FESTIVAL “GENERATOR OF HOPE” 16-19 OCTOBER 2025
FESTIVAL “GENERATOR OF HOPE” SCHEDULE
„We Come and Go, lightly on tiptoe…” 16.10-19.10.2025
Thursday, 16 October 2025
18:00 Opening of the Festival / 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: Włodzimierz Staniewski, set design: Marek
Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska, music: Mikołaj Blajda. An
international cast, with Polish subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski / Stage in Granary
21:15 Premiere celebration / Halls of the Palace
Friday, 17 October 2025
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)
17:30–18:45 „Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, translated by Antoni Libera (premiere
performances), author of the performance: Włodzimierz Staniewski, set design:
MarekChowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska, music: Mikołaj Blajda.
An international cast, with Polish subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski / Stage in
Granary
19:00–20:00 Meeting with Antoni Libera featuring Bogusław Jasiński, entitled: Revelations about Timon of Athens – the title character of William Shakespeare’s play and the historical figure from the
5th century BC. / Stage in Palace
20:30–21:45 „Timon of Athens” by William Shakespeare, translated by Antoni Libera (premiere
performances), author of the performance: Włodzimierz Staniewski, set design: Marek
Chowaniec, costumes: Aleksandra Reda, Weronika Karwowska, music: Mikołaj Blajda. An
international cast, with Polish subtitles; in the title role: Jarosław Gajewski / Stage in Granary
After the performance – Conversations and refreshments
Saturday, 18 October 2025
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
After the performance – Conversations and refreshments / Halls of the Palace
Sunday, 19 October 2025
13:00–14:00 Meeting with Jerzy Zelnik / Stage in Palace
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 togetherness / Halls of the Palace