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    Mother Joan of the Angels

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    Mother Joan of the Angels

    author: Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz
    text based on the film script by Jerzy Kawalerowicz and Tadeusz Konwicki
    director, set and lighting design: Wojciech Faruga
    costumes design: Konrad Parol
    music: Teoniki Rożynek
    dramaturgy: Julia Holewińska  
    stage movement: Krystian Łysoń 

    A young exorcist, Father Suryn, arrives in Ludyń on the outskirts of the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It is said that the local monastery was taken over by the devil. What do nuns experience? 

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    Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

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    15/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    16/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    17/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

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    Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead

    author: Olga Tokarczuk
    direction: Ewa Platt
    stage adaptation: Miłosz Markiewicz, Ewa Platt
    dramaturgy: Miłosz Markiewicz
    set and costume design: Anna Rogóż
    multimedia, lighting design: Antoni Grałek
    music: Dominik Ossowski

     As one of the most acclaimed books by Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, this multi-layered story explores both the most mundane things as well as that which is written in the stars. Janina Duszejko, the main character, is a person of extraordinary empathy, an empathy which she directs primarily towards those most vulnerable things that fall victim to human actions: animals.


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    Waiting for Godot

    Dates

    16/05/2026 19:00
    Scena Studio

    17/05/2026 19:00
    Scena Studio

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    Waiting for Godot

    author: Samuel Beckett
    original title: En attendant Godot
    translator: Antoni Libera
    director: Piotr Cieplak
    set and costume design: Andrzej Witkowski
    lighting design: Piotr Cieplak, Andrzej Witkowski

    Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power? And, are we still waiting?

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    Heaven and Hell

    Dates

    16/05/2026 16:00
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    17/05/2026 12:00
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    19/05/2026 19:00
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

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    Heaven and Hell

    author: Maria Wojtyszko
    original title: Piekło – Niebo
    direction: Jakub Krofta
    dramaturgy: Maria Wojtyszko
    set and costume design: Matylda Kotlińska
    music: Grzegorz Mazoń
    lighting design: Damian Pawella
    video: Jakub Lech
    stage movement: Leszek Bzdyl
    Heaven and Hell is a moving family comedy full of fairy-tale elements. In a familiar, earthly reality, we are able to spy on the inhabitants of Heaven and Hell who are usually invisible – archangels, devils, Saint Peter, the Virgin Mary, and even God himself! The dialogue sparkles with humour, and the story surprises not only the audience, but also the characters in the drama. Show recommended for young audiences of ages 10 and up.

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    Forefathers' Eve

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    20/05/2026 18:30 100. przedstawienie / TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    21/05/2026 18:30
    Sala Bogusławskiego

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    Forefathers' Eve

    author: Adam Mickiewicz 
    original title: Dziady
    director:  Eimuntas Nekrošius
    music: Paweł Szymański
    set designer: Marius Nekrošius
    costume designer: Nadežda Gultiajeva
    lighting designer: Audrius Jankauskas
    dramaturgy: Rolandas Rastauskas

    Mickiewicz's poetic drama interpreted by Lithuanian Master Eimuntas Nekrošius — theatre visionary known for his unique theatrical language.

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    Autumn Sonata

    Dates

    20/05/2026 19:00
    Scena Studio

    21/05/2026 19:00
    Scena Studio

    22/05/2026 19:00
    Scena Studio

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    Autumn Sonata

    author: Ingmar Bergman
    original title: Höstsonaten
    translator: Zygmunt Łanowski
    director: Grzegorz Wiśniewski 
    costume, set and lighting design: Mirek Kaczmarek
    music: Agnieszka Stulgińska

    A story about the need for love and acceptance, about an inherited emotional coldness, about the psychological costs of creativity. A theatrical version of a film script by Ingmar Bergman, a legendary director, one of the most important filmmakers of the 20th century cinema.

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    Other Delights

    Dates

    21/05/2026 19:30 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    22/05/2026 19:30 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    23/05/2026 19:30
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

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    Other Delights

    author: Jerzy Pilch
    original title: Inne rozkosze
    direction: Jacek Głomb
    stage adaptation: Robert Urbański
    set and costume design: Małgorzata Bulanda
    music: Bartosz Straburzyński
    stage movement: Witold Jurewicz
    lighting design: Jacek Głomb, Małgorzata Bulanda

    An amorous veterinarian must cope with a difficult situation. At the door of the house where he lives with his wife, his parents and his grandmother - a model protestant family - his lover appears, having come to "stay with him forever". An ordinary story of extraordinary love, a love which smites the hero with dramatic and theatrical force.


