Piotr Gruszczyński

Dramaturg, Nowy Teatr

Warsaw, Poland

  • Professional activities

    dramaturgy, stage adaptation, theatre criticism, artistic programming

  • Areas of interest

    theatre, dramaturgy, opera, adaptation, drama

  • Working languages

    Polish, English, French

Contact

  • E-mail

    piotr.gruszczynski@nowyteatr.org

  • Phone

    (+48) 22 379 33 00

  • Fax

    (+48) 22 379 33 01

  • Website

    www.nowyteatr.org

Mailing address

  • Nowy Teatr
    ul. Madalińskiego 10/16

  • City

    Warsaw

  • Postcode

    02-513

  • Country

    Poland

Featured Work

<p>Life in a Cemetery</p>

Conversation

Open Access Translation Reviewed

Life in a Cemetery

Krzysztof Warlikowski talks to Piotr Gruszczyński

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Polish theatre directing Krzysztof Warlikowski TR Warszawa The Tempest Cleansed collective creation William Shakespeare Jedwabne S. Ansky Hanna Krall The Dybbuk Polish Jewish culture Yiddish theatre Krum LGBT Polish identity Hanoch Levin Second World War Holocaust Anatoli Vassiliev Kraków Warsaw sexuality anti-Semitism Adam Mickiewicz homosexuality family Forefathers' Eve Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Uprising Avignon homophobia minority identities Polish Catholic Church
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<p>Actors and Their Truth</p>

Conversation

Open Access Translation Reviewed

Actors and Their Truth

Krzysztof Warlikowski talks to Piotr Gruszczyński

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    directing Krzysztof Warlikowski Nowy Teatr TR Warszawa Jacek Poniedziałek Stanisława Celińska Magdalena Cielecka Andrzej Chyra Renate Jett The Tempest ensemble acting The Dybbuk
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<p>Ground Zero</p>

Comment

Open Access Translation Reviewed

Ground Zero

by Piotr Gruszczyński

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Polish theatre Krzysztof Warlikowski Nowy Teatr TR Warszawa Małgorzata Szczęśniak Jacek Poniedziałek Stanisława Celińska (A)pollonia Cleansed Hamlet William Shakespeare The Dybbuk Krum Polish identity LGBT culture Euripides The Bacchae J. M. Coetzee The Kindly Ones Alcestis Second World War Holocaust Iphigenia Greek tragedy Warsaw staging adaptation sexuality France Netherlands exclusion theatricality animals
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<p>Polish Theatre Perspectives 1</p>

Journal

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Polish Theatre Perspectives 1

Edited by Duncan Jamieson and Adela Karsznia

  • Publishing series

    Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

  • Keywords

    Tadeusz Kantor Polish theatre cross-cultural directing memory Krzysztof Warlikowski Nowy Teatr TR Warszawa Jacek Poniedziałek Magdalena Cielecka Piotr Gruszczyński Krystian Lupa ensemble acting William Shakespeare Jedwabne Jan T. Gross Hanna Krall Polish Jewish culture Polish identity Second World War Greek tragedy Jan Klata migration Andrzej Wajda film Germany Russia Anatoli Vassiliev documentation exclusion minority identities
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<p>(A)pollonia</p>

Film

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(A)pollonia

Performance by the Nowy Teatr, filmed by the National Audiovisual Institute

  • Keywords

    Polish theatre directing memory Krzysztof Warlikowski Nowy Teatr Jacek Poniedziałek Magdalena Cielecka Piotr Gruszczyński (A)pollonia acting Hanna Krall Polish Jewish culture Polish identity Euripides Aeschylus Hans Christian Andersen Andrzej Czajkowski J. M. Coetzee Jonathan Littell Marcin Świetlicki Rabindranath Tagore The Kindly Ones Alcestis Elizabeth Costello Second World War Holocaust Iphigenia sacrifice
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Krzysztof Warlikowski

Artistic Director, Nowy Teatr

Warsaw, Poland

  • Working languages

    Polish, French, English, German

  • Professional activities

    directing, acting, devising, stage adaptation

  • Areas of interest

    theatre, opera, directing, acting, Polish identity, Polish culture, Holocaust, Greek tragedy, Polish Jewish culture, gender & performance, LGBT culture, Second World War, minority identities, Hanna Krall, William Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sophocles, J. M. Coetzee, Sarah Kane, Jonathan Littell, Bernard-Marie Koltès, Franz Kafka, Thomas Mann, Marcel Proust, European theatre
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Duncan Jamieson

Co-Director, Culture Hub

London, UK

  • Working languages

    English, Spanish, French, Polish, Polish (sign), Italian

  • Professional activities

    research, editing, publishing, translating, directing, web development

  • Areas of interest

    theatre & performance studies, cross-cultural performance, ethics, acting, directing, rehearsal practices, performer training, psychophysical performance, practice research, cultural translation, cognitive studies, decision making, gender studies, theatre history, historiography, contemporary philosophy, digital culture, social & cultural networks, memory studies, Polish theatre, Polish culture, Jerzy Grotowski, Laboratory Theatre, Tadeusz Kantor, Krzysztof Warlikowski, Krystian Lupa, Latin American performance
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Adela Karsznia

Co-Director, Culture Hub

London, UK

  • Working languages

    Polish, Polish (sign), English, French, Yiddish

  • Professional activities

    editing, translating, publishing, research, lecturing, web development

  • Areas of interest

    cross-cultural performance, theatre & performance studies, Polish theatre, literature, Polish identity, theatre history, disability culture, gender & performance, memory studies
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Polish Theatre Perspectives (PTP)

publisher, resource, nonprofit organization

London, UK

  • Working languages

    English, Polish

  • Professional activities

    publishing

  • Areas of interest

    Polish theatre, theatre, performance, drama, acting, directing, performer training
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Grotowski Institute

cultural centre, archive, publisher, studio, performance venue

Wrocław, Poland

  • Working languages

    Polish, English, French, Italian

  • Professional activities

    performances, seminars, publishing, research

  • Areas of interest

    Jerzy Grotowski, Laboratory Theatre, theatre, performance
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Marie Magneron

Wrocław, Poland

  • Working languages

    French, English, Polish

  • Professional activities

    translating, events organizing

  • Areas of interest

    Polish theatre, Jerzy Grotowski
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Affiliations

  • Nowy Teatr, Poland

    Dramaturg (dramaturgy and artistic programming)

  • Akademia Teatralna, Poland

    Lecturer (theatre studies)

Timeline

  • Born (12 December 1965)

    Rawicz, Poland

  • Education (1989)

    Graduated in Theatre Studies at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków

  • Publication (2003)

    Published the book Ojcobójcy. Młodsi zdolniejsi w teatrze polskim (Patricide: The Younger, More Talented in Polish Theatre)

    Nominated for the NIKE literary prize in Poland (2004)

  • TR Warszawa (2005-08)

    Dramaturgy Director at TR Warszawa

  • Giovanni (2006)

    Adaptation of text for Mozart’s Giovanni

    Directed by Grzegorz Jarzyna

    Premiere: 21 September 2006, TR Warszawa

  • Publication (2007)

    Published the book Szekspir i uzurpator. Z Krzysztofem Warlikowskim rozmawia Piotr Gruszczyński (Shakespeare and the Usurper: Krzysztof Warlikowski in conversation with Piotr Gruszczyński)

  • Publication (2007)

    Published the book Théâtre écorché (Flayed Theatre), a collection of interviews with Krzysztof Warlikowski in French

  • Founding of the Nowy Teatr (2008)

    Co-founding member and Dramaturg of the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw

  • Aleko and Iolanta (2009)

    Dramaturg on the adaptations of Rachmaninoff’s Aleko and Tchaikovsky’s Iolanta 

    Directed by Mariusz Treliński

    Premiere: 17 April 2009, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg

  • (A)pollonia (2009)

    Dramaturg on the production based on texts by Aeschylus, J. M. Coetzee, Euripides, Hanna Krall, Jonathan Littell, and others
    Adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Piotr Gruszczyński, and Jacek Poniedziałek
    Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Premiere: 16 May 2009 at the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
    Awarded: Prize for Directing at the International Festival Boska Komedia (Divine Comedy) in Kraków
    Awarded: Golden Mask Prize for best foreign production in Russia

  • Orfeusz i Eurydyka (Orpheus and Eurydice) (2009)

    Dramaturg on the adaptation of Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice

    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 23 May 2009, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Borys Godunow (Boris Godunov) (2009)

    Dramaturg on the adaptation of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov
    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 30 October 2009, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Un Tramway (2010)

    Dramaturg on the production based on A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
    Adapted by Wajdi Mouawad, Piotr Gruszczyński, and Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Premiere: 4 February 2010 at the Théâtre de L’Odéon, Paris

  • Traviata (2010)

    Dramaturg on the adaptation of Verdi’s La Traviata
    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 25 February 2010, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Koniec (The End) (2010)

    Dramaturg on the production based on texts by J. M. Coetzee, Franz Kafka, and Bernard-Marie Koltès
    Adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski and Piotr Gruszczyński
    Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Premiere: 30 September 2010 at the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw

  • Turandot (2011)

    Dramaturg on the adaptation of Puccini’s Turandot
    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 17 April 2011, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Opowieści afrykańskie według Szekspira (African Tales by Shakespeare) (2011)

    Dramaturg on the production based on plays by William Shakespeare
    Adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski and Piotr Gruszczyński
    Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Premiere: 5 October 2011 at the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw
    Awarded: Diagilev Award in Perm

  • Latający Holender (The Flying Dutchman) (2012)

    Dramaturg on the production of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman
    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 16 March 2012, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Manon Lescaut (2012)

    Dramaturg on the production of Puccini’s Manon Lescaut
    Directed by Mariusz Treliński
    Premiere: 23 October 2012, Teatr Wielki at the National Opera, Warsaw

  • Kabaret Warszawski (Warsaw Cabaret) (2013)

    Dramaturg on the production inspired by a text by John van Druten and a film by Cameron Mitchell

    Adapted by Krzysztof Warlikowski, Piotr Gruszczyński, and Szczepan Orłowski
    Directed by Krzysztof Warlikowski
    Premiere: 3 July 2013 at the Nowy Teatr, Warsaw