:00 – 15:00 Opportunity to visit the exhibitions and The Palace and garden complex of the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice (with a guide)
18:00 – 18:45 “Lysistrata” by Aristophanes – performed by Graduates of the XV Academy for Theatre Practices Gardzienice with guest appearance by Anna Maria Słowikowska, dir. Staniewski, music by Mikołaj Blajda / Stage in Large Outbuilding
18:45 – 19:15 Brief conversation with performers and directors of „Lysistrata” (right after the show) / Stage in Large Outbuilding
20:30 – 21:30 “Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, dir. Staniewski, music by Mikołaj Blajda, set design: Marek Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda. Performance with international cast, as work in progress, in Polish and English; in the title role Jarosław Gajewski / Stage in Granary
21:30 – 22:15 Revelations about Timon the Athenian – the title character of Shakespeare’s drama and a historical figure from the 5th century BC. Conference with Prof. Edith Hall, Prof. Robert Piłat, Prof. Jarosław Gajewski, Staniewski
After Revelations about Timon the Athenian – Conversations and refreshments prepared and served by the Club of Rural Householders from Gardzienice / The Palace
Saturday, May 24, 2025
13:00 – 14:00 Revelations about Aristophanes „The Clouds” as produced by Thiasos Theatre
Professor Edith Hall in conversation with Yana Sistovari / Stage in The Palace
16:00 – 17:00 Interval, the opportunity to visit the exhibitions and The Palace and garden complex of the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice (without guide)
19:30 – 20:15 Exhibition opening – paintings by Professor Grzegorz Dobiesław Mazurek „MORE MAIORVM, MYTHOPEJE” on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of his creative work / The Palace
20:30 – 21:30 “The Clouds” by Aristophanes performed by Thiasos Theatre from London, pre-premiere performance – work in progress, with the guest acting of Joanna Holcgreber, dir. M. J. Coldiron and Yana Sistovari / Stage in Shed
21:30 Conversations and refreshments prepared and served by the Club of Rural Householders from Gardzienice / The Palace
Sunday, May 25, 2025
12:30 – 13:30 Post-performance Q&A chaired by M. J. Coldiron with actors of Aristophanes „The Clouds”, Edith Hall, Yana Sistovari / Stage in The Palace
16:00 – 17:00 Interval, the opportunity to visit the exhibitions and The Palace and garden complex of the Centre for Theatre Practices Gardzienice (with guide)
18:30 – 19:20 „THE WEDDING” Stanisław Wyspiański, dir. Staniewski, music by Zygmunt Konieczny / Palace
20:30 – 21:30 „The Ball” by K.T.O. Theatre, dir. Jerzy Zoń, outdoor performance / Stage next to the Granary
21:30 – Conversations and refreshments prepared and served by the Club of Rural Householders from Gardzienice / Stage in The Palace