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    Hamlet

    Dates

    23/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    24/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    26/05/2026 19:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

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    Hamlet

    author: William Shakespeare
    original title: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
    translator: Stanisław Barańczak
    direction: Jan Englert
    set design: Wojciech Stefaniak
    costume: Martyna Kander
    music: Aleksandra Gryka
    choreography: Tomasz Wygoda
    light design: Karolina Gębska
    video: Jagoda Chalcińska
    fight choreography: Przemysław Wyszyński

    Jan Englert crowns his twenty-eight seasons of artistic work at the National Theatre with a performance of Hamlet. Should we believe the spirits of our ancestors? Should we believe anyone, for that matter? What is true and what is false at the Court of Elsinore?

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    Lungs

    Dates

    24/05/2026 17:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena Studio

    26/05/2026 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena Studio

    27/05/2026 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena Studio

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    Lungs

    author: Duncan Macmillan
    original title: Lungs
    translator: Anna Gujska
    author: Duncan Macmillan
    director: Grzegorz Małecki

    Briliant, full of humour and touching love story of a young couple. Breakups and comebacks, passion and sex, the first important decisions and the search for meaning in a complex, modern world.

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    How to Be Loved

    Dates

    29/05/2026 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    30/05/2026 19:00
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

    31/05/2026 19:00
    Scena przy Wierzbowej

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    How to Be Loved

    author: Kazimierz Brandys
    original title: Jak być kochaną
    director: Lena Frankiewicz
    stage adaptation and dramaturgy: Małgorzata Anna Maciejewska
    set and lighting design: Agata Skwarczyńska 
    music: Kamil Pater 
    choreography: Marta Ziółek
    video projections: Szymon Rogiński
    fight choreography: Przemysław Wyszyński

    This is the performance about love and moral responsibility for another person as well as the mechanisms controlling human memory. The dramatisation of the story by Kazimierz Brandys.

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    Flea the Swindler

    Dates

    29/05/2026 12:00
    Scena Studio

    29/05/2026 18:00
    Scena Studio

    30/05/2026 12:00
    Scena Studio

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    Flea the Swindler

    author: Jan Brzechwa
    original title: Pchła Szachrajka
    music: Maciej Małecki 
    director: Anna Seniuk 

    What a rumpus! Endless transformations, games and dances. Tremendous fun and great laughs – not just for kids! Show recommended for young audiences of ages 4 and up.

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    Alice's Wonderland

    Dates

    30/05/2026 18:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    31/05/2026 16:00
    Sala Bogusławskiego

    02/06/2026 19:00 TEATR DLA SENIORÓW / TEATR DLA STUDENTÓW
    Sala Bogusławskiego

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    Alice's Wonderland

    author: Lewis Carroll
    title: Alice's Wonderland after Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll 
    translator: Maciej Słomczyński
    author of stage adaptation, lyrics, direction: Sławomir Narloch
    set and costume design: Martyna Kander
    music: Jakub Gawlik
    choreography: Anna Hop
    vocal preparation: Magdalena Czuba
    lighting design: Karolina Gębska

    Have you ever quarrelled with Time or visited a forest where things have no names? Isn’t it weird that the body of a Snap-Dragonfly is made of plum pudding? Alice’s Wonderland is a musical performance based on the famous novel by Lewis Carroll. Show recommended for young audiences for ages 10 and up. 


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    Heaven and Hell

    Heaven and Hell

    Performance

    Original Title: Piekło – Niebo 
    Author: Maria Wojtyszko
    Director: Jakub Krofta
    Other Delights

    Other Delights

    Performance

    Original Title: Inne rozkosze
    Author: Jerzy Pilch
    Director: Jacek Głomb
    How to Be Loved

    How to Be Loved

    Performance

    Original Title: Jak być kochaną
    Author: Kazimierz Brandys 
    Director: Lena Markiewicz

    • DRIVE YOUR PLOW OVER THE BONES OF THE DEAD

      As one of the most acclaimed books by Polish Nobel laureate Olga Tokarczuk, directed by Ewa Platt. 

    • MEN EXPLAIN THINGS TO ME

      Klaudia Gębska stages the play based on the most famous collection of essays by Rebecca Solnit. 

    • THE POLISH THERMOPYLAE

      In his first play at the National Theatre, director Jan Klata has opted for Tadeusz Miciński's The Polish Thermopylae. 

    • INFINITE JEST

      Premiere staged by Kamil Białaszek. His work intersects with a legend of postmodernism, David Foster Wallace. 

    • CHARLATANS

      “When I’m not acting, life is black and white,” says the heroine of Pablo Remón’s play. Charlatans directed by Grzegorz Małecki 

    • HAMLET

      Jan Englert crowns his twenty-eight seasons of artistic work at the National Theatre with a performance of Hamlet.

    • HEAVEN AND HELL

      Although Maria Wojtyszko's play touches upon the painful subject of losing loved ones, Jakub Krofta's deft staging provides light entertainment for the whole family. 

    • OTHER DELIGHTS

      This adaptation of the novel Other Delights is the second staging of one of Jerzy Pilch's works at the National Theatre, following The Holy Father's Skis.  

    • FAUST

      Faust is a story based on an ancient legend of a scholar who yearns so much for just a moment of happiness that he makes a pact with the devil. 

    • A DREAM PLAY

      After the well-received Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Sławomir Narloch returned to the National Theatre with another premiere – A Dream Play by Strindberg.

       

    • KING LEAR

      King Lear may be Shakespeare's boldest examination of human nature. Jan Englert will play the title role in the National Theatre's production.

    • WAITING FOR GODOT

      "What do we do now? Wait. [...] We're waiting for Godot". Piotr Cieplak directs Waiting for Godot by Beckett. Is this a classic yet? Does it still have its avant-garde power?

    • FREDRO: THE JUBILEE YEAR

      To celebrate 230 years since Aleksander Fredro's birth, the National Theatre invites you to an evening dedicated to the life and works of Poland’s greatest comedy writer. 

    • TALES FROM THE VIENNA WOODS

      Małgorzata Bogajewska directs for the second time at the National Theatre. This time she draws on Ödön von Horváth's 1931 drama.

    • THE THEATRE MAKER

      The play by Thomas Bernhard, one of the most outstanding playwrights of the second half of the 20th century. In the title role – Jerzy Radziwiłowicz. 

    • ALICE'S WONDERLAND

      Have you ever quarreled with the Time or visited a forest where things have no names? Alice’s Wonderland is a musical performance based on the famous novel by Lewis Carroll. 

    • THE MISANTHROPE

      Jan Englert stages a classic play by Molière. What is Alcest's misanthropy: an uncompromising commitment to the truth or a doomed uprising against social conventions?

    • THE DECALOGUE

      A meditation upon the moral foundations of the present – an iconic work of Polish cinema, rethought thirty-five years after its creation by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz. 

    • MARY STUART

      Grzegorz Wiśniewski returns to the classic drama about human passions interwoven in a ruthless machinery of history and intrigue.

    • MÜNCHHAUSEN FOR ADULTS

      Baron von Münchhausen lived in the 18th century and told incredible stories about himself. Maciej Wojtyszko directs his own play about the famous adventurer and mystifier.

    • Solidarity with Ukraine | Солідарні з Україною

      The ensemble of the National Theatre stands in solidarity with the Ukrainians who are fighting for the independence of their homeland.

    • PICNIC AT HANGING ROCK

      1900. On a hot, stormy day, Mrs Appleyard's boarding school residents go on a picnic near Hanging Rock. The new theatrical version of the Australian prose classics. 

    • SNAKE SKIN

      Artur Urbański directs his own play which main character is Ruth Berlau, one of Bertolt Brecht's closest associates and life companions.

    • AUTUMN SONATA

      A story about the need for love and acceptance, about an inherited emotional coldness, about the psychological costs of creativity. A theatrical version of a film script by Ingmar Bergman. 

    • MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS

      A performance about the need to experience something that surpasses us. In the title role of the prioress – Małgorzata Kożuchowska. 

    • HOW TO BE LOVED

      This is the performance about love and moral responsibility for another person as well as the mechanisms controlling human memory. The dramatisation of the story by Kazimierz Brandys.


    • LUNGS

      Briliant, full of humour and touching love story of a young couple. Breakups and comebacks, passion and sex, the first important decisions and the search for meaning in a complex, modern world.


    • UHLANS

      The Museum of All-Time Polish Uhlans. Exhibits of the national exacerbation. A serious comedy in three acts about the entanglement in myths of Polishness. 


    • THE IMAGE MAKERS

      The truth about the essence of creation and responsibility in art. Director Viktor Sjöström is working on the film The Phantom Carriage, based on the novel by Nobel Prize winner Selma Lagerlöf. 

    • FOREFATHER'S EVE

      Mickiewicz's poetic drama interpreted by Lithuanian Master Eimuntas Nekrošius — theatre visionary known for his unique theatrical language.


    • KORDIAN

      The Polish nation's tragic choice: to die heroically in the name of a noble idea or live a life "making shoes for dogs"? — the alternative presented to Kordian in two parables.

    • FLEA THE SWINDLER

      Tremendous fun and great laughs – not just for kids. The antics of the Flea are directed by Anna Seniuk with the music composed by Maciej Małecki